- Hagan Captures 50th NHRA Career Win in TSR Direct Connection Dodge//SRT Funny Car at NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte
- 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
ADRL Announces New Pre-Race Ceremony, Time Changes For Events
Courtesy of ADRL
O’FALLON, MO — With an emphasis on continually delivering a better raceday experience for fans and increasing 
visibility of its standout performers, the American Drag Racing League (ADRL) announced a series of time changes and a new pre-race ceremony for future events.
The new schedule and ceremony will go into effect starting with the Kansas National Guard Independence Drags V, which takes place June 17-18 at Heartland Park Topeka.
Moving forward, all events will now begin at 12 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, with a new pre-race ceremony slated to start at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
Western Beef, Inc. Renews as Associate Sponsor of NEOPMA for 2011
Courtesy of NEOPMA
Huntington, NY – Western Beef, Inc. is pleased to announce its continued partnership with the Northeast Outlaw Pro-
Mod Association www.neoutlawpromods.com as a Associate Sponsor for 2011.
“We are excited to continue our relationship with the Northeast Outlaw Pro-Mod Association,” said Mike Castellana, of Western Beef.
You can visit them at http://www.westernbeef.com
Chris Demke and Maddern Racing Are Top Gun Bound
Courtesy of Maddern racing
Fallon, NV – Mid way through the 2011 drag racing season, Chris Demke and the Top Alcohol Dragster Team of 
Maddern are making their way 63 miles east of Reno to compete at Top Gun Raceway. This event marks the teams seventh appearance this year.
The Peen Rite / Clean Boost Performance Oil Team goes into this race as the Division 7 points leader as well as the Division 7 Jegs Allstars points leader and holding strong in 3rd place within the National Points Chase.
“We’ve done pretty well so far this year” notes Demke, “we have a good, consistent race car and we are very hungry to improve our position within the National Championship Points Series.
Team JEGS ready for action at Ultimate 64 Shootout
Courtesy of Jegs
CLEVES, OH – After a fun weekend at the JEGS U.S. Open Bracket Championship in Bowling Green, Ky., the JEGS team 
will return to the highly competitive arena of high stakes E.T. racing again at this weekend’s Ultimate 64 Shootout presented by JEGS at Edgewater Sports Park.
The team roster will once again include five-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr., his nephew T.J. Coughlin, and his fiancée Samantha Kenny. All three will be driving their distinctive yellow and black JEGS.com dragsters, while Jeg will also be racing his sinister black Chevy II wagon.
The highlight of the Ultimate 64 Shootout will be Saturday’s main event which pays $50,000 to the winner. There will also be three separate $10,000-to-win races and three “second chance” events to go along with a $12,000-to-win high roller event on Friday night.
PMRA, Quick 32 and PBSS to run two events at Xtreme Mayhem Nationals
Courtesy of PMRA, Quick 32 and PBSS
CAYUGA, ON – The postponed opening round of the Pro Modified Racing Association, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series and the Pro Bike & Sled Series will be completed June 10 – 12 along with the second event.
The racing will take place during the Xtreme Mayhem Nationals to be held at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park.
While qualifying in all three Series opener was completed, rain postponed the elimination rounds, and these will be held along with the entire second event at Cayuga.
Three-time PMRA champion Bruce Boland of Hamilton, Ontario brought out his new car, and was very successful, qualifying number one with a 5.953-second, 235.47-mph pass in the B&B Racing 1941 Willys.
Points leader Coughlin eyes more success at Route 66
Courtesy of Jegs
CHICAGO, IL – Mike Coughlin will be looking to extend his lead in Top Sportsman’s North Central Division points 
standings when he brings his powerful 200-mph JEGS.com Chevy Cobalt to this weekend’s Division 3 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Route 66 Raceway.
“We got off to a great start this year with the win in Indy, now the challenge is to see if we can pick up where we left off and then maintain that pace for the rest of the season,” said Coughlin, who already has two Top Sportsman D3 championships to his credit. “I like the fact that we are heading to Joliet for this race because it is one of my favorite tracks. It is an extremely nice facility and I’ve had some success there in the past. It’s a track that is very friendly to fast cars.”
Coughlin won the Super Comp class at Route 66 Raceway in 2005 and returned in 2007 to claim the Top Sportsman title.
Since his last race, Coughlin and his JEGS Mail Order crew, including Greg Cody and Tony Collier, have done little more than routine maintenance to the team’s Jerry Bickel-built Cobalt. Coughlin believes the car is as good as it can be heading into the race.
Diamond Heavy Haul Named Official Equipment Mover Of The ADRL
Courtesy of ADRL
O’FALLON, MO – The American Drag Racing League (ADRL) is already home to some of the top track prep and safety equipment in drag racing.
Now, the ADRL will have the leading oversized transport company to deliver that equipment at each race.
The world’s premier eighth-mile drag racing league announced on Wednesday that it has named Diamond Heavy Haul the Official Equipment Mover Of The ADRL.
Based in Shandon, Ohio, Diamond Heavy Haul is considered the industry leader when it comes to the transportation of heavy and unique over-dimensional cargo.
The company will transport each piece of the ADRL’s state-of-the-art track preparation equipment to every national event, starting with the upcoming Kansas National Guard Independence Drags V, which takes place June 17-18 at Heartland Park Topeka.
Spencer Massey, Mike Neff, Allen Johnson, and Matt Smith on WFO
Courtesy of WFO
HOLLYWOOD, FL – NHRA Supernationals winners Spencer Massey, Mike Neff, Allen Johnson, and Matt Smith all join Joe Castello along with the NHRA’s Alan Reinhart, on WFO Radio NHRA Tuesday. To listen now, go to WFORadio.com.
Spencer Massey, won back to back races for the first time in his NHRA Top Fuel career with a victory over Del Worsham. Massey talks about his race, how things “slow down” once you’ve made laps in a Top Fuel car, and the true reason winning is so important.
John Force Racing, Funny Car driver, Mike Neff celebrates his Englishtown victory and his fourth final round in a row. Neff discusses how his past motorsports experience is helping him in find driving success in Nitro Funny Cars.
Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s ‘Six Shooter’ victory recognized on National Dragster cover
Courtesy of Jegs
DELAWARE, OH – The day that “National Dragster” arrived in the mail has long been a special one around the Coughlin 
household.
“With three older brothers and a racing father, the day the ‘National Dragster’ came was the highlight,” said Jeg Coughlin Jr. “We looked forward to it and fought over who got to read it first or you would hear “wait don’t turn the page I am not done reading”; since more than one was reading at a time. I’d sit there and pretty much read it from cover to cover when it was my turn.
“It still holds true to this day.”
The June 10 issue of “Dragster” is going to send even more excitement through the Coughlin clan and JEGS Mail Order headquarters because it commemorates Jeg Coughlin Jr. becoming the first person to collect national event wins in six different classes in the 60-year history of the NHRA.
“It wasn’t anything I ever set out to do,” Coughlin said. “It just kind of unfolded that way and it’s nice to be a part of a unique piece of history.”
Funny Car fever coming to Salt Lake City, Edmonton
Courtesy of IHRA
NORWALK, OH – Fans of high-horsepower, nitro-burning Funny Car competition need to look no further than the Salt 
Lake City and Edmonton Nitro Jam events to be held later this month.
Beginning at the Salt Lake Nitro Jam June 17-18 at Rocky Mountain Raceways followed by the Mopar Rocky Mountain Nitro Jam Nationals June 24-26 at Castrol Raceway, the western swing of the Nitro Jam tour will feature two of the biggest Funny Car showdowns of the season featuring many of the top competitors from across North America.
Nitro Jam’s western swing will feature two of the biggest Prostalgia NFC races of the year
