- JOHN FORCE RACING FEATURED IN TWO OF DRAG RACING'S LEADING PUBLICATIONS
- DANIEL WILKERSON RUNS CAREER BEST FRIDAY AT CHARLOTTE NHRA FOUR-WIDE NATIONALS
- VINTAGE JOHN FORCE TAKES PROVISIONAL NO. 1 QUALIFIER AT CHARLOTTE NHRA 4-WIDE NATIONALS
- Jeff Taylor Races Himself in JEGS $50K Final and Eric Aman Captures Silverstate $50K Win on Friday at the Spring Fling
- BO AND RANDI LYN BUTNER KICK OFF JHG NHRA MOUNTAIN MOTOR PRO STOCK SEASON AT ZMAX DRAGWAY
- JOHN FORCE AND RICK HENDRICK: A LONGSTANDING FRIENDSHIP INITIATED BY A MOVIE AND LATER A RED BALL CAP
- Kalitta, Force, Anderson and Smith take the #1 spots at Friday qualifying of the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
WATSON RACING TEAMS WITH CHRIS HOLBROOK AND THE WORLD’S QUICKEST PRODUCTION CAR!
Written by Bret Kepner
Livonia, MI – It has already been a season of shattered records and stunning achievement for Redford, Michigan, drag racer Chris 
Holbrook. At the wheel of his Varsity Ford dealership-sponsored 2013 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet, the past World Champion began his 2013 racing campaign by clocking a quarter-mile run of 8.504 seconds at a speed of 160.68 miles per hour at the opening event of National Mustang Racers Association in Bradenton, Florida. The effort was more than a quarter-second quicker than any previous performance by a production automobile in factory trim and Holbrook became the first driver to break 160 mph in a stock drag racing vehicle.
One week later, Holbrook entered the National Hot Rod Association’s Amalie Oil Gatornationals in Gainesville, Florida, and won the AAA/SA class championship while producing the quickest elapsed time in the history of the NHRA’s Stock Eliminator division at 8.68 seconds. Then, as owner of Holbrook Racing Engines, Chris beamed with pride when the overall Stock championship found two HRE customers battling for the title. Bo Butner, another previous World Champion, defeated Charley Downing in a race which featured two Ford Mustang Cobra Jets powered by engines personally prepared by Holbrook.
Danny Thompson Talks Land Speed Record
NHRA Top Fuel champion Brown meets Indy 500 pole sitter Ed Carpenter at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Reigning NHRA Top Fuel champion Antron Brown was the special guest of IZOD IndyCar Series driver Ed 
Carpenter on Wednesday. Carpenter is the pole sitter for Sunday’s 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 at famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Brown, driver of the Matco Tools dragster for Don Schumacher Racing and winner of two NHRA Mello Yello Series races this season, met with Carpenter and members of his Fuzzy’s Vodka team on Wednesday afternoon in the garage area at the home of the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”
Brown listened as Carpenter explained the controls of his IndyCar and described what it’s like to race before Brown climbed into Carpenter’s machine that earned the pole for Sunday’s prestigious race at an average speed of 228.762 mph.
Shawn Langdon, Johnny Gray, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Rob Wendland, and Alan Reinhart on WFO Radio
HOLLYWOOD, FL – NHRA Kansas Nationals winners Shawn Langdon, Johnny Gray, and Jeg Coughlin Jr., all join Joe Castello, along 
with DSR crew chief Rob Wendland and the NHRA’s Alan Reinhart, on WFO Radio Nitro. To listen now, go to http://www.wforadio.com
Al Anabi Racing, Top Fuel driver, Shawn Langdon stops by to discuss his dominant victory in Topeka, Kansas. Landgon talks about his streak of 3.7’s, his massive 3.750 in the final round, and his passion for sportsman series racing.
Johnny Gray, driver of the Pitch Energy Nitro Funny Car, for Don Schumacher Racing, discusses winning at Heartland Park, the second win in “back to back” races for the first time in his career.
Rocky adds more races with Hagan’s DSR Funny Car team
BROWNSBURG, IN – Rocky Brands announced today that its role is expanding with NHRA Funny Car world champion Matt Hagan, 
currently ranked No. 3 in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.
Teamwork is paying off at Don Schumacher Racing for Hagan, who has one title in three championship-round appearances this year.
Nothing is better at the racetrack for Hagan than winning again, and he’s received more good news off track with Rocky’s announcement. Rocky has added two NHRA events where Rocky will be prominent on Hagan’s Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car.
Booher Earns Career First #1 Qualifier
NORWALK, OH – For the second race in a row, a simple parts failure prevented Top Alcohol Dragster’s Brandon Booher from turning a 
solid qualifying effort into late round results at the Mickey Mart Rewards Cavalcade of Stars Lucas Oil Series race at Summit Motorsports Park. The Illinois driver earned his first number one qualifier position but lost first round when his supercharged entry lost oil pressure prior to staging.
Booher set the pace for the weekend in the opening qualifying session, running 5.386 at 267 miles per hour. He struggled in the second session, but so did the rest of the thirteen-car field, which included Division 3 champions Bill Reichert and Marty Thacker. Running in front of a sold-out crowd of over 45,000 fans, Brandon clicked off a 5.403 at 268 mph pass during the final qualifying session on Saturday night. No one beat his first elapsed time, so he would enter Sunday’s eliminations as the number one qualifier for the first time in his four-year TAD career.
Introducing: “Cool It” Transmission Cooling Unit
Hawk Point, MO – The rise of converter driven race cars in recent years has brought attention to the issue of correctly cooling a 
transmission between runs. To combat the issue, homemade cooling units using plastic beer coolers and small pumps have been created and used with little success. Recently, Tim McAmis Performance Parts took on the challenge to develop a reliable and effective system to solve this problem and the result was “Cool It.”
Cool It was designed with two stages of cooling which allow the unit to drop transmission fluid temperature in the shortest amount of time ever seen. The first stage uses a heat sink with a cooling fan while the second stage runs the fluid though an ice bath coil. On average, it now takes less than 15 minutes to achieve the proper transmission temperature while using Cool It.
IHRA fleet gets a makeover courtesy of PCD Wraps and Graphics
NORWALK, OH – With new ownership, a new logo and a completely revamped brand, there was only one thing left for IHRA to do: take 
the new look on the road.
PCD Wraps and Graphics out of Blanchard, Oklahoma made it happen with its specially made wrap designs that will make their way to races across the country on the IHRA tour. The new designs will stand out on the highways and at the tracks, creating just the kind of exposure IHRA was looking for.
PCD president Chase Huffman was brought up on racing. He started coming to the track as a newborn to watch his dad in the late ‘80s and has since driven in both the Hot Rod and Quick Rod divisions, winning his first Quick Rod race at the Tulsa Nationals in 2007. The experience has helped him get PCD – which was started in December – off and running.
Speed Scene Live tonight at 9 PM
and Maverick Malloy from America and more great stuff on Speed Scene Live TV tuesday night.Transportation Needed for Oklahoma Tornado Victims
Arcadia, OK – Godspeed Ministry and Car Care Ministry is asking for vehicles to be donated so that we can meet the need created by the 
May 19 and 20 tornados.
We have a need for serviceable automobiles that need little or no repair so that we can get them to the people that have an immediate need. You will receive a fair market value deduction for your donation of a car that is given to an approved applicant.
Godspeed Ministry has been helping single moms, families in need and the elderly with donated transportation for over ten years.
