- NHRA RETURNS TO CHICAGO FOR ACTION-PACKED GERBER COLLISION & GLASS NHRA ROUTE 66 NATIONALS
- DRAG AND DRIVE EXHIBITION WITH ALEX TAYLOR AND TOM BAILEY RETURNS TO NHRA NATIONAL EVENT AT ROUTE 66 RACEWAY
- Record Setters and Race Winners Head to Virginia for PDRA Mid-Atlantic Showdown
- Race Wrap | NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals
- Race Wrap | NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals
- Stewart, Hagan Record Final Round Performances at Las Vegas NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in TSR Dodge//SRT Nitro Machines
- KALITTA, TASCA AND COUGHLIN JR WIN LAS-VEGAS 4-WIDE
Division 4 takes dramatic JEGS Allstars victory
Courtesy of Jegs
Joliet, IL – Following a thrilling day of competition among drag racing’s best sportsman racers, the team representing Division 4 claimed the overall team title at the prestigious JEGS All-stars event today at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill. 
Tied with the Division 7 team heading into the final round, the clincher came when Division 4 Super Stock racer Slate Cummings defeated Division 7’s Tony Mandella to officially lock up the championship, and the $20,000 team bonus that accompanies it.
Cummings, who reached the final round in Stock, scored the bulk of the points for the Division 4 team. Tommy Phillips also did his share of the heavy lifting by driving to the Super Comp title over defending champion Michael Miller. The Division 4 team finished with 1,300 points, 100 more than the Division 7 squad. The Division 3 team was in the running until the late rounds, ultimately finishing with 1,100 points while the teams from Divisions 1 and 2 tied with 800 points. On the other end of the standings, the Division 5 team scored 300 points while the Division 6 team was completely shut out on the scoreboard, scoring zero points for the event despite a talent-laden team.
Sportsman legends honored Friday at All-stars kick-off party
JEGS.com awarded special trophies to Frank Manzo and David Rampy for reaching milestones in NHRA Sportsman racing.Manzo, who has done everything a driver can achieve in a Top Alcohol Funny Car, was given a trophy recognizing 200 wins on both the national and divisional level.
Maddern Racing’s Peen Rite Team Qualifies #1 For Jeg’s Allstars
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Joliet, IL – After two rounds of qualifying today at the NHRA Route 66 National Event in Chicago, Chris Demke piloted the Maddern Racing Top Alcohol Dragster entry into the #1 position for the 2011 Jeg’s Allstar competition.
“Our first pass wasn‘t too pretty” noted Demke, “the car smoked the tires off the line and I pedaled it a couple of times but it just danced around so I lifted.
“The next pass, we had a .911 sixty foot time and soared through the finish line at 5.351 seconds at 269.19 mph which put us in the number one spot for tomorrow’s eliminations.”
The Peen Rite/Clean Boost sponsored dragster will race Division 5 representative Randy Meyer in first round of Jeg’s Allstar Competition is slated to begin on Saturday at 1:00 PM and conclude later that day.
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Roy Hill Headed to Budds Creek for Biggest Sportsman Race in IHRA History
Courtesy of Roy Hill
BUDDS CREEK, MD – Roy Hill is rolling into Maryland International Raceway with the Phoenix Racing 2010 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Super Stockers locked and loaded, and his sights are set on taking home the hardware from the 
largest sportsman class race in the forty year history of the International Hot Rod Association.
The inaugural Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Spectacular kicks off this weekend at MIR, and Hill is excited about making his return to IHRA competition.
“We’re not just running an NHRA program, we’re also running some IHRA races, along with our match race program,” Hill said. “I think IHRA is on the right track with their sportsman program, and a race like this weekend’s Sportsman Spectacular is proof of that. Some of the absolute best racers in the world will be there, so I have to be on my game.”
Winners to take home $5,000, special Ironman and more at IHRA’s sportsman event
Courtesy of IHRA
BUDDS CREEK, MD – Racers fortunate enough to visit victory lane at this weekend’s Summit Racing Equipment 
Sportsman Spectacular at Maryland International Raceway will walk away with a special edition Ironman made specifically for this race honoring the 40 year history of the International Hot Rod Association.
Oh, and winners will also pocket a cool $5,000 for a win in each IHRA class.
Racing will be contested in IHRA’s regular Summit Pro-Am touring classes of Top Sportsman, Top Dragster, Super Stock, Stock, Quick Rod, Super Rod and Hot Rod, along with competition in Top ET, Mod ET and Junior Dragster. The race is open to all racers regardless of affiliation with $5,000 going to class winners, along with the special edition Ironman, national event contingency and a spot in the year-end Summit Racing Equipment Tournament of Champions for IHRA members.
Front Suspension Bushing Kit for 2010 Camaro
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ADRL To Feature Eight-Car Pro Mod Exhibition at U.S. Drags IV in Virginia
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Photo by Roger Richards
O’FALLON, MO – The world’s premier eighth-mile drag racing league is set to offer even more racing and even more standout doorslammer action.
The American Drag Racing League (ADRL) announced on Thursday that it will run an eight-car Pro Modified exhibition at its August event, the Speedtech U.S. Drags IV, which takes place August 12-13 at Virginia Motorsports Park (VMP) in Petersburg, Va.
The widely-popular Pro Modified class, which boasts a rich doorslammer racing history, will mix supercharged, nitrous and turbo cars into one incredibly competitive division, adding even more excitement to the ADRL’s fast-paced racing weekend.
“It’s going to be a major thrill for fans to be able to watch turbo cars racing against nitrous cars and supercharger cars on a level playing field,” ADRL Director of Competition Tom Grooms said. “There’s a lot of these cars around and the Pro Modified class has a long and storied history.
Maddern Racing Headed to the Windy City to Represent Div 7 Jegs Allstars
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Joliet, IL – This weekend marks one of the biggest races of the year for all NHRA Sportsman competitor’s that compete regional within the Jeg’s All Stars Title Competition. This race is an honor for all of the racer’s as they represent their
respective divisions through out the country.
This is one of the few weekends where you combine names like Bill Reichert, Randy Meyer, Marty Thacker, Jim Whitely, Duane Shields, John Finke, Mike Manners and Chris Demke (to name a few) all vying for this coveted championship battle. This combines not only division versus division, but the biggest race within a race in the NHRA Drag Racing Series.
“We are pumped up for this race” noted Demke, “the best of the best are here in Chicago and we don’t always get to race against each other. Very few people have ever doubled up at this event, and we sure would like to add our name to that very small list.
Kawasaki rider wins PBSS at Nitro Nationals
Courtesy of PBSS
CAYUGA, ON – There was a large contingent of motorcycles and snowmobiles on hand for the third Pro Bike & Sled Series presented by Wiseco Performance Products race at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park during the
Canadian Nitro Nationals, and Mike Konopacki set the pace, winning the event in his first PBSS competition.
Qualifying fifth on the Pro Bike side of the series, Konopacki, of Hampton, Ontario, met with Pro Sled winner James Miller of Orillia, Ontario. Riding his 1990 Kawasaki ZX, Konopacki ran an 8.51, 144.40 final over Miller, who fouled in the final round.
“All went according to plan,” noted Konopacki after the race. “We also caught some lucky breaks.”
Racing under Sportsman-style rules, the series is comprised of the Pro Bike division and the Pro Sled division. Racers from each division race within their division, and the top two eliminators go up against each other for the event title.
Davis Making First JEGS Allstars Appearance in Chicago
Written by Ian Tocher
SUWANEE, GA — Ronnie Davis would like nothing better than to follow up his 2010 NHRA Division 2 Top Sportsman championship with a win this weekend in the 27th annual JEGS Allstars event July 9, at Route 66 Raceway, near
Chicago.
The JEGS Allstars competition is a unique event that crowns individual champions in 10 separate Sportsman racing classes, as well as an overall team champion. Racers qualify for the prestigious event by earning points in their NHRA home divisions during year-long battles in the following NHRA Lucas Oil categories: Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car, Competition, Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas, Super Street, Top Dragster, and Top Sportsman.
“This is just the second year that Top Sportsman has been included in the JEGS Allstars event and it’s the first year I’ve been fortunate enough to be a part of it,” said Davis, who will be competing in his 1963 Corvette powered by an 822-cubic-inch, nitrous-injected engine built by NASCAR’s famous Roush Yates Performance Racing Engines.
