- 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
NASCAR’s Busch to make NHRA Pro debut at Gatornationals
Courtesy of NHRA
Gainesville, FL – Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, has announced that he will be making his NHRA Full Throttle Series debut at the 41st annual Tire Kingdom NHRA
Gatornationals, March 11-13, at historic Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway.
The 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion will be competing for one of the 16 qualifying spots in the ultra-competitive Pro Stock class in the Shell Dodge Avenger for Allen Johnson and J & J Racing.
“Pro Stock is the tightest pro category as far as the elapsed time is concerned and it’s not going to be an easy task,’ Busch said. “I feel me teaming up with Allen Johnson and the Mopar folks, we’ve given ourselves the best opportunity to make the show.”
Busch spent a good part of his busy offseason testing with Allen Johnson and he earned his NHRA Pro Stock license with an impressive best-pass of 6.576 seconds at 210.43 mph at Bradenton, Fla.
An online history lesson (IHRA/JEGS)
Courtesy of Jegs
Delaware, OH – Third-generation drag racer Troy Coughlin Jr. will soon strap on his helmet and begin his 2011 campaign at the IHRA’s season-opening Palm Beach Nitro Jam, which runs from Jan. 28-29 at Palm Beach
International Raceway in southeast Florida.
The son of Troy Coughlin, grandson of Hall of Famer Jeg Coughlin Sr., and nephew of John, Mike, and Jeg Coughlin Jr. — all drag racing champions in their own right — Troy Jr. knows it’s a big deal to carry his family name into any event.
Click here and enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTrbgRtl81k
NHRA CREATES NEW PROGRAM FOR 2011 SUPER STOCK AND STOCK CLASS ELIMINATIONS
Courtesy of NHRA
GLENDORA, Calif. – After reviewing feedback from the Performance Aftermarket Advisory Council (PAAC) and a majority of NHRA contingency sponsors, NHRA officials 
announced today the creation of an innovative program for Super Stock and Stock class eliminations, which will be introduced at select NHRA national events during the 2011 NHRA Lucas Oil Series season.
The new program will feature a 12-race class-eliminations schedule for Super Stock and Stock that will offer double contingency payouts at four of those events. A new bonus-points program will be instituted for the eight non-paying class-eliminations events, and season-ending contingency payouts will be awarded to two National Class Performers (stick and automatic divisions) in each category. Finally, to enhance competition in class eliminations, new stick and automatic combo classes will be created in Super Stock and Stock to group those classes that are represented by only one car.
Makenna wins National Trail Raceway JR Dragster Rookie of the Year
Hebron, OH – Makenna Brown, the granddaughter of Jeg Coughlin Sr. and his wife Sue, raced less than half a season in 
the Division 3 Junior Dragster series, but she did enough to garner Rookie of the Year honors, following the legacy set out by the famous Coughlin racing clan.
Brown established herself at her first event, racing a yellow-and-black JEGS-themed rail to victory at her home track of National Trail Raceway near Columbus, Ohio. She repeated the feat a month later in her first Division 3 event — the Buckeye Fuel Wars — with another trip to the Winner’s Circle.
She later added a runner-up result to her ledger and cut a perfect .500 light at Kil-kare Dragway in early October. Overall, after racing in just seven of 15 points meets, Brown finished the year in eighth place.
Thornton Racing poised for Triumphant return in 2011
Courtesy of PSCA
Fontana, CA – Four Time Pacific Street Car Association Pro Street Champion Ed Thornton is excited about his 2011 campaign. That is because he sat out most of 2010 to concentrate on his business S U Sand Cars. Near the end of 
2010 he was getting restless after watching at all but one of the PSCA regular season races from the grandstands.
His crew chief Doug Stewart and car chief Tom Esbri had gone on to assist the Hairston Motorsports team and tuner Shane Tecklenburg was with Scott Oksas’ Payless Water Heaters team. Then in October, Thornton had a chat with his friend and mentor Derrol Hubbard regarding his desire to compete again at the Street Car Super Nationals.
With Hubbard’s assistance and with help from a few other friends, Thornton was able to piece his twin turbo ’63 Corvette back together and make the necessary upgrades to compete. Tecklenburg joined the fray after Oksas car was destroyed in a testing mishap and Esbri and Stewart fresh from tuning Hairston to the PSCA Championship announced they were prepared to run with Thornton at SCSN. Suddenly, the “Band” was back together again.
JE Pistons/Lucas Oil Sponsor NMRA/NMCA West Coast Shootout
Courtesy of NMCA
Santa Ana, CA – The NMCA & NMRA are pleased to announce that JE Pistons and Lucas Oil will sponsor the N
MRA/NMCA West Coast Shootout in 2011. The JE Pistons NMRA/NMCA West Coast Shootout, presented by Lucas Oil, will take place at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA, the weekend of July 8-10, 2011.
This special event combines the NMCA Flowmaster series and the NMRA Keystone Automotive series for a special Southern California event that will give west coast drag racers and performance enthusiasts a taste of why the NMCA and NMRA are the #1 muscle car motorsports shows in the U.S.
This event will showcase some of the best heads-up and wheels up muscle car drag racing on the planet as street car racers put their combinations on kill to win the biggest west coast event of the year.
Mike Janis’ New ADRL Ride Coming out of Andy McCoy Race Cars
Courtesy of Janis Racing
Mooresville, NC – Mike Janis, who competed on the ADRL tour in 2009, taking two wins, will return to ADRL Competition in 2011 at the wheel of an Andy McCoy Race Cars 1970 Plymouth Duster. The AMRC Duster will be
propelled by the newly designed Alan Johnson Performance Engineering 5300 Hemi.
“Our association with AJPE has afforded us the opportunity to partner with several new people and companies. One such example is Andy McCoy of Andy McCoy Race Cars. Andy’s progressive ideas about chassis design will help us with this new venture. We will campaign the AMRC 70 Duster for the 2011 ADRL season utilizing many of Andy’s latest technologies,” said Crew Chief Mike Janis Jr.
Andy McCoy, owner of AMRC stated “We are very excited to work with such a talented group of guys. Mike Jr., with his tuning talents, and Big Mike’s resume as a driver make them a force to be reckoned with”. “This is a real honor for me to team up with Mike and his team. This opportunity will help others to see what we at AMRC can do. Myself and my guys are committed to help make this association a success.
Shannon Jenkins New RJ Race Cars Built Pro Nitrous Ride
Warner Robins, GA – What a sweet new ride for ‘The Ice Man’ Shannon Jenkins. Built in the RJ Race Cars shops in Galesburg, IL. Watch the video, there’s nothing else to say!
Racers, escape the Frozen North!
Courtesy of IHRA
Norwalk, OH – Racers if you are tired of all the ice, snow and cold weather and wish you could just be racing, come join the International Hot Rod Association at its first two Nitro Jam events of 2011 at south Florida’s Palm Beach
International Raceway for the Palm Beach Nitro Jam and at State Capitol Raceway for the Mardi Gras Nitro Jam.
If you haven’t had a chance to experience the new Nitro Jam format, or just want to hit the track before everyone else, the Palm Beach and Mardi Gras Nitro Jam events are a perfect place to start. Both events feature incredible hospitality, great racing and more and a win at either event will gain you entry into the 2011 Summit Racing Tournament of Champions championship runoff at the World Finals in October.
The IHRA prides itself as being the place for sportsman racing and the new Nitro Jam format certainly proves that is the case as it gives racers an entire day of racing to themselves without interruption from the pros and some classes are even featured during the professional rounds.
RPM MAGAZINE….NOW READ IT ONLINE!
Courtesy of RPM
In keeping with their motto, “We Are The Innovators, Not Imitators”, RPM Magazine is excited to announce the official release of the long anticipated RPM E-MAG!
In November, RPM Magazine announced the start of their online “E-publishing” campaign by introducing their E-TECH allowing website visitors to read RPM tech articles, and have now added FULL issues of RPM Magazine, “RPM E-MAGs“… the best part is that you can read them all at www.rpm-mag.com absolutely free!
“We’re very excited about our new E-Publishing project here at RPM,” said RPM Editor in Chief, Chris Biro. “But let me start by saying that we have structured this program so it will not affect our valued subscribers, who will always be the first to get RPM! In fact, the RPM E-MAG will not be published until 45 to 60 days following our newstand ‘On Sale’ date listed on the front of every RPM printed magazine. This will work to actually enhance our subscriber base (now in 26 countries), allowing all-comers to view the quality and exclusive content that only RPM offers, leading to them wanting their own printed copy first… just like all of our current subscribers… because we all know there is nothing like that feeling you get when your new copy of RPM shows up on your doorstep each month!”
