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- Ashley, Hagan, Anderson and Herrera take Wins at Charlotte Four-Wide
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- BO BUTNER WINS JHG MOUNTAIN MOTOR PRO STOCK SEASON OPENER
- AARON STANFIELD RUNNER-UP AT NHRA FOUR-WIDE NATIONALS AT ZMAX DRAGWAY
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- Tony Schumacher Out Early After Jam-Packed Four-Wide Weekend in Charlotte
Boland, Orr, and Glinny win season finals at TMP’s Cayuga Dragway
Courtesy of PMRA, Quick 32 and PBSS
CAYUGA, ON – The sixth and final race was completed yesterday in the Pro Modified Racing Association, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and the Pro Bike & Sled Series at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park today, and
winners were declared in each series.
The champions in each of the drag racing series were also determined after this event.
Winning his second PMRA race of the year was Bruce Boland of Stoney Creek, Ontario.
The 1941 Willys driver qualified number two in the field and met up with number one qualifier Eric Latino of Whitby, Ontario, in the final. Latino fouled at the line, and Boland went on to record a 5.943, 240.08 winning run.
Roush Yates Races for IHRA Championship
Courtesy RoushYates
Mooresville, NC Drag racing is relatively new to the world-class engineers at Roush Yates Engines, but the program has already made significant gains in giving racers the same power and performance viewed each week on the NASCAR
circuit. Drag racers such as Roy Hill, Steve Corker, and Ronnie Davis have found Roush Yates Engines to be the advantage they need to win at the track each week.
Steve Corker has been racing his Roush Yates-powered engine all season and was announced as the IHRA Division 9 Championship in Quick Rod Eliminator this weekend. Corker will race his 565 Big Block Chevy in the Summit Racing Tournament of Champions next month in Virginia.
Taylor Heads Dragstock VIII Winners List
Courtesy of ADRL
ROCKINGHAM, NC – Frankie Taylor found the perfect birthday present for his wife – an American Drag Racing League (ADRL) win at Rockingham Dragway on Saturday.
The defending Pro Extreme world champion wrapped up Dragstock VIII in thrilling fashion, going 3.622 at 210.47 miles per hour to knock off Jason Scruggs before a capacity crowd in the finals of the ADRL’s biggest annual race.
That it came on his wife Cindy’s birthday made it all even more special.
“This just became a very happy birthday for my wife now,” Taylor said. “This makes her day.”
Saturday started with a special and poignant memorial service for former Extreme Pro Stock driver Bert Jackson, who was killed in a tragic race accident during qualifying on Friday.
Taylor Leads Pro Extreme Qualifying at Dragstock VIII
Courtesy of ADRL
ROCKINGHAM, NC – Pro Extreme driver Frankie Taylor went 3.597 at 210.70 miles per hour to finish as the No. 1 qualifier after three rounds of qualifying during the American Drag Racing League’s (ADRL) Dragstock VIII at historic
Rockingham Dragway on Friday.
Other No. 1 qualifiers included Khalid Al-Balooshi (Pro Nitrous), Dan Millen (Extreme 10.5), Jeremy Teasley (Pro Extreme Motorcycle), Dean Goforth (Extreme Pro Stock) and Ronnie Davis (Summit Racing Equipment Top Sportsman).
The fourth and final round of qualifying will take place at 12 p.m. on Saturday with Dragstock VIII eliminations to follow.
Taylor, the defending world champion in Pro Extreme who became the first driver in the 3.50s a year ago at Rockingham, was the No. 1 qualifier after the first session. Joey Martin momentarily took the lead with a 3.666 under the lights, but Taylor and his Jeffers Pro Cars Corvette went back to the top spot with the 3.597.
Extreme Pro Stock Driver Bert Jackson In Fatal Racing Accident
Courtesy of ADRL
ROCKINGHAM, NC – Bert Jackson, 51, was fatally injured driving an Extreme Pro Stock 2007 Pontiac GTO during the third qualifying session of the American Drag Racing League’s (ADRL) Dragstock VIII at Rockingham Dragway on
Friday evening.
Jackson, of Glen Allen, Va., was pronounced dead shortly afterward by a medical examiner at nearby First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham.
During his third qualifying session, Jackson hit the right wall, the left wall and then barrel-rolled. According to trackside observers, his car first hit the right guardwall, then careened across the track and hit the left guardwall before starting a series of barrel rolls.
Jackson was the driver of a car owned by Enoch Love of Richmond, Va.
The entire ADRL community is deeply saddened by Friday’s incident and offers its most sincere condolences and prayers to Jackson’s family, teammates and friends. Jackson was a passionate competitor, an incredibly kind-hearted human being and touched the lives of many during his drag racing career.
A memorial observance will be held Saturday morning at Rockingham Dragway.
North Carolina’s Cameron Manuel headlines 2011 IHRA Summit Pro-Am champions
Courtesy of IHRA
NORWALK, OH – Following a thrilling finish to the Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am tour season this past weekend in South Carolina and Texas, dozens of drivers have emerged as champions including one driver who continued his reign
of terror in the sportsman ranks by winning divisional championships in two different classes.
Defending Super Rod World Champion Cameron Manuel once again had a tremendous year to win his way back into the Summit Racing Equipment Tournament of Champions in October in not one, but two different classes. Manuel won the Top Dragster crown over Michael Ferraro in the Heat Wave Division and repeated as Super Rod champion over Bo Upton. Manuel also added a pair of TOC qualifying victories in both classes to his resume along with a runner-up finish in the Moser Axle-Mania Sportsman Showdown at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park in August.
Overall Manuel has set himself up nicely for a repeat bid next month at the Summit Racing Equipment World Finals presented by RacingJunk.com at Virginia Motorsports Park.
Re-Live The 2011 MAC Tools U.S. Nationals on WFO Radio
Courtesy of WFO
HOLLYWOOD, FL – NHRA legends, championship contenders, and top qualifiers took part in WFO Radio’s coverage from the MAC Tools U.S. Nationals. Re-Live WFO Radio’s coverage from Lucas Oil Raceway. To listen now, go to 
WFORadio.com.
Red Line Oil Radio, hosted by WFO’s Joe Castello and Red Line’s Cameron Evans, featured some of the greatest minds in the drag racing. Including: Big Stuff 3’s, John Meaney, who discussed the evolution of electronic fuel injection for the track and for the street, Alan Johnson Racing’s Chad Head who gave insight into track prep that can benefit every racer, and Pro Stock driver, Kurt Johnson, who described the search for horsepower in a 500ci engine. Red Line Oil Radio kicked off the broadcast weekend for WFO Radio.
Maroney pilots legendary ‘Nanook’ to first championship
Courtesy of IHRA
NORWALK, OH – There is nothing quite like meeting your idol. Richard Petty, Joe Montana, Wayne Gretzky, Michael 
Jordan – all legends that most kids dream of having the opportunity to meet. But what happens when you actually get to walk in the shoes of the legend you admire?
Just ask Ron Maroney. Ron Maroney piloted the legendary ‘Nanook’ to the 2011 Nitro Jam Fuel Altered championship
Maroney grew up deeply entrenched in the world of Fuel Altered racing through his family’s time in the business and the car that stood out most in his mind as a kid was the legendary “Nanook.” During the 70s there was simply no machine more exciting and more competitive than the bright green “Nanook” machine and as that legend grew, so did Maroney’s fascination with the car.
Exciting and fast-paced final race expected at Cayuga Dragway
Courtesy of Quick 32
CAYUGA, ON – Although Phil Sampson leads the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts 
Championship Point Award Series Standings going into the sixth and final race of the 2011 season, there is a lot of postponed eliminations to take place before a final winner is declared for the season.
This final race will be held September 9-11 at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park, but the final elimination of race four must be determined, and three rounds of eliminations must be held before the points race is back in order for this sixth race.
The final round from race four, held at the Grand Bend Motorplex August 4 must be finalized, with Top Sportsman driver Kevin Wicke of Stratford, Ontario, pitted against Top Dragster driver Jeff Moser of Bamberg, Ontario.
Team JEGS heads south for Great American $50K Bracket Race
Courtesy of Jegs
BELLE ROSE, LA – After a successful trip into the semifinal round of Super Comp at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, Samantha Coughlin is changing her latitude and getting a little out of her comfort zone to lead Team JEGS into
Louisiana.
Samantha, along with Team JEGS members Jeg Coughlin Jr. (Samantha’s husband) and Troy Coughlin Jr. are heading to No Problem Raceway this weekend for the Great American $50,000 Bracket Race.
Bracket races are a discipline that are fairly new to Samantha, but she said it’s the kind of challenge she welcomes.
“We’re planning on having some fun down in Belle Rose,” she said. “I’m comfortable Super Comp racing, because it’s what I’ve always done. Bracket racing is still new to me.
