- NHRA RETURNS TO CHICAGO FOR ACTION-PACKED GERBER COLLISION & GLASS NHRA ROUTE 66 NATIONALS
- DRAG AND DRIVE EXHIBITION WITH ALEX TAYLOR AND TOM BAILEY RETURNS TO NHRA NATIONAL EVENT AT ROUTE 66 RACEWAY
- Record Setters and Race Winners Head to Virginia for PDRA Mid-Atlantic Showdown
- Race Wrap | NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals
- Race Wrap | NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals
- Stewart, Hagan Record Final Round Performances at Las Vegas NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in TSR Dodge//SRT Nitro Machines
- KALITTA, TASCA AND COUGHLIN JR WIN LAS-VEGAS 4-WIDE
U.S. 131 Motorsports Park celebrates 50 years at Nitro Jam
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MARTIN, MI – In the spring of 1962 Martin Dragway opened to the fanfare of the western Michigan motorsports community.
Providing a world-class quarter-mile drag racing facility located between Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, Martin Dragway was a welcomed addition to the roster of great tracks in the motorsports-rich state.
For decades Martin Dragway hosted some of the biggest names in drag racing’s rich history, from Rickie Smith and Shirley Muldowney to Bob Glidden, Don Garlits, John Force, Don Prudhomme and many more, on its way to becoming one of the premier racing facilities in the county. In 1986 the track, located in the small town of Martin, Mich., hosted its first IHRA national event with a one-off race and went on to become one of the most anticipated races on the schedule when it was added to the lineup fulltime in 2002.
Maddern Racing prepares for multiple missions in Seattle
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Seattle, WA – The Maddern Racing team is in Seattle looking to find a glitch, scratch an itch, and do it in a stitch. In their last two outings, an electrical problem has been a troubling annoyance. Luck has played a part of the Peen Rite / OSI / 801 Racing Team’s
success. Having won Sonoma and going to the finals at Woodburn has made the championship itch grow bigger. Before they can think of anything else, the Peen Rite Team has to find the electrical issue.
“Before the race we field striped the electrical system looking for the gremlin from the last two races,” said tuner/clutch guy Adam Rhoades. “We are planning on testing during qualifying and racing on Sunday. We will see if we can put our finger on the problem. There will be some great competition here in Seattle. It makes us better and that makes us have to perform. We know how this car can run. We are here to win.”
Pacific Raceways has been favorable to the Maddern Racing Team in the past two years. A 2010 win and a 2011 semi-final appearance is a good omen. For 2012, the sense of urgency is quite clear. The championship points battle is front and center this weekend in Seattle. Crew Chief Jerry Maddern, Kevin Watson, Mike Demke, Ronald Mann, and tuner/clutch guy Adam Rhoades know what’s at stake, and are prepared for battle.
5.30’s the Goal for Hunter and ExactAir Team in Seattle
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Photo by Kenny Gilmour Motorsports
KENT, WA – After a month off of the race track, Greg Hunter and the ExactAir Top Alcohol Dragster team are refreshed and returning 
to quarter-mile competition at this weekend’s Northwest Nationals. The northwest native is hoping to keep his national event first round win streak going while trying to go deeper into eliminations.
“Though the entry list is short, it’s still a strong field. Most, if not all of the cars are capable of running 5.3s. We need to step up to that 5.3 range if we want to win races. We were right on the edge of it at Chicago, but a couple parts failures prevented us from running better,” said Hunter.
Greg’s last race was the Route 66 Nationals in Chicago. He qualified 10th with a 5.46 at 263 mph, out-qualifying multiple past national and divisional champions. His .031 light first round helped him earn the win over Dan Page. Second round saw him get the holeshot again, but eventual race winner Jim Whiteley was able to drive around him. Hunter believes the Kenny Gilmour owned and tuned ExactAir car will be throwing down solid runs inSeattle.
6th Annual Chevrolet Performance LSX Shootout Around the Corner!
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Orange County, CA – The NMCA and Chevrolet Performance are pleased to present that the 6th Annual Chevrolet Performance LSX ShootoutÒ, which will once again take place at Lucas Oil Raceway Park in Indianapolis, Indiana, the weekend of October 11-14, 2012.
The event, held in conjunction with the NMCA World Finals, is the largest LS gathering in the U.S. The LSX Shootout features awesome heads-up racing for the fastest LS-powered cars in the world, index-style and True Street racing for competitors of all levels, and a giant all LS-powered car show.
This is “the” LS event of the year, with over $50,000 in cash and prizes, and it’s brought to you by Chevrolet Performance. Presenting sponsor, GM High-Tech Performance magazine, will be at the event in force providing great coverage for the LS community. This is the final event of the Chevrolet Performance LSX Challenge Series where champions will be crowned.
The LSX Shootout’s heads-up classes include JE Pistons LSX Drag Radial, ERL Performance All Motor, and Holley EFI Real Street…all of which are wheels-up and hardcore. Nitto Tires and Camaro Performers magazine are sponsoring the 5th Gen Camaro Challenge, an index class for new Camaros only, and GM High-Tech Performance will sponsor a heads-up 5th Gen Camaro Shootout on Sunday consisting of the fastest cars from the Camaro Challenge class. The Shootout also features two classes for mild to wild street-type LS-powered vehicles, Proform Racing LSX Rumble and TREMEC LSX True Street Challenge.
MagnaFuel Steps Up for PSCA Events in Vegas, Denver
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LAS VEGAS, NV – The Pacific Street Car Association Outlaw 10.5 class will now be known as the MagnaFuel Outlaw 10.5 class thanks to the longtime PSCA partner increasing its brand presence within the sanction. The deal includes the remaining PSCA Nationals events,
the Super Chevy Show at Bandimere Speedway near Denver, and the season-ending Super Car Street Nationals in Las Vegas.
“We’re extremely excited to not only be the title sponsor for the PSCA’s Outlaw 10.5 class for the remainder of the 2012 season,” said MagnaFuel President Robbie Ward, “but also to be a part of the sanction’s first foray into the Denver area. We can’t thank (PSCA President) Mel Roth and the PSCA enough for what they’ve done with the sport of drag racing and what they’re doing to bring that excitement to Colorado.”
ADRL Makes Its Debut at zMAX Dragway For Dragstock IX
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O’FALLON, MO – The American Drag Racing League (ADRL) makes its debut at zMAX Dragway in Concord, N.C. for Dragstock IX on Aug. 3-4. It is the seventh of 10 races on the 2012 ADRL Tour.
With new classes, a World Championship format and expanded family fun midway, there is considerable excitement and anticipation surrounding the world’s premier eighth-mile drag racing league as races for the first time at the state-of-the-art zMAX Dragway.
Along with the highly-anticipated and revolutionary new SuperCar Showdown class, all of the ADRL’s professional classes will make compete at zMAX Dragway, including Pro Junior Dragster (PJD), Summit Racing Equipment Top Sportsman (TS), Aeromotive Fuel Systems Pro Modified (PM), Extreme Pro Stock (XPS), Pro Extreme Motorcycle (PXM), Mickey Thompson Extreme 10.5 (XTF), Pro Nitrous (PN) and Pro Extreme (PX), the quickest and fastest full-bodied, doorslammer class in the world.
Davis Plans ADRL Turnaround for Dragstock
Written by Ian Tocher
SUWANEE, GA — Don’t count Top Sportsman veteran Ronnie Davis out yet. The five-time IHRA Top Sportsman world champion and two-time NHRA Division 2 champ may have struggled somewhat through the first half of the ADRL schedule a
nd hasn’t made an NHRA Division 2 appearance since March, but “The King,” as many know him, has regained his trademark confidence and swagger.
“I won’t ever quit something I started,” he declares. “That just won’t happen.”
The Suwanee, Georgia-based golf cart dealer is hoping to build on some recent success, too, and turn his ADRL season around this weekend (Aug. 3-4), in Dragstock IX at zMAX Dragway, near Charlotte.
Davis qualified his nitrous-boosted, 822-cubic-inch, Roush Yates-powered ’63 Corvette in the number-one position for the inaugural Mean 16 Outlaw Top Sportsman Shootout last month at Douglas Motorsports Park in south-central Georgia. He went on to reach the final round before the race was cut short by late-night dew settling on the racing surface.
NMCA Milan, Michigan Event to Host Ford Racing Cobra Jet Showdown
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Milan, MI – The NMCA Flowmaster Muscle Car Nationals is proud to announce the Ford Racing Cobra Jet Showdown Presented by Diversified Products Marketing, a special event to be run in conjunction with the 6th Annual JE Pistons NMCA Muscle Car Nationals
, at Milan Dragway in Milan, Michigan, August 24-26, 2012.
All 2008-2013 Cobra Jet owners are invited to participate at the Showdown. The Cobra Jets will be showcased in three no breakout Eliminators; two heads-up classes and a competition Index (CIC) class:
- CJ-TS (Top Stock): Stocker trim Cobra Jets utilizing the 2.3-liter or 2.9-liter supercharger or 427/428cid naturally aspirated engines.
- SS-CJ (Super Stock): 4.0-liter supercharged Cobra Jet’s in SS trim.
- CJ-CIC: A separate class, where Cobra Jet racers not competing in either of the heads-up classes can race against each other at the Showdown for a cash purse.
CJ-TS and SS-CJ will run modified NHRA Stock and Super Stock rules, respectively.
King of the Cobra Jets: Heads-up class winners will race each other with a handicapped start based on their quickest time, with no breakout, to crown the 2012 King of the Cobra Jets.
All prize money courtesy of Ford Racing and Diversified Products Marketing.
TNT Super Series kicks off second half with two races at St Thomas this weekend
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SPARTA, ON – The Joe’s Transmission TNT Super Series brings highly competitive sportsman drag racing back to St Thomas Raceway Park this weekend August 4-5 for events eight and nine on the 2012 schedule.
Kevin Orr Mechanical presents the weekend which will be run in 1/8th mile format and marks the return of the TNTSS to the southwestern Ontario facility. Making this year even more exciting is that the TNTSS has not paid less than $700 to win all year.
Last year’s event winners, Andrew Stirk and Marc Vezina will be defending their titles while the championship points chase continues to heat up. Chris VanBaalen leads Jon Jablonski by a mere 17 points. Tom Coonly sits in third followed closely by Larry Pulver while David Surmatchewski rounds out the top five. The tightest battle is from 4th to 8th with only 28 points separating those five drivers.
Antron Brown, Johnny Gray, Allen Johnson, Eddie Krawiec and Alan Reinhart on WFO Radio
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HOLLYWOOD, FL – Sonoma NHRA Nationals winners, Antron Brown, Johnny Gray, Allen Johnson, and Eddie Krawiec all join Joe Castello, along with the NHRA’s Alan Reinhart, on WFO Radio NHRA Nitro. To listen now, go to http://www.wforadio.com/
Antron Brown,stops by WFO Radio to discuss his win second straight win, his team’s focus on sweeping the Western Swing, his relationship with NHRA legend Big Daddy Don Garlits and tying him in NHRA wins, and his latest work with Toyota drivers Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer, and Alexis DeJoria designing cars for Toyota.
Don Schumacher Racing funny car driver, Johnny Gray, talks about beating his teammate Matt Hagan in the final round, his championship hopes heading into the Countdown, and his family’s Pro Stock team.
