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Titan Motorsports ADRL Summer Drags VI – Second Win in a Row
Titan Grabs Second Win In A Row!!
Courtesy of Titan Motorsports
Orlando, FL – Summer isn’t the only thing bringing the heat in 
2010. The Team from Titan Motorsports was at it again in Martin Michigan for the ADRL Summer Drags VI. Coming off of a strong win in Virginia and recently joining the Mickey Thompson 3 Second Club, Titan and the Scion came through with another dominating performance.
After a few rain delays in Martin on Friday, the track was finally cleared to begin the qualifying runs. In the first qualifying session, Gary White and the boys were just warming up, yet set the precedent for the afternoon by laying down a strong first run of 4.010 at 187.77mph, good enough for the number one qualifying position. In round two Gary nailed a career best trap speed with his 3.958 at 187.98mph! The third and fourth sessions were canceled due to more rain. Titan remained the number one qualifier.
Team Aruba Takes on ADRL Summer Drags with Best Race Weekend of the Season
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UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA — American Drag Racing League (ADRL) teams have nearly reached the half-way point in the 2010 season, with the ever-coveted “Speedtech Battle for the Belts” quickly approaching. With only five
scheduled races left before the ADRL World Finals (including the remainder of ADRL Dragpalooza VI rescheduled for July 23-24), Team Aruba currently sits in 13th place in the Extreme Pro Stock division with 495 points.
ADRL teams traveled to U.S. 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan for the ADRL Ford Drive One Summer Drags VI. “We were excited to sit in 3rd after qualifying,” says Trevor Eman, driver for Extreme Pro Stock (XPS) team, Team Aruba. “After such a long break from the track, we were especially determined to secure a top-qualifying spot.” Eman faced off against Mark Martino in the first round of eliminations, hammering down an exceptional 0.010 RT and reaching a top speed of 175.39mph to take the win. “We had a great light,” says the Aruba.com XPS driver, Trevor Eman. “It was a really close race; striving to achieve a perfect light can really make all the difference in a race.”
Carpenter Disappointed with Another Early Exit
Courtesy of Charles Carpenter Racing
MARTIN, MI – Needing to go rounds after a first round loss at last month’s ADRL Speedtech US Drags, Pro Nitrous veteran Charles Carpenter looked to be in prime position to do just that at the ADRL Ford Drive One Summer Drags
VI at US 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, MI.
After a solid 3.956 effort in Friday’s final qualifying session put Carpenter third heading into eliminations, the team failed to capitalize on the opportunity and suffered a first round loss to Thomas Myers. Carpenter had the advantage off the starting line, but his freshly-painted ’55 Chevy went into violent tire shake early in the run, forcing Carpenter to lift off the throttle as Myers took his first round win of the season with a 4.271.
“We were just too aggressive,” Carpenter said. “The track conditions changed from Friday to Saturday more than we anticipated and we didn’t back it down enough. The car went about halfway to the 60-foot mark and blew the tires off.”
Hernandez Among Five Winners at ADRL Ford Drive One Summer Drags VI
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MARTIN, MI — The added pressure, expectations and attention that comes with landing a new major sponsor seems to have brought out the best in Josh Hernandez.
A race after advancing to the final in Richmond while debuting his new Fight Me MMA sponsorship, Hernandez and his ’57 Chevy took it a step further on Saturday, winning in Pro Extreme at the ADRL Ford Drive One Summer Drags VI at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, MI.
“To come out with a new sponsor and within two races have a win, that’s what we’re in it for,” Hernandez said. “To be in that winner’s circle, nothing makes me happier.
“I’m so happy for my guys. This is what we’ve been waiting for.”
It’s the seventh career win for Hernandez, but just the first this year in a loaded division.
Team Aruba Heads to Martin for ADRL Summer Drags VI
Courtesy of Team Aruba
UNION, SC — Team Aruba is back on the long road to Martin, Michigan to compete in the American Drag Racing League (ADRL) Ford Drive One Summer Drags VI this weekend at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park.
After a two-week break, the team is eager to get back on the eighth-mile track, with plans to make a stop in Ohio to test and prepare the Aruba.com pro stock racecar prior to this Friday’s qualifier rounds. “We’re going to stop in Norwalk to test our car,” says Team Aruba driver, Trevor Eman. “We haven’t been on the track since the ADRL event in Virginia a few weeks back, so we are very ready to race.”
Regarding the team’s performance this season, Team Aruba is hungry for a race victory. “We know we can perform better. We have a good, powerful car,” Eman comments. “We just need to fine tune our weak points and we’ll be back on track.” The ADRL Summer Drags is the fifth event this season towards the 2010 ADRL World Finals, held at Texas Motorplex in late October. “For now, we have our sights set on qualifying for the ‘ADRL Battle for the Belts’ race this year,” Eman says. “Our team is determined and dedicated to working our hardest to be there.”
Carpenter Aiming to Rebound in Martin
Courtesy of Carpenter racing
MARTIN, MI – After getting off to an incredible start to the 2010 American Drag Racing League season, Charles Carpenter’s success came to a halt at the hands of Jim Halsey in the first round of eliminations at the ADRL Speedtech
US Drags III three weeks ago.
Carpenter experienced mechanical and electrical gremlins while warming the car in the pits on Saturday morning and was unable to get them rectified before the first round of eliminations. The problem slowed Carpenter to an off-pace 4.07 after he’s lived in the mid 3.90s all season.
Carpenter soon traced the problem to a bad ground wire once he got back to his Charlotte, NC shop. With the simple fix in place, Carpenter expects to get back on track at this weekend’s ADRL Ford Drive One Summer Drags VI at US 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, MI.
Team Titan’s Road to Victory at ADRL VMP
Video courtesy of Team Titan
A well deserved victory to one of the hardest working teams in Xtreme 10.5 racing!
Bad Fast Is What They Were “Appalachian Hillbillies” Dinwiddie Wild Style
Courtesy of Stanley Weiss Racing
The third stop on the ADRL tour in 2010 was the fantastic drag strip located in Dinwiddie, VA just south of the staid old city of Richmond. This track was good to us last year for our first appearance there as an ADRL Pro Extreme
racing team. It was where we shocked ourselves and everyone else around us by completely bypassing the 3.80 ET zone and running a 3.79 on the night qualifier!
The first two hits in qualifying were nothing to write home about and had left us on the non qualified list. But we redeemed ourselves a bit on the night qualifier yet again. A pedaling 3.89 along side the first Al Anabi Racing Team Camaro put us in the show where we would stay through the last qualifier on Saturday morning. Our 3.806 on Sat morning was real close to another 3.70 run for us but it was going to have to do. The bad thing about that 3.80 with a 6 run was the fact that we were only number eleven in the field of sixteen!!!!
Goforth Racing Post Race Wrap Up
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Holdenville OK – Goforth Racing has had a couple busy weeks of racing, competing in both MMPSA at MIR, and going 
directly to the ADRL event in Virginia. The MMPSA event didn’t turn out the way we hoped, with Cary qualifying in the #5 Spot and Dean in the #7 position. “We really wanted to do well at this event to move up in the points, sometimes its just not our weekend” Goforth said.
Having already committed to running two races in the same area it made sense for us to travel straight from the MIR MMPSA event to Virginia Motorsports Park for the ADRL event. It makes for a long time away from home, but makes sense financially to stay in the area. The team wanted to have a good showing at ADRL and extend Cary’s points lead.
