After our failed attempt at a $20,000 payday at The Shakedown at Etown its time to sit back and look at quick snapshot of the 2009 season for Stanley & Weiss Racing.

It definitely did not start off well for the team and our brand new 1968 Tim McAmis Camaro that was purchased from, of all places, Racing Junk.com! Don’t laugh, this car is living, breathing proof that “The Deal” is out there waiting for someone to find it! All it takes is a stroke of luck, be willing to pay the agreed on price and have a friend out there in cyberspace to certify that it is what is professed to be! That must be followed up by an honest person willing to take your Benjamin’s!

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Heading To The Shakedown At E’Town For Our Finale’

The 2009 ADRL season came to end for the Stanley and Weiss Racing team in the flatlands of Texas this past weekend. We have sat and analyzed our endeavors amongst the best this country has to offer in a class made up of the world’s quickest and fastest door cars, Pro Extreme. And we have decided that we did just fine for a “bunch of Rednecks” out of Appalachia. Our little one car concrete block garage has put forth a car that has been competitive right out of the box this year. A best of 3.76 at 202+ in 2009 has proven we are now most definitely able to swim amongst the sharks!

Although we had an early first round loss in the not so favored left lane, we did qualify tenth out of 49 cars! Those guys and gals down in that neck of the woods must breed Pro Extreme cars in their backyards! And competitive ones as well!!!

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All Walks Of Life Can Enjoy ADRL Drag Racing

The ADRL race in Ennis, Texas “Texas Motorplex” this past weekend has given pause to those that say free tickets don’t always draw people from “all walks of life”. This past weekend William Craig Weiss, better known as “Axle” in the Doorslammer drag racing world invited his longtime and good friend Jim Wroble along with his wife Anne to come to Ennis and see what this “drag racing” was all about.

That invite was the prelude to something the average person never gives much thought to. What is he going on about you may ask, BUT humor me please. You will be rewarded in the end!

Jim is a semi retired General Sales Manager for one of the most successful steel manufacturers in the world, Steel Dynamics Inc. His bride Anne is a highly successful registered nurse that works at a major Dallas hospital.

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The Cause and Effect Of The Shakedown At E Town Rain Cancellation

This week try as we might we could not make the rain go away from the state of New Jersey, home of the Shakedown at E Town!

Not one iota of our power of positive thinking nor any of Sheik Al-Anabi’s dreams of glory could stop the Nor’easter that was bearing down on Old Bridge Township Raceway Park!

So Dave Hance, promoter of The Shakedown had to cancel the event! Credit must go to Dave to “pull the plug” in plenty of time so others could change their plans and not incur unneeded expense. So this means that on Tuesday, we are off to.as they say the great state of Texas. It looks to us rednecks like it is way, way, way down there and appears to be about 47 days of travel from here! We have made a conscious decision to attempt to race the entire ADRL series next year so the last thing we need to do is get upside down in the chase for “The Speedtech Battle for the Belts” for 2010 right out of the box. Continue reading →

Stanley And Weiss Racing Heads North, The Shakedown At E Town 2009

Hagerstown, MD It has been a little well deserved four weeks off since the ADRL race in Rockingham. BUT “no rest for the weary” is the game plan now. The “Appalachia on Steroids” Pro Extreme Camaro of Stanley And Weiss Racing, fresh off its own personal best runs at The Rock is ready to head off up north to The 7th Annual Shakedown at E Town’s all out Outlaw race at the infamous Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in central New Jersey.

And all who would know will know that Vinny will be smiling down on us at that news. Vinnie used to ruffle John Stanley’s hair “back in the day” as he packed his Dad’s parachutes!!!

The powers that be nixed screw blowers racing in the 1/4 mile Al-Anabi Racing, Lend America Pro Modified Blown Class so John’s desired five second time slip shall have to wait for another day. Therefore we will race in the Outlaw 1/8th Mile Pro Modified Challenge that the Al-Anabi Racing And Barwa people have funded.

Come see us at The 7th Annual 2009 Shakedown at E Town and make yourself known

ADRL Dragstock 2009, “At The Rock”
Photos Courtesy Of David Anderson and Axle Weiss
Hagestown, MD  The “Appalachia on Steroids” braintrust received a phone call about the ADRL Dragstock race at Rockingham a week before it was to be held. The person on the other end wanted to know why we were not going to attend the largest ADRL race of the year. We had to tell them the truth—POVERTY had inevitably entered into the equation! That being said our new fairy Godfather agreed to put up some money to help us attend the race. Continue reading →

Stepping It Up !! At ADRL Columbus

The Stanley and Weiss racing team headed on their merry way out the highway of life this past weekend to the next round of the ADRL race in Columbus, Ohio. For us it was a homecoming of sorts for the team as we had raced and went rounds at the track over a period of seven or eight years. We won our first NSCA Pro Street race there. Bob Molinari’s “Molinari Racing Products” clutch and all of Bob Malek’s “Friction Unlimited” discs we owned but we were unable to accomplish either! Great parts make up for dumb decisions. Continue reading →

Stanley And Weiss Racing Set All Time Best at ADRL Virginia

Stanley and Weiss Racing are back, ready and willing to participate in the ADRLThe Stanley and Weiss Racing Team came roaring out of Appalachia with a vengeance this past weekend.ADRL Pro Extreme team looking to make their mark amongst the best of the best. Continue reading →

Ready To Rock And Roll In The Sweet Virginia Breeze

Stanley and Weiss Racing are back, ready and willing to participate in the ADRL series this coming weekend in Richmond Virginia, home of redbirds and dogwoods. We’ve had the time from Memphis till now to perform some upgrades to that “Appalachia on Steroids” Camaro Pro Mod that ran an untested 3.91 in Memphis on its second full hit working the Mickey Thompson hides to their fullest. The data we gathered in Memphis gave us what we hope was a good baseline for the balance of this season and into 2010 as it’s standing now, the Stanley and Weiss Racing Season is past its testing and into the stiff Extreme Pro Modified Ranks Competition, new car blues have been dealt with and we are planning for some excellent numbers for our sponsors and our own high fives afterwards “I may have to jump real high to get one in”. Continue reading →