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Heading to Richmond Michael Handras Finds Redemption and First Wally in Super Comp at Charlotte
BROOKLYN, NY – After a runner up finish due to an -.002 redlight last October in Charlotte, Michael Handras returned to ZMax Dragway 
two weeks ago determined to redeem himself and did just that in his debut race with new primary sponsor VP Racing Fuels and Lubricants.
The reigning Division One Super Gas Champion, who calls Brooklyn home, is fielding three cars this season in partnership with Duane Shields Racing. With a new hauler, new sponsors, and full-time crew member Jason Oteri joining the team, Handras’ win is the first National Event win in a career that spans more than 15 years.
“We had a great car this weekend,” said Handras. “The Eastburn’s put this dragster together for me last year and I knew if I did my part, we’d get to the winner’s circle sooner than later. Having Jason Oteri on board to dial it in at ZMax was key as we continued to advance through the weekend.”
Handras squared off with Jeremy Mason in round four, who had eliminated him in Super Gas earlier in the day. “Racing Jeremy I knew I had to bring my A-game. I always have to bring it, but with Jeremy I knew I had to be sharp. He is one of the best.”
Hobbs, Shelton, Bellemeur and A. Whiteley Lead Winners at MWDRS Double Event During Throwdown in T-Town
TULSA, OK — Stroud Safety Pro Mod drivers Ronnie Hobbs and Stan Shelton scored their first career victories in the Summit Racing 
Equipment Mid-West Drag Racing Series (MWDRS) presented by J&A Service at Osage Casino & Hotel Tulsa Raceway Park’s spring Throwdown in T-Town, which also included eliminations from the MWDRS Memphis Nationals.
Hobbs won the Tulsa event, along with Sean Bellemeur in J&A Service Top Alcohol Funny Car, Robert Costa in Pro Mod Slammers, Shannon Smith in Voss Wheelie Bars Top Sportsman, Karl Jones in Race Star Wheels Top Dragster, Brody Zimmerman in B&C Trailers Pro Jr. Dragster, Kale Moberly in Zimmerman Properties Sportsman Jr. Dragster, and Dave Pierce in Dave’s Claremore RV Pro Street.
Shelton was the Memphis winner, joining additional winners Annie Whiteley in Top Alcohol Funny Car, Todd Martin in Pro Mod Slammers, Anita Strasburg in Top Dragster, Robert Irby in Top Sportsman, Alexis Kesterson in Pro Jr. Dragster, and Tyler Wells in Sportsman Jr. Dragster.
Extreme Oil-Sponsored ADRL Tour Kicks Off Friday at Motorplex
DALLAS – The American Drag Racing League (ADRL) has seen success thanks to a number of factors, including loyal race fans, hungry 
racers, and sponsors willing to step up and foot the bill for the ADRL’s famous free tickets. One of the most prominent companies to do so has been Larry Jeffers’ Extreme Racing Oil & Fuel, so much so, it was named the Official Racing Oil of the series as well as the title sponsor of the 2022 ADRL Tour Presented by RJS Racing Equipment.
The tour kicks off Friday at the Texas Motorplex here for Dragstock. With the tickets being free, the only cost to get onto the property is $20/carload for parking. To print out all the free tickets you need for this weekend’s race, visit https://www.adrltour.com/print-free-tickets.
Extreme Racing Oil & Fuel’s mission is to be the industry leader in the research, marketing, and selling of high quality race oil, race fuels, and performance lubricants. They accomplish this by ensuring their products and service are of the highest quality.
D-WAGON NHRA PRO MOD SHOOTOUT SPECIALTY RACE SET TO TAKE PLACE AS PART OF EVENT IN BRAINERD
INDIANAPOLIS – The Fuel Tech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon is set to hold its first-ever shootout specialty 
race during the 2022 campaign, NHRA officials announced today.
The D-Wagon NHRA Pro Mod Shootout will take place on Friday and Saturday of the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway on Aug. 18-21, giving 16 standouts in the Fuel Tech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon the opportunity to win the category’s first specialty race and the $10,000 prize.
“D-Wagon couldn’t be more excited to bring the first-ever shootout to NHRA Pro Mod,” Kruckeberg Industries Owner and CEO/CVO Craig Kruckeberg said. “When the idea was presented to us, we thought this was a perfect opportunity to not only get extra attention for D-Wagon, but also provide extra excitement into an already great NHRA Pro Mod series. It’s going to be an event you can’t miss.”
NEOPMA Returns to Atco Dragway for Pro Mod Warz
ATCO, NJ – The Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association (NEOPMA) is continuing its 30th anniversary season with a return to New Jersey’s 
historic Atco Dragway this weekend, May 13-14, for the track’s Pro Mod Warz. It’s the second race on the 2022 NEOPMA schedule, which includes eight points races and an eight-car invitational race.
Since last racing at Atco in 2019, the series made the switch from quarter-mile competition to eighth-mile racing. The group has seen an uptick in racer participation since making the change. Weather dependent, at least 16 cars are expected to compete at Atco this weekend.
“I think we can expect a really great show,” said John Mazzorana, founder and president, NEOPMA. “We’re not going to have as many cars, but we will have great racers like the Deckers, Fredy Scriba, the King/Pilot/Miller team, Chuck Ulsch, Dave Norris, and Rob Hunnicutt, as well as new NEOPMA racer Joe Newsham. We’ll have a lot of fast cars; we just won’t have the volume. Like many others in the industry, a lot of our racers are having trouble getting parts.”
Wyakin Foundation Partners with Phillips Connect and Justin Ashley Racing
IRVINE, CA – Phillips Connect and Justin Ashley Racing announce their partnership with the Wyakin Foundation, a nonprofit organization 
that connects wounded and injured veterans with the resources and opportunities to have a better future. The partnership will extend for the remaining 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing season.
Phillips Industries is a longstanding supporter of the Wyakin Foundation, and connected Justin Ashley Racing with the nonprofit in January 2022. Since then, Ashley and his team have been dedicated to helping Wyakin, along with Phillips Connect, in its mission of preparing wounded veterans for fulfilling post-military careers.
“We are thrilled to partner with the Wyakin Foundation for the rest of the 2022 NHRA season,” said Phillips Connect’s CEO and Founder, Rob Phillips. “The Phillips family has always sought out philanthropies we resonate with, and Wyakin has been on the top of our list. The work that they do with the veterans in our community is so admirable, and we are proud to continue supporting them and their mission of making the transition for soldiers a bit easier.”
RICHMOND NEXT STOP FOR JUSTIN ASHLEY AND PHILLIPS CONNECT
RICHMOND, VA – Six races into the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season Justin Ashley and the Phillips Connect Toyota 
Top Fuel dragster powered by Vita C Shot are battling for control of the points lead. Less than three rounds of racing separate the top four drivers in the hyper competitive category that has seen five different winners and ten different finalists this season. Ashley sits in third place just 46 points behind the leader Brittany Force. Heading into Virginia Motorsports Park the Phillips Connect and Vita C Shot Top Fuel team is looking to make a move.
“I can’t say enough about the job Mike Green and Tommy DeLago are doing as crew chiefs on this race car,” said Ashley, who also enjoys support from Auto Shocker and KATO Fastening Systems. “We have been running great throughout the early part of the season. Although we lost in the second round at Charlotte, we qualified number one and picked up our first four-wide round win as a team. I am very much looking forward to bringing that momentum into Virginia.”
Only Ashley and Mike Salinas, currently No. 2 in the points, have been to multiple final rounds in the Top Fuel class this season. Ashley, a three-time national event winner, has also raced to a semifinal finish at the Gatornationals. In addition to round wins the 2020 Rookie of the Year secured his first No. 1 qualifier at the Circle K Four-Wide Nationals. His worst starting position this season is sixth and he also has a No. 2 qualifier and two No. 4 qualifiers to his credit.
RICHMOND WILL BE NEW EXPERIENCE FOR JOSH HART
RICHMOND, VA – For the second time in the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series second year driver Josh Hart will race at a 
new national event track for the first time in his young professional career. This weekend when the NHRA returns to Virginia Motorsports Park for the Virginia Nationals, Hart and his TechNet Top Fuel dragster team will make their first passes at the fast track located an hour from the nation’s capital. The track will not be completely unknown to the two-time Top Fuel national event winner since he has experience racing Top Alcohol Dragster on the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at three regional events. In 2019 Hart ran his career quickest elapsed time in a Top Alcohol Dragster, 5.132 seconds, in a round one victory at Virginia Motorsports Park.
“I have experience from my Top Alcohol Dragster days in Virginia, but we haven’t raced in Virginia in a couple years,” said Hart. “I set my elapsed time record for Top Alcohol Dragster at that track, so I feel pretty good about returning. The biggest difference will be racing my TechNet Top Fuel dragster at over 320 mph but after the first pass I know it will be all good.”
Hart had a very successful career in the Top Alcohol Dragster ranks before making the jump to Top Fuel in 2021 running a partial schedule. The racer from Ocala, Florida, had a strategic plan to launch his professional career and support from TechNet and R+L Carriers was instrumental in putting his development and success on the fast track. He won his first professional national event, the 2021 NHRA Gatornationals and then added a second Top Fuel win during the NHRA Countdown in Charlotte, North Carolina. Through 13 races last season he also added an additional four semifinal appearances.
SPECIAL WILD CARD ENTRY TO FILL EIGHTH SPOT FOR NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN LAS VEGAS
INDIANAPOLIS – Competitors in the NHRA Summit Racing Series are set to race for championships in each of the seven NHRA divisions 
later this year, with the winners advancing to the NHRA Summit Racing Series National Championship, which takes place Oct. 27-30 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Additionally, a special Wild Card entry will fill the eighth spot, joining the champions from the seven division Summit Racing Series Finals in Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman, Motorcycle, and the new Street Legal EV class.
These five lucky divisions will also have an extra chance to take the “Road to Vegas.”
Watch Brian Lohnes and Alan Reinhart go through the Wild Card drawing.
NHRA CAMPING WORLD DRAG RACING SERIES SET TO BRING 330-MPH ACTION TO HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND DRAGWAY
EPPING, NH – With a scenic setting and some of the most passionate fans in drag racing, the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series is 
set to return to New England Dragway for the NHRA New England Nationals on June 3-5.
It is the eighth of 22 races during the 2022 season and the annual trip to the New England area has been filled with unbelievable action, a picturesque backdrop, and huge crowds since the inaugural event in 2013. Almost a decade later, the passionate fanbase is eager to again take in all the thrills of 11,000-horsepower, 330-mph nitro action, the side-by-side racing in Pro Stock, a full slate of qualifying, jet cars and can’t-miss eliminations on Sunday in front of another packed house at the historic facility.
The top stars in Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock will all look to grab victories as the 2022 NHRA season heads into the summer months. Billy Torrence (Top Fuel), John Force (Funny Car) and Aaron Stanfield (Pro Stock) all won the 2021 event, and this year’s race will again be broadcast on Fox Sports 1 (FS1).
