- SOX & MARTIN® AND MCCANDLESS COLLECTION TO SPONSOR NHRA HEMI® CHALLENGE
- Final Rounds of JEGS $50,000 Race to Conclude On Friday at the Spring Fling
- 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
CORY MAC, JOHN DIBARTOLOMEO, ALAN REINHART TONIGHT ON WFO RADIO
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HOLLYWOOD, FL. – Top Fuel driver Cory McClenathan and Drag Racing Action magazine editor John DiBartolomeo along with the NHRA’s Alan Reinhart will join host Joe Castello, live tonight at 7 p.m. ET on WFO Radio NHRA
Tuesday. To listen live or on-demand following the show, go to WFORadio.com.
On tonight’s WFO Radio, Top Fuel driver Cory McClenathan, who finished third in the NHRA Full Throttle Series Top Fuel point standings, will discuss his season and his future plans after being replaced behind the wheel of the FRAM Top Fuel dragster. McClenathan won three races and made eight final rounds in the 2010 season.
Drag Racing Action magazine editor John DiBartolomeo will make his first appearance on WFO Radio to discuss his career, the PRI trade show in Orlando, Florida, possible changes to the NHRA Super Class Indexes, and the future of Drag Racing as a form of entertainment.
Al-Balooshi’s Team Delivers Record-Breaking Rd 2 Win At QRC
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DOHA, QATAR – Khalid Al-Balooshi’s otherwise standout racing at Qatar Racing Club seemed to have found more misfortune during Round Two of the Arabian Drag Racing League last week.
After losing on a holeshot during the semifinals of Round One in Pro Nitrous, Al-Balooshi’s car broke after qualifying first during the opening round.
This time, though, Al-Balooshi and his talented team overcame the adversity, turning two weeks of disappointment into a resounding celebration. A popped manifold got fixed in time, and Al-Balooshi ended up with a 3.83 at 195.14 miles per hour, which not only gave him the Round Two title, but also set both records in the process.
In the winner’s circle, a thankful Al-Balooshi was thrilled to deliver the win to a team that worked unbelievably hard just to get his car fixed in time for eliminations.
Davis Dominates Snowbirds to Double-Up at End of Season
Story by Ian Tocher
SUWANEE, GA — The year could not have ended any better for Ronnie “The King” Davis. The Suwanee, Georgia-
based golf cart dealer won the last two races he entered in 2010, each time starting from the number-one qualifying position and each time in a different Tommy Mauney-built ’63 Corvette.
Davis mounted a charge in October to win the final NHRA Division II points race of the season at Silver Dollar Raceway in Reynolds, Georgia, capping a thrilling come-from-behind campaign that secured his second NHRA Top Sportsman divisional championship by just a single point. Then, Davis earned the Automatic Pro Mod win in dominating fashion Dec. 3-5, at the prestigious and historic Snowbird Nationals at Bradenton Motorsports Park in south Florida.
Jon Kaase Racing Engines added as 2011 ADRL Sponsor
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ORLANDO, FL. – Already the producer of engines for some of the top drivers in the highly-competitive Extreme Pro Stock (XPS) class, the American Drag Racing League (ADRL) is pleased to announce that Jon Kaase Racing Engines
will be a sponsor for the first time starting in 2011.
The sponsorship agreement was reached on Saturday at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show in Orlando. Both companies were eager to release the signing, which will allow for numerous growth opportunities on both sides. “We’re very excited to be on board for 2011. We want to support the competitors and the ADRL as it keeps moving forward,” Jon Kaase Racing Engines Project Manager and Engine Builder Cliff Moore said. “We want to support the organization everyone is running.
“It’s great exposure for us. It’s a perfect relationship for us, absolutely. The ADRL is growing, without question.” The 2011 ADRL season begins on March 25-26 in Baytown, Texas, and will feature nine events that take place across the United States and run through October.
Hunnicutt, Todd, Al-Balooshi Grab Round 2 Wins At Qatar Racing Club
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DOHA, QATAR – Rob Hunnicutt stayed up most of Thursday night envisioning how Friday’s eliminations would go at 
Round Two of the Arabian Drag Racing League at Qatar Racing Club. Now, Hunnicutt will have a tough time sleeping for an entirely different reason.
Proving that consistent is best, Hunnicutt, a Pro Extreme Motorcycle driver with the American Drag Racing League (ADRL), won his first-ever race in either the ADRL or the Arabian Series, going 4.20 in the finals to knock off Billy Vose at QRC.
“I’m pumped, man. I don’t know how I’m going to be able to sleep,” Hunnicutt said. “Coming through the pits after I won, there was so many people congratulating me and cheering me on. This has just been a great experience.” After a runner-up finish in Round One, Hunnicutt did one better a week later to take the points lead after two of the eight events.
Joining him in the winner’s circle in Qatar was J.R. Todd in Pro Extreme and Khalid Al-Balooshi in Pro Nitrous. Todd knocked off Frankie Taylor in the final after Taylor broke. Todd barely did much better, but it was still a win, just more than a week after the former NHRA Top Fuel standout debuted in the Pro Extreme class with a sparkling new ’57 Chevy. “They stayed up late to repair their engine. Congrats to them,” Taylor said.
ADRL Releases 2011 Schedule
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O’FALLON, MO – With the two new tracks debuting races for the first time in league history and a more fan-friendly summer program, the American Drag Racing League (ADRL) is excited to announce its 2011 ADRL Tour schedule.
The 2011 season is slated to feature nine national events that will take place throughout the United States from March through October.
Two new tracks – Palm Beach International Raceway and Maple Grove Raceway – will appear for the first time under the ADRL banner over a six-week stretch in late spring. “We firmly believe that this is the best schedule the ADRL has ever run,” ADRL Executive Vice President Jeff Fortune said. “As we continue to move forward and continue to grow, we are very excited to visit new tracks while keeping the facilities that have been a major part of the ADRL’s success to this point.” With the 2011 season featuring nine national events at nine unbelievable venues, the races will undoubtedly provide another memorable and record-breaking year.
GMPP CATALOG COVER CAMAROS REVIVE THE COPO SPIRIT OF DEALER-BUILT SUPERCARS
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GRAND BLANC, Mich. – Dealership-created performance packages were an important part of Chevrolet’s muscle car 
heritage. Names like Yenko, Nickey, Berger and others helped drive high-performance options, while enhancing the mystique of one-off collectables decades later. In fact, it was creative ordering on the part of dealers that created the legendary COPO Camaros of the late 1960s – cars available from those enterprising dealers, but not offered in any official catalog or order guide.
More than 40 years later, a couple of dealers – DeNooyer Chevrolet in New York and Georgia’s NeSmith Chevrolet – have rekindled the concept of using Chevrolet’s own parts to create specialty Camaros that simply aren’t offered in regular production. DeNooyer used GM Performance Parts’ (GMPP) LSX454 crate engine (part number 19244611) to build a modern 454 engine for the Camaro SS, while NeSmith transplanted the supercharged LS9 engine from the Corvette ZR1 into their Camaro.
NEW GM PERFORMANCE PARTS LSX454R CRATE ENGINE DELIVERS POWERFUL, WINNING COMBO TO DRAG RACERS
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GRAND BLANC, Mich. – GM Performance Parts’ (GMPP) announces the all-new LSX454R crate engine (part number 
19257880), a 720-horsepower drag racing engine that is the most powerful LS engine ever engineered by General Motors.
The LSX454R is officially rated at 720 horsepower and 720 lb.-ft. of torque, but it is capable of more. A very strong, all-forged rotating assembly and optimized high-rpm airflow were developed by GMPP engineers, who have the most experience with building and testing LS performance engines in the industry.
“The LSX454R uses the latest LSX parts and factory-engineered technology to take LS performance to the next level,” said Dr. Jamie Meyer, product integration manager for GM Performance Parts. “This is a great engine to use when building a cutting-edge drag car with one of our new Camaro bodies in white.”
Growth in the popularity of LS-based drag racing helped drive the design and development of the LSX454R. It brings together many of the specialized GMPP LSX parts racers are already using, including the robust LSX Bowtie block, and offers a ready-built engine that is competitive out of the crate.
ADRL Ready To Make Impact At PRI Show
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O’FALLON, MO – The American Drag Racing League (ADRL) is returning to the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show and it will once again be in its familiar Booth No. 609.
The 23rd annual trade show runs Thursday through Saturday at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, and the ADRL is set to have another strong presence at the show.
The ADRL’s top executives and staff will be on hand for the show and they already have a number of high-level meetings lined up with many of the biggest names in the drag racing industry.
The ADRL will be there to discuss opportunities with its current marketing partners and suppliers, while also fostering new relationships as it introduces the premier doorslammer sanctioning body to new exhibitors. “PRI has always been the start of the new season for me,” ADRL Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing Brian Evans said.
SHANE GRAY, ALAN REINHART, PRI PREVIEW TONIGHT ON WFO RADIO
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HOLLYWOOD, FL. – Auto Club Finals Pro Stock winner, Shane Gray and the NHRA’s Alan Reinhart will join host Joe Castello, live tonight at 7 p.m. ET on WFO Radio NHRA Tuesday. To listen live or on-demand following the show, go to www.WFORadio.com.
On tonight’s WFO Radio, Pro Stock rookie sensation Shane Gray will discuss his season ending victory at Auto Club Raceway and the future of his team. Gray also will give his thoughts on the several father vs. son battles in the 2010 season with his father, Johnny Gray.
WFO Radio will also preview the PRI Show in Orlando, Florida. WFO Radio will be broadcasting from the GEICO booth this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Broadcasts from PRI will air on WFORadio.com from 3 – 5 p.m. ET each day. Fans are invited to stop by as the show is produced from 11 a.m.– 1 p.m. ET each day.
