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Clermont, IN – Day two of qualifying for the 57th Annual running of the Mac Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals for the Top Alcohol class is final.   All teams competing now have only one more opportunity to participate within the 16 car field.

Chris Demke and the Peen Rite / Clean Boost Top Alcohol Dragster Team went from the 17th position and on the outside looking in all the way to the Number 2 position by posting a 5.410 at 266.37 mph.

“What a huge relief” noted Demke, “It took some finessing and detuning to accommodate the heat, but we finally pulled out a doable number that places us solidly in the field.

“For Sunday and Monday, the conditions are going to change, so we’ll do our normal servicing today and make sure everything is in top notch shape and be ready for our final qualifier at 9:30 in the morning and first round of eliminations”.

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Clermont, IN –  With the 57th Annual running of the Mac Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals underway, the first two rounds of Top Alcohol class are now complete.  For Chris Demke and the Peen Rite / Clean Boost Top Alcohol Dragster Team, they are currently 17th, left on the outside looking in to the 16 car field going into Saturday’s qualifying attempt.

“Some days you wake up in the morning and you can conquer the world” chuckled Demke, “and some days, you just wish you could go back to bed and start all over, that was our day today.

“With the track being as hot as it is, we backed the car down significantly on both qualifying passes today, she just forgot she was supposed to be softer at every increment.

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Clermont, IN –  With the 57th Annual running of the prestigious Mac Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals kicking off on August 31, the Peen Rite / Clean Boost Alcohol Dragster Team of Maddern Racing is more than ready for this event.

With two more national races to claim in points, the team goes into this competition in 4th place within the Lucas Oil National Championship points.

“Strange gremlins have surfaced at one point or another either in qualifying or in rounds during the last couple of races” said Demke, “The Big Go is such a huge race that not only are we looking to be consistently fast, we’re hoping to be in the winner’s circle on Monday.

“We have one of the best machines in the Country right now and I can’t thank Jerry Maddern and all the guys and Dixie enough for all the hard work and dedication”.

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Brainerd, Mn. —  A good old drag race best describes the early exit for Chris Demke and the Peen Rite / Clean Boost Maddern Racing Top Alcohol Dragster Team in Brainerd last weekend.  The team started eliminations from the #3 qualifying position.

“First round of qualifying didn’t go as good as we had hoped” noted Demke, “we dropped a valve and only ran a 6.18.

“The next two qualifiers, we ran two solid back to back 5.20 passes (5.29 and 5.27) so we were ready for eliminations.  We ran another 5.20 pass in first round and our day ended in round two when we ran a 5.38 against the YNOT Team of Jim Whitely.

“We congratulate Jim, Norm and everyone for their eventual win at Brainerd”.

The Maddern Racing Top Alcohol Dragster Team will next be racing at the 57th Annual running of the Mac Tools US Nationals presented by Lucas Oil in Indianapolis, Indiana, August 31st to September 5, 2011.

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Kent, WA –  At the  conclusion of qualifying for the NHRA Northwest Nationals in Kent, Wasington, the Maddern Racing Top Alcohol Dragster remained in the pole position.  Their stellar performance of a 5.246 seconds at over 272 miles per hour is recorded as the second fastest pass ever in a blown alcohol dragster.

It is the 12th time that the Peen Rite/Clean Boost partnered team has earned the #1 qualifying position.  They were deemed as the team to beat in eliminations.

“It was an abrupt ending in the semi finals” noted Demke, “the car was so consistent and lady luck was seemingly in our favor.

“The car launched and knew I caught the tree just ahead of Megan, and then the engine just quit.  After further evaluation, we discovered a broken engine power connector and our weekend was over”.

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Kent, WA –  As the Peen Rite/Clean Boost Top Alcohol Dragster Team makes their way north for their first of three races on a Northern Mini Tour, they hold close in their hearts the memory of last years Northwest Nationals in Kent, Washington. 

As the winners of that event from 2010, which to this day remains secondary, this is also the one year anniversary of fellow competitor Mark Niver’s untimely “perfect storm” fatality.  The two teams were to compete against one another in the final round.

“This race has a lot of history for us from only one short year ago” noted Demke, “in Mark’s honor, we hope we can win back to back events.

“We’re running very consistent right now and the weather is supposed to be good.  It’s unfortunate that there’s a low car count for the dragsters at this event, neither here nor there, we’re aiming towards valuable points for the National Championship.”

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Chicago, IL –  After qualifying was completed at the NHRA Full Throttle Route 66 National Event for the Top Alcohol Dragster class, Chris Demke and Maddern Racing found themselves qualified in the pole position for Jeg’s Allstars competition and held on to the #3 position for final eliminations.

The Peen Rite/Clean Boost sponsored dragster was a very consistent car throughout most of qualifying and eliminations posting times of 5.332 to 5.371 on five of their seven passes down the track.  Those times took them into the Semi Finals in both competitions.

“The car shook pretty hard in the first round of qualifying” noted Demke, “I pedaled it twice and it didn’t settle down, so I lifted.

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Joliet, IL –  After two rounds of qualifying today at the NHRA Route 66 National Event in Chicago, Chris Demke piloted the Maddern Racing Top Alcohol Dragster entry into the #1 position for the 2011 Jeg’s Allstar competition.

“Our first pass wasn‘t too pretty” noted Demke, “the car smoked the tires off the line and I pedaled it a couple of times but it just danced around so I lifted.

“The next pass, we had a .911 sixty foot time and soared through the finish line at 5.351 seconds at 269.19 mph which put us in the number one spot for tomorrow’s eliminations.”

The Peen Rite/Clean Boost sponsored dragster will race Division 5 representative Randy Meyer in first round of Jeg’s Allstar Competition is slated to begin on Saturday at 1:00 PM and conclude later that day.

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Joliet, IL – This weekend marks one of the biggest races of the year for all NHRA Sportsman competitor’s that compete regional within the Jeg’s All Stars Title Competition.  This race is an honor for all of the racer’s as they represent their respective divisions through out the country.

This is one of the few weekends where you combine names like Bill Reichert, Randy Meyer, Marty Thacker, Jim Whitely, Duane Shields, John Finke, Mike Manners and Chris Demke (to name a few) all vying for this coveted championship battle.  This combines not only division versus division, but the biggest race within a race in the NHRA Drag Racing Series.

“We are pumped up for this race” noted Demke, “the best of the best are here in Chicago and we don’t always get to race against each other.  Very few people have ever doubled up at this event, and we sure would like to add our name to that very small list.

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