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MICKEY THOMPSON IS OFFICIAL SERIES SPONSOR OF THE 2013 NMRA SEASON
STOW, OH – Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels returns to the NMRA racing scene as the official 2013 series sponsor 
including all national NMRA events. Mickey Thompson will also be posting contingency awards in all Pro and Sportsman classes including Pro Outlaw 10.5, Super Street Outlaw, EFI Renegade, Hot Street, Drag Radial, Coyote Stock, Factory Stock, Modular Muscle, Super Stang, Open Comp, and Truck and Lightning as well as special-event classes.
“This sponsorship is a great way for us to continue to support the NMRA Pro and Sportsman racers, which is a big part of our company legacy,” stated Tom Kundrik, Motorsports Manager, Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels. “NMRA all-Ford street legal drag racing is always exciting, and we look forward to being part of the action again this year.”
No Changes for Derek Hawker, ready for PMRA season
CORBYVILLE, ON – Derek Hawker, who placed third in the 2012 Pro Modified Racing Association standings, said he has no big changes 
in store for the upcoming season.
We have just been doing our regular thing, said Hawker, who drives the Hawker Racing 1963 Chevy Corvette Pro Modified. We have got the car tuned up and we are ready.
Hawker qualified the Corvette at all PMRA races last year, and his best showing was a runner-up finish against Sam Andreacchi in the final at Grand Bend in August. The Vanishing Points Race Car chassis is powered by an Alan Johnson 526-cubic inch engine with a PSI D-Screw supercharger and Atchison fuel system which propels the car down the quarter-mile in just over six seconds at about 230 mph. A Lenco three-speed transmission sits behind the engine.
Hunter Continues Quest for Victory in Vegas
LAS VEGAS, NV – Despite a first round loss at the NHRA Lucas Oil Series regional event at The Strip last weekend, Greg Hunter and the 
ExactAir Compliance Systems Top Alcohol Dragster team will power through to the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals this weekend, April 4-7. The Canadian group’s goal remains the same – steadily improve their performance at every race. Their showing at the regional event wasn’t horrible – Hunter qualified 6th and lost first round, 5.53 to 5.60 – but it wasn’t what Hunter and his Kenny Gilmour Motorsports team were looking for.
“We were pretty happy with our first run out of the box, 5.463 at 264 MPH. We worked on tuning it up and making it go faster but it didn’t quite go how we thought it would. It broke a lifter on the last qualifier and hurt a camshaft so we changed that motor going into first round. We set it up to run close to the 5.46 again but it just went weak. We found a couple issues in the motor during the week between races so we’re confident that performance will be back up to where we feel it should be. I hope to be back in the five-thirties at the national event,” Greg claimed.
New Product Line from S&W Race Cars & Components
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Demke, Peen Rite TAD Running Clean and Mean in Vegas
LAS VEGAS, NV – Top Alcohol Dragster driver Chris Demke enters this weekend’s SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals with continued 
optimism. His Jerry Maddern-led Peen Rite/OSI/801 Racing team used last weekend’s NHRA LODRS regional race as a test event following a rough Phoenix regional race. Though it might not look like it from the outside, it was a successful outing for the California team.
“We would have rather won the race than lost first round, but we went out there more to test than to race. One of our goals was to not hurt any parts. We made one run in testing, three runs in qualifying, and first round of eliminations without hurting parts, so from that perspective it was a success. Now we’ll be back at the national event and hopefully we can get a little more aggressive with the tune-up. Of course the goal is still to not hurt any parts, but the other goal is always to win,” Demke said.
MICKEY THOMPSON RETURNS AS TITLE SPONSOR OF THE NMCA WEST STREET CAR SERIES’ XTREME DRAG RADIAL/TRUE TEN 5 CLASS
STOW, OH – Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels returns to NMCA WEST Street Car Series as the 2013 title sponsor of the 
Xtreme Drag Radial/True Ten 5 class. In addition to the title class sponsorship, Mickey Thompson will act as a contingency sponsor for the series’ Pro and Sportsman classes including Pro Street, True 10.5, X275 Drag Radial, Outlaw 8.5, Hot Street, Nostalgia Street Car, Open Comp, Mustang Madness, Super Quick and Quick Street classes.
“This series delivers some of the most exciting West Coast street car racing around, and we are pleased to play a role in supporting the series and the racers,” stated Tom Kundrik, Motorsports Manager, Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels. “The Xtreme Drag Radial True Ten 5 class is a super fast and extremely competitive environment requiring a DOT approved, 315 drag radial tire or 29.5×10.5 slick, which is the perfect racing environment for our drag tires.”
EOPM Begins Biggest Season Yet at VMP
PETERSBURG, VA – Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod kicks off its biggest, baddest season yet on Saturday, April 6 at Virginia Motorsports Park 
with the Franklin Electric Smart Com Spring Nationals presented by Buck Racing Engines.
The site of some of EOPM’s largest car counts and best races, Virginia Motorsports Park is a favorite venue of the series and will also be the site of its biggest race of the year, the EOPM Nationals on September 14.
“It was at VMP in August of 2010 that EOPM truly arrived on the scene, and that race is still the largest we’ve ever had in terms of car count,” said EOPM Founder and Race Director Stuart Williams. “There’s no better place for us to get the 2013 season started. Track Manager Alan Carpenter, General Manager Brian Pierce, and Will Peyton have all been major supporters of EOPM and we couldn’t do this without them.”
Nitro Jam’s two biggest nights take place this weekend at San Antonio Raceway
SAN ANTONIO, TX – The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Nitro Jam series returns to San Antonio Raceway in Texas April 5-
6 for the San Antonio Nitro Jam presented by Good Vibrations Motorsports and CarSafe.
This year’s San Antonio Nitro Jam features multiple professional and sportsman classes spread over the two-day event. The 2013 San Antonio Nitro Jam will feature professional competition in Top Fuel Dragster, AMSOIL Prostalgia™ Nitro Funny Car, Fuel Altered, Nitro Harley and multiple sportsman competing on the Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Tour presented by AMSOIL. The event will also feature multiple exhibitions the Battle of the Jet Trains between “Cannonball Express” and the “Chattanooga Choo-Choo”, jet funny cars “First Strike” and “Top Secret”, the 30,000 horsepower “Super Shockwave” jet truck, wheelstanders, fireworks and much more.
Ron Capps, Larry Dixon, Tony Pedregon, Susan Wade, Alan Reinhart on WFO Radio
HOLLYWOOD, FL – NHRA Super Stars, Ron Capps, Larry Dixon, and Tony Pedregon, plus journalist, Susan Wade, all join Joe Castello, 
along with the NHRA’s Alan Reinhart, on WFO Radio Nitro. To listen now, go to http://www.wforadio.com
Ron Capps, NAPA Funny Car driver for Don Schumacher Racing, stops by WFO Radio to preview Las Vegas, promote the upcoming Dollar General 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway, and talk about his his recent victory in the Star 94.1 “Man of March” fan vote.
Jim, Annie Whiteley Dominate Vegas Regional
Written by Todd Veney
Las Vegas, NV – For the second year in a row, Jim and Annie Whiteley’s YNot Racing team swept the Las Vegas spring Regional, Jim in 
Top Alcohol Dragster and wife Annie in Top Alcohol Funny Car. Jim led the dragster contingent from wire to wire, setting low e.t. of all three qualifying sessions and two of three rounds of eliminations, and Annie came from the No. 2 spot to defeat Doug Gordon in the Top Alcohol Funny Car final with low e.t. of the event, 5.59.
Jim, who beat Chris Demke last season in a final that had to be rerun after something blew through the lights in Demke’s lane as they approached the finish line the first time, was a winner before he passed the Tree this time on Don St. Arnaud’s foul start. “I saw the red-light before my green came on,” Whiteley said. “It can mess you up sometimes, but I didn’t mind because we weren’t running as good as we did here last year.”
