- 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
ADRL Launches Video-Based ADRL.TV Channel
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O’FALLON, MO – The American Drag Racing League (ADRL) is pleased to unveil its new Internet-based television channel.
On Thursday, the world’s premier eighth-mile drag racing league officially announced the launch of www.ADRL.TV, a video-based website from Tyrant Productions that features extensive video coverage of the 2012 ADRL season and serves as the perfect compliment to the ADRL’s free live online broadcasts of each race.
Defending Route 66 Champ Coughlin Headed to Chicago with Troy Jr in Tow
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JOLIET, IL – Success at Route 66 Raceway seems to come naturally to Mike Coughlin as he has won the track’s annual North Central Division Lucas Oil Series race in three of the past seven seasons including a Super Comp victory in 2005
and Top Sportsman titles in 2007 and 2011.
Now, the two-time series champion is hoping his good fortune will continue as he brings his JEGS.com Chevy Cobalt back to the popular Joliet, Ill., facility.
Coughlin enters this weekend’s race ranked fourth in the Brodix/Steve Schmidt Engines Top Sportsman series, just 63 points out of first place, so he’s hoping to make a big move up in the points standings.
“We can definitely make up some ground this weekend,” Coughlin said. “This track has been very good to me over the years. In fact, it’s been very good to our whole family. It’s very smooth, really which benefits a fast car like our JEGS.com Cobalt.
Maddern Racing Ready to Take on Joliet Big House
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Joliet, IL – While waiting for the start of the Joliet Regional race this weekend, a few of the Maddern Racing Team members visited the closed down Joliet Prison. Luckily they escaped without harm or arrest. The plan for this
weekend’s race is very similar. Escape without harm, and put a lockdown on the field.
“The Regional race is our opportunity to fine tune our race car,” said Demke. “We have had a few weeks off and we are all ready for some racing,”
After starting out the year with two consecutive wins, the Peen Rite/ OSI/ 801 Racing Team are looking to regain their stride. A few early exits have not sat well. Jerry Maddern, Kevin Watson, Mike Demke, Ronald Mann, and Adam Rhoades know all too well what it takes to get the job done. They have put the time in, and together look to set things straight in Joliet.
Severance and 801 Racing Take Mission Regional with Authority
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Mission, BC – Some things are given to you, and some you take. Joey Severance took all he could from Mission Raceway Park. Severance was the low qualifier, won the race, and went quick and fast doing it. Set on kill pretty much
sums the weekend up.
“We had a great weekend at Mission,” said Severance. “I was really proud of the crew and the way the car responded.”
The Regional event started out with a Friday qualifying pass of 5.367 at 267.93. That put the 801 Racing Team in the number one spot. Second round of qualifying on Saturday saw Severance lower that time with a dandy 5.352 at 270.86. Things continued to look good for the Severance Racing Top Alcohol Dragster. The number one qualifying position earned them a bye in the first round. Severance didn’t let up, snapping off a 5.332/266.85 blast down the unopposed quarter mile.
Four for Ford! Skillman Wins his First Supercar Showdown
Written by Bret Kepner
Madison, IL – The American Drag Racing League’s outrageous new SuperCar Showdown category crowned its third different champion in four completed events while the Ford Motor Company kept its unbeaten streak alive. Drew
Skillman, the twenty-four year-old star who has been one of the hottest performers in the sport in 2012, earned his first SCS victory in a thrilling all-Ford duel with three-time World Champion Jimmy DeFrank at the ADRL Gateway Drags IV presented by CarSafe Automotive Repair Protection at Gateway Motorsports Parks in Madison, Illinois.
Skillman, whose most recent appearance at the ADRL Spring Drags in Bristol, Tennessee, resulted in a semi-final finish before the young Indianapolis-based racer went on to win three major NHRA titles in as many weeks, returned to all-out competition fully prepared for the ADRL’s unique eighth-mile racing format. At the wheel of his Indianapolis Car Exchange 2012 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet, Skillman clocked a qualifying run of an astonishing 5.70 seconds with a finish line speed of 121.01 miles per hour to shatter the SuperCar Showdown World Records for Elapsed Time and Speed set in March during the inaugural event at Houston, Texas.
On or off the track, Melanie Simmons is an Ambassador for Drag Racing
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CAYUGA, ON – One of drag racing’s greatest ambassadors does her talking on the track with her supercharged Top 
Dragster, but off the track Melanie Simmons spends her time talking to fans and the media about her sport.
Now in her fourth year of Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts, Simmons, of Orillia, Ontario, takes time between rounds to speak with spectators, sign autographs, and explain the intricacies of her 509-cubic inch supercharged dragster which is capable of obtaining over 200 mph in just over six seconds on the quarter-mile.
Simmons and her Toyrific Racing Team will be ready for action both on and off the track this weekend as part of the Summer Showdown at US 131 Motorsports Park at Martin, Michigan.
Strong Showing for Garret Race Cars in St. Louis
Written by Ian Tocher
MARBLE HILL, MO — Garret Race Cars enjoyed another solid weekend June 1-2, during the American Drag Racing 
League (ADRL) Gateway Drags IV at the recently reopened Gateway Motorsports Park, near St. Louis.
The Garret-built entries of former back-to-back ADRL world champion Jason Scruggs (2007-08) and 2006 champ Bubba Stanton qualified second and third in the ADRL’s premier Pro Extreme class, following only Scruggs’ teammate Mick Snyder, who also won the event.
“I want to congratulate our good friend and teammate Mick Snyder,” said Garret Livingston, founder and president of Garret Race Cars in Marble Hill, Missouri. “We didn’t build Mick’s car, but we did make some chassis repairs after he had an incident with it a couple of years ago.”
Blockbuster WFO Radio featuring Torrence, Gray, Anderson, Krawiec and Alan Reinhart
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HOLLYWOOD, FL – Toyota NHRA Supernationals winners, Steve Torrence, Johnny Gray, Greg Anderson, 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/
Steve Torrence,driver of the CAPCO Top Fuel dragster, stops by WFO Radio to talk about winning his second racing of the season, beating back to back DSR heavy hitters, and keeping focused on success as the season moves forward.
Funny Car winner, Johnny Gray, breaks down his final round victory over Ron Capps, his thoughts on the historic Friday night qualifying session in Englishtown, and his team’s chances to continue his strong performance in the next event in Bristol, TN.
Bieda’s Powersports presents first Canadian double of 2012 TNT Super Series!
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CAYUGA, ON – The Joe’s Transmission TNT Super Series rolls into Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park this weekend June 9-10 bringing the best sportsman racers in the country to the southern Ontario facility.
The first stop on the Canadian side of the 2012 schedule, Bieda’s Powersports in Fenwick, Ontario is presenting the double race weekend. “We’ll run one complete race from start to finish on Saturday and then do it all over again on Sunday,” said Ted Barnes TNTSS Director.
Many TNTSS regulars just came off an IHRA Pro Am in Pittsburgh with even more set to go to Skyview on the 16-17th. “So we should see solid car counts and the competition that the TNTSS is known for,” added Ted.
Kon Rodz Racing Going for a Cruise Down Route 66
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JOLIET,IL – This weekend’s Burndown at Sundown race is a big deal for Spiro Kontos’ Kon Rodz Racing Top Alcohol Funny Car team. They’ll be racing in front of family and friends, along with a few new members of the Kon Rodz Racing
family.
“We have a lot of family members from theChicagoarea that plan on joining us at Route 66 Raceway. Our web and media designer, Artist Butch M, is bringing his family to hang out with us for the first time. Since our last race inNorwalk, we also added a few new crew members to our outstanding team; clutch tech Londos D’Arrigo, transport driver Steve Prince, and Graham Rowe on top end. We welcome them to the team and look forward to continuing the season with them,” Kontos said.
