- 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
NHRA TUESDAY TO FEATURE BERNSTEIN, PHILLIPS, REINHART
HOLLYWOOD, FL – Top Fuel driver Brandon Bernstein, Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Michael Phillips, and NHRA announcer Alan Reinhart, are featured guests on this week’s WFO Radio NHRA Tuesday with Joe Castello. To listen 
live on Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET or on-demand following the show, go to www.wforadio.com
An 18-time national event winner, Bernstein is currently in sixth place in the 2010 Top Fuel points standings with new Kenny Bernstein Racing sponsor Copart. Phillips took The Racers Edge Suzuki to victory lane at the recent NHRA Midwest Nationals earning his fourth career Pro Stock Motorcycle win in his tenth career final. Reinhart, track announcer for the NHRA Full Throttle Series, will preview the upcoming Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals and take listener e-mail questions in an extended segment.
CarSafe Gains Official Sponsor Status with ADRL
O’FALLON, MO — The American Drag Racing League (ADRL) is proud to announce CarSafe, a U.S. leader in extended vehicle service contracts, has been named Official Extended Vehicle Service Contract Provider for the eighth-mile drag racing series. A CarSafe marketing team will attend all future ADRL national events 
to promote CarSafe through several activities, including a new CarSafe/ADRL T-shirt-Give-Away program.
“This is a very exciting development for everyone at CarSafe as it represents our first motorsports marketing partnership,” CarSafe President Mark Eckman said. “We considered several options, but it soon became clear the American Drag Racing League offered the best opportunity and audience for CarSafe products.”
Shelly Smith Takes the X275 Win at VMP
#1 Qualifier Justin Smith - picture by Jenna Burks
Story by: Agent X275
Fredericksburg, Va – Saturday May 8th brought out 22 racers from Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland to Virginia Motorsports Park to race in the X275 Drag Radial Class. X275 drag radial offers a unique blend of cars,
combinations, and characters and after 2 rounds of qualifying Justin Smith claimed the Masters Transmission 804-526-7050 #1 qualifier money with a 5.15/138 mph pass by his 2002 SS Camaro with a nitrous LS based combo built by RPM Motorsports.
Justin was followed closely by Dale Handy in the red 4 eyed mustang with a Handy Racing Engines built nitrous SBF.
L A T Racing Oil Joins Mike Janis’ NHRAPro Modified Team
Elma, NY – Mike Janis Racing is proud to announce LAT Racing Oils as the latest addition to its growing family of sponsors.
Mike Janis, driver and team owner of Mike Janis Racing said, “I have been a believer in synthetic racing oils for a long time, their ability to perform in the harshest environments and still be able to increase horsepower is tremendous. So, when the opportunity came to be involved with LAT we jumped at it.”
Goodyear Signs as the Newest X275 Outlaw Sponsor
Fredericksburg, Va – www.OutlawRadial.net would like announce that Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company has signed on to be a sponsor of the Xtreme 275 Drag Radial Class at Virginia Motorsports Park and Maryland International Raceway. We welcome the Goodyear Racing to our ever growing list of sponsors that include Mickey Thompson, Induction Solutions Nitrous, Holeshot Performance Wheels, McKeown Motorsport Engineering Inc, Mark’s Tax Consulting, R & R Contracting Services, Mike’s Mustang Shop, and TRZ Motorsports.
Looming Thunderstorms Won’t Stop the NAPA Thunder Nationals
UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA — In spite of an unusually rainy season that continues to disrupt their drag racing 
schedule, Team Aruba will travel to U.S. 131 Motorsports Park for the Mountain Motor Pro Stock Association (MMPSA) NAPA Thunder Nationals in Martin, Michigan. “We’re just hoping for a break in the rainy weather,” says team driver, Trevor Eman.
Among many others, Team Aruba has experienced mild frustration with this season’s frequent showers, enduring a race cancellation at the 2010 ADRL Dragpalooza VI in addition to hours of rain delays at the ADRL Georgia Drags VI. “We’ve been counting down the days to our next race,” Trevor comments. “We just hope that another race doesn’t get rescheduled.”
Cayuga opener ushers in 2010 PMRA and Quick 32 Sportsman Series Tours
Both series to compete May 21-23 at the fabled drag strip of Toronto Motorsports Park
CAYUGA, ONTARIO – When Carl Spiering won the first Pro Modified Racing Association race held in May of 2005, a 
new era in Pro Modified drag racing was established. Since that time, the PMRA has been a big part of the makeup on the Cayuga Dragway at Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario, and has been a favorite facility with the fans and the teams.
Canada’s oldest drag strip, which began operations in 1954 and has continued to the present, has traditionally been the season opener and season closer for the PMRA. For several years the series championship was decided during the final event in the fall of each year since the PMRA started racing at the fabled Kohler Road strip in Southern Ontario.
And once again, this time for its sixth season, Cayuga will host the opening round of the 2010 PMRA season, with the Victoria Day Weekend Spectacular May 21-23. A record number of teams in both the PMRA and the Quick 32 Sportsman Series are expected to be ready to do battle on the quarter-mile drag strip.
The Luck Bank At ADRL South Georgia
Taking The Race One At A Time In ADRL Extreme Pro Modified
Hagerstown, MD – Our return to the fantastically prepared and well run Hardee’s session at South Georgia 
Motorsports Park was quite the exercise in futility for our Appalachia on Steroids Pro Extreme Camaro. And that, My Friends is a classic understatement! After what we thought was a very successful test session at Maryland International Raceway the Saturday before the Easter Bunny arrived, we found out was a major misconception.
The ADRL draws the first two pairs out of the hat for each class in the first round of eliminations which eliminates the “I ain’t going up first, are you? NOPE!” syndrome. So as our luck would have it John Stanley was the first car drawn first round. And this as well is not usually good for us! At the hit of the throttle for the first qualifier John’s usually able steed went about 20 feet and blazed the tires. Luck bank draw, NEGATIVE number one. Then on the second qualifier young Cody Barklage came out of the right lane across the center line on two wheels and missed the back and/or the driver’s door of John’s Camaro by a bit. The fact that Cody missed John at all put us even more in the Luck Bank at that point!
So it was on to the third qualifier on Friday night and our time to shine! Not a snowball’s chance in Hades’ on this day! John left with a lazy car under him and no power to do anything except to pedal it and try to get to the other end. And when it was all said and done we were left number 16 on the ladder of sixteen! We called that one a wash at the Luck Bank.
WCOPMA at Funny Car Fever
“Records drop after only the first event of the 2010 season”
Sacramento, CA – There was a lot of work being done to many West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod Association cars over this 
past winter, everyone was upgrading with expectations of the 2010 season to be a quick one. No one wanted to fall behind the 8-ball and after this first event it is safe to say everyone’s hard work, dedication and hard earned money was well spent. Two of the biggest anticipation’s were the debut of Bret Williamson’s new Alan Pittman built 53 Studebaker and Rod Pearce’s new Rob Matheis built 70.5 Camaro. Neither disappointed nor let down anyone’s (high) expectations.
When the gates opened Friday morning 12 cars pulled through to try and qualify for the West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod Associations 8-car field which included Dan Myers, Marc Meadors, Jay Diedrich, Rod Burbage, Scott Oksas, Bret Williamson, Rod Pearce, Randy Kay, Jalil Jaber, Scott Bailey, Rich Zehring and Mike Leonard.
Speedtech Named New Title Sponsor for ADRL U.S. Drags III
O’FALLON, MO — The American Drag Racing League (ADRL) is proud to announce Speedtech as the title sponsor of 
the next event on its 2010 tour, the ADRL Speedtech U.S. Drags III at Virginia Motorsports Park (VMP), May 21-22, in Petersburg, Virginia.
The ADRL has enjoyed a long, mutually beneficial relationship with Speedtech, beginning with the Speedtech Winter Drags, the first official ADRL event in 2005 at Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Also, last season Speedtech became the title sponsor of the ADRL’s unique Speedtech Battle for the Belts, which pits the top eight points earners in each ADRL professional class against each other in an end-of-year, championship-deciding showdown.
