- FOSTER LOOKING TO TAKE AQUA PROP ALL THE WAY AT CHARLOTTE FOUR-WIDE NATIONALS
- MBE Tech Report
- MATT SMITH LOOKS FOR HOMETOWN WIN AT ZMAX DRAGWAY, DERIC KRAMER AIMS TO REPEAT HIS 2023 4-WIDE NATIONALS WIN
- FERNANDO CUADRA SR. TO HAVE LAST DANCE WITH PRO STOCK AT CHARLOTTE FOUR-WIDE NATIONALS
- HULL READY TO CELEBRATE PROFESSIONAL ANNIVERSARY IN CHARLOTTE
- AMKUS RESCUE SYSTEMS TO CONTINUE AS OFFICIAL RESCUE TOOLS OF NHRA
- John Force Racing Ready to Extend Successful 2024 Start In Charlotte 4-Wide Race
FOUR-WIDE CHAMPS JOHN FORCE, CORY MAC HEADLINE TONIGHT’S WFO RADIO
HOLLYWOOD, FL – John Force and Cory McClenathan, winners of the inaugural NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway, will headline tonight’s WFO Radio NHRA Tuesday with Joe Castello, live at 7 p.m. ET. To listen live or on-demand, go to http://www.wforadio.com
Force, a 14-time NHRA Funny Car champion, earned his 128th career victory in dramatic fashion by edging daughter Ashley Force Hood with a final elapsed time of 4.036 to 4.042 in the rain-delayed Funny Car final eliminations. Force’s win was the second of 2010 as he lengthened his points lead to 89 over Ron Capps, who finished third in the four-wide Funny Car finals.
Change…It’s a Good Thing…Time for a New Motor and Blower at DragStory.com!
Warner Robins, GA – One of the most difficult things in life is change. According to Mark Twain, the only person that 
likes change is a baby with a wet diaper. When DragStory started last June, we had hoped to see somewhere between 3 and 4000 page views of the first event we covered. You can imagine how surprised we were when our coverage of the ADRL’s Ford Drive One Nationals at Martin Michigan saw over 33,000 page views. Since that first race, our event coverage has been viewed nearly 900,000 times! We expect to easily exceed 1 million page views by our first anniversary in June. It boggles our minds, we can’t thank you enough for your support.
With such dramatic growth in a very short period of time, our current server has struggled to keep up with the demand. I’m certain many of you experienced frustration when the site tanked on us in Houston a few weeks back. Well, in order to prevent any downtime in the future, we’ve migrated DragStory to it’s new home with our other servers at the Planet in Houston. The change-over took place this past weekend and went fairly well given how big the site has become in 9 months. We have over 12,000 pictures in our galleries alone!
Pappas Qualifies #1 at ADRL Season Opener in Houston with a 3.88!
Houston, TX – Straight off their 2009 ADRL Xtreme 10.5 world championship, Spiro Pappas racing is not resting on its laurels as it took the number 1 spot in the rain postponed season opener at Houston Raceway Park (HRP).
The team unloaded the car and picked up right where they left off after testing at HRP’s Spring Warm-Up in early March. Their 3.931 @ 194.88 mph run during the test session was backed up 3 weeks later with their first round qualifying shot of 3.924 @ 195.22 mph. This gave them the number 1 position after the first round of qualifying with their closest competitor 3 tenths of a second behind. Round 2 and 3 would not see the team improve as they worked on their chassis and engine setup.
Mike Janis Racing 2010 Mustang Pro Mod Concept Design Contest
Courtesy of: Mike Janis Racing Inc.
Elma, NY – Mike Janis Racing along with their sponsors, Aeroquip, Eaton, and Jan-Cen are pleased to announce a conceptual design contest allowing fans to design their new 2010 Ford Mustang Pro Mod. The winner of the contest will receive $500.00 USD from Mike Janis Racing.
The contest is open to everyone; you don’t have to be an “artist” to enter. If you can put your idea to paper, we will take it from there. If needed, Justin Spencer of Competition Designs will transform contest ideas into a completed rendering. If you fancy yourself an “artist” you can alter the template or come up with a view of your own. The only strict rule of the design is that you DO NOT alter the sponsor Logos in anyway.
IT’S HERE! And the Deals are Incredible!
Mark it on your Calendar, June 25th -27th at Grand Bend Motorplex for the RPM Magazine Family Power Fest Media Weekend Featuring the Ultimate Pro Mod Showdown… Canada’s Biggest Baddest single Pro Mod show!
“We love what the folks at RPM are doing with their ‘family pricing’ special. When a promoter goes out of their way like this to make sure that the family aspect of the sport is not only recognized, but in fact embraced, it’s great for everyone involved”, stated Ron Biekx, General Manager of Grand Bend Motorplex.
“We’ve said it from the start, this is all about entertaining families and the media with the most powerful sport on earth!” Exclaimed RPM VP of Sales & Marketing, Trish Biro. “Our goal was to offer an exciting energetic and high-power atmosphere for your family with pricing to go along with it. You know, make it cost less than going to a 2 hour movie but go a few steps further and give you more action and more family fun for your hard-earned money. I feel we have accomplished that and more with Grand Bend Motorplex here. Remember…This event is “RATED G”… For GREAT Family Fun!”
Bluebaugh Racing: On the Horizon for 2010
By Deborah-WFO
Bluebaugh Racing’s Team Magna Fuel is taking a brief reprieve to rethink and prepare for the 2010 racing season yet ahead. Last September Bluebaugh and Crew Chief Deborah Woodard took a late mid-season leap of faith changing a proven combination in the Magna Fuel Monte Carlo with a bigger engine. Bluebaugh said it’s been quite a challenge to harness the new power. We are taking a step back for a minute to rethink after several events spent with difficulty. We want to come back to the competition prepared. Adding horsepower to the mix is just not as easy at it sounds. It changes everything about the car.
TPI Continues to Grow with ADRL, Adds Merchandise Program
NEW BERN, NC – Since 2004, the American Drag Racing League’s explosive growth has taken the drag racing world by storm. Much has changed in and around the ADRL, but Tysinger Promotions’ presence as one of the enduring forces behind the scenes of the organization has been a constant. At this past weekend’s Universal Technical Institute Dragpalooza VI at Houston Raceway Park, TPI marked its sixth year of providing complete promotional and event services for the ADRL.
“As the ADRL has grown, so has our involvement with them,” TPI President Wendy Stallings said. “What started out as simply doing media buys for an upstart company putting on its first race has evolved into complete event services for the fastest growing motorsports organization in America. The most amazing part is that it feels like we’re just getting started.”
TPI’s laundry list of services provided for the ADRL literally goes from A to Z. TPI has done it all over the past five years, from things as simple as hanging sponsor banners around the facility to something as involved as organizing and administering the ADRL contingency program, and everything in between.
ADRL Race Team on Display at Atlanta Diabetes Expo
O’FALLON, MO
— American Drag Racing League (ADRL) star Bennie McDonald Jr. will attend this Saturday’s (Mar. 27) American Diabetes Association (ADA) EXPO Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center to greet show goers and sign autographs. The McDonald Family Racing 2,500-horsepower ADRL Pro Extreme ’53 Corvette will also be on static display beside him in the EXPO Atlanta Youth Zone.
McDonald, from nearby Locust Grove, Georgia, said he’s looking forward to the opportunity of sharing his personal experiences with Type 2 diabetes with EXPO Atlanta attendees.
“Diabetes is a terrible disease, there’s no question about that, but I want people to know that managing your diabetes means you can still live a full life and do whatever you like,” he said. “These cars can be a real handful to drive and they demand a lot of work just to keep running, but by taking control of my diabetes and not letting it control me I can stay on top of everything.”
Bill Moloughney signs on with Quick 32 Sportsman Series
SHAWVILLE, QUEBEC (March 24, 2010) – After a trip to the Grand Bend Motorplex last year, Bill Moloughney wanted to step up his racing and decided to join up with the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto 
Parts.
“I decided I wanted to run with the big boys,” said Moloughney, who will race in the Series’ Top Dragster class.
“I bought the dragster last year, and raced locally around here,” he continued. “But Jamie Bridge (another Quick 32 Sportsman Series competitor) talked about this, and I decided I wanted to be in with the competition.”
Team Aruba Achieves Career-Best Qualifying Effort in Houston; Race Rescheduled
SAINT LOUIS, MO — After enduring a long day of qualifying at Baytown’s Houston Raceway Park, Trevor Eman and the Team Aruba crew achieved a career-best qualifying effort with an elapsed time (ET) of 4.090 at 177.30mph in the fourth qualifying round at the 2010 American Drag Racing League (ADRL) Universal Technical Institute Dragpalooza VI, presented by Safety-Kleen. “We were making better and faster runs every time we made it to the starting line,” commented Eman, on the team’s performance. Team Aruba’s efforts placed the team in the #5 spot in the Extreme Pro Stock (XPS) category.
Fans excitedly awaited the qualifying rounds of the 2010 ADRL Dragpalooza VI, only to miss out on the final elimination rounds as a discouraging storm front moved across Baytown, Texas. With impending rain and strong winds quickly approaching, a final decision to reschedule the remaining qualifying and eliminations rounds was made for late July.
