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Did You Miss Last Nights Big Head and Bret Radio Show?
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O’FALLON, MO – Pro Nitrous driver Steve Vick and Extreme 10.5 driver Chuck Ulsch will be the featured guests at 9 p.m. EST on Thursday for the American Drag Racing League’s (ADRL) weekly 
online radio show, the “Big Head and Bret Radio Show,” which is two hours in length this week.
The “Big Head and Bret Radio Show” features two entertaining and energetic personalities in ADRL President and CEO Kenny Nowling (Big Head) and ADRL TV Personality Bret Kepner (Bret). Nowling also recently announced that this episode will be two hours instead of the usual 60 minutes, ensuring the most detailed preview of the upcoming LenMar Motorsports ADRL World Finals VI.
The enjoyable show streams live every Thursday at 9 p.m. EST on the ADRL website, www.ADRL.us, and at www.blogtalkradio.com. Every archived show is also available on-demand on the ADRL website immediately after each episode finishes.
With the LenMar Motorsports ADRL World Finals VI and the Speedtech “Battle For The Belts” just one week away, the hosts will talk to Vick and Ulsch and gather their thoughts on their respective classes before “Battle For The Belts” takes place from the Texas Motorplex in Ennis.
ADRL Announces “Battle For The Belts” Matchups
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O’FALLON, MO — The American Drag Racing League (ADRL) has released the matchups in all six classes for the 
LenMar Motorsports ADRL World Finals VI and the prestigious Speedtech “Battle For The Belts.” The innovative, eight-spot elimination tournament to determine a world champion in every ADRL class (Pro Extreme, Pro Nitrous, Extreme 10.5, Pro Extreme Motorcycle, Extreme Pro Stock and Pro Junior Dragster) takes place on Oct. 22-23 at Texas Motorplex in Ennis, TX.
ADRL drivers earned points during the 2010 ADRL Tour for their racing performance, record-breaking runs and event participation. Only the top eight drivers in each class advanced and last weekend’s double-race (Dragstock VII and the Ohio Drags IV) at Summit Motorsports Park was the final opportunity to earn a spot into the field. The points leader in each class also receives a first-round bye.
Goforth, Owens’ Double-Up in Ohio
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NORWALK, OH – Two of the top competitors in the American Drag Racing League (ADRL) showed exactly why they reign atop their respective classes at Saturday’s Summit Racing 
Equipment Ohio Drags IV.
Extreme Pro Stock driver Cary Goforth and Pro Extreme Motorcycle rider Ashley Owens both won for the second time in two nights to stay No. 1 in their divisions, capping off a memorable double-race weekend at Summit Motorsports Park. “To get two wins is just really, really awesome,” said Goforth, who won Dragstock VII on Friday. “Awesome won’t even cover it. This is just wonderful. You always dream about something like this, but you don’t always get it.”
Two other drivers got a chance to celebrate for the first time in the ADRL, as Mick Snyder (Pro Extreme) and Jim Laurita (Pro Nitrous) both picked up their first career ADRL wins on Saturday. Chuck Ulsch picked up his third win of the 2010 season in Extreme 10.5 and Morgan Benfield got the win in Pro Junior Dragster.
Tutterow Family Claims Two of Six Wins at ADRL Simpson Dragstock VII
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NORWALK, OH – Just moments after watching his son, Ty, win in Pro Junior Dragster at the completion of the American Drag Racing League (ADRL) Simpson Dragstock VII on Friday, Todd Tutterow had only
one thought before his Pro Extreme final.
I just knew I needed to do my job,” said Tutterow, the 2009 World Champion.
Tutterow followed suit, beating Joshua Hernandez with a 3.85 in the Pro Extreme final at Summit Motorsports Park to give the Tutterow family two memorable wins in one night.
“This is wonderful,” Tutterow said. “It is very special when you got your family with you for something like this.”
Other winners at Dragstock VII, which was completed on Friday after rain postponed the event two weeks ago in Rockingham, included Doug Riesterer (Pro Nitrous), Spiro Pappas (Extreme 10.5), Ashley Owens (Pro Extreme Motorcycle), Cary Goforth (Extreme Pro Stock) and Ty Tutterow (Pro Junior Dragster).
ADRL.us Named Title Sponsor For Eighth Annual Shakedown At E’Town
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O’FALLON, MO — The American Drag Racing League (ADRL) announced that its website, www.ADRL.us, has been named the title sponsor for the eighth annual ADRL.us Shakedown at E’Town, which takes place Oct. 1-3 at Old Bridge
Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ.
In addition to the ADRL.us title sponsorship, the ADRL’s in-house magazine, Adrenaline, will also sponsor the event’s Adrenaline Pro Extreme Eighth-Mile Challenge.
“When the situation presented itself last week that Al-Anabi would not be able to continue as the title sponsor of this great event as a result of their contact with the ADRL, it became a high priority for both myself and (Al-Anabi owner) KH Al-Thani to help (Shakedown founder and promoter) Dave (Hance) secure a title sponsor,” ADRL President and CEO Kenny Nowling said.
ADRL’s Drag Stock Leaves Its Mark !!
By Camp Stanley: Post Date: 9/4/2010, Photos Courtesy Of Van Abernathy
“Sucks to be us.” was my blunt assessment to Competition Plus.com on being outside the 16-car field after three Pro Extreme qualifying sessions for the ADRL’s prestigious Dragstock VII on Friday at Rockingham Dragway.
We don’t very often blow our stuff up and almost never, ever knock the blower off of it, but we did a good job of all of it in one go yesterday in that second qualifying session. We lost two cylinders on the run, one of them at 1.6 seconds in and the other 1.8 seconds later. Then we managed to blow the blower off it at 3.03 in! And John still put up a 3.93 lap at only 163.51 mph.
We got back, checked the damage and got right into fixing the blower issues. That being completed we were checking the driver’s side valve lash and found out that an intake valve seat had fallen out. Then we knew why the blower left the manifold! This was where the carnage started. So, we fixed that by putting on one of our spare heads, and then it was on to the other side for a valve adjustment. There we found that a head had fallen off a valve on that side. So we changed that head with our last spare piece!
Jamie Hancock Returns to ADRL Pro Nitrous Competition at The Rock
Story by Wade Mooney
Opelika, AL – 2007 ADRL Battle Of The Belts Champion Jamie Hancock is planning on returning to the ADRL Nitrous wars at Dragstock VII coming this weekend at Rockingham Dragway. 
Shortly after winning his ADRL championship, the Hancock family built a leaner and meaner 1968 Firebird. Unfortunately, a testing accident resulted in the car being totaled before it ever made a full pass. Since they still had the trusty, but heavy, 2004 Corvette, it was revived for local events.
Jamie’s driving coupled with his father James’ tuning skills have kept the team as a contender at every race they have entered since the accident. But weighing in at over 2600 lbs the team was clearly at a disadvantage. Good friend Brian Allen purchased the Corvette earlier this year and has allowed Jamie to continue to drive the car while the new lite weight ’68 Firebird was being completed.
Contrary to Rumors, Alan Pittman Race Cars Open for Business
Courtesy of Carpenter racing
GREENVILLE, SC – This Monday morning, the bay doors at Alan Pittman Race Cars swung open at 8 AM just as they 
do every weekday.
In the face of recent rumors that his renowned chassis fabrication business was closing, Alan Pittman would like to set the record straight: Alan Pittman Race Cars is not closing and is open for business.
“I started getting phone call after phone call this weekend from people saying they heard I had laid off all my employees and was closing the doors,” Pittman said. “It’s simply not true. It’s an unfortunate rumor that got started, and we all know
Clifford “The Big Red Dog Drama” On The Road
By Camp Stanley
Hagerstown, MD – I’m an old trucking guy from way back, just like my friend Roger Henson, although with a whole lot 
less money! For the most part I enjoy the peace and solitude of the open road and as John and Tracy like to tell me, it is where I dream up all kinds of things.
And I must admit I do come up with some doozies! Some of them are really great reminders of things we may need to change. And some of them may perhaps be a better way of putting something where it is easier found. My do to lists after after a long trip such as a Dallas or Houston can sometimes be what appears to be an entire trash can of sticky notes!
And then there are the times where I wish I was the one riding in an airplane! The return trip from St Louis was one of those times. As I was motoring along the highway of life on Sunday morning I noticed a strange smell like brakes
Double Duty for Team Titan In St. Louis
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Orlando, Fl – With the past few ADRL events being double-headers, it is hard to believe that all this action is being packed into one weekend… again. It’s almost getting difficult to 
keep up with what races are what, who has qualified, and which races are raced which days. So, here is the rundown for Titan’s August 6-7th ADRL weekend.
Friday was the make-up day for the Independence Drags held in Topeka last month. The Scion qualified #1 for this race, with a 3.986 at 185.61mph, so the crew was eager to finish it off strong. Round one of eliminations was a bye run so we’ll pick things up in the second. In round two, Gary lines up with Judd Coffman. Coffman ended up rolling the beam, Gary ended up super loose, but at the end, it was the Scion that moved on.
In round 3 it was Dustin Miller’s turn to dance, but it was Gary White and the Titan Scion that was to set the tune. Miller got a big starting line advantage, but ran into problems down the track. The Scion blasted down the track with a 4.047 at 184.02, posting the fastest time of the day. In the finals, Titan was set to face-off with Jeff Naiser. Gary blasted out of the gate first and never looked back. Naiser ran into some trouble half way down the track and had to shut it off. The Scion posted another fast time of the day with a 4.003 at 185.79.
