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Chris Demke and Maddern Racing Are Top Gun Bound

Courtesy of Maddern racing

Fallon, NV –  Mid way through the 2011 drag racing season, Chris Demke and the Top Alcohol Dragster Team of Maddern are making their way 63 miles east of Reno to compete at Top Gun Raceway.  This event marks the teams seventh appearance this year.

The Peen Rite / Clean Boost Performance Oil Team goes into this race as the Division 7 points leader as well as the Division 7 Jegs Allstars points leader and holding strong in 3rd place within the National Points Chase.

“We’ve done pretty well so far this year” notes Demke, “we have a good, consistent race car and we are very hungry to improve our position within the National Championship Points Series.

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ADRL’s Extreme 10.5 Class Featured On Saturday’s “Lucas Oil On The Edge!”

Courtesy of ADRL

O’FALLON, MO — The American Drag Racing League (ADRL) and its Extreme 10.5 class will be featured on Saturday’s “Lucas Oil On The Edge!” which airs at 7 p.m. EST on SPEED.

The show will center around the 2010 Extreme 10.5 “Battle For The Belts,” which took place last October at Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas.

It will also re-air at 3:30 p.m. EST on Monday.

This action-packed episode will feature all of the exciting highlights from the memorable event that crowned a 2010 ADRL World Champion in one of the league’s most thrilling classes.

Featuring standout drivers like Dan Millen, Billy Glidden, Gary White, Todd Moyer, Spiro Pappas and Chuck Ulsch, the Extreme 10.5 “Battle For The Belts” showcased the top eight drivers in the class as they battled it for a world title.

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Team JEGS Ready for NHRA Division 3 Lucas Race

Courtesy of Jegs

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – For more than 30 years, the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis has signified the beginning of a busy summer of racing in the NHRA’s North Central Division. It also marks the time when Team JEGS racers shift into high gear.

Two-time Division 3 champion Mike Coughlin, his nephew Troy Jr., and future sister-in-law Samantha Kenny, will represent the yellow and black at this weekend’s event with designs on going rounds and contending for trophies

After spending much of the 2010 season recovering from hip and knee surgery, Mike Coughlin is ready to make another run at the Dart Top Sportsman championship. Mike has won two of the last five titles in the class and is eager to find the winner’s circle again with his JEGS.com Chevy Cobalt.

“We brought the car out earlier this year for the JEGS Cajun SPORTSnationals in Belle Rose and it ran pretty well,” Mike said. “Now, were really looking forward to Indy. It has always been one of my favorite races.

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Chris Demke and Maddern Racing Dedicates Gator Victory to Walt Rhoades

Courtesy of Maddern Racing

Gainesville, FL –  With weather conditions as good as 1200 feet below sea level in the morning hours at Florida’s premier racing facility, Gainesville Raceway, the timing couldn’t have been better for teams in attendance.

The Peen Rite / Clean Boost Top Alcohol Dragster of Chris Demke and Jerry Maddern was in fact one of the benefactors of those conditions.

With an oversized DMPE MKII injector hat mounted on the dragster for first round of qualifying, Demke led his team to a 5.255 elaspse time that held up through three sessions into first round of eliminations.

“The Gorilla Injector hat received a lot of attention” lamented Demke, “unfortunately, for the second and third qualifier, the dragster pulled the front end and I had to abort both runs.

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LODRS Division Two 2011 Season Opener In the Books

Bradenton FL – Three days of great competition where capped off with the crowning of the first champions of the 2011 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at the season opener held at Bradenton Motorsports Park. 

There were many hard fought battles and tons of close racing in all classes as over 380 competitors vied for victory in 13 classes. 

Along with all of the regular classes for any LODRS event, NHRA division 2 director Rich Schafer took the advice of his track owners and operators to add the 10.0, 11.0 and 12.0 index classes from the popular NHRA Unleashed series.

The new index classes allow local bracket racers the opportunity to run for a coveted ‘Wally’ and a divisional championship.

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Chris Demke of Maddern Racing Continues with Clean Boost Racing Oil for 2011 Racing Season

Courtesy of Maddern Racing

Sun Valley, CA – With the 2011 NHRA Drag Racing season ready to begin, it is with great pleasure that Chris Demke, pilot of the Maddern Racing Peen Rite Top Alcohol Dragster, announces that Clean Boost Performance Racing Oil has returned with their team for the 2011 Racing season.

Demke goes into the 2011 season holding on to the best finish in the teams history by respectively finishing #2 Nationally in 2010.

“We are pursuing a very aggressive racing season this year” noted Demke “and we are very proud to be representing Clean Boost Performance Racing Oil. 

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RPM Teams up with Grand Bend Motorplex for May Holiday Weekend Event

Courtesy of RPM

Brantford, ON – For 2011 RPM Magazine will once again see fast cars at “The Bend” as a total package high-power event is created for the May Victoria Day holiday weekend in Canada.

Grand Bend Motorplex & RPM/Lucas Oil Products Extreme Events team up to bring you the 2011 Rudy Held’s Performance Centre Spring Spectacular!

“We’re very fortunate to be part of this event with Grand Bend along with our RPM/Lucas Oil Products 2011 Extreme Event Series supporters.

This weekend, affectionately known in Canada as the ‘May two/four’ weekend, with the support of Rudy Held’s Performance Centre, is an established long running tradition at this facility that never fails to amaze racers and fans, and RPM is proud to be able to join in on the fun. So we will do our very best to make something already great, even better!” Exclaimed RPM Editor, Chris Biro.

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JE Pistons/Lucas Oil Sponsor NMRA/NMCA West Coast Shootout

Courtesy of NMCA

Santa Ana, CA – The NMCA & NMRA are pleased to announce that JE Pistons and Lucas Oil will sponsor the NMRA/NMCA West Coast Shootout in 2011. The JE Pistons NMRA/NMCA West Coast Shootout, presented by Lucas Oil, will take place at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA, the weekend of July 8-10, 2011.

This special event combines the NMCA Flowmaster series and the NMRA Keystone Automotive series for a special Southern California event that will give west coast drag racers and performance enthusiasts a taste of why the NMCA and NMRA are the #1 muscle car motorsports shows in the U.S.

This event will showcase some of the best heads-up and wheels up muscle car drag racing on the planet as street car racers put their combinations on kill to win the biggest west coast event of the year.

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10.0, 11.0, 12.0 INDEX CLASSES ADDED TO DIVISION 2 LUCAS OIL EVENTS

Courtesy of NHRA Division 2

Gainesville, FL – The 2011 Division 2 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events will feature an addition of 3 select “index” classes to the program.  All three index classes will be running for the coveted Wally trophy and will be collecting points toward the 2011 Division 2 Championship title.

Rules will parallel the popular NHRA Unleashed program and are available at www.nhraunleashed.com

·        Deep staging is allowed in all index classes. Courtesy staging is not required. The tree is in Autostart mode, and will not be held to allow extra time to deep stage.

·        Index classes will be laddered on a Sportsman ladder beginning 1st round.

·        Index classes will be run on a Pro Tree.

·        Delay boxes and/or timed throttle stops prohibited. Mechanical type throttle stops permitted. Any adjustment during the run prohibited. Timers of any kind associated with, but not limited to, fuel and/or nitrous delivery, throttle control, vehicle performance criteria, etc. are strictly prohibited. Transmission brake and two-steps are permitted.

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