- 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
- LANGDON OUT IN ROUND ONE AT ZMAX
NEOPMA Next Stop is “Rumble at the Grove” Aug 13
Courtesy of NEOPMA
Mohnton, PA – Get your fill of quarter mile Pro Modified action this weekend.
The Northeast Outlaw Pro Mods will roll into Maple Grove Raceway this upcoming weekend on Saturday August 13th. 
The NEOPMA racers are looking forward to returning to Maple Grove. “Our last race at Maple Grove in July this year at the Super Chevy was spectacular, with huge crowds and great Pro Mod action”, said Vito Micciolo.
The Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association will be hazing the quarter mile of Maple Grove for their ultimate side by side drag racing, all the best Pro Mods from Nitrous Class to Supercharged/Turbocharged Class, will be adding to the excitement of the “Rumble at the Grove” Pro Mod race.
The NEOPMA will quench your horsepower induced thirst for screaming burnouts, huge nitrous purges, turbo’s popping and supercharged madness on the top end at over 230MPH, full on nitrous tune-ups bursting out the exhaust into the night.
VP RACING SELECTS NATIONAL DISTRIBUTOR FOR SEF SMALL ENGINE FUELS
Courtesy of VP Fuels
COLUMBUS, OH – Integrated Distributors Network LLC (IDN) has been awarded exclusive rights to distribute VP 
Racing Fuel’s SEF94™ small engine fuel products to the Outdoor Power Equipment market throughout the United States.
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IDN member companies include Atlantic Power Inc., Central Power Systems, Magneto Power, MWE, Power Source Canada, Preferred Power Inc. and SEDCO Inc.
PMRA, Quick 32 and PBSS winners to be determined at next event
Courtesy of PMRA, Quick 32, PBSS
GRAND BEND, ON – Racing in the Stratford Spectacular Hot August Nationals presented by Ideal Supply & NAPA Auto 
Parts got down to the final rounds before the rains came at the Grand Bend Motorplex today.
The winners in the Pro Modified Racing Association, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and the Pro Bike & Sled Series will be decided during the series Labor Day event at Grand Bend for the track’s “Thunder by the Beach Weekend” September 2-4.
Going into the PMRA final will be top qualifier Eric Latino of Whitby, Ontario, against number three seed Jeff Roth of New Dundee, Ontario. Latino has secured a win in PMRA racing this season, while for Roth, who has won at Grand Bend previously; this will be his first trip to a 2011 final.
Latino, Kopp, Goddard and Bernier lead at the start of eliminations in Grand Bend
Courtesy of PMRA, Quick 32, PBSS
GRAND BEND, ON – In front of a large crowd at the Grand Bend Motorplex, Eric Latino secured the top qualifying position in the Pro Modified Racing Association, Rick Kopp and Frank Goddard lead in the Quick 32 Sportsman Series,
and Jim Bernier has the top qualifying position the Pro Bike & Sled Series.
The three drag racing series are part of the Stratford Spectacular Hot August Nationals presented by Ideal Supply & NAPA Auto Parts held this weekend at Grand Bend. The race is the fourth in the six-race series for the 2011 season.
Latino, of Whitby, Ontario, took the top spot in the PMRA sessions with a 5.971-second, 240.51-mph pass in his 1969 Camaro Pro Modified. Jack Grainy of Basom, New York was second in qualifying, and Jeff Roth of New Dundee, Ontario took third.
Davis Ready for ADRL Top Sportsman Start in Virginia
Written by Ian Tocher
SUWANEE, GA — Ronnie Davis is on the verge of becoming the first driver ever to compete in a third American Drag Racing League (ADRL) class. The Suwanee, Georgia-based golf cart dealer has previously raced in the ADRL’s Pro 
Nitrous and Extreme 10.5 categories, but as a Top Sportsman pioneer with both the IHRA and NHRA series, he’s excited about entering his specialty at the ADRL Speedtech U.S. Drags IV Aug. 12-13, at Virginia Motorsports Park, near Richmond.
After staging two exhibition experiments, ADRL made Top Sportsman its first official full-size, bracket-racing class at its most recent event last month in Martin, Michigan.
“I’m very, very happy to see ADRL add Top Sportsman to their show,” says Davis, who will be driving his Tommy Mauney-built ’63 Corvette equipped with a new, nitrous-boosted Roush Yates 822-cubic-inch engine. “I think it’s a good deal for the ADRL and it’s good for Top Sportsman racers to have another high-quality organization to race with on good, safe tracks.”
Williamson & Gore Motorsports Team inches closer in Sonoma – looks to defend in Boise
Courtesy: Jamie Clerf
Sonoma, CA – The Williamson & Gore Motorsports Team is so close to finding a powerful and consistent tune-up for their mean West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod Association (WCOPMA) ’53 Studebaker that they can practically taste it. A 
feeling appropriate perhaps considering they spent their last race weekend (July 22-24) in the renowned wine country of Sonoma, CA where the tasty Cabernets, Sparkling Wines, and Chardonnays are tantalizing close, but slightly out of reach from the confines of the track.
“Our car definitely got better in Sonoma and we are getting real close to finding the right tune-up,” said Bret Williamson driver of the fierce ’53 Studebaker Pro Mod. “We’ve kind of been in this one good run, one bad run kind of rut, but at Sonoma we were finally able to put a couple of good laps together”.
The team, which is regarded as one of the real power brokers in the class, returned to the vaunted 5 second performance zone with a stout 5.991 @ 240.38 mph pass that placed them in a solid 4th qualifying position in what turned out to be the quickest field in WCOPMA history.
Perkins and 801 Racing Looking to Heat up Seattle
Courtesy of THR5 Communications
Kent, WA – Cody Perkins and his 801 Racing Top Alcohol Dragster are 
not worried about a heat wave this weekend, in fact, they are counting on it. Hot track temperatures, heated rivals and giving a scorching show for the fans is all part of the plan.
“Hot and slick is our kind of track,” said Perkins. “The hotter it gets – the better. Earlier in the year we ran a 5.38 inTopekaon a 130 degree track, so we are pumped up for this.”
The Top Alcohol Dragster class at Pacific Raceways is also going to be tricky. A smaller entry list means the 801 Racing team will have to be on their game to advance come elimination time.
“It’s a stout field,” said Perkins. “It’s going to be tough to just get out of the first round.”
Forthmann to honcho ADRL Contingency Program
Courtesy of ADRL
O’FALLON, MO – The American Drag Racing League (ADRL) is pleased to announce that it has named Scott Forthmann 
as its Director of Contingency.
Forthmann’s impressive racing background includes a long career in the NHRA, where he served as the NHRA Director of Contingency Programs from 1999 through 2004.
Forthmann will bring that wealth of experience to the world’s premier eighth-mile drag racing league and he is thrilled for the opportunity to have a major impact in the ADRL.
“I am extremely excited to be working with the ADRL,” Forthmann said. “I am looking forward to expanding the current ADRL contingency program and working to transform it into the premier race rewards program in all of motorsports.
“The ADRL presents an excellent platform for sponsors to showcase their products and I can’t wait to work with each of them as the ADRL continues to grow.”
Points Leader Montesano ready for a win in PMRA drag racing
Courtesy of PMRA
MAPLE, ON – Pro Modified Racing Association driver Vito Montesano is hoping he can put it all together for the next 
PMRA race at the Stratford Spectacular Hot August Nationals presented by Ideal Supply & NAPA Auto Parts August 4-7 at the Grand Bend Motorplex.
Montesano presently leads the PMRA Championship Point Award Series presented by Magnum Auto Parts and Patio Passport with 817 points. He has qualified number one at all events so far this year with his supercharged ERD-powered 1969 Camaro Pro Modified, and has set a fast time of 5.889-seconds down the quarter mile.
“What’s my plan for this weekend? It’s to stay at the top,” he said. “I’d like to set a big number and keep it.”
Top Dragsters due for a win in Quick 32 Series
Courtesy of Quick 32
CAYUGA, ON – Going into the next round of Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts this weekend at the Stratford Spectacular Hot August Nationals presented by Ideal Supply & NAPA Auto Parts at the Grand Bend
Motorplex, the Top Dragster racers are due for an event win.
Comprised of Top Dragster entries and Top Sportsman entries, the racers compete within their own division, and the top eliminator in each goes up against one another for the event title.
With three races so far in 2011, all event winners have been Top Sportsman teams.
Winning the first race of the season was Top Sportsman driver Phil Sampson and his 2002 Chevy Cavalier, who won the final at the Cayuga Dragway over the Top Dragster of Jamie Bridge of Napanee Ontario. Sampson, from Granton, Ontario, presently leads the Quick 32 Championship Point Award Series Standings with 692 points, while Bridge is second with 651 points.
