- 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
BARTONE GOES WIRE TO WIRE FOR 33rd WALLY
Courtesy Jackson Racing
Las Vegas, NV – Rick Jackson Racing’s Ford Mustang bodied Top Alcohol Funny Car relied on consistent and quick performance in eliminations to capture the Santa Clarita, Calif. Team’s second NHRA National Event Wally of the
2011 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, after winning the Summitracing.com NHRA Nationals this weekend contested on “The Strip” at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in North Las Vegas, Nev. The win was the 33rd National Event victory for driver Tony Bartone, 29 of those coming by way of the Alcohol Funny Car, arguably one of the most difficult cars in motorsports to drive.
Bartone captured the event’s number one qualifying position on the team’s final qualifying attempt of the weekend on Saturday. The 5.628 second blast gave the Long Island City, NY native the choice of lanes against Surprise, Ariz.’s John Patton in the opening stanza. Patton was the 149th driver Bartone had competed against in competition. Crew Chief Steve Boggs and tuning consultant Darren Mayer of Darren Mayer Performance Engineering used the .62 as a base-line to lower their event best ET to a smooth 5.616 ET at 259.11 miles per hour in their first round defeat of the number 16 qualifier.
Mickey Thompson Teams Up with PR Factory Stores for Pro-Street 6 Second Bounty Program
Courtesy of MT
STOW, OH – This year, Mickey Thompson has teamed up with Don Plesser and the PR Factory Store to create an 
exciting new program called the Pro-Street Six-Second Bounty. Through this special program, scheduled to begin April 8, 2011 at the Manufacturers Spring Cup event, the first Pro-Street competitor who achieves a six-second run in either the official qualifying or elimination rounds will earn the six-second bounty.
The program is simple. All Pro-Street competitors participating in the Manufacturers Cup Series and MIROCK Superbike Series races using Mickey Thompson tires and displaying the Mickey Thompson logo are eligible. The first eligible Pro-Street racer to achieve a six-second time in the qualifying or elimination rounds will earn a $3,000 cash award, 10 Mickey Thompson MCR2 drag tires, and a special commemorative Mickey Thompson jacket.
HIGHT, BROWN, EDWARDS, REINHART TONIGHT ON WFORADIO
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HOLLYWOOD, FL – SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals winners Robert Hight, Antron Brown, and Mike Edwards, 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.
Hight, the 2009 Full Throttle Funny Car Champion, coming off his second victory of the season, will discuss his performance in Las Vegas, his car’s incredibly consistent performance with .008 variation among four runs on Sunday, his testing plans for the remainder of the season, and his views on the future of 4-wide drag racing.
Antron Brown of Don Schumacher Racing, winner in the Top Fuel eliminator, carried new sponsor Aaron’s to victory for the first time in Vegas. Brown will discuss his day, his round by round races, his new sponsor, and his views on 4-wide drag racing at the next NHRA event at z-Max Dragway.
Big Sal Cammisuli ready for 2011 PMRA season to start
Courtesy of PMRA
MARKHAM, ON – Big Sal Cammisuli said he is getting anxious to get into his new Pro Modified and compete in the upcoming Pro Modified Racing Association season.
“I’m all ready,” he said. “I just can’t wait to let the clutch out.”
A doorcar racing veteran, Cammisuli has stepped up his efforts in 2011 for his first year in PMRA action. His ZR1 Corvette Pro Modified is ready for opening day.
Although he has had a little experience with supercharged cars throughout his racing, the engine in the ZR1 will be a new experience for him, he said. The 526-cubic inch Brad Anderson (BAE) Hemi has been built and maintained by noted Pro Modified racer Mike Janis of Jan-Cen Racing Engines, and Cammisuli said he will be relying on Jan-Cen for assistance.
Troy Coughlin reaches ‘elite eight’ in Pro Mod action
Courtesy of Jegs
LAS VEGAS, NV – It wasn’t the storybook finish Troy Coughlin envisioned for the JEGS.com Pontiac GTO in Sunday’s Get Screened America Pro Mod Series action at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but his turbocharged small
block is still defying the odds.
“I guess none of the other Pro Mod racers got the memo that we were supposed to win today,” Coughlin said with a laugh. “We had a decent run today, we just got beat.”
After winning the first round of eliminations on Saturday night, Coughlin was paired with former Team JEGS crew chief “Tricky” Rickie Smith in the second round.
After being burned-down by Smith at the starting line, Coughlin’s car got off to a smooth start, but it just didn’t have enough juice to beat Smith, who ran a 6.016-second pass at 236.63 mph. Coughlin crossed the line in 6.047 at 246.17 mph.
Overflow crowd watch records fall, winners crowned at San Antonio Nitro Jam
Courtesy of IHRA
SAN ANTONIO, TX – They say everything is bigger in Texas, and that goes double for the racing.
In front of one of the largest crowds to ever watch a race at San Antonio Raceway, records fell by the wayside and a
number of new winners emerged from the shadows to lay claim to an IHRA Nitro Jam trophy and take home a victory during the finale of the San Antonio Nitro Jam Saturday night in Marion.
Among the winner’s of Saturday’s huge show were new champions Rick Krafft in Prostalgia Nitro Funny Car and Randal Andras in Nitro Harley, while Bobby Lagana Jr. picked up a win in Top Fuel and Chris Bennett (Nostalgia Fuel Altered) and Michael Manners (Pro Fuel) swept their respective categories in front of an overflow crowd.
A capacity crowd was on hand to see Nitro Jam’s best at the San Antonio Nitro Jam Saturday in Marion
Dan Cryderman looking forward to new Pro Bike and Sled Series drag race series
Courtesy of PBSS
THAMESVILLE, ON – Dan Cryderman said he will be ready for the opening round in the new Pro Bike and Sled Series 
(PBSS) for the inaugural season in motorcycle and snowmobile drag racing action.
“I’m looking forward to this new series,” said the Pro Bike rider who will campaign his 2004 Suzuki. “It should be an interesting year.”
The PBSS will be comprised of bikes and sleds, which will feature a Quick 16-machine qualified field of eight bikes and eight snowmobiles.
Presented by Wiseco Performance Products, competitors will run on a Sportsman ladder in dial-in racing.
Cryderman’s bike was built by Raceworks Canada, and the engine is a Suzuki-based GS version with a displacement of 1640 cc. The engine is equipped with a Vortex2 cylinder head from Ward Performance. Cryderman estimates the engine has close to 300 horsepower, “and works pretty well.”
Litton, Bennett, Manners and Turner all visit victory lane
Courtesy of IHRA
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (April 1, 2011) – It appears Nitro Jam’s newest rivalry has been born.
For the fourth time in the last five finals Prostalgia Nitro Funny Car competitors Peter Gallen and Mike McIntire met 
in the final of the eight-car Funny Car class and for the fourth time this season Gallen took home the win needing a new Nitro Jam best run to lay claim to his 11th career Ironman trophy Friday at the San Antonio Nitro Jam in Texas.
“Mike and those guys are a world class group and it is an honor to get a chance to race them for the win,” Gallen said. “Those guys are giving it their all so we knew we needed to match that intensity to take home this trophy. We also had to fight a rapidly cooling track which these guys did an awesome job of keeping up with. This was a big win for us and we look forward to seeing what we can do tomorrow.”
Drag Illustrated Releases First ADRL Power Rankings
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Fort Dodge, IA — DragIllustrated.com, the online presence for Drag Illustrated magazine, published by ImagePro Multimedia, today released its first edition of American Drag Racing League (ADRL) Power Rankings.
Similar to the week-to-week team rankings associated with major stick-and-ball sports, DragIllustrated.com’s Power Rankings are being released shortly after the completion of each NHRA and ADRL national event throughout the 2011 season.
“We’ve already established DragIllustrated.com Power Rankings for all five NHRA pro classes after their first two events and it feels good to get the ADRL version out there, too,” said Wes Buck, cofounder and executive editor of Drag Illustrated magazine and DragIllustrated.com. “We want to stimulate some spirited conversation and debate through the Power Rankings and welcome anyone to weigh in online with feedback on whether we got it right or wrong in their eyes.”
Lagana crew comes to rescue of fellow racer
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SAN ANTONIO, TX – Bobby Lagana Jr. and Mike McIntire have never met on the racetrack, but that didn’t stop Lagana from racing to McIntire’s side in his time of need.
Following last weekend’s Arizona Nitro Jam in Tucson, many of the top teams on the Nitro Jam tour began their trek back east to the San Antonio Nitro Jam this weekend in Texas. But while many of the teams made it to San Antonio Raceway earlier this week without a problem, McIntire and the “McAttack” Prostalgia Nitro Funny Car team weren’t so lucky.
Just a few miles across the Texas border in El Paso, McIntire’s race rig suffered a catastrophic failure and the team was left stranded still some 600 miles from their destination.
Not knowing exactly who to call, McIntire called Top Fuel star Lagana who was already in San Antonio and asked for some advice. Not long after Lagana’s crewman Bob Szelag was on his way to El Paso to pick up McIntire’s race rig and bring it the nearly 18-hour trip back to San Antonio.
