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Roy Hill’s Drag Racing School Hosts Coca-Cola at zMax Dragway
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CONCORD, NC – When Robert Chambless, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Coca-Cola Bottling 
Company Consolidated, was looking for a way to bring his sales team together in a fun and energizing way, a day of learning the ropes of drag racing at Roy Hill’s Drag Racing School fit the bill perfectly.
On Wednesday, May 4th, Chambless and his team met at zMax Dragway just outside of Charlotte, NC, where they rode in the Roy Hill’s Drag School two and three-seater dragsters, watched a match race between Chambless and Hill in the school’s Super Comp dragsters, then took to the wheel themselves in six Roy Hill 2010 Mustangs for a full-on eliminations race between the entire team.
Troy Coughlin hoping to pick up where he left off in Atlanta
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ATLANTA, GA – Pro Mod driver Troy Coughlin has a simple wish for this weekend’s Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series event at Atlanta Dragway — pick up right where his JEGS.com team left off at the last tour stop in
Houston.
Coughlin had his best run of the weekend in eliminations, coaxing a 6.06-second pass out of his small block, turbo-powered Pontiac GTO is a fractional loss to Danny Rowe. The past world champion Pro Street drag racer says if they can start Atlanta as strong as they finished Houston, they’ll be in great shape.
“The field in Pro Mod this year is exceptionally stout,” Coughlin said. “Every run you make needs to be as close to perfect as possible. Pro Mod gets three qualifying passes, so we have one less than the other pro categories to figure everything out, so we’re already under the gun. That really narrows your window for any corrections that may need to be made.
2011 Season Opener for PMRA, Quick 32 and PBSS May 20-22 At TMP
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CAYUGA, ON – The opening rounds in the Pro Modified Racing Association, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and the P
ro Bike & Sled Series are all set to take place May 20-22 at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park.
The Victoria Day Weekend Challenge will feature a weekend of non-stop drag racing action. The event will mark the beginning of the seventh season of PMRA Pro Modified racing, the third season for the popular Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts, and the inaugural race in the new PBSS presented by Wiseco Performance Products for motorcycles and snowmobiles.
The weekend event will be the first of six races for all three drag race series in 2011.
Red light start does little to deter Hernandez’
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Photo by Roger Richards
READING, PA – To the uninformed, Josh Hernandez’ results at last weekend’s ADRL Penske Truck Leasing Inaugural Northeast Drags at Maple Grove might seem disappointing: the former world champion struggled to get into the
field, squeaked into the field in 12th in his last qualifying attempt after failing to get down the track in his two previous attempts, and lost first round because of a dreaded false start. Hardly something to talk about.
The entire B1 Racing team sees last weekend in a completely different and much more positive light.
The team made a late decision to change from their new Murf McKiney-built C5 Corvette back to their stalwart ’57 Chevy Bel Air, which meant removing parts, replacing parts, and re-retrofitting parts to work on the ’57. In addition, they moved to an automatic transmission from the manual they had practically perfected.
Jan-Cen Motorsports Joins NEOPMA as a Contingency Sponsor for 2011
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Huntington, NY – The Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association is pleased to welcome the involvement of Jan-Cen 
Motorsports as a contingency sponsor for 2011.
“Jan-Cen is excited to be involved with the Northeast Outlaw Pro Mods. This will be a great opportunity for Jan-Cen to highlight our products and services in the NEOPMA and also extend support and encouragement to our customers. We look forward to a competitive, exciting season and attending several events with our own Pro Mod”, said Mike Janis.
Jan-Cen will present a Jan-Cen gift certificate for $200.00 to the winner and $100.00 to the runner up in the Blower/Turbo Class displaying Jan-Cen decals at each NEOPMA Event in 2011.
Jan-Cen Motorsports, formed in 1958 by James Janis, Sr. and Tony Centra, has built its reputation as the number one stop for high performance products and service.
All-Canadian effort heads to Atlanta for next round of NHRA drag racing
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TOTTENHAM, ONTARIO (May 9, 2011) – In a truly Canadian effort, Top Fuel driver Ike Maier will compete in the NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals May 13-15 in Georgia.
This event will be round six of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Race Series, held at the Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia.
Maier hails from Southern Ontario, and will be driving the Paris, Ontario-based Paton Racing Top Fuel Dragster in the upcoming race. He is receiving support from Lenron Inc., a Nova Scotia transportation company, Kelsey Trail Trucking from Saskatchewan, and Crosbie Industrial from Newfoundland.
And, the team continues to receive support from that iconic Canadian coffee enterprise, Tim Hortons.
Sportsman racers ready for the JEGS Pacific SPORTSnationals
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FONTANA, CA – The best drivers in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series will return to Southern California this weekend for the sixth annual JEGS NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals at Auto Club Dragway. 
More than 400 of the world’s best sportsman racers will be in action at the event, which is one of three special SPORTSnationals races each season supported by aftermarket high performance giant JEGS Mail Order.
Since its inception in 2006, the JEGS NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals has become a popular event for racers as it combines all the competitive elements of a championship caliber NHRA national event with the down-home friendliness and camaraderie that define Sportsman drag racing.
Bob McDonald preparing Suzuki for Pro Bike & Sled Series
Courtey of PBSS
WOODSTOCK, ON – Bob McDonald started his racing career on a motorcycle, then raced in several classes of cars, 
and has returned to racing a bike where he will be a competitor in the new Pro Bike & Sled Series for drag racing.
“I find it more economical to go fast on a bike,” he said. “It’s also easier on the wallet and a lot easier to work with a bike at the race track.
“And I think this new series will be exciting and let me go back to my bike roots.”
McDonald has raced for several decades, first on a dirt bike. He then went asphalt oval track auto racing, competing in the Can-Am Midget series, and then raced a Late Model at Delaware Speedway in Western Ontario. He also had a stint two years ago behind the wheel of a Sprint Car, racing on the clay ovals with the Southern Ontario Sprints.
ADRL Gets Record Performances At Maple Grove
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MOHNTON, PA – There were world records set in two American Drag Racing League (ADRL) classes in the league’s first trip to Maple Grove Raceway.
But due to a four-hour rain delay and the track curfew, the Penske Truck Leasing Inaugural Northeast Drags did not crown winners in its five professional classes (Pro Extreme, Pro Nitrous, Extreme 10.5, Pro Extreme Motorcycle and Extreme Pro Stock).
Per the policy in the official ADRL rulebook, the event is considered complete and competitors will be awarded purse and points up to the finished point in the race.
Extreme Pro Stock, Pro Extreme Motorcycle and Extreme 10.5 concluded its semifinal matchups, while Pro Extreme and Pro Nitrous completed their quarterfinal rounds before the event was called due to the track curfew.
ADRL Maple Grove Day 1 Yields Incredible Firsts
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MOHNTON, PA – On a day filled with firsts and record runs, it was only fitting that Frankie Taylor had the final say.
The 2010 American Drag Racing League (ADRL) Pro Extreme World Champion made the final pass during Friday’s
second qualifying session of the Penske Truck Leasing Inaugural Northeast Drags at Maple Grove Raceway and it turned out to be one for the history books.
Just moments after Joey Martin’s Lowmad made the quickest run in PX history with a 3.584, Taylor topped him, going an incredible 3.581 at 210.11 miles per hour to finish the day with the quickest pass in Pro Extreme history on a historic ADRL debut at Maple Grove.
“That was pretty sick,” Taylor said. “I thought Joey could run in the .50s and we said if he went faster than our (first qualifying run), we were going to try to beat him. We turned on an extra one for him.”
