- HendrickCars.com to sponsor Brittany Force’s Top Fuel dragster starting at this weekend’s NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Charlotte
- DANIEL WILKERSON AND SCAG FORD FUNNY CAR TEAM LOOKING TO TURN THINGS AROUND AT CHARLOTTE FOUR-WIDE
- Dustin Smiley Races to Advanced Product Design $15,000 Wednesday Win at the Spring Fling
- NEOPMA Pro Mod Drivers Ready to Start 2024 Season at MIR’s Door Wars
- JUSTIN ASHLEY AND SCAG TOYOTA TEAM LOOK TO CONTINUE PROMISING START TO NHRA SEASON AT ZMAX DRAGWAY
- FOSTER LOOKING TO TAKE AQUA PROP ALL THE WAY AT CHARLOTTE FOUR-WIDE NATIONALS
- MBE Tech Report
CVR Inc. renews with K&K Race Team for 2011
Courtesy: Z.I.M.
STRATFORD, ON – Two-time and defending Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts Champion 
Kevin Wicke and the K&K Race Team are proud to announce that CVR Inc. has renewed its support for the 2011 season.
The Arnprior, Ontario based CVR will once again be a prominent part of the K&K Race program.
“We have worked with Bruce at CVR for a number of years, and last season he stepped up his support and will continue to be our major partner this season,” said team driver Kevin Wicke.
“We are very proud to be associated with CVR and their great line of products. They make the highest quality parts and are a great company to work with.”
Manners, Evans locked in epic Pro Fuel battle
Courtesy of IHRA
NORWALK, OH – Same story, different year. It was only five months ago when Bill Evans and the “Black Pearl” crew 
wrapped up their first Nitro Jam championship to conclude an epic title fight with Mike Manners that wasn’t decided until the final pass of the 2010 season.
This year, already halfway through the schedule, it appears the same great battle will once again dominate the headlines as Evans and Manners are once again locked in an epic struggle in Nitro Jam’s popular 100 percent nitro-powered dragster class heading into Pro Fuel’s biggest race of the year next month in Pittsburgh.
After sweeping the Pro Fuel class in San Antonio Michael Manners has closed within two points of class leader Bill Evans
“It has been a wonderful year so far for our team, especially with the two wins in San Antonio. We were a little disappointed with some of the inconsistency the first half of the year, but the car is running as good as ever at this point in the season,” Manners said. “The crew has done an excellent job keeping us fast and competitive and it looks like this year we might have something for that ‘Black Pearl’ team.”
From “Pure” HELL and Back!
Courtesy of Goodguys Racing
Pleasanton, CA – The Goodguys Racing Pro Mod ’69 Camaro driven by Marc Meadors has a new look and a whole 
new attitude heading into the 2011 season.
Following a major setback last fall in Sacramento when a freak accident in the staging lanes destroyed the car and injured Marc’s young son, the team has regrouped, reloaded and repainted the car. Better yet, 8 year old Grant Meadors is doing well, while still recovering from his injuries and is ready to watch his dad kick asphalt this year.
Those familiar with Northern California drag racing history will instantly recognize the Camaro’s new paint scheme. In honor of long time family friend and Drag Racing Hall of Fame inductee Rich Guasco, the Goodguys Racing Camaro sports the famed “Pure Hell” flames and candy burgundy hues that made the Fuel Altered a worldwide sensation.
Mickey Thompson to sponsor PMRA, Quick 32 Sportsman Series and PBSS
Courtesy of PMRA
Stow, OH – One of the premier names in motorsports tires, Mickey Thompson, has returned to provide contingency 
awards in its support of the Pro Modified Racing Association (PMRA), the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and the Pro Bike and Sled Series(PBSS) for 2011.
“Mickey Thompson is one of the top names in racing tires,” said Bruce Mehlenbacher, Director of Operations for the PMRA, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and the PBSS. “We are pleased to have them return for the upcoming season.”
Founder Mickey Thompson, who began to market racing tires in 1963, is best known for his exploits in off-road racing, but the Californian was an important player in the early years of drag racing, and was one of the first racers in the evolution of the modern dragster.
BERNSTEIN, DEJORIA, FRANTIC FORD, ALAN REINHART TONIGHT ON WFORADIO
Courtesy of WFO
HOLLYWOOD, FL – Copart Top Fuel dragster driver Brandon Bernstein, Tequila Petron TA/FC standout Alexis 
DeJoria, and Frantic Ford TA/FC owner Bobby Frey, will join Joe Castello along with the NHRA’s Alan Reinhart, live at 7 p.m. ET on WFO Radio NHRA Tuesday. To listen live or on-demand following the show, go to WFORadio.com.
Bernstein, coming off a runner up finish at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas, will discuss 4-Wide drag racing at zMax Dragway this weekend, the new NHRA Christmas tree format for the race, and his team’s momentum going into the weekend.
Nitro Jam’s Harley riders providing best show on two wheels
Courtesy of IHRA
NORWALK, OH – They are the true daredevils of the sport, modern day masters of the impossible.
Reaching the fastest speeds in the world among the two-wheeled community with no traditional safety nets to speak 
of, the riders of the Nitro Harley division are renowned for their death defying 220 mile per hour passes, incredible showmanship and parity among the racers.
And all of that has been on display and then some on the IHRA’s Nitro Jam tour this season.
Through four Nitro Jam events already completed in 2011, all four Nitro Harley riders have tasted victory and all four have taken their turn at the head of the pack. Beginning with Steve Dorn at Palm Beach through Randal Andras’ big win in San Antonio earlier this month, the Nitro Harley riders has proven the most competitive of the quintet of Nitro Jam classes and they are showing no signs of slowing down entering the second wave of races beginning next month.
Gosh Darned Ole Fluid Couplers…
Written by Camp Stanley
Photos by Axle Weiss
Hagerstown, MD – So how has it been going with the installation of the torque converter (read fluid coupler) in the 
“Appalachia on Steroids” Camaro you may be wondering? We made the conscious decision to make that leap at the end of last year but as in all things new, some things are not really all that easy!
We headed down to Mooresville, NC to test the new parts and pieces to be sure all would be in the ready for the first ADRL race in Houston, Texas. Before we left I scoured the web for all the war stories on what NOT to do when you put a torque converter in a high horsepower car.
I put all of this profound knowledge I garnered into a little cheat sheet/booklet so we could try our best not to make those same errors. More on that later!
Upon arrival on a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon we unloaded the car and proceeded into our new year start up of the engine and filling and checking the new LencoDrive transmission.
The transmission part went well but the motor part was way, way downhill after that. After setting the timing with the MSD mag 44, next up was to phase the crank trigger to the mag. In our case this takes several start the car, shut it off, adjust and then do it all over again.
O’Hare and Montana Shine at MIR Quick Eight and Shootout
Courtesy of NEOPMA
Mechanicsville, MD – With a gloomy forecast for this past weekend’s Quick Eight Race and Shootout, The Northeast Outlaw Pro Mods still showed up in force with 22 Pro Mods to compete for the MIR’s Quick Eight race and Shootout.
Although Friday was a washout and cool temperatures on Saturday, MIR’s Crew had the trap prepped and Larry Plummer in the Pullen Motorsports 68’ Firebird ripped off a 6.00 run in the first qualifier Saturday morning.
Ultimately, Larry would run a career best and his first 5 second pass in the second round, a 5.95 at 236 MPH.
In the Quick Eight Race, Tim O’Hare defeated Fredy Scriba in round one, 6.02 to a 9.026, Larry Plummer in round two, 6.09 to a 6.15. On the other side of the ladder, Joe Dunne defeated Steve Drummond in round one 6.14 to a 6.33, Pat Musi in round two, 6.24 to a 9.73.
SCOGGIN-DICKEY OFFERS FREE RACER ENTRY FOR GM LSX CHALLENGE SERIES ATLANTA RACE, APRIL 14-17
Courtesy of GMPP
GRAND BLANC, MI – GM Performance Parts’ (GMPP) LSX Challenge Series heads to Atlanta Dragway (Commerce, Ga.), April 14-17, for the second of the four-race points race. And for the second race in a row, Scoggin-Dickey Parts
Center is picking up the tab for the racer entry fee (up to $195 – including a one-year NMCA membership) for all LSX Challenge competitors.
The Atlanta race comes only a few weeks after the inaugural event at Bradenton, Fla., where the action included a nitrous-assisted 7.91 pass by Mike Meeks, driving his pro-style Firebird in the Drag Radial class, along with the winning performance of Mark Carlyle, who claimed the Drag Radial class trophy against Meeks in his street-driven, turbocharged Corvette Z06. It turned a best time of 8.19 seconds at more than 180 mph. The car is currently the quickest IRS Corvette in the country, with an all-time best ET of 8.15 at 173 mph. Carlyle believes the car will go faster and plans to prove it at the Atlanta race.
WHO’S IN THIS ISSUE OF RPM MAGAZINE?
Courtesy of RPM
Brandford, ON – The Test Of Time… One Bite From The Widowmaker Is All It 
Takes. This deadly but beautiful beast is back! The Widowmaker returns to duty with Bubba Stanton at the wheel.
Feature – MOPAR DONE WRIGHT! For Dustin Wright, “street friendly” means a nasty naturally aspirated 500ci big block Mopar stuffed under the flat black hood of a ’69 Plymouth Valiant!
Heavyweights – A history lesson on what was, and what is, Heavy Street.
It’s All About The Packaging – When converting a car from one form of power adder to another, the packaging has to be right.
The Texas Mile, March Motor Madness… We Don’t Need No Stinking Speed Limits American iron shines on the mile long ride.
ADRL 2011 Tour Begins – A photo re-count of all that was horsepower in Texas.
