- 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
West Coast Outlaw Pro Mods Head To Woodburn Oregon
Courtesy of WCOPMA
In two weeks the West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod Associations next event is at Woodburn Dragstrip in Oregon on July 
10th and 11th for the 1st Annual Outlaw Pro Mods and Oregon Championship Race. Parking and tech is on Friday July 9th starting at 11am. There will be three rounds of qualifying on Sat July 10th. 11am, 1pm and 3pm. Sunday eliminations are at 12pm, 2:30pm and 4pm.
This is the third stop for the association in 2010 and the points battle is heating up. For some teams this race is where they will need to make their move to get in the points chase. If you are interested in running with our association, we welcome you. For more information visit our website www.westcoastoutlawpromods.com
Castellana One of Five Leaders at ADRL Hardee’s Independence Drags IV
Courtesy of ADRL
TOPEKA, KS — Mike Castellana was simply looking for one good run in Pro Nitrous on Friday at the ADRL Hardee’s Independence Drags IV at Heartland Park Topeka. When that came on his very first run, Castellana delivered in an
even bigger way to cap his evening under the lights. Castellana and his ’69 Camaro wowed the energetic crowd with his third qualifying run, staying in first after three sessions with a pass of 3.89 at 192.28 miles per hour.
It was significant that Castellana had two in a class where most drivers struggled to get one on a day where track conditions proved difficult to solve.
“I think we had a better handle on things,” Castellana said. “It was kind of hit-or-miss for a lot of people, but we’ve got a good handle on this car. When you got something good going, you don’t want to change too much.”
Other top qualifiers after Friday’s three sessions include Frankie Taylor in Pro Extreme, Ashley Owens in Pro Extreme Motorcycle, Pete Berner in Extreme Pro Stock and Todd Moyer in Extreme 10.5. Castellana’s solid performance on Friday gives him some breathing room heading into Saturday’s final qualifying session as well.
Mike Stawicki leads first day of PMRA qualifying at Cayuga
Courtesy of PMRA
CAYUGA, ONTARIO – Veteran Pro Modified racer Mike Stawicki of Medina, New York leads first day qualifying and set a new Pro Modified Racing Association Series record with a 5.803-second pass at 255.15-mph in his G-Force built
and Mike Stawicki Racing powered Supercharged Hemi at the Canadian Nitro Nationals at Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario.
For more information contact Bruce F. Mehlenbacher at Bruce@PMRA.ca
About the Pro Modified Racing Association (PMRA):
he Pro Modified Racing Association, www.PMRA.ca, was organized late in 2004, started racing operations in 2005, and is entering its sixth year of operation in 2010. The PMRA is a self-governing organization with input from its teams, and adheres to the technical and safety rules as outlined by the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) and the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA).
Going Rounds in Topeka is Top Priority for Carpenter
Courtesy of Carpenter Racing
TOPEKA, KS – Coming off a less-than-stellar eliminations record over the past two races, Charles Carpenter has one goal for this weekend’s ADRL Hardee’s Independence Drags IV at Heartland Park Topeka: get past the first round.
After making it out of round one at every race dating back to the 2009 U.S. Drags, Carpenter has been trailered early at each of the past two races and is looking to turn it around in Topeka.
“We’ve been running great, but have lost our raceday consistency and just haven’t performed when the time comes,” said Carpenter. “There’s a happy medium there, and we just have to find it.”
Carpenter hopes to find that middle ground fast. Just 81 points behind Mike Castellana for first place in the Speedtech Battle for the Belts points standings, Carpenter knows he needs to match the perennial front runner step for step while fending off the tough competition from the Pro Nitrous field to stay near the top.
Skull Motorsports Team back in PMRA Competition for 2010 Season
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MAPLE, ONTARIO – Other than painting their race car, The Skull Motorsports Team of Ralph Andreacchi and Tony Piselli have only made a few minor changes to their Corvette Pro Modified for this year’s Pro Modified Racing
Association series.
“We haven’t made many changes this season,” noted car tuner and former team driver Ralph Andreacchi, who has won PMRA events in the past behind the wheel.
Powered by an Al Billes Racing 526-cubic inch Brad Anderson (BAE) Supercharged Hemi, the engine sits between the frame rails of a Tim McAmis Race Car chassis. Behind the engine is a Bruno’s Automotive Products Lenco transmission, and the car is fuelled with an Al Billes Racing fuel system. A Kobelco K-11 supercharger, which Andreacchi said is running a 20 percent overdrive as per NHRA specs, sits atop the engine.
Noakes and Martin Team Up to do Battle in the PMRA
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BARRIE, ONTARIO – Tim Martin and Paul Noakes have pooled their talent and racing equipment to form a new Pro 
Modified team which brings a lot to the table in Pro Modified Racing Association competition.
After racing in the PMRA last season, Martin, of Barrie, Ontario got together with former Alcohol Funny Car driver Paul Noakes of London, Ontario recently and began this alliance which will see Noakes drive the Corvette Pro Modified for the remainder of the PMRA year.
Noakes, who was a top contender in the IHRA Alcohol Funny Car ranks for over 20 years, decided to get into the doorslammer after the IHRA closed the door on the Funny Car class.
Team Aruba Determined to Light the Track at ADRL Independence Drags
Courtesy of Team Aruba
UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA — After a great weekend of racing at the American Drag Racing League (ADRL) Summer Drags in Martin, Team Aruba, with the colorful Aruba.com Extreme Pro Stock car in tow, is on the long road to
Heartland Park Topeka (HPT) race track for the ADRL Hardee’s Independence Drags IV. “The past few weeks have been intense,” says Team Aruba driver, Trevor Eman. “Since Martin, we’ve been working long days and nights preparing our car for the Topeka race.”
Team Aruba definitely has their work cut out for them, uncomfortably sitting 300 points behind 8th place. “It’s crunch time, and we’re hungrier than we’ve ever been,” comments Eman. “Time is quickly slipping away; we only have a few races left until the ADRL Finals. Our performance this weekend is crucial.” Team Aruba recently moved up a spot on the Extreme Pro Stock ladder, from 14th to 13th after good performances at the ADRL Ford Summer Drags just two weeks ago.
LenMar Motorsports Gives Fans Hardee’s Independence Drags IV Online Coverage Free of Charge
O’FALLON, MO – As an introduction to the premier edition of ADRL 
Live Video Coverage online this weekend, LenMar Motorsports has generously offered to provide the financial backing to allow every fan to watch the ADRL Hardee’s Independence Drags IV from Heartland Park Topeka free of charge on July 2-3.
The ADRL announced plans earlier this week to offer all-access online video coverage of its events starting this weekend in Topeka, KS, offering ground-breaking coverage that has never been available before in drag racing.
But LenMar Motorsports, which has been a proud sponsor of the ADRL since 2008, is covering the entire bill for fans on both days by making it a free online event for everyone.
That’s a savings of $14.95 for the public and $9.95 for ADRL members.
THE GODFATHER OF PRO MOD ON DRAG ILLUSTRATED RADIO
Courtesy of Drag Illustrated
KIRKSVILLE, Missouri – The Godfather of Pro Mod himself, and 2009 Drag Illustrated Magazine cover star, Charles 
Carpenter, will join popular new racing radio hosts Wes Buck and Wyatt Haldin for the 11th episode of Wes and Wyatt in the Evening on Drag Illustrated Radio tonight, June 28th, at 9:00 P.M. central standard time. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/drag-illustrated
Currently second in the ADRL Pro Nitrous points standings, Charles Carpenter has proven in 2010 that he’s still as relevant to the world of fast doorslammer racing as he was twenty years ago. With a new power plant under the hood of his world’s fastest ’55 Chevy, Carpenter has the performance requirements to compete with the top nitrous racers in the world.
ADRL Announces Online Video Coverage for Hardee’s Independence Drags IV
Courtesy of the ADRL
O’FALLON, MO — After an overwhelming response from its online test run, the American Drag Racing League (ADRL) 
announced plans for extensive online coverage of its racing weekends, starting July 2-3 at the ADRL Hardee’s Independence Drags IV from Heartland Park Topeka in Topeka, KS.
The test run for online video coverage was conducted at the ADRL Ford Drive One Summer Drags VI on June 11-12 and was met with an incredible reaction from its fans, prompting the move to a growing online viewing audience.
For a small fee, fans will be able to get full coverage of the event with an abbreviated recap on Sunday. The ground-breaking online coverage will include complete racing coverage with free coverage on Friday beginning from the first run in qualifying to Saturday’s qualifying through the last championship race under the lights and will feature up to 20 hours of live coverage during each weekend.
