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Top Sportsman racer poised for new drag racing season with Mustang
Courtesy of Quick 32
BELLE RIVER, ON – Dan Aitken Jr is taking a simple approach to his Quick 32 Sportsman Series drag racing this 
season. If it’s not broken, leave it alone.
Driving in the Top Sportsman class of the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts, Aitken placed fourth in the Championship Point Award Series in 2010, and won the final two events last year.
He said the D Boone Sr/Jr Racing team plan to prep the car in the same fashion for the upcoming season, and is hoping for more success.
“Everything about the car is the same as last year,” he said. “The biggest thing for us is to build off last year.”
ALLEN JOHNSON, LEEZA DIEHL, ALAN REINHART TONIGHT ON WFORADIO
Courtesy of WFO
HOLLYWOOD, FL – Mopar Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson, and Nitroagogo fashion 
designer Leeza Diehl, 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.
Johnson, coming off assisting NASCAR star Kurt Busch with his first attempt at qualifying in NHRA Pro Stock is ready to hit the track once again in Las Vegas. He will give his final analysis on the 2004 NASCAR Champ’s foray in the NHRA, discuss his strategy for success in Las Vegas, and preview the interactive fan opportunities happening in Las Vegas this weekend.
Perfect forecast helping fuel one of the largest advance sales in Nitro Jam history
Courtesy of IHRA
SAN ANTONIO, TX – It appears the IHRA isn’t the only one excited to be returning to San Antonio this weekend.
In advance of one of the largest Nitro Jam events of the year, a 
staggering amount of tickets have already been sold making this weekend’s San Antonio Nitro Jam one of the largest advance sales in history. And when you add in the near perfect forecast for the weekend, IHRA Nitro Jam officials are predicating one of the biggest weekends ever when the fastest cars in the world take to the track at San Antonio Raceway this Friday and Saturday.
“When we added San Antonio to the schedule late last year we knew it would be a big event, but you never know exactly how big something like this will be until you get there,” said Nitro Jam President Aaron Polburn. “To see this many people already lining up to see Nitro Jam’s return to Texas with the new format and all of the new classes is exciting. Fans are in for a real treat as we present them with some of the best nitro racing on the planet and a huge show to boot. I can’t wait.”
Turbo combination has Coughlin revved up for Las Vegas
Courtesy of Jegs
LAS VEGAS, NV – When Troy Coughlin is asked about his turbocharged JEGS.com Pontiac GTO, which he’ll be racing 
in the Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series at this weekend’s 12th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals, the veteran racer breaks into a wide smile.
“This car is incredibly fast,” said Coughlin, the only Pro Mod racer to qualify for every event in 2010. “It’s the quickest car I’ve ever driven. I feel like a kid again because I find myself thinking about it at random times. I can’t wait to get back to the track.”
Coughlin will compete in Sin City with new crew chief Jake Hairston’s racecar as he awaits delivery of his own Chevrolet Camaro, which is currently being built. The Hairston family won numerous West Coast races with the car, which is powered by a 396-cid turbocharged engine capable of five-second runs at more than 240 mph.
Hernandez ready for Spring Cleaning after disappointing outing in Houston
Courtesy of B-1 Racing
HOUSTON, TX – At the racetrack he calls home, 2010 ADRL Pro Extreme runner-up Joshua Hernandez expected his 
first outing of the 2011 ADRL season to be spectacular – just like always. After all, he has won repeatedly at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas. But last weekend at the CarSafe Dragpalooza VII presented by LenMar Motorsports, winning just wasn’t in the cards.
Hernandez qualified No. 11 in the 16-car field with a 3.734-second run at 204.63 mph and was paired with No. 6-qualifying former Top Fuel standout JR Todd in round one. Hernandez delivered a psychic 0.010-second reaction time off the starting line (0.000 is perfect) to Todd’s 0.056, but was afflicted with tire shake before the 330-foot mark and was forced to lift his foot from the throttle to control the car, letting Todd pass him by for the win.
Quarter-mile nitro racing is back at San Antonio Raceway
Courtesy of IHRA
SAN ANTONIO, TX – It has been three long years since the sights, sounds and smells of the world’s fastest and most 
exciting motorsports event filled the lanes at San Antonio Raceway.
But after a long wait, fans of nitro-powered drag racing entertainment are finally going to get what they have been craving when the IHRA Nitro Jam series returns to the Alamo City for two days of over-the-top drag racing April 1-2 at the San Antonio Nitro Jam right in the heart of racing country.
Armed with a brand new racing format, all-new classes, more nitro-powered drag racing than ever before and the only quarter-mile Top Fuel racing in the country, Nitro Jam is ready to put on show like never before with a Texas-sized lineup awaiting Nitro Jam fans this weekend.
Team JEGS Pre-race Notes for Las Vegas Nationals
Courtesy of Jegs
Las Vegas, NV – The Las Vegas event will mark the second race in the 2011 Get Screened America Pro Mod Series. 
Troy Coughlin will once again be in action with his turbocharged JEGS.com Pontiac GTO.
Troy finished fourth in the 2010 Get Screened America Pro Mod Series. He is currently ranked 17th after failing to qualify for the season-opening event in Gainesville, Fla.
The JEGS Mail Order team has enjoyed considerable success in Las Vegas. Jeg Coughlin Jr. won five Pro Stock titles in Las Vegas (2000, 2001, 2002, 2008 and 2009) and was a runner-up in 2007. Troy’s is also a former Las Vegas winner, recording his first NHRA national event title in Super Comp in 2009. John Coughlin also used a win at the Las Vegas Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event in 2009 to clinch his second North Central Division Top Dragster championship.
Northeast Rod and Custom Car Show Huge Success For NEOPMA
Courtesy of NEOPMA
Oaks, PA – The Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association featured the Pro Mods of Derrick Townes, Frank Patille, Gary 
Courtier, Bruce Mullins, Andrew and Dina Parise. The crowds were huge with thousands of car show enthusiast walking the huge venue all weekend checking out over 300 awesome car show entries and many vendors.
Thank you to Brian Lutz and team for organizing this great event and inviting us to the event. Brian was very organized and always checked with us to make sure everything was in order and if we needed anything.
Also thanks to Mark from www.godragracing.org for his great photography, and Jimmy Biggs shooting the great videos.
East coast cars dominate Arizona Nitro Jam Finale
Courtesy of IHRA
TUCSON, AZ – What exactly is the definition of irony? Just ask Peter Gallen.
Traveling nearly 2,000 miles from his home in Pennsylvania to be in Arizona for the Arizona Nitro Jam, Gallen had
high hopes that the weekend would be filled with hotly contested laps against some of the best west coast racers around.
Instead, Gallen found himself in Saturday’s final racing against a man who calls Ohio home as two of the best Prostalgia Nitro Funny cars from the east duked it out in Saturday’s Arizona Nitro Jam finale with Gallen coming away a winner and setting a new national record in the process to claim the Ironman trophy in front of a capacity crowd at Nitro Jam’s debut event at Southwestern International Raceway.
“I think we actually discovered the definition of irony this evening. We came out here obviously to support the IHRA, but we also came out here to see what these west coast guys that we have heard about for so many years are really all about,” Gallen said. “Instead we ended up racing Mike (McIntire) in the final. I guess it is what it is. It is a win and we will certainly take it.”
Hamstra One Of Six Winners At ADRL CarSafe Dragpalooza VII
BAYTOWN, TEXAS (March 25, 2011) – Jason Hamstra had enough misfortune in 2010 to last a racing lifetime.
His performance on Saturday at Royal Purple Raceway was a resounding indication things may be much different in 2011.
The 2009 American Drag Racing League (ADRL) Rookie of the Year appeared to be back in top form as the ADRL kicked off its 2011 season, winning an incredibly competitive Pro Extreme class with a 3.68 in the finals of CarSafe Dragpalooza VII presented by LenMar Motorsports.
“It’s great to come out and do this at the first race. After a while, it’s good to see all of your hard work pay off,” Hamstra said. “After last year, we couldn’t have had any more bad luck, so this feels good to start the season this way.”
