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RPM INTRODUCES NEW CUTTING EDGE WEBSITE!
Courtesy of RPM Magazine
Brandford, ON – “MG Digital’s Mike Goodwin (www.mgdigital.ca) has done it again!” exclaims RPM Editor In Chief Chris Biro. “It’s clean, easy to navigate and is absolutely packed with places to go, things to do and see, and provides a LIVE
update to the RPM social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google + and more.”
With enhanced performance and racing industry news available, product features and press releases that you can subscribe to right on the front page of the website, along with a new Performance 411 Business Card Directory, and our RPM E-MAG (which sees full issues of RPM published 30 days after their newsstand release), the new RPM Website is one you’ll want to visit every day to be sure you don’t miss anything.
“Our ‘Front Page News’ changes daily,” adds Trish Biro, RPM V.P. of Marketing and Customer Relations. “It offers a huge benefit to RPM advertisers and supporters to get their news out immediately, not just on the RPM website, but also on to ALL of our social media in real-time… essentially, they are getting their message out to thousands within minutes!”
CLICK HERE to visit the NEW www.rpm-mag.com And don’t forget to check out our E-TECH articles while you’re there too!
Hunter to Join Kenny Gilmour Motorsports and Make TAD Debut
Courtesy of Kenny Gilmour Motorsports
CHANDLER, AZ– After a long off-season preparing for 2012, Kenny Gilmour Motorsports is ready to take on the competition with new driver Greg Hunter. ExactAir Compliance Systems will be the primary backer of the Calgary,
Alberta, Canada-based Top Alcohol Dragster team.
“I am very excited for the opportunity to join this team,” said Hunter. “It is easy to get excited to drive this car by the enthusiasm and desire to win of everyone on this team. They truly have what it takes to field a competitive car and I think I will learn a lot from this group. My wife, Staci, and I are looking forward to the first race inPhoenix!”
Greg Hunter has been racing down the quarter-mile since 1994, first with a stock Ford Mustang GT. His desire for speed moved him up to a Super Comp dragster, which he drove for several years with great success. Hunter attended Frank Hawley’sDragRacingSchoolin 2003, where he earned his Top Alcohol Funny Car license. This prompted Greg to build a Ford Mustang Top Alcohol Funny Car, powered by a Boss Ford engine. 2012 is Greg Hunter’s first year in Top Alcohol Dragster competition.
John Orfanidis ready for more success in 2012 PBSS
Courtesy of PBSS
TORONTO, ON – “Last year we were out to have fun. Now it’s time to be serious.” John Orfanidis had an up and down year in the Pro Bike & Sled Series presented by Wiseco Performance Products in 2011. Riding his Pro Bike Suzuki, he
qualified number one at five of the six PBSS events, and started second in the sixth event, turning times just under eight seconds at over 165 mph.
But the team had problems when it came to eliminations, and Orfanidis said that will be addressed when he takes to the track this season.
“We’re looking to a better season,” he said. “We have to be more prepared mentally. “The bike has been freshened up, and should perform some good numbers.”
He placed fifth in the PBSS Championship Point Award Series in 2011, the first season for the series. He has been riding competitively since 1982.
Mike’s Transmission Sponsors Pro Slammers!
Courtesy of Pro Slammers
San Jose, CA – Mike’s Transmission a well know expert in building racing transmissions has come on board as a sponsor with the Pro Slammers Door Car Association for 2012. Mike’s Transmissions has produced units that have provided record breaking E.Ts from Pro Mods, to Outlaw 10.5s, as well as Pro Slammers cars. 
Mike’s Transmissions not only builds, he also races his products with their blown dragster that has run 5.97 @ 239 mph. Well known for his Monster Glides, Mike uses nothing but the best components and dyno test all transmissions before they leave the shop, so there’s no guessing if things work.
“I like supporting the smaller organizations and the Pro Slammers are a great way for me to expand my business while helping out my customers during these tough times”, says Mike. So if your looking for a place to race check out the Pro Slammers and if you are in need of a transmission check out Mike’s Transmission. www.mikestransmission.com and www.proslammers.com
Coughlin rides the ragged edge in first-round loss in Phoenix
Courtesy of Jegs
PHOENIX, AZ – Following qualifying for the NHRA Arizona Nationals, Pro Stock ace Jeg Coughlin Jr. said the JEGS.com/Mopar Dodge Avenger needed to get more aggressive for Sunday’s first round matchup with Jason Line.
For the first half of the race, that plan looked like it was working to perfection, but just when things were looking good for the five-time world champ the JEGS.com Dodge made a couple of sideways moves and Coughlin had to cut off the power.
“It was a bit of a handful,” Coughlin said. “We’ve been working to try and get this car to be a little more efficient downtrack. The car went a little bit left and we couldn’t get it back right into the groove. At every gear change it was getting more upset. It got really loose in third and all the way through fourth gear.
“Eventually, I had to throw in the towel. We were still ahead of him at halftrack, even though I wasn’t even under power. It never really felt like we were at that point of no return, but a split-second longer, it might have told me different.”
Coughlin, JEGS.com Dodge looking to make waves in Phoenix
Courtesy of Jegs
PHOENIX, AZ – For the second straight race, Jeg Coughlin Jr. and the JEGS.com/Mopar Dodge Avenger are starting Sunday’s NHRA Arizona Nationals from the bottom half of the ladder, but as he proved last week, a subpar qualifying
effort rarely equals an early exit for Coughlin.
“It’s not where we want to start from,” Coughlin said. “We’re still trying to feel our way around with this car at this racetrack.”
Coughlin will start Sunday’s eliminations from the No. 15 spot after a best qualifying run of 6.624 seconds at 208.91 mph. Last weekend in Pomona, Coughlin reached the Pro Stock finals out of the No. 14 spot.
“We made some pretty big changes to the car for our last qualifying session,” Coughlin said. “It looks like it liked them. The ET didn’t really show it, but what we’re seeing on the graph certainly looks like we’re on the right track.”
Good Vibrations Motorsports Presenting Sponsor for Arizona, Salt Lake City Nitro Jams
Courtesy of IHRA
NORWALK, OH – The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) is pleased to welcome Good Vibrations Motorsports as the presenting sponsor of the Arizona Nitro Jam March 23-24 at Southwestern International Raceway in Arizona
and the Salt Lake Nitro Jam June 29-30 at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Utah.
Good Vibrations Motorsports, based in Whittier, Calif., was founded by former Funny Car pilot Jim Maher in 1989. With Maher’s background in racing and commitment to excellence in his products and services, Maher and the Good Vibrations team look forward to partnering with Nitro Jam at two of the biggest events on the 2012 schedule in Tucson and Salt Lake City. The Salt Lake and Arizona Nitro Jams are two of the biggest events of the year
“Good Vibrations Motorsports is thrilled to be the presenting sponsor of the Arizona Nitro Jam and the Salt Lake City Nitro Jam races this season. We have a very large, established customer base among the IHRA racing ranks, especially the supercharged machines and we are pleased to reward their loyalty,” Maher said. “Good Vibrations will set up a hospitality and racer support trailer at each of these venues. Racers and fans are encouraged to stop by and relieve some tension on our new racing simulator.
Summit Racing Equipment To Sponsor ADRL’s Top Sportsman Class In 2012
Courtesy of ADRL
O’FALLON, MO – The Top Sportsman class in the American Drag Racing League (ADRL) will continue to have impressive backing for the 2012 season.
On Friday, the ADRL officially announced that Summit Racing Equipment will return as the sponsor for the Top Sportsman class during the 2012 ADRL Tour.
The class, which will continue to be called the Summit Racing Equipment Top Sportsman class, debuted in the world’s premier eighth-mile drag racing league last year and will continue to have the backing of Summit Racing Equipment going into its first full season.
“We really felt the Top Sportsman racers were going to be a natural fit when the ADRL announced the addition of the class to the race line up in 2011. This proved to be a successful move and we were proud to support the racers with the class sponsorship,” Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports and Events Manager Jim Greenleaf said.
No major changes for PMRA Corvette Pro Modified of Derek Hawker
Courtesy of PMRA
CORBYVILLE, ON – “Right now the car is in 10 million pieces, but we’ll have it back together for opening day.”
Entering his third year of Pro Modified Racing Association competition, Derek Hawker said the Hawker Racing
Corvette Pro Modified will not receive any major changes for the upcoming season.
“We are doing some upgrades to the supercharger,” he noted. “We have to try and run with the Joneses, but other than that, it will be pretty much the same deal.”
Hawker placed sixth in 2011 PMRA Championship Point Award Series, qualifying in the tough field at most events, highlighted with a final round appearance against Kenny Lang in the third race of the six-race season. His 6.316-second pass was close, but Lang, an IHRA Pro Modified champion from Manitoba, nipped Hawker with a 6.035-second run.
Altalab Instrument joins TNT Super Series for 2012
Courtesy of TNT Super Series
RENICK, WEST VIRGINIA (February 16 , 2012) The Joe’s Transmission TNT Super Series is pleased to announce 
Altalab Instrument as the official paging weather station for 2012. In business since 1988, Altalab has supplied pro and sportsman drag racers with top quality reliable, user friendly weatherstations for tuning and performance prediction.
“Index racing is a very competitive form of drag racing,” said Ted Barnes, TNTSS Director. “Having accurate, up-to-the-minute weather information at your fingertips in the staging lanes is key to winning races.”
Tenley Shewmake of Altalab commented “We are pleased to be an Associate Sponsor and Official Weatherstation of the TNT Super Series, and look forward to lots of neck and neck action in 2012. The ‘Official Weatherstation’ is an AltaCom II paging weatherstation–our top of the line model that comes complete with prediction software ready to run out of the box.”
