- 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
Team Aruba Determined to Earn First Victory After VMP Performance
Courtesy of Team Arruba
UNION, SC — “Virginia Motorsports Park?Hello from Aruba!” A nice and sunny weekend at Virginia Motorsports Park (VMP) proved to be a beautiful racing weekend. Team Aruba’s driver, Trevor Eman happily said, “It feels like we 
are racing in Aruba!”
As always, Team Aruba’s pit area is a reflection of the island Aruba and the Aruban People. “We’re having fun, but the weekend is not over yet. We have a lot of work ahead of us, and we have to do well to be in the show with the other 19 Mountain Motor Pro Stock teams,” says Eman, a full-time college student and the youngest Mountain Motor Pro Stock driver. “Let’s go racing…And a warm ‘Hello’ from Aruba!”
VMP hosted nice weather and even nicer people. These conditions must have really worked, because Trevor did a first qualifying run of 4.10 seconds as the third pair out. “We came pretty close to beating our career-best elapsed time,” says Trevor, who was only a hundredth and a half seconds off of his best ET. “We were at the 60-foot mark in 0.984 seconds; not a bad first run.”
Charles Carpenter Racing ADRL Speedtech U.S. Drags III Wrap-up
Courtesy of Carpenter Racing
CHARLOTTE, NC – Going into the third annual ADRL Speedtech U.S. Drags at Virginia Motorsports Park, Charles Carpenter was looking for a clean sweep of the event, aiming to win Best 
Appearing Car, Best Appearing Crew, and take home the Pro Nitrous Minuteman trophy all in one weekend.
After it was announced that Carpenter’s fresh paint and airbrushing, applied by Chandler Robbins and East Coast Refinishing, had garnered him the Olson Paint & Body Best Appearing Car award, the team set its sights on the other task at hand: taking the momentum of two consecutive ADRL Pro Nitrous final round appearances and turning it into a win at VMP.
Capping Friday’s qualifying with a 3.946 at 188.99 MPH, his quickest of three full passes, Carpenter was qualified in the number eight position heading into Saturday’s final qualifying attempt.
Eric Latino Wins PMRA Opener at Toronto Motorsports Park
Courtesy of the PMRA
CAYUGA, ONTARIO – It was a close race, but Eric Latino won the opening round of the 2010 Pro Modified Racing Association season.
Held on the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario, Latino, of Port Perry, Ontario, won with a 6.47-second, 206-mph pass over Derek Hawker of Corbyville Ontario with a 6.51-second, 215 mph run.
The win was the first PMRA race for Latino and his 1938 Chevy Coupe. For Hawker, driving his Atchison powered 1963 Corvette; it was his first race in PMRA competition.
Latino qualified fifth in the field, and Hawker qualified in sixth spot.
SCHUMACHER, HIGHT, PROCK ON WFO RADIO NHRA TUESDAY
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Reigning world champions Tony Schumacher and Robert Hight, along with Hight’s crew chief Jimmy Prock, will headline WFO Radio NHRA Tuesday with Joe Castello, tonight at 7 p.m. ET. To listen live or on-demand following the show, go to wforadio.com or download the top-rated WFO Radio 
iPhone application.
Schumacher, driver of the U.S. Army Racing Top Fuel dragster, earned his third win of 2010 and the 100th win for U.S. Army sponsored teams at the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Summer Nationals in Topeka, Kan. Hight and his crew chief Prock, won for the third straight national event with a victory in Kansas in the Automobile Club of Southern California Ford Mustang Funny Car.
WFO Radio with Joe Castello can be experienced live every Monday – Thursday, 7 – 8 p.m. ET. WFO Radio NHRA Tuesday, the only weekly talk show 100% devoted to NHRA drag racing and featuring the NHRA’s Alan Reinhart, airs every Tuesday live at 7 p.m. ET. In addition to the live shows, every episode and interview from WFO Radio is available on-demand via wforadio.com, iTunes, or iPhone application. To listen or for more information, go to http://www.wforadio.com
Al-Thani Wins it All at ADRL in Virginia
PETERSBURG, VA — This weekend’s American Drag Racing League (ADRL) Speedtech U.S. Drags III marked only the second ADRL race of KH Al-Thani’s career, but in a Pro Extreme class loaded with top talent on a record-breaking
weekend, it was the Qatar native who proved to be the quickest learner.
Al-Thani didn’t set any time or speed records with his supercharged 1968 Camaro on the eighth mile at Virginia Motorsports Park (VMP) on Saturday, but he did emerge as the most consistent Pro Extreme competitor, knocking off Joshua Hernandez in the championship round in front of a near-capacity crowd.
Al-Thani’s Al-Anabi Racing teammate Shannon Jenkins also won in Pro Nitrous, Gary White of Titan Motorsports prevailed in the Extreme 10.5 final, Brian Gahm successfully defended his 2009 Extreme Pro Stock event title and Ashley Owens scored his second consecutive Pro Extreme Motorcycle win.
After qualifying second, Al-Thani knocked off veteran Brian Daniels, rookie Mick Snyder, and former two-time class champion Jason Scruggs to reach Hernandez, the winningest driver in Pro Extreme, in the final round.
Taylor The Quickiest Ever ADRL Pro Xtreme Car at 3.607
Petersburg, VA – Frankie ‘Madman’ Taylor just missed being the first Pro Xtreme car in the 50’s with his 3.607 blast in the 3rd round of qualifying at the Speedtech US Drags III. The secret to his recent success, they put an automatice in the car.
Barklage’s Resurrect the ’57 Chevy For ADRL Speedtech at VMP
Petersburg, VA – After a devastating crash with the team’s 69 Firebird at the Hardees Georgia Drags VI last month in Cecil GA, one would think Cody Barklage would be sitting on the sidelines until the car was fixed. Team Barklage does not know the meaning of quit. They took their old car that was up for sale, pulled the drive train out of the wrecked Firebird and stuffed it in the 57. “We’re just hoping to qualify” stated the younger Barklage, “we don’t have a lot of data on this car, so it’s going to be interesting.”
Carpenter Sporting New Paint
Petersburg, VA – We’d seen the t-shirt renderings of the new paint on Charles Carpenter’s car, however it did not do it justice. The car is immaculate and as straight as an arrow. “We are very happy with how the car turned out,” stated Carpenter, “especially with what they had to start with!” There has been a resurgence of the team, car and their performance over the last 2 events. The new paint puts an exclamation point on the team’s hunt for an ADRL Pro Nitrous win.
Team Aruba Races to MMPSA Mountain Motor Nationals; Gearing Up For ADRL U.S. Drags
Courtesy of Team Arruba
UNION, SOUH CAROLINA (May 20, 2010) — With a long desired break in the rainy weather, Team Aruba finally enjoyed a full event at the Mountain Motor Pro Stock Association (MMPSA) Mountain Motor Nationals at Maryland
International Raceway (MIR) in Budds Creek, Maryland. “It was great to finally get in a full day of racing!” says Trevor Eman, team driver for Team Aruba.
Team Aruba’s hard work paid off at MIR, and facing challenging opponents like Dean Goforth and Pete Berner fueled the competitive spirit of the team. Team Aruba maintained top speeds around 220mph, with an impressive 0.008 RT in the first round of eliminations against Dean Goforth. Eman squared off against Summit’s Pete Berner in the second eliminations round, where the team reached an event top speed of 221.45mph, but even with Eman’s quicker RT of 0.074, Berner earned a faster elapsed time, gaining the Summit team a 2nd round eliminations victory. “We were happy to get as far as we did,” Eman comments, “but we know we can do better. We’re looking very forward to improving our performance at the upcoming ADRL U.S. Drags in Virginia.”
‘Fight Me’ Signs On as Major Sponsor for ADRL’s Hernandez
O’FALLON, MO — The recently formed Fight Me MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) league was introduced today as the new major, multi-year sponsor of American Drag Racing League (ADRL) competitor Joshua Hernandez and his
supercharged Pro Extreme 1957 Chevy.
Hernandez, last year’s championship runner-up and winningest driver in Pro Extreme history with six career race titles, will debut his new Fight Me look in this weekend’s ADRL Speedtech U.S. Drags III at Virginia Motorsports Park.
“It is so exciting for me to help introduce Fight Me to the ADRL audience,” the Conroe, Texas-based driver said. “I’m also looking forward to attending Fight Me events later this year and introducing the ADRL’s unique brand of eighth-mile drag racing to the millions of MMA fans around the world. It’s a knockout combination.”
