TB Promotions is headed to the EAST COAST!
Dinwiddie, VA – For five years now, TB Promotions has consistently delivered innovative events to the big money bracket racing scene. What began as a small, local initiative has grown into one of the leading businesses in race promotion today.
We have been dedicated to understanding and fulfilling the unique, evolving needs of racers, with the goal of keeping them satisfied and engaged. By delivering exciting, well-organized events, we aim to create an experience that encourages racers to return year after year, eager for what’s next.
In 2022, we unlocked the gates at World Wide Technology Raceway, returning the “big money scene” back to the Midwest. Following that, the TB $100K was brought to Beech Bend Raceway Park, a track rich in Kentucky’s racing history. The excitement continued in 2024, with our biggest event yet, the TB $250K, held at US 131 Motorsports Park, marking another exciting addition to the TB Promotions circuit.
Those events exceeded expectations, fueling our anticipation in finding out where the road will take us next. Continue reading
TOP FUEL’S TONY SCHUMACHER HITTING STRIDE HEADING TO STAMPEDE OF SPEED AND TEXAS NHRA FALLNATIONALS
ENNIS, TX – Eight-time world champion Tony Schumacher is back in the world title hunt and heading to one of his favorite tracks on the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series tour, a combination that could bode well for the longtime Top Fuel star.
Fresh off his victory in St. Louis, Schumacher is ready to roll at this weekend’s 39th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals at legendary Texas Motorplex, an event that caps off the Stampede of Speed.
Now living in Texas, Schumacher plans to take in all of what the spectacular 10-day event has to offer and he hopes to close it out with a second straight victory in his 11,000-horsepower Leatherwood Distillery/Waltrip Brewing Co. dragster for JCM Racing.
Schumacher is sixth in the Top Fuel points after his first victory in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs since 2014, sitting 103 points back of first as he seeks his seventh career victory at Texas Motorplex. No other Top Fuel driver has more than three, meaning the facility, which also is the site of his first career Top Fuel victory, has treated Schumacher very well over the years. Continue reading
Chris King Ready to Take on Texas Fall Nationals
CHICAGO – Throughout the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Chris King and the Competition Products/Howards Cams Funny Car have been hitting some of the biggest NHRA races on the tour. For the first time King, who owns his team and wheels the 11,000-horsepowered Funny Car tuned by veteran crew chief Bob Peck, will head to Texas Motorplex for the Stampede of Speed and Texas NHRA Fall Nationals, October 9-13. This season King has made career best passes in Chicago and Norwalk as well as qualifying for the prestigious Toyota NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis. Adding the race at Texas Motorplex is another major step for his Funny Car team.
“I am fired up to be heading to the Texas Motorplex for the Stampede of Speed and the Texas Fall Nationals,” said King. “We were looking at St. Louis but the opportunity to be involved with a mega-event like the Stampede of Speed was too good of an opportunity. We’ll be doing the Fanfest on Thursday night as well as autograph sessions throughout the race. I can’t wait to show off for the Texas fans.” Continue reading
NHRA MISSION FOODS DRAG RACING SERIES SET FOR SECOND HALF OF THRILLING COUNTDOWN TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP
INDIANAPOLIS – Through the first three races in the NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs, fans have already witnessed electric moments, huge surprises and major shifts in the points standings as drivers in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series put everything on the line for championship glory.
The second half of the six-race postseason begins this weekend with the main event of Texas Motorplex’s Stampede of Speed, the Texas NHRA FallNationals, starting an epic three-race finish.
Following the annual stop in Dallas, the stars in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle go to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Ford Performance NHRA Nationals on Oct. 31-Nov. 3, with all roads leading to Pomona for the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals on Nov. 14-17 at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip.
Here’s how each class stacks up heading to the final three races of the 2024 season. Continue reading
TRUE BRAND RIDING WITH JIM DUNN RACING AND BUDDY HULL AT MOTORPLEX
LONG BEACH, CA (October 7, 2024) — Season-long sponsor, True Brand Products, will have their first full-car wrap on the Jim Dunn Racing nitro Funny Car this weekend at the Texas Fall Nationals at Texas Motorplex, October 11-13, 2024. Throughout the season Funny Car driver Buddy Hull has been representing True Brand but in Dallas the first year Funny Car driver is excited to step up the True Brand presence. True Brand performance additives and treatments can be used in all types of engines, fuel systems, gear/transmissions, and hydraulic systems. Since 1976, their products have been used in the automotive, phosphate, citrus, railroad, steel, coal, and entertainment industries.
In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) will also be highlighted on the True Brand nitro Funny Car. NBCF’s mission is to help women who are currently affected by breast cancer by providing detection, education, and support services. They are committed to helping patients and caregivers along all stages of the breast cancer journey. Continue reading
QUICK 32 SPORTSMAN SERIES AND PRO BIKE & SLED SERIES 2025 SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR EMPIRE DRAGWAY
LEICESTER, NY – The Quick 32 Sportsman Series and the Pro Bike and Sled Series (PBSS) are pleased to announce the confirmation of four race dates on the 2025 calendar.
The Quick 32 Sportsman Series and Pro Bike & Sled Series (PBSS) will compete on June 20 – 21, July 18 – 19, August 15 – 16 and September 12 – 13, 2025
The events will include the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, the Pro Bike & Sled Series (PBSS), and the 5.50 Index Series, Box and No-Box divisions. The competition will be held on the Empire Dragway eighth-mile track surface and compete for their respective Championship Point Award Series. Continue reading
Tony Stewart and Matt Hagan Head to Texas for the NHRA FallNationals
Ennis, TX – The Texas NHRA FallNationals at the Texas Motorplex near Dallas is the 18th race on the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series’ 20-race schedule and it is the fourth round in the six-race Countdown to the Championship. Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) drivers Tony Stewart (Top Fuel) and Matt Hagan (Funny Car) are both in the Countdown, with 2024 marking Stewart’s first appearance in the NHRA postseason and Hagan’s 13th.
Stewart is ninth in the Top Fuel standings heading into Dallas, 194 points behind championship leader Antron Brown. Hagan is fifth in the Funny Car standings, 205 points behind leader Austin Prock. Hagan is a four-time champion (2011, 2014, 2020 and 2023).
The last time the NHRA competed at the Texas NHRA FallNationals, Pruett and Hagan earned the first double-up victory for TSR.
Stewart and Hagan come into Dallas representing Mobil 1 and Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage, respectively. Stewart’s Top Fuel dragster carries the colors of Mobil 1, the world’s leading synthetic motor oil brand. Meanwhile, Hagan’s Dodge//SRT Hellcat Funny Car is emblazoned with Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage (JHG). JHG was formed in 2021 and brings a passion and flare to the automotive world. They aim to inspire, drive and celebrate progress. Continue reading
TERRY HADDOCK GOES BACK-TO-BACK AT TEXAS INVITATIONAL
ENNIS, TX – For the second year in a row veteran Funny Car driver Terry Haddock took the win light at the Stampede of Speeds signature exhibition event, the Texas Invitational. Through two days of eliminations rounds that saw Haddock take on Arlington, Texas’ Kebin Kinsley and his War Wagon nitro fuel altered on Saturday and tonight outrun Pro Mod superstar Frankie Taylor to win the coveted Texas Invitational champion’s belt. Haddock took the race seriously both days and was overjoyed to be the only Texas Invitational winner to date.
“I was focused on what I was doing. I didn’t see him the whole run,” said Haddock, who took the win light at the 1/8-mile mark. “I didn’t hear him. I was just trying to win. We haven’t gotten a race in a couple of months, and we wanted to come out here and do a good job and make our sponsors happy. We are excited for next weekend and the NHRA Texas Fall Nationals. It was nice to come out and have all my friends and family here and win another Texas Invitational title. I want to thank Christie (Meyer Johnson) and Billy Meyer for putting this race on. The stands were packed and I think we made a lot of new drag racing fans this weekend.”
On Saturday night, the second night of the Stars of Texas Music Festival, in advance of headliner Tracy Lawrence, Haddock took on Kinsley and Taylor dueled against Brandon Pesz. Both races were spectacles of drag racing long smoky burnouts and header flames ruling the night. Haddock turned on his win light over a tire smoking Kinsley just after Taylor won a nail-biter of a Pro Mod race over Pesz. Continue reading
BRITTANIE AND JOSH HART DOING THEIR PART TO HELP HURRICANE VICTIMS IN ADVANCE OF TEXAS FALL NATIONALS
OCALA, FL – While so many residents in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and the panhandle of Florida continue to suffer the aftereffects of Hurricane Helene, Brittanie and Josh Hart have committed to doing whatever they can to help them out. The dynamic duo who has supported a wide variety of charities throughout their lives have committed to raising donations for the affected communities of the panhandle of Florida from now until October 23rd, the day of their annual After Dark Car Show and Trunk or Treat event at Burnyzz Speed Shop in Ocala, Florida.
“We wanted to do something for all the people affected by Hurricane Helene here in Florida and this just seemed like the perfect way to help,” said Brittanie Hart. “We have been blessed in our lives and luckily, we didn’t get hit that hard in Ocala. We are praying for everyone affected. We hope these donations will make a difference. We are going to head to the panhandle of Florida with some of the crew guys from the R+L Carriers team between the Fall Nationals and the Nevada Nationals.”
The Harts and Burnyzz Speed Shop will be collecting donations from now until October 23rd. They are encouraging anyone to bring a bag or small box of donations and in return for this act of generosity fans will receive a Josh Hart Racing shirt (while supplies last). Donations can be dropped off at Burnyzz Speed Shop (1 Aspen Road, Ocala, Florida, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm). The Harts are going to match every donation. Continue reading
Tony Stewart, McPhillips Racing Top Alcohol Dragster, Clinch NHRA Division 3 TAD Title
St. Louis -By advancing to the Finals at the NHRA North Central Division race at St. Louis and defeating Gary Pritchett, Stewart clinched his championship title in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Division 3. Coming into St. Louis, Stewart was 21 points behind Pritchett, so if the two met in the Finals, Stewart had to earn the win to claim the title.
This marks Stewart’s first divisional championship in the Top Alcohol Dragster class in two years of competition. He finished second in both the NHRA North Central Division and World Championship in 2023.
Stewart earned low ET (elapsed time) during each round of eliminations on Sunday.
Stewart had a .013 RT (reaction time) in Round 1, a .020 RT in Round 2 and a .023 RT in the Finals, besting his opponent in each round.
Tony Stewart, Driver of the McPhillips Racing Top Alcohol Dragster
“It was a pretty cool deal today. This is redemption from last year at this same event. When we were here a year ago, all we had to do was get through the first round and we would have clinched the division championship. Obviously, we were also racing for the world championship points as well. But, we had a problem. The car shook and the competitor we ran against had their best run of the season against us. It was a bitter pill to swallow. We were having to come from behind today. Even with two wins and a runner-up coming into today, if he (Gary Pritchett) made it to the finals, we had to beat him to win this thing. Continue reading