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Maddern Racing Earns ‘The Wally’ In Bakersfield
Courtesy of Maddern Racing
Bakersfield, CA – The Peen Rite / Clean Boost Performance Oil Maddern Racing Top Alcohol Dragster Team with 
Chris Demke at the wheel, out lasted the competition for the win this past weekend at the third of six Lucas Oil Pacific Division 7 event in Bakersfield, California.
The Peen Rite Team secured their position to compete later this year at the prestigious 2011 Jegs All Stars Race at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet this coming July.
“This weekend was really big for us” noted Demke, “first, it was the week of Jerry Maddern’s birthday. He really wanted to run a 5.20 something which we missed by only 4 thousandths of a second. However, he’s pretty happy with the Wally and that we ran our quickest ET ever at Bakersfield by more than a tenth of a second.
Garrett Bateman Debuts “Nitro Pirate” Funny Car at Rockabilly Reunion in Vegas
Courtesy of Leggitt Racing
Las Vegas, NV – 2009 NHRA Heritage series Nostalgia Funny Car Champion Garrett Bateman has been named driver of the new “Nitro Pirate” Corvette Nostalgia Fuel Funny Car owned by Les Leggitt. The teams first event is Memorial
Day weekend at the Rockabilly Reunion at The Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Bateman carries multiple racing licenses including an NHRA Top Alcohol A/Fuel Dragster license and he also earned his class A License at Bonneville last October while setting a new land speed record in AA/BGC at 222.768 mph in a full bodied1967 Barracuda.
“Last year when I met legend Les Leggitt at the Salt Flats” said Bateman, “we hit it off very well. Les is a legend within the land speed record world and holds multiple speed records at both Bonneville and El Mirage. We both share the same drive and desire for success and he is a person that will spare no expense for a top notch car and team.
“Les has spent hours and hours doing homework to come up with the right combination of people, parts and brain trust. I know we will succeed.
“Additionally, we have the support of two great marketing partners. We welcome to our family Pure Vision and Clean Boost Performance Oils. With Steve Strope of Pure Vision on board along with Jim LeClaire (Marketing Manager) with Clean Boost Performance Oils, we have the makings of very good things to come for our team.”
Eight Pieces of Silver gives Perkins Kansas win!
Courtesy of 801 Racing
Topeka, KS – Cody “Flash” Perkins only had eight pistons for the entire race weekend. In fact, on the Monday preceding the race he had none. So how did Perkins manage to win 
the Top Alcohol Dragster title at the NHRA Summer Nationals?
Perkins parlayed those few slugs into consistent time slips and round victories. The newly sponsored 801 Racing Top Alcohol Dragster qualified 8th and in first round action got by Edwin Schmeeckle with a 5.55 @ 252.90mph. On Sunday, Cody lined up against #2 qualifier, Mark Taliaferro for round 2 eliminations.
“Flash” got the hole shot with a 0.033 reaction time and pulled away from Taliaferro. Cody continued to hold on for a victory win of 5.38 @ 262.59mph. For round 3, Cody got a bye and idled down the track to save precious resources. He faced Aaron Tatum in the final round with Tatum having lane choice.
Did you miss the latest WFO?
Courtesy of WFO
HOLLYWOOD, FL – NHRA Summer Nationals winners Robert Hight, Spencer Massey, and Shane Gray join Joe Castello along with the NHRA’s Alan Reinhart, on this week’s WFO Radio NHRA Tuesday. To listen now, go to
WFORadio.com.
Robert Hight, took home the 200th victory for John Force Racing at the Summer Nationals with a final round victory over teammate Mike Neff. Hight also discusses the injury to crew member, David “Shafty” Karcanes and dodging tornadoes with 15 time champion, John Force.
DSR Top Fuel driver, Spencer Massey celebrates his first victory driving the FRAM dragster. Massey talks about the long road back to NHRA Top Fuel, his own Kansas tornado story, and his history working toward his dream of running in NHRA Top Fuel.
ANOTHER FINAL ROUND APPEARANCE FOR BARTONE IN TOPEKA
Courtesy Rick Jackson Racing
Topeka, KS – A fourth-consecutive National Hot Rod Association final round appearance for the Rick Jackson Racing team at the NHRA Supernationals contested at Heartland Park 
Topeka, provides more important Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series points for the Centre Pointe Collision Center sponsored team’s quest to capture the NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car World Championship.
Entering final eliminations, driver Tony Bartone and the Rick Jackson Racing / Centre Pointe Collision Center Ford Mustang Funny Car found themselves qualified in the number three position, after recording a solid 5.625 in a shortened due to severe weather qualifying session.
“The weather delays on Friday gave us only one chance at the track on Friday, so we wanted to be sure to lay down a good base-line to improve on,” stated team owner Rick Jackson, the owner of Centre Pointe Collision Center in Santa Clarita, Calif. “Qualifying has been highly diverse for our team this year; from sitting on the pole, to being the last qualifier.
Chris Demke and Maddern Racing Looking to Secure Division 7 All Stars in Bakersfield
Courtesy of Maddern Racing
Famosa, CA – The Southern California based Top Alcohol Dragster Team of Maddern Racing with Chris Demke as the 
pilot, are ready for racing action this weekend at the third of six Pacific Division 7 Lucas Oil Racing Series Event in Famosa, California.
This event is the sixth race for the Peen Rite / Clean Boost Performance Oil Partnered team this year. They currently sit fourth within the National Points Championship chase.
“We had a very tough weekend during our last race at the Vegas Nationals” noted Demke, “our team, along with several others, experienced a manufacturer’s heaven with the amount of carnage we experienced that kept us from making it to the Semi Finals.
Did you miss last nights WFO broadcast?
Courtesy of WFO
HOLLYWOOD, FL – Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals winners Jack Beckman, Antron Brown, Jason Line, and L.E. Tonglet join Joe Castello along with the NHRA’s Alan Reinhart, on WFO Radio NHRA Tuesday. To listen now, go to WFORadio.com.
Jack Beckman, coming off his second victorof the season, discusses his team’s strong performance, the rivalry between himself and John Force being over hyped, and how competing in the NHRA tests a driver’s character.
DSR Top Fuel driver, Antron Brown celebrates his second victory of the season. Brown talks about playful jabs back and forth between himself and event runner-up Tony Schumacher, the level of competition in the Top Fuel eliminator, and the intensity required for success on the NHRA tour.
Trevor Wiggins Debuts EFI at NHRA Summit Southern Nationals
Courtesy of Trevor Wiggins
Canton, GA – Super Comp driver Trevor Wiggins created quite a buzz among fellow sportsman racers at the NHRA 
Summit Southern Nationals since converting his motor set-up to electronic fuel injection (EFI) after teaming up with Holley Performance Products and Hilborn Fuel Injection.
Wiggins, who runs a 602-Steve Schmidt engine in his silver Undercover dragster, moved away from the traditional carburetor system found on most dragsters thanks to support from Holley Performance Products and Hilborn Fuel Injection.
With the help of Holley EFI expert Doug Flynn, Wiggins put together some great packages in time trials and eliminations during the NHRA national event held in Atlanta, May 13-15.
Among 61 Super Comp racers, Wiggins ousted Ken Griffiths in round one. After ranking fourth on the ladder, Wiggins convincingly beat Jim Nash in round two with a tight 0.007 package. Wiggins went 0.007 on the tree and a perfect 8.900.
In round three, Wiggins met up with Kurt Damron. Wiggins, with a better reaction time, (0.030) 8.894, 175.75 m.p.h., narrowly lost on the break-out to Damron (0.032), 8.908, 167.07 m.p.h., who hit the wall after the finish line.
Hill Wins Class Eliminations, Lewis Qualifies #1 & Races to Semis in Atlanta
Courtesy of Roy Hill Racing
COMMERCE, GA – Roy Hill and Grant Lewis kept the Phoenix Racing / Roy Hill’s Drag Racing School Super Stock 
team’s hot streak alive at the 31st annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals with yet another top qualifier and semifinal finish. This time it was Lewis in the Phoenix Racing 2010 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet who raced to the semis from the pole, while Hill drove the Coca-Cola / Alsco Cobra Jet to the class eliminations victory over Lewis in Super Stock/A-Automatic.
Lewis, from Jesup, GA, qualified on top with an 8.738 on a 9.70 index while Hill placed 12th in qualifying with a 9.019 before falling in the opening round to Tyler Caheely. Meanwhile, Lewis dispensed of Sal Biondo, Arthur Leong, and Kevin Helms on his way to the semis. There he would lose a close one to James Caro by .0078 seconds, running 8.834 on an 8.76 dial-in for a .074 package compared to Caro’s 10.068 on a 10.04 dial.
JON CAPPS PROGRESSIVELY IMPROVING AFTER ATLANTA
Courtesy of Paul Smith Racing
Commerce, GA – After completing his fifth career National Hot Rod Association Full Throttle Series race day start this past weekend at Atlanta Dragway, Jon Capps, driving for the Paul Smith Racing / Biesenbach Inc. Monte Carlo
Funny Car team, is progressively improving and remains upbeat following a first round loss to the current NHRA Funny Car point leader, Mike Neff.
“We came here to compete, not just qualify and today Neff was just a taste better than us,” said Capps, the Las Vegas, Nev. resident who qualified in the number 11 position and recorded a career best elapsed time and speed during the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals. “We learned quite a bit during the weekend, but had some issues taming what was a very tricky right hand lane. I felt like I had a good light (reaction time) and the car was charging pretty hard in the first 60 feet, but about 300 feet into the run it started to rattle the tires and smoked the hoops. By the time I caught it, Neff had zipped by me to take the win.”
