- 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
Team Al-Anabi prepares for Thunder on The Mountain!
Bristol, TN – Team notes for the upcoming race at Thunder Valley.
Shawn Langdon, Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel Dragster (silver):
? Shawn Langdon enters the Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in first place in the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point standings. He leads second-place Tony Schumacher by four points. It is the first time Langdon has led the point standings since the first race of the season.
? Langdon won the Toyota NHRA Summernationals earlier this month in Englishtown, N.J. It was his second-consecutive win, his third win of the season and the fourth of his career. After qualifying No. 8, Langdon defeated T.J. Zizzo, Clay Millican, Spencer Massey and his teammate, Khalid alBalooshi in the final round of eliminations.
Annual visit to teammate’s home track always spikes Coughlin’s interest
BRISTOL, TN – Bristol Dragway may be home to Mopar pro Allen Johnson but his teammate Jeg Coughlin Jr. also enjoys his yearly visit 
to Thunder Valley and is hoping this year’s stop at Bruton Smith’s Tennessee masterpiece is fruitful enough to keep him at the forefront of the Pro Stock championship chase.
Coughlin currently occupies second place in the world rankings, with Johnson just three points back in third. Both men hope to use this weekend’s national event to reel in top runner Mike Edwards, who has managed to open up a seven-round gap on the two Mopar-sponsored drivers.
“This would be a great race to win,” Coughlin said. “Obviously, it’s a very important stop for Allen and everyone at J&J Racing because they live nearby and all their family and friends will be visiting throughout the weekend. It’s also a special place for our family.
X-Treme Gateway Showdown to Showcase St. Louis Area Chassis Builders
Madison, IL – Chances are, if someone is driving a fast and successful door car, it was likely built in the St. Louis area, making the X-
DRL’s debut in the city and at Gateway Motorsports Park the perfect opportunity to honor the chassis shops of Jerry Haas Race Cars, Jerry Bickel Race Cars, Tim McAmis Race Cars and Garrett Race Cars. Combined with other area chassis shops, it represents many of the biggest names in the chassis-building industry – and when it comes to door cars, in the world.
These companies are state-of-the-art chassis shops producing incredible race cars driven by the top names in the sport across the world. The cars are extremely remarkable in their attention to detail and innovation, and feature many of the most impressive features in any car in the sport.
Demke Reaches Fourth 2013 Final Round, Takes Points Lead
JOLIET, IL – Maddern Racing driver Chris Demke leaves the Burndown at Sundown NHRA regional event with the national points lead 
after reaching his fourth final round of the 2013 season. The Californian team lost in the finals to first-time winner Brandon Booher after setting the two quickest ETs of the race in prior rounds.
“The team and I certainly wanted to win. This is our fourth final this season and our fourth runner-up. We’re bound to win one soon. I might never win one again or I might win out the rest of the season. Either way, there’s no place I’d rather be than strapped in that race car, getting ready to make a run,” Demke said.
Simonton Reaches First LODRS Regional Final Round at Chicago
JOLIET, IL – It was another good weekend at Route 66 Raceway for Cassie Simonton and the Kon Rodz Racing team, as Simonton 
reached her first Lucas Oil Series event final at the Burndown at Sundown. It was a redeeming finish for the Canadian team, who struggled at their last race, the Cavalcade of Stars at Norwalk.
“The car ran well at Norwalk, we just had some bad luck with parts breaking first round. If we didn’t have parts break I think the car would’ve been consistent like it was this weekend. Randy definitely has a handle on the tune-up right now. The car is consistent again,” Cassie said.
Consistent it was. Simonton qualified fourth, running 5.656, 5.634, and 5.639, respectively. The consistency followed throughout eliminations. First round saw Cassie beat Ray Drew, 5.64 to 5.74. That set up a semifinal pairing with Jay Payne, brother-in-law of Kon Rodz crew chief Randy Anderson. Simonton emerged victorious again, winning one of the closest races of the day – 5.628 to Payne’s 5.638. She went into the final with lane choice, taking it by just one thousandth of a second over Chris Foster.
Goforth Posts Remarkable Turnaround After Crash, Takes Winning XPS Ways To St. Louis For X-treme Gateway Showdown
Holdenville, OK – Don’t plan that retirement party quite yet. X-DRL X-Treme Pro Stock standout proved he’s still got plenty left to offer, 
doing so under remarkable circumstances as well.
Just three weeks following a brutal crash after a parts failure at Bristol Dragway, the 68-year-old Goforth whipped up on his younger counterparts at No Problem Raceway in Belle Rose, La., winning the X-DRL’s Bash On The Bayou with a weekend-best 4.121 at 174.57 mph in his brand new 2013 Jerry Haas Race Cars Camaro.
With that, Goforth takes plenty of momentum into the X-DRL’s X-treme Gateway Showdown, which takes place June 14-15 at Gateway Motorsports Park.
It marks the first appearance in St. Louis for the X-DRL, and Goforth will be one of the favorites in XPS after showing there’s still plenty of talent left to offer the Pro Stock competition.
LINGENFELTER COLLECTION GARAGE CRAWL TO TAKE PLACE SATURDAY, JUNE 15 DURING 26th ANNUAL EYESON DESIGN BENEFITING OPTHALMOLOGY RESEARCH
BRIGHTON, MI – Ken Lingenfelter, owner of Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, will open the doors of his famed Lingenfelter 
Collection by hosting a Garage Crawl during the 26th Annual EyesOn Design week of activities. All proceeds from EyesOn Design events, this year themed “Revolution over Evolution,” will benefit the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology.
Lingenfelter, who serves on the EyesOn Design Board, will also exhibit select vehicles from his collection in the EyesOn Design Automotive Design Exhibition on Sunday, June 16. The Lingenfelter Collection is a stunning compilation of Lingenfelter cars, muscle cars, Corvettes and exotic European vehicles, with several of the automobiles among the rarest in the world.
The Lingenfelter Collection reflects Ken Lingenfelter’s enduring passion for the beauty and power of muscle cars and exotics. In addition, he is dedicated to serving the Detroit automotive community through his many volunteer activities.
Booher, Foster Shine at Route 66 Regional
Written by Todd Veney/Pro Sportsman Association
Joliet, IL – At the North Central regional at Route 66 Raceway, Brandon Booher went the distance for the first time in his Top Alcohol 
Dragster career and Chris Foster for the second race in a row in Top Alcohol Funny Car.
Booher, who qualified high at the first two races this season only to be upset in the opening round, paced an outstanding field (5.44 bump) with a career-best 5.32 at 271 mph and stayed in the 5.30s throughout eliminations, including a 5.38 in the final against Chris Demke, who smoked the tires, backpedaled, and lost with a 5.92 at 255 mph.
Booher Earns First Win, First Converter-Equipped TAD Win
JOLIET, IL – Illinois-based Booher Racing added another highlight to their already impressive 2013 season this weekend at the 
Burndown at Sundown NHRA Lucas Oil Series regional event. Driver Brandon Booher turned his second consecutive #1 qualifying position into a successful day of eliminations that ended with a victory over Chris Demke in the finals. This is the first Top Alcohol Dragster regional event title for the 30-year old driver. The win also marked the first victory for a torque converter-equipped TAD.
Booher finished day one of qualifying in the third position, running 5.389, just .002 shy of the number two spot. The AB Construction/Torque Management dragster was consistent in Q2, running 5.393 at 268 MPH. The big run came in the final qualifying session. Booher ran 5.328 at 271 MPH to take over the top spot, topping a list of sixteen cars. Brandon also took the #1 spot at the last North Central region race, the sold-out Cavalcade of Stars in Norwalk, Ohio.
Special Events Planned for This Weekend’s NMRA Norwalk, Ohio, Event!
multiple special events that will make it one of the largest Blue Oval events in 2013. The 4th Stop of the NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals will take place just 2 hours south of the Motor City. Special events include a Killer Clutch Shootout, the Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords 25th anniversary celebration, a 2011-2014 5.0L Mustang Shootout, and an All-Female battle royale sure to attract national attention.Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords will celebrate their 25th anniversary in style at NMRA’s Norwalk, Ohio, event. Have you ever wanted to meet the editor’s of one of the best late-model Mustang books on the planet, or dreamed of having your car featured in Muscle Mustangs? Then you need to book your hotel room and make the trip to this extra special event to meet the guys from Muscle Mustangs and see if your hot rod has what it takes to appear in this great publication!
