- SOX & MARTIN® AND MCCANDLESS COLLECTION TO SPONSOR NHRA HEMI® CHALLENGE
- Final Rounds of JEGS $50,000 Race to Conclude On Friday at the Spring Fling
- HendrickCars.com to sponsor Brittany Force’s Top Fuel dragster starting at this weekend’s NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Charlotte
- DANIEL WILKERSON AND SCAG FORD FUNNY CAR TEAM LOOKING TO TURN THINGS AROUND AT CHARLOTTE FOUR-WIDE
- Dustin Smiley Races to Advanced Product Design $15,000 Wednesday Win at the Spring Fling
- NEOPMA Pro Mod Drivers Ready to Start 2024 Season at MIR’s Door Wars
- JUSTIN ASHLEY AND SCAG TOYOTA TEAM LOOK TO CONTINUE PROMISING START TO NHRA SEASON AT ZMAX DRAGWAY
Chris Demke and 801 Racing Team Up for Winternationals Win
Courtesy of Penn Rite Racing
Photo by Roger Richards
Pomona, CA – Chris Demke, driver of the 801 Racing sponsored dragster, capped off a team effort in winning the 
O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals this past weekend. Demke not only won the trophy, but in the final round, he ran the quickest elapsed time of the race with a stout 5.28 @ 270 mph.
“It was a great win, and having the guys from 801 Racing there made it even better,” said Demke. “I am very happy to be continuing our relationship with 801 Racing and to be running the Revvolution Oil with CleanBoost Technology.”
Demke’s dragster was not the only car there running the Revvolution Oil this past weekend. Half of the cars in competition in the Alcohol Dragster class had 801 Racing’s distinct red oil running through their engines. The company flagship was in attendance with the Cody Perkins entry.
Perkins Winternationals Experience a Battle
Courtesy of 801 Racing
Pomona, CA – Cody Perkins and the 801 Racing Top Alcohol Dragster Team did quite a bit of fighting at the Winternationals. Not fisticuffs mind you, but there were battles a plenty.
Trouble started brewing Monday night before the race, just as the team was set to depart. Perkins found one of their rocker assemblies had broken. The crack wasn’t noticeable until the motor was completely assembled and the valve spring pressure was applied to the push rod cup. The first punch had been thrown. Perkins recovered, and with a right hook, replaced the faulty parts with their last remaining spare stand. So the crew jumped in the truck and headed to Pomona. Once they arrived, parts were awaiting that needed to be installed to get the car race ready. A flurry of rabbit punches followed, which were taken in stride and the work continued.
“We knew it was going to be a short field,” said Perkins. “We had a few new things on the car and didn’t need any carnage as we plan to attend quite a few races this season.”
John Force, Spencer Massey, Greg Anderson, Alan Reinhart on WFO Radio
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HOLLYWOOD, FL – O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals winners John Force, Spencer Massey, and Greg Anderson join Joe Castello along with the NHRA’s Alan Reinhart, on WFO Radio NHRA Nitro. To listen now, go
toWFORadio.com.
15 time NHRA Funny Car Champion, John Force, spoke with WFO Radio just minutes after his season opening final round victory over teammate Mike Neff. Force spoke about his road to victory, his team’s preparation during the off-season, and the strong performance of his daughter, Courtney, in her first race as a rookie.
Don Schumacher Racing, FRAM/Prestone driver, Spencer Massey, won Top Fuel with a final round victory over teammate, Antron Brown. Massey spoke about his team’s readiness for the championship fight in 2012 and his record setting performance at Auto Club Raceway.
Mickey Thompson Renews Partnership with Bill Glidden Racing
Courtesy of Mickey Thompson
STOW, OH – Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels has renewed their long-time partnership with Bill Glidden Racing again this year. Part of the Big Tire Development Program, Bill Glidden Racing will continue to work closely 
with Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels to provide product development staff with evaluation results of tire and wheel products in real-world racing.
Mickey Thompson will provide support to the Bill Glidden Racing team as they compete in the Extreme 10.5 class of the 2012 ADRL drag racing series.
“Bill had another great season in 2011, and we want to continue to support his efforts and help him maintain his momentum,” said Ken Warner, VP Sales and Marketing, Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels. “He is consistently on the list of top performers in the 10.5 class, and a fierce competitor in this drag racing series. We are looking forward to another great year in 2012.”
New Power in Flanigan’s TS Firebird Ready for 2012 Quick 32 Season
Courtesy fo Quick 32
BUFFALO, NY – A new powerplant under the hood of Dan Flanigan’s 2002 Firebird Top Sportsman car should provide some more force for him when he takes to the track for the 2012 Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto
Parts season.
“I’m super excited,” said Flanigan about the new aluminum 665-cubic inch engine. “We’re going to have 300 more horsepower. You have to run fast to qualify in this series.”
Flanigan only raced three times last year in Quick 32 Sportsman Series competition, and was a quarter-round finalist in the second event, the Xtreme Mayhem Nationals at Cayuga Dragway. He said that the car never performed as expected last year, and is looking for more success in 2012.
Goodguys Racing Team Back on Track This Weekend in Vegas
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Pleasanton, CA – With the thrill and excitement of a brand new drag racing season upon us, the Goodguys Racing Team led by Marc Meadors and the “Pure Hell2” ’69 Camaro Pro Mod machine are locked, loaded and ready for a run at the
West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod Association series title. Outfitted with a trick new DMPE Mark II carbon injector and a top secret hi-end torque converter, the team is confident they can take the flaming ’69 Camaro into battle and eclipse last year’s second place points finish in WCOPMA action.
This weekend, the team will venture south from their Pleasanton, California home base to the PSCA Ford Racing “Record Breaker Nationals” at the Strip @ Las Vegas Motor Speedway to lock horns with the competition in the Pro Street division. Although not their primary racing circuit, it was at last fall’s PSCA Street Car Supernationals @ the Strip Meadors qualified #2 in a national field of the country’s best racers running 5.92 @ 246mph. In fact, every run the Pure Hell2 ’69 Camaro made at the Supernationals in November was a sub-six second effort. Meadors asserts “he’s out to avenge the quarter final red light that took me out. I could have easily won that race” he grinned.
AMSOIL to sponsor Nitro Jam’s Prostalgia Nitro Funny Car class
Courtesy of IHRA
NORWALK, OH – Feld Motor Sports and the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) announced today that AMSOIL, based in Superior, Wis., will be the official sponsor of the AMSOIL Prostalgia™ Nitro Funny Car class.
In addition to being the Official Oil of IHRA®, Nitro Jam® and Thunder Jam®, AMSOIL will now back one of the fastest growing and most popular classes in drag racing today. These extremely exciting, high-horsepower nitro machines are the headline attraction of the eight-event Nitro Jam North American Tour and will now be supported by the industry leader in synthetic lubricants and one of the top names in the world of extreme motorsports.
Demke and Team Peen Taste Sweet Victory at the Winternationals
Courtesy of Penn Rite Racing
Pomona, CA – Chris Demke and the Peen Rite Top Alcohol Dragster Team went to the 2012 NHRA race season opener 
with a hunger. Their Winternationals victory turned out to be a feast. The sugared treat at the end was Demke’s final round 5.281 @ 270.32. It was low ET of the event, and that has Demke and the Maddern Racing Team planning for the future.
“The win was so sweet, and the 5.28 was icing on the cake,” said Demke. “There is no better way to start a season than with a win, and we have high hopes.”
The race did not start out on such of a high point. Qualifying was a cat and mouse game with the weather related tune-up decisions. The short field and cooler temperatures was an invitation to turn the knobs up and go for the top time. The car was set on kill, but the track had other ideas. Ending up in the #4 qualifying position, the Peen Rite/801 Racing’s future was not set.
First round tire shake against Garrett Bateman made the run interesting. Demke traded the lead back and forth, but pulled out the win. In the second round of eliminations, Demke was paired against Brooks Brown, who was being tuned by former Maddern Racing crewmember and good friend Adam Rhoades.
Coughlin #2 in Pro Stock Points after one race with new car!
Courtesy of Jegs
PHOENIX, AZ – Five-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. wasted little time in re-establishing himself as a top contender in the NHRA 
Pro Stock class with a surprising runner-up finish at last Sunday’s season-opening event in Pomona, Calif. Now the 67-time national event winner turns his attention to Firebird International Raceway and this weekend’s 28th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals.
“We had a big day in Pomona, for sure,” Coughlin said. “It’s given the guys reason to smile and it put a little pep in everyone’s step. At the same time, as all the veterans on this race team know, we’ve got a long way to go, so we’ll enjoy the next few days then get over to Phoenix and see if we can’t make some more memories.”
While it’s not a shock to see Coughlin at the top of the rankings, it is astonishing to see such early success given the fact his team didn’t exist at this time one year ago. Coughlin didn’t race professionally in 2011 and didn’t even entertain a return to the pro ranks until late in the spring. That’s when he partnered with Mopar to field the JEGS.com / Mopar Dodge Avenger.
Win Tickets to the NMCA Muscle Car Nationals Season Opener!
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Santa Ana, CA – The NMCA Flowmaster Muscle Car Nationals is proud to announce that we’re featuring a free ticket giveaway in the form of a sweepstakes to NMCA’s season opener in Bradenton, FL, which is held on March 15th-18th,
2012, at Bradenton Motorsports Park. Fans and racers alike can enter the sweepstakes by visiting NMCA’s facebook page and clicking on the “Sweepstakes” tab just under NMCA’s profile picture.
This sweepstakes will last until March 7th, 2012, and everyone is invited to join in! The grand prize features 2 weekend-long VIP tickets with VIP parking with 2nd place and 3rd place also receiving regular admission weekend-long tickets and regular admission day tickets respectively.
