- Ashley, Hagan, Anderson and Herrera take Wins at Charlotte Four-Wide
- TOUGH FINAL ROUND PUTS DAMPER ON WEEKEND FOR JOHN FORCE IN CHARLOTTE NHRA 4-WIDE NATIONALS
- BO BUTNER WINS JHG MOUNTAIN MOTOR PRO STOCK SEASON OPENER
- AARON STANFIELD RUNNER-UP AT NHRA FOUR-WIDE NATIONALS AT ZMAX DRAGWAY
- JUSTIN ASHLEY WINS NHRA FOUR-WIDE NATIONALS AT ZMAX DRAGWAY
- Tony Schumacher Out Early After Jam-Packed Four-Wide Weekend in Charlotte
- HART KEEPS IT CLOSE IN TIGHT QUAD AT CHARLOTTE
Front Driveshaft Safety Loop for 2011-2012 Mustang V8
Courtesy of BMR
Thonotosassa, FL – Protect your 2011-2012 Mustang Automatic while complying with NHRA safety rules with a 
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Stanley & Weiss Racing, The Newest Addition To Our Team
By Camp Stanley
Hagerstown, MD – When last the Stanley & Weiss Racing team visited you we were all bummed out and financially distressed to say the least. But being the never say QUIT, never say ENOUGH we hid out up here on The Hill and worked
on our latest endeavor to bring us back in among the elite of the ADRL.
We finally did it! We had no choice if we want to be competitive! We went over to The Dark Side, but never fear Obi-Wan is still among us! We fitted a hemi between the frame rails of the Appalachia on Steroids Camaro in an attempt to make us competitive once again. This was done by selling off our primary AJ Olds and some of our spare bits and pieces for enough funding to make this drastic move. A “Road Trip” was planned to fill our coffers with bits to make this new project happen. The first call was to Jeff Burnett of Composite Specialties to see about purchasing the short block that we knew he had stashed under a bench in his workshop. That proved to be a very successful trip to Brownsburg, Indiana because as we always do we wheeled and dealed and I left there with lots of extra frugal and some freebie bits that would come in very handy.
Elite group in the running for prestigious JEGS Crown trophy
Courtesy of Jegs
COLUMBUS, OH – An elite field of 15 highly-skilled sportsman drag racers are in the running for the coveted JEGS Crown trophy, a special award that could be earned by each driver at next weekend’s JEGS NHRA Northern SPORTSnationals at
National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio.
The JEGS Crown is a specially designed trophy that was painstakingly handcrafted by renowned artist Dan Dreisbach of Naked Sculpture (www.naked-sculpture.com). It is considered by many to be the drag racing equivalent of an Olympic gold medal simply because it is so difficult to obtain.
The only way to win the JEGS Crown is to win an eliminator title at two of the three JEGS NHRA SPORTSnationals events held each year; the JEGS NHRA Cajun SPORTSnationals in Belle Rose, La., the JEGS NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals in Fontana, Calif., and the JEGS NHRA Northern SPORTSnationals. Since it’s creation in 2005, the JEGS Crown has been claimed just one time.
First batch of Summit SuperSeries qualifiers crowned
Courtesy of IHRA
NORWALK, OH – Following a busy weekend of racing all across North America, the International Hot Rod Association is pleased to announce the first 12 qualifiers for the 2011 Summit SuperSeries World Championships at Virginia Motorsports
Park next month.
The IHRA staged three Summit Team Finals events over the weekend at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Mich., Farmington Dragway in Farmington, N.C. and Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alb. and from those races four drivers emerged from each event to race for the lucrative Summit SuperSeries championship at the IHRA World Finals October 14-16.
The 12 drivers earning their way into the 2011 Summit SuperSeries championship this past weekend were Bill Brewster, Roger Plyler, Derek Degnitz, Amanda Fassler, Rae Caswell and Tim Richards in Box and Kevin Pollard, Scott Vaughn, Steve Doornbosch, Tanner Zwetow, Dean Smith and Chris Melnyk in No Box.
Superchargers’ Showdown, NEOPMA’s Finest Pro Mods this coming weekend at MIR
Courtesy of NEOPMA
Mechanicsville, MD – The Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association (NEOPMA) is ready for one of the largest quarter mile 
Pro Mod events ever at Maryland International Raceway on Sept. 23-24, 2011 qualifying two 16 cars fields, featuring a 16 car Nitrous Field and a 16 car Blower/Turbo Field.
“We are ready to make NEOPMA history at this year’s Superchargers Showdown by qualifying 32 wild Pro Mods. This is one of only a few races in the entire nation where you can see a 32 car field on the full quarter mile. With awesome track and atmospheric conditions in late September and a 32 car Pro Mod field it will truly be an extraordinary weekend!” states Royce Miller of MIR.
Coughlin misses Pro Mod cut in Charlotte
Courtesy of Jegs
Photo by Roger Richards
CHARLOTTE, NC – The new-car blues struck Troy Coughlin and the JEGS.com Pro Mod team Saturday at zMax Dragway.
Coughlin’s new turbocharged ’68 Camaro, running its second race, failed to qualify for the Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series event taking place at the fourth annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals.
“We had a couple things that were off at Indy, but those were things we did,” Coughlin said. “We adjusted and came here, but there’s something else wrong. We don’t know what it is, but we’ll keep pecking away until we find it.”
Coughlin and the team aren’t sure exactly where the gremlins are in the new car. He qualified 10th for the U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis, but inexplicably slowed in Charlotte. His best pass of 6.315 seconds at 240.12 mph wasn’t enough to get him in the field.
Gallen’s dream season propels him to Prostalgia NFC title
Courtesy og IHRA
NORWALK, OH – Throughout history, comeback stories have been a favorite among the sports world.
When a person has off the field issues, suffers injuries or flat out retires only to get another shot at glory later in life, it seems fans always embrace the story of a comeback. Enter Peter Gallen.
In the late 80s and early 90s Gallen was on top of the Funny Car world. A rising star in the Funny Car ranks, Gallen had an undeniable talent for wielding these terrifying beasts down the quarter-mile and pushing each car to the brink and back again. For nearly a decade Gallen dominated, piling up wins, national records, championships and even a “driver of the year” award culminating with an unthinkable dip into the five-second zone in 1989.
Davis Delivers Second-Straight ADRL Top Sportsman Top Qualifier
Written by Ian Tocher
SUWANEE, GA — For the second consecutive event, Ronnie Davis finished on top of the ADRL Top Sportsman qualifying list Sep. 10, piloting his Roush Yates-powered ’63 Corvette to a class-record 4.087-seconds pass at 180.67 miles per
hour, which also stood as top speed for the class throughout Dragstock VIII at historic Rockingham Dragway in North Carolina.
Driving a second Davis Golf Carts ’63 Corvette, Jeff Pittman qualified eighth and made it to the semi-finals, while Davis fell in round one of eliminations with an uncharacteristic red-light start against Jerry Barker.
Unfortunately, the event was marred by the on-track death of Extreme Pro Stock driver Bert Jackson, the first driver fatality in the ADRL’s nearly eight-year history.
“First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Bert Jackson,” Davis said. “I didn’t know him personally, but whenever something like this happens at any race track, anywhere, you can’t help but feel a certain kinship as a race driver. It makes whatever happens to us that weekend, whether good or bad, pretty small in comparison.”
Janis Team Continues Up Hill Battle in Pro Mod
Courtesy of Mike Janis Racing
Photo by Mike Janis Racing
Elma, NY– For just over a decade Mike Janis has massaged as much power as possible out of his Supercharged Alcohol burning power plants. He has become one of the elite engine builders in the world but, fighting with one hand behind your
back is never easy, no matter how hard you work.
Prior to this season the NHRA tech department adjusted the rules in the Pro Modified division. Nitrous cars were given an open rule book, Turbo cars had their turbo’s downsized from 91 mm to 88 mm, and the supercharged cars had their supercharger overdrive knocked from 20% over down to 14.55. The saving grace for Janis, after studying the rule book, was a 75 lb weight reduction for converter driven cars.
When the season began it was evident that the supercharged combination was at a disadvantage, but Janis was still able to post good numbers with his new converter driven Pro Mod. The top running turbo cars were also running converters and pushing the 260 mph barrier. On June 8th an effort to “maintain parity” the NHRA then placed the 75 lbs back on all converter driven cars. This rule became known amongst Pro Mod circles as the Janis rule; because the only one effected by the rule was Mike Janis.
Roy Hill returns home to zMax Dragway fresh off U.S. Nationals win
Courtesy of Roy Hill Racing
CONCORD, NC – After winning Super Stock / B Automatic at the 2010 U.S. Nationals, Roy Hill set out to defend his title two weeks ago at the 57th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis.
He did just that. Hill once again emerged with the SS/BA class trophy and is riding that momentum into his “home race”, this weekend’s 4th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals at zMax Dragway just outside of Charlotte, NC.
“Winning the U.S. Nationals two years in a row in this Phoenix Racing 2010 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet is quite a fulfilling experience,” said Hill. “In addition to my SS/BA win, we had Charley Downing in the second Cobra Jet and he won Super Stock / A Automatic. It was a weekend to remember for our team. To come away with two wins at the biggest drag race in the world is just incredible.”
At the “Big Go”, the James Finch-owned Cobra Jets were making their national event debut with Roush Yates power, and will be utilizing the same strong engines in Charlotte this weekend.
