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Johnson Takes Mopar Express Lane to Victory in K&N Horsepower Challenge
Las Vegas, NV – The new look Mopar Express Lane Dodge Avenger made its debut this weekend in grand style as Allen Johnson drove 
it straight to victory lane in Saturday’s K&N Horsepower Challenge. The Mopar driver’s efforts also put him second in final qualifying for Sunday’s elimination rounds at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The K&N Horsepower Challenge is an annual race-within-a-race bonus event at Las Vegas, in which all four Mopar drivers were among the eight Pro Stock entries for this year’s edition. As the top seed, Johnson faced off against his teammate and fan vote favorite, Jeg Coughlin Jr. in the first round to treat fans to an incredibly close race. Although the Jegs.com driver had the starting line advantage with a 0.019 second reaction time versus a 0.039, Johnson’s Dodge Avenger ran him down and beat him to the stripe by just 0.0031 seconds, also giving the Mopar Express Lane car the quickest pass in the third round of qualifying.
X-DRL Debuts With Action-Packed Qualifying Session During Spring Nationals At Tulsa Raceway Park
TULSA, OK – Brandon Pesz had the biggest highlight during the debut of the new X-treme Drag Racing League (X-DRL) on Saturday.
The X-DRL opened its inaugural 2013 season in fine fashion with the Spring Nationals at Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park, as Saturday’s action featured three rounds of qualifying in front of a large Tulsa crowd.
Pesz delivered the quickest run, going 3.739 at 203.28 to take the top spot in Pro X-treme.
“We’ll see some fast numbers (on Sunday), but as long as we can get from A to B, we should be good,” Pesz said. “It was headed for a run in the 3.60s on that lap, but I had to pedal it once. It hooked back up and went on through.”
Other top qualifiers included Bob Rahaim (Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous), Eric Dillard (Precision Turbo & Engine Pro Turbo), John DeFlorian (X-treme Pro Stock), Dan Stevenson (X-treme Pro Mod), Michael Kile (Top Dragster) and Jim Sackuvich (Mickey Thompson Top Sportsman).
Mopar Ready to Bet on Fast Runs at NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV – Plenty of action on the docket for Mopar teams and drivers at this weekend’s SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the fourth of 24 events in the 2013 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. Mopar is riding high and fast after earning four title wins, two in Pro Stock as well as Funny Car, in first three events of the year, all of which had a Mopar versus Mopar final elimination (2 PS and 2 FC).
Defending Pro Stock winner of the fall event, Allen Johnson not only brings a new car to the track after testing it this past week at Rockingham, N.C. but is also sporting a fresh new look with Mopar’s “Express Lane Fast Oil Changes & More” message. Currently more than 800 Chrysler Group dealerships provide a dedicated Express Lane to provide fast service and convenient light maintenance without the need of an appointment.
Litton, Sanders, Hope and Turner take home wins on opening day of Nitro Jam
SAN ANTONIO, TX– It was only one year, but boy was it was a long year. After a one-year hiatus for Top Fuel at San Antonio Raceway, 
the fans of the Alamo City welcomed the world’s fastest machines back to the famed facility in overwhelming fashion as Bruce Litton topped the charts and took home the Ironman Friday night at the San Antonio Nitro Jam presented by CarSafe and Good Vibrations Motorsports.
Other winners during the opening night of the San Antonio Nitro Jam included “Mr. Explosive” Mark Sanders in his brand new 1970 Mustang-bodied Funny Car in AMSOIL Prostalgia Nitro Funny Car, Ron Hope in Fuel Altered and Jay Turner in Nitro Harley.
Coughlin qualifies third for Vegas race, takes aim at sixth Vegas trophy
LAS VEGAS, NV – The good news for Jeg Coughlin Jr. was he ran the second-quickest time of the first round of Saturday’s K&N 
Horsepower Challenge at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The downside was that the JEGS.com/Mopar Dodge Avenger ran that pass against the quickest time of the first round, posted by Coughlin’s teammate Allen Johnson.
Although Coughlin was bounced early from the K&N Challenge, it doesn’t mean his Dodge is an underperformer. For Sunday’s eliminations, Coughlin will start third after a best pass of 6.655 seconds at 207.34 mph.
“Our plan has been to peck away at this thing and try to make consistent runs,” Coughlin said. “That’s what we’ve done this weekend. Qualifying No. 3 is nice, and it took the sting out of getting nipped there in the first round of the K&N Challenge.”
ADRL CONTINGENCY AWARDS EXPLODE TO MORE THAN $650,000
Lake St. Louis, MO — Officials from the American Drag Racing League announced today, that coming off of a hugely successful season 
opening Dragpalooza IX event at Rockingham Dragway, they have signed a multitude of new sponsors. As a result, the contingency awards to their competitors have exploded to more than $650,000 for the 2013 ADRL Tour presented by Speedtech.
“The phones have been ringing off of the hook since Rockingham,” said ADRL President Kenny Nowling. “I think a lot of companies were taking a wait-and-see approach and I can’t blame them for that. There was a significant amount of changes within the ADRL during the off season. Based on the response that we have received since our season opener, it appears that the industry agrees they were definitely changes for the better.”
Pro Stock Driver Johnson to Sport Mopar’s ‘Express Lane’ for 2013 NHRA Season
Auburn Hills, MI– Defending 2012 Pro Stock Champion Allen Johnson will race his Dodge Avenger through the rest of the 2013 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing season sporting a fresh new look with Mopar’s “Express Lane Fast Oil Changes & More” message.
It’s only fitting to have the new Mopar Express Lane paint scheme unveiled at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas this first weekend of April as it is designated National Car Care month and a way to remind drivers to get their vehicles inspected and properly maintained.
Two time Quick 32 Series Champ Ready for 2013 Season
STRATFORD, ON – The K&K Racing Team will be back for the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts 2013 season, 
and team driver Kevin Wicke is hoping for more good luck this year.
We plan on winning some more rounds, noted Wicke, who is the series only two-time champion, taking top honors in 2009 and 2010. We qualified well, but did not have any racer luck.
Wicke qualified the Top Sportsman Dodge Stratus number one in the field several times in 2012, and placed seventh in points, but was not as successful as in previous years. The team’s best showings were early in the year, where it went to the Top Sportsman final twice, only to be eliminated by Dan Aitken Jr at Cayuga and Rob Gray at Martin, Michigan.
NEW ALLARD CHRYSLER DRAGSTER T-SHIRTS FROM LUCAS OIL
Lucas Oil has supported the restoration of Europe’s first dragster (Sydney Allard’s 1961 Allard Chrysler owned by the National Motor 
Museum, Beaulieu) in many ways. Thanks to Chris and Vince Andrews a proportion of all Lucas Oil sponsorship money going to the F&A Racing Top Fuel Dragster has been diverted to the restoration fund. Les Downey of Lucas Oil for Europe has given the Allard Chrysler Action Group (ACAG) a range of items to sell and auction, and these have produced good funds. And of course they have supplied all the race lubricants for the dragster.
Les came up with another great idea and he is supplying the ACAG with 100 Lucas Oil Motorsport Division T-shirts upon which have been added the project’s individual identity in vinyl showing the bonnet shape and colours along with the 58 race number. It means that the ACAG’s only cost will be the additional vinyl logo plus P&P.
Ashley Sanford Making Competition Debut in Gelish A/Fuel Dragster
LAS VEGAS, NV – Following two weekends of testing and licensing in her new Gelish Soak-Off Nail Polish A/Fuel Dragster, 19-year old 
Ashley Sanford will make her NHRA competition debut at this weekend’s SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The former sand drag standout earned her license just a few weeks ago under the watchful eye of the car’s former owner and driver, Larry Miersch.
“We didn’t have the best weather when we tried to get my license. It was cold and rainy the first weekend and windy on the weekend that I got my license. We worked past it. We were able to get it done in seven passes. It was hard for me to make it down the track the first weekend. Everyone was a little nervous on the second weekend because I hadn’t been in the car in six weeks and I was supposed to make my first full pass right away. I was really determined and told myself, ‘I’m going to make it down there no matter what,’ and I did. The first two passes were full runs so I completed my license, and that’s all that matters to me. I’m just so excited to be racing this weekend,” Ashley said.
