- JOHN FORCE RACING FEATURED IN TWO OF DRAG RACING'S LEADING PUBLICATIONS
- DANIEL WILKERSON RUNS CAREER BEST FRIDAY AT CHARLOTTE NHRA FOUR-WIDE NATIONALS
- VINTAGE JOHN FORCE TAKES PROVISIONAL NO. 1 QUALIFIER AT CHARLOTTE NHRA 4-WIDE NATIONALS
- Jeff Taylor Races Himself in JEGS $50K Final and Eric Aman Captures Silverstate $50K Win on Friday at the Spring Fling
- BO AND RANDI LYN BUTNER KICK OFF JHG NHRA MOUNTAIN MOTOR PRO STOCK SEASON AT ZMAX DRAGWAY
- JOHN FORCE AND RICK HENDRICK: A LONGSTANDING FRIENDSHIP INITIATED BY A MOVIE AND LATER A RED BALL CAP
- Kalitta, Force, Anderson and Smith take the #1 spots at Friday qualifying of the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
Hinbest Racing returns to Quick 32 Series with two-car team
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ORANGEVILLE, ON – When the Hinbest Racing Team takes to the track this year in Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts competition, it will be with a two-car drag racing effort.
Team driver Michael Hinbest will continue to race behind the wheel of his Top Dragster, but the team will be complimented with the addition of a second Top Dragster entry, driven by Katie Ward.
“We plan on running both cars in the whole series,” noted Hinbest, who placed 10th in the Championship Point Award Series last season. “Katie enjoys being in a male-dominated sport, and is not easy to intimidate.”
Hinbest’s Top Dragster will receive new cylinder heads on the supercharged ERD (Engine Research & Development) powerplant, but other changes will be few for 2011, noted Hinbest.
“We will be running a relatively similar package this year,” he noted. “We’re going for consistency this year rather than horsepower.”
Hinbest qualified number one for five of six events last year in Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and put together a string of eighth and quarter-final rounds. He added that this year the team will concentrate on consistency and each member of the crew will concentrate on their duties, while he works on his driving.
BMR Suspension Total Suspension Bushing Kit for 2010-2011 Camaro (PRO Version)
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Thonotosassa, FL – Minimize suspension deflection and improve overall handling in your 2010-2011 Camaro with a Total Suspension Bushing Kit from BMR Suspension. 
Manufactured from low-deflection polyurethane, this kit consists of the PRO version Rear Cradle Bushing Kit (BK030), Rear Suspension Bushing Kit (BK021), and Front Suspension Bushing Kit (BK022).
The BMR Total Suspension Bushing Kit (BK031) minimizes bushing deflection in all front and rear suspension links. This kit goes a step further than our BK023 kit by further reducing rear cradle movement with full cradle bushings and higher durometer differential bushings.
Reduced suspension deflection ensures maximum tire contact resulting in better traction and more consistent and predictable handling abilities.
To preview all of BMR’s high-performance suspension parts, please visit www.bmrsuspension.com, email sales@bmrsuspension.com, or contact them at BMR Suspension, 12581 US Highway 301 North, Thonotosassa, FL 33592, 813-986-9302, Fax: 813-986-8055.
JUST RELEASED ONLINE – RPM MAGAZINE – ISSUE 1, 2011
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Brantford, ON – Just released online – RPM Magazine – Issue 1, 2011. If you didn’t get an opportunity to have it delivered to your mailbox, here it is, released online.
As announced in November, back issues of RPM will be available online for reading 45 days following their newstand release.
Follow this link http://view.flipdocs.com/showbook.aspx?ID=10003372_772352 to go directly to read RPM E-Mag Issue 1 of 2011 or go to http://www.rpm-mag.com/emag.html to view all E-Mag Issues.
This issues features the following:
Cover Feature – WARBIRD – This Turbocharged Mopar Warbird Can Fly! The small tire, big horsepower extreme Dart of Chad Branson is off the wall! You will not believe what powers this bad beast while inflight down the dragstrip.
Feature – UNIQUE – A proud Farmer with a love for fast cars and Drag Racing hooks up with a nitrous guru, and the result is one bad machine… the Grand National of Chad Henderson.
“ADRL Drag Racing Live” Features Special Announcement, PN’s Halsey, XPS’ Gahm
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O’FALLON, MO – Pro Nitrous driver Jim Halsey and Extreme Pro Stock competitor Brian Gahm will the be featured guests on the ADRL’s weekly online show, “ADRL Drag Racing Live,” presented by Summit Racing Equipment. The
ADRL also has a special announcement scheduled for the program.
The entertaining 90-minute broadcast airs live every Thursday at 9 p.m. EST on the ADRL website, www.ADRL.us and also on www.blogtalkradio.com/adrldragracinglive. Every archived show is available on-demand on the ADRL website as well.
“ADRL Drag Racing Live” is hosted by ADRL Television personality Bret Kepner and ADRL Director of Media and Communications Josh Hachat. They break down the latest news and happenings in the world’s premier eighth-mile drag racing league, and it is the only weekly show that is 100 percent devoted to the ADRL.
Troy Coughlin returns to action with a turbo Pro Mod car
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GAINESVILLE. FL – Four years ago, world champion drag racer Troy Coughlin made the bold move to try a turbocharged powerplant in his Pro Mod entry. The results with the brand-new technology were mixed at best, as
Coughlin and his JEGS.com crew mostly struggled to harness the massive amounts of horsepower the combination was producing.
Fast forward to 2011 and this weekend’s 42nd annual Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals, the season-opening event of the Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series, and Coughlin is back with a turbo power-adder, looking for much better results, including some victories and a potential run at the championship.
“The technology between now and then has improved so much,” said Coughlin, who abandoned his first foray into turbocharged racecars to chase the National Muscle Car Association title, which he won in 2009. “The parts are better and engines are holding together without damage for a lot longer.
NEOPMA Resigns Performance 2 Way as Official Radio Provider
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Huntington, NY – Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association (NEOPMA) officials will again be communicating in the pits 
with two way radios after an agreement with Frankford, Delaware based Performance2Way Racing Communications, again the official 2-Way Radio provider for the growing quarter mile pro mod drag racing series.
To show their appreciation to Association Members, Performance2Way is offering a 10% discount on all 2 man or more radio systems to all NEOPMA teams! Visit http://www.performance2way.com for more info.
“Performance2Way Racing Communications has been there for our teams, and the teams support our sponsors. Performance2Way Racing Communications had accessories at the tracks waiting for the drivers on more than one occasion, and with their cost effective solutions providing clear communications is what the teams are looking for.
Grainy Brothers return to PMRA racing for upcoming season
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NORTH TONAWANDA, NY – After sitting out for a season, the Grainy Brothers are returning to the Pro Modified Racing Association drag racing series.
The Western New York team will be back with the familiar two-tone 1967 Camaro Pro Modified, but the G-Force Race Cars product will feature a new powerplant.
According to driver Jack Grainy, the team will be running a new 526-cubic inch Brad Anderson engine set up by Mike Janis. Fellow New Yorker and reigning PMRA champion Mike Stawicki will be on hand assisting the team with the new engine, which will feature a new PSI screw-type Supercharger. A Lenco three-speed transmission will sit behind the new engine.
Grainy said his team had to step up to keep pace with the competition.
L.E.TONGLET, DARRELL GWYNN, REINHART TONIGHT ON WFORADIO
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HOLLYWOOD, FL – Pro Stock Motorcycle World Champion L.E. Tonglet and Florida based, NHRA drag racing legend, Darrell Gwynn will join Joe Castello along with the NHRA’s Alan Reinhart, live at 7 p.m. ET on WFO Radio NHRA
Tuesday. To listen live or on-demand following the show, go to WFORadio.com.
Tonglet, recently crowned Champion, will discuss the ramp up to his title defense, how his life has changed since he became champion, and the importance of his sponsor, Nitro Fish to his title defense.
NHRA legend, Darrell Gwynn stops by to discuss the “Garlits vs. Gwynn: Match Races for a Cause” that will bring the two NHRA Legends back to the track as the NHRA celebrates its 60th Anniversary. The match races are designed to raise money and awareness for the Darrell Gwynn Foundation and the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing.
Tim McAmis Race Cars Launches New Website
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Hawk Point, MO – After months of planning, preparation and diligence, legendary door slammer builder and 
performance parts manufacturer, Tim McAmis is ready to reveal his new TMRC website and online store to the racing world.
“We’ve been working on this project for over a year and our goal is to give our customers and fans a great experience when they come to our website,” McAmis said. “There was a lot of research and development that went into the layout of the new online store. All of the products are arranged so they are easy to locate and we have also given customers the ability to read and write reviews. We have also used over 30gb of high quality photos so you can have an up close look at all of our components and kits.”
Just like their cars, every minor detail has been addressed. As McAmis stated, “The look and feel of the site was also very important to us.
T.J. Coughlin dreaming big as he heads to Gatornationals
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GAINESVILLE, FL – JEGS Super Comp dragster driver Troy Coughlin Jr.’s goal of contending for the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series national championship in 2011 begins this weekend at the 42nd annual Tire Kingdom NHRA
Gatornationals at historic Gainesville Raceway.
Beginning the day after his famous grandfather Jeg Coughlin Sr. gets inducted into Don Garlits’ International Drag Racing Hall of Fame, the significance and prestige of competing at one of drag racing’s “majors” is not lost on the 20-year-old Coughlin, who is known as T.J. to his friends and family.
“If you’re a drag racer than the Gatornationals definitely gets your heart pumping,” T.J. said. “I remember my dad (Troy Coughlin) racing to the final round there when I was 9 years old and I was listening at home. He had Warren Johnson in the final and W.J. beat him that day and I was so upset I threw my shoe at the T.V. My mom just about killed me.
