- 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
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.
Marc Meadors and Pure Hell 2 Two-peat at SRP’s Door Car Shootout
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Sacramento, CA – Marc Meadors with his Pure Hell 2 ’69 Camaro was up to his usual devilish tricks torturing opponents in the Pro Slammers Door Car Association’s Pro Mod class at Sacramento Raceway Park’s 2nd Annual Door Car
Shootout. The Tim Mcamis built race car swept all honors running low elapsed time (6.174); top speed of the meet (246.45); and, a win over the track record-holder Bret Williamson in the final round.
Williamson seemed to have the early edge, qualifying #1 at 6.249-234.57 with Meadors a few clicks back at 6.288-216.93. In the run for the money, Marc left first (.070 to .091), but Bret never flinched, pressing the Danville driver for the lead. The track had cooled dramatically from the prior round and Meadors had trouble keeping the potent Camaro stuck and had to caress the pedal several times from mid-track on. In the opposite lane, Williamson was ready to say, “See ya” when the blower belt came off, leaving the bewildered driver helpless. He was later heard wondering when he was going to win one of “these things”.
Texas Automatic OutLaws at North Star Dragway
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Denton, TX – Texas Automatic OutLaws are taking on a international flavor with Kristinestad Finland’s Bengt Blomberg 
in his Camaro winning over Doug Morales Lumina in the second all nitrous Texas Automatic Outlaw finals this year at North Star Dragway in Denton, Texas, Doug had won the last Texas Automatic OutLaws race in May at North Star Dragway .
Eleven Texas Automatic OutLaw ProMods made to the trip to North Star Dragway with several teams coming up from the Houston area. David Houser’s red Camaro made it’s competition debut since being rebuilt from a wreck suffered last year in Houston and Jay Ligon brought his Willys truck down from Wichita Falls.
First round of qualifying saw “Cowboy” Woods Pro Charger fed Camaro lead off the pack with a 4.42 seconds elapsed time, Doug Morales Nitrous Lumina 4.65, Jay Ligon Supercharged Willys 4.67, Bengt Blomberg Nitrous Camaro 4.69, Paul Brandt Supercharged Camaro 4.98, Jeff Benham Supercharged Corvette 5.16, Dennis Hendrix Nitrous Firebird 5.52, Chuck Poindexter Chevy Luv truck 6.58, Matt Jones Nitrous Camaro 7.21, David Houser Nitrous Camaro 8.39.
TATE SETS A NEW RECORD AT THE AHDRA SPRING NITRO NATIONALS ON MICKEY THOMPSON TIRES
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STOW, OH – Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels congratulates Carrie “The Amazon” Tate on an incredible performance at the All Harley Drag Racing Association (AHDRA) Carolina Spring Nitro Nationals at Rockingham
Dragway.
Coming into the semi finals, Tate competed against legendary racer Mark Cox, the number one qualifier, and thrilled the crowd with a 7.29-second run on Mickey Thompson 31.0/14.0-15M tires (Part# 3073M) setting a new record for a female Nitro Harley pilot, racing impressively close to Cox’s quick 7.167-second run.
“It was an honor to compete with Mark,” said Tate. “My run was crisp and straight as an arrow, but not enough to beat his wicked fast pass. I look forward to lining up with Mark again this season with my bike, ‘Brutus,’ and my Mickey Thompson tires.”
Mickey Thompson is a 2012 sponsor of the AHDRA, celebrating 35 years in 2012. Racer participation that started with 50 to 60 entries now includes 250 to 450 entries and 5,000 to 12,500 event attendees. For more information about this exciting drag racing series featuring all Harley Davidson® motorcycles, visit http://www.ahdra.com/index.html.
Street Legends powered by BizSpeed at Palm Beach Inter Raceway
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Jupiter, FL – On June 8th kick off your summer with a bang as BizSpeed brings their signature flair to Palm Beach 
International Raceway presenting the long awaited return of Street Legends. Originated in 2010, BizSpeed is now bringing back the heated battle of Domestics vs. Imports to its dedicated fans. If you missed King of the Streets (April 27) or the original Street legends (2010) you’re in for a show like none other.
At Street Legends, BizSpeed will showcase the most purpose built street machines to ever put rubber to pavement, be it a sleeper you’d never suspect or a flashy muscle car, they all will battle it out at Street Legends to race for top prizes, and more importantly, bragging rights.
Street Legends is where you have to put up or shut up, it’s where all the trash talking gets settled, it’s where the true legends are born.
Another Career-Best for Blake Alexander
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ENGLISHTOWN, NJ – Despite a close first round loss to Robert Hight, Blake Alexander is still happy with the performance of his Gates/Auto Service Plus Funny Car at the Toyota NHRA Super Nationals. He ran two solid
qualifying sessions and got to represent Gates Auto, a corporation who has supported him since age 16.
“It meant so much to be able to race the Gates Funny Car at Englishtown. The people at Gates have supported me through the Sportsman ranks and now into the transition to the Pro level and Fuel Funny Car. I look forward to representing them again at the next race in Bristol,” said Alexander.
Blake’s weekend started off with a decent 4.19 in qualifying, which put him in the show at 9th after the first session. The parachutes came out just after the half-track mark, slowing the car down considerably. Crew chief Paul Smith tuned it up for the next session, resulting in a 4.116 at 302 mph, beating out Blake’s previous career-best run of 4.16. But Blake believes that the first run would have been even better than 4.11.
Troy Coughlin Runner up in E-town Pro Mod
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ENGLISHTOWN, NJ – The plan that Troy Coughlin drew up at the beginning of the NHRA Pro Mod Series presented by ProCare Rx season for his turbocharged JEGS.com Chevy Camaro finally took shape on Sunday at the Toyota NHRA
Super Nationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.
Coughlin finished runner-up to Danny Rowe in the finals, but more importantly the car and team functioned near flawlessly in the effort.
“These guys have been thrashing like mad to get the car to go straight on all four wheels,” Coughlin said. “We were able to keep it under control and manage the power today. They gave me the best car they could give me.
“This is the way I envisioned we’d start the season off, but it’s just taken a little while to get to where we’re at. I couldn’t be happier with this effort.”
Snyder’s Second Straight Win At Gateway Drags IV
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MADISON, IL – With the grand re-opening of Gateway Motorsports Park and the American Drag Racing League’s 
(ADRL) return to its home track serving as the backdrop, Pro Extreme driver Mick Snyder continued one of the best recent runs in class history at the Gateway Drags IV presented by CarSafe.
Consistently running in the 3.60s as part of a picturesque weekend in St. Louis, Snyder and his Powersource Transportation Corvette won for the second straight race, running 3.63 at 208.23 miles per hour in the finals of the Gateway Drags IV presented by CarSafe on Saturday.
“To get two in a row is just crazy,” Snyder said. “You can’t script it any better. It was a great team effort and this class is so hard, just to get to two straight finals is tough. To get two straight wins is just unreal.”
Gallen Wins in Front of Packed Pittsburgh House
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NEW ALEXANDRIA, PA – It was a special night for Peter Gallen. Not only did Gallen get a big win over longtime IHRA legend Dale Pulde in front of a packed house at his home Pennsylvania track, but Gallen had extra motivation in the
form of a little boy from the Pittsburgh area named Isaiah.
Isaiah is suffering from a terminal illness and is enrolled in a special program that is near and dear to Gallen’s heart. Called Designing 4 Hope, the charity adorns the side of Gallen’s “Poverty Stricken” ’77 Monza and is a driving force behind Gallen’s racing operations.
And with Isaiah standing on the starting line cheering him on, Gallen powered to his first victory of the year and his 16th career win in AMSOIL Prostalgia Nitro Funny Car in front of a capacity crowd at the second annual Pittsburgh Nitro Jam at Pittsburgh Raceway Park, a win he dedicated to Isaiah and his family in victory lane.
Coughlin Frustrated with Performance but Confident they will Prevail!
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ENGLISHTOWN, NJ – Five-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. is ready to go back to the drawing board after failing to qualify his JEGS.com/Mopar Dodge Avenger for Pro Stock eliminations at this weekend’s 43rd annual NHRA
SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.
“We had a tough run here this weekend,” Coughlin said. “We’ve got the whole puzzle in front of us; we’ve just had a lot of struggles putting the pieces together the right way.”
Coughlin only made it down the track one time under power in four qualifying attempts during the weekend. His lone full-pull clocked in 6.663 seconds at 207.46 mph. The No. 16 qualifier had a best lap of 6.628 at 208.39 mph.
“We changed motors before Q4,” Coughlin said. “The other one was down on power after it took two beatings on Friday when we shook the tires both times. It showed in Q3 this morning, when we went down the track but were down about 80 horsepower, which was reflected in our elapsed time.”
