- Hagan Captures 50th NHRA Career Win in TSR Direct Connection Dodge//SRT Funny Car at NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte
- Ashley, Hagan, Anderson and Herrera take Wins at Charlotte Four-Wide
- TOUGH FINAL ROUND PUTS DAMPER ON WEEKEND FOR JOHN FORCE IN CHARLOTTE NHRA 4-WIDE NATIONALS
- BO BUTNER WINS JHG MOUNTAIN MOTOR PRO STOCK SEASON OPENER
- AARON STANFIELD RUNNER-UP AT NHRA FOUR-WIDE NATIONALS AT ZMAX DRAGWAY
- JUSTIN ASHLEY WINS NHRA FOUR-WIDE NATIONALS AT ZMAX DRAGWAY
- Tony Schumacher Out Early After Jam-Packed Four-Wide Weekend in Charlotte
Mopar’s Father and Son Team Working Towards a Memorable Father’s Day at Bristol
Bristol, TN – This Father’s Day weekend the Mopar contingency will compete in the 13th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol 
Dragway, but for Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson it is anything but an ordinary race weekend. While he and his Mopar team’s engine builder and father Roy Johnson, have a plethora of good memories at the Greenville, Tenn.-native’s home track, they are hoping to add one more special one this Sunday.
While both men have won sportsman races as drivers at Bristol Dragway and their Pro1 Mopar Dodge Avenger has earned three consecutive No. 1 qualifier honors, a Pro Stock win has eluded them. The father and son team came as close to their first professional win at their home track as is actually technically possible in last year’s final round of eliminations by finishing runner-up to Mike Edwards in the closest finish in NHRA history, a race that was decided by less than .0000 of a second.
Rowe Leads Pro Mod Field After First Day of Qualifying
BRISTOL, TN – Agave Underground Pro Mod pilot Danny Rowe made his presence felt Friday during the opening two rounds of 
qualifying for the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway, streaking to the No. 1 qualifying spot with a 5.958-second, 242.76mph quarter-mile blast.
Rowe, who will have been top qualifier at each of the last two races if his run stands as quickest of qualifying, hopes to parlay his starting position into a final round appearance in Thunder Valley on Sunday.
“We knew we had some work to do after that first session, but we came back up for the second round and did exactly what we came here to do – put this Agave Underground Pro Mod at the top of the qualifying sheets,” said Rowe. “Saturday we’ll focus on consistency and try to get ready for the opening round of eliminations. There isn’t a car here that isn’t capable of winning this deal, so we’re going to have to be on our toes tomorrow, but with the way this team has been performing this year, I couldn’t be more confident. We’re excited to go racing.”
DSR sets three Thunder Valley records as Massey holds Top Fuel pole, Beckman second in Funny Car
BRISTOL, TN – Don Schumacher Racing had to head south to cool off after racing two weeks ago in New Jersey on the hottest weekend 
of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing season when temperatures were in the low 90s.
Leading the DSR charge Friday in the Thunder Valley NHRA Nationals at Bristol Dragway was Spencer Massey and the Battery Extender Powered by Schumacher Top Fuel dragster tuned by crew chiefs Todd Okuhara and Phil Shuler. The team set both track records and earned the provisional No. 1 qualifying position heading to Saturday’s last two qualifying sessions.
“I was just talking to Phil and he said we were a little soft on that run and could have done better,” said Massey, who is on the cusp of winning the seventh pole of his career.
JOHN FORCE TOPS JFR AT BRISTOL DRAGWAY
BRISTOL, TN – John Force and the Castrol GTX Ford Mustang took control on the first day of the 13th annual Ford NHRA Thunder 
Valley Nationals presented by Tri-Cities Ford Dealers. The 15-time Funny Car champion and three-time Thunder Valley Nationals champion was the quickest Funny Car of the first session and wound up No. 6 at the end of Friday.
“I am gunning for a win on Father’s Day. Courtney (Force) and I are in right now. Robert (Hight) will be OK tomorrow. Those were pretty good numbers and it will be warmer tomorrow. I have no complaints. I watched Brittany (Force) run right down to the end with that 3.82. She stayed in the top half. We went up on the hill together and we were counting cars to see where she would wind up. We went across the tunnel and the fans mobbed us. It was awesome and she loved it. She stays in the top half I think she has a good shot at winning,” said Force.
Hunter Looking to Rebound at Denver’s Thunder on the Mountain
MORRISON, CO – Following a two-month break since his last race, Greg Hunter and his ExactAir Compliance Systems Top Alcohol 
Dragster team is eager to return to the competition this weekend. The team has taken a hard look at their tune-up after early exits at the season-opening races at Pomona and Las Vegas. Now Hunter and his Kenny Gilmour Motorsports group want to put their adjustments to the test at the Grease Monkey Thunder on the Mountain Lucas Oil Series regional event and Bandimere Speedway, June 14-16.
“We had some time off after the last race in Vegas. We were a little disappointed with our performance at that race, so we went through everything on the car. I think we learned a few things that should improve our performance at Denver this weekend. We got some good data when we ran here for the first time last year. That should also help us run better than we have all year,” said Hunter, who is racing in his second year in TAD after switching from an alcohol-burning Funny Car.
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Homecoming for DeFlorian at Gateway Motorsports Park
Motorsports Park (GMP) as X-Treme Drag Racing League makes its debut at GMP in the X-Treme Gateway. DeFlorian set the bar high in 2012 by resetting the elapsed time record to 4.018 seconds at GMP and will have to go to some extreme measures to top his previous Pro Stock homecoming at GMP.DeFlorian, a St. Louis-area native and longtime employee at Jerry Haas Race Cars, has competed in 30 rounds of competition since making his debut at the wheel of his 2012 Clean Coal Camaro built by Jerry Haas Race Cars and powered by Sonny’s Racing Engines X-Treme Pro Stock last year. He has won 21 of those rounds, racked up 3 event wins, has set the elapsed time record to 4.018 seconds, qualified number one 8 times, was the first pro stock to run over 180 miles per hour plus holds the record at180.26 mph and has maintained an reaction time average of .058 seconds .
Danny Rowe Looking to Gain Ground in Thunder Valley
BRISTOL, TN – Danny Rowe certainly earned his Father’s Day gift during the recently completed NHRA Summernationals in 
Englishtown, New Jersey, where he qualified No. 1, but missed elimination day when he chose to fly home to California for his youngest daughter’s high school graduation. But now he’s looking to make up lost ground in the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series points chase with a big outing at Bristol Dragway.
“We’re not worried about the points,” says Rowe, checking in from the pits in Thunder Valley, home to one of his personal favorite racing facilities. “The way I look at it is that the situation’s no different now than it ever is – you want to win every race. Nobody is running away with the points, which speaks to how competitive NHRA Pro Mod is right now, so we’re going to take it one round at a time, one race at a time, and let the chips fall where they may.”
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PMRA’s Bruce Boland looking to get back to winning ways at upcoming South Coast Community weekend
HAMILTON, ON – Some teething problems with a new car kept Bruce Boland out of contention for the last Pro Modified Racing 
Association race, but the car and team will be ready for the next round of PMRA action during the South Coast Community Weekend June 21-23 at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park.
We were a little too aggressive, Boland said during the previous meet’s test and tune session last month. We were not sure what the new car is capable of.
The new car is a 1963 Corvette-bodied Pro Modified with a supercharged engine courtesy of Engine Research & Development. After competing with the former 1941 Willys for two seasons, the B&B Racing Team believes it has the proper combination in the new Corvette for the next race.
