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Montgomery
MotorSports Park presents their 12th Annual
Hangover Nationals on Saturday and Sunday,
December 29th – 30th, 2012. Classes include
Super Pro, 6.00 index, 7.00 index and No Box.
Super
Pro pays $5,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up, $500 Semis,
$200 Quarters and $100 Eighths, based on 70 entries. Each
day entry is $100; 1st or 2nd Round buybacks are $50.
6.00 pays $2,000 Win, $300 Runner-Up and $100
Semis, based on 20 entries. Each day entry is $100. 7.00
pays $1,000 Win, $150 Runner-Up and $50 Semis,
based on 20 entries. Each day entry is $50.No
Box pays $1,500 Win, $300 Runner-Up, $100 Semis
and $50 Quarters, based on 35 entries. Each day entry
is $50; 1st or 2nd Round buybacks are $30.
Gates
open Friday at 4:00 pm for parking. Gates open Saturday
at 8:00 am with time trials at 9:00 am.
Gates open Sunday at 9:00 am with a run for the
money at 10:30 am. For more information visit www.MMPDragRacing.com.
MIROCK
Superbike Series Expands in 2013, Adds Atco Raceway
The
Mickey Thompson Tires MIROCK Superbike Series
has announced their 2013 schedule and the addition of
the historic 44th Annual Orient Express U.S. Nationals
at Atco Raceway to their series. The 2013 schedule will
feature a total of nine events held between Maryland International
Raceway, Rockingham Dragway, and Atco Raceway.
The
MIROCK Superbike Series has always been held at Rockingham
Dragway and Maryland International Raceway with racers
all over the East coast supporting the series. There are
many loyal MIROCK racers from the north (including NJ,
NY, PA, DE, and CT), and with the addition of Atco Raceway
to the schedule these racers will have at least one race
close to home. Atco Raceway's Orient Express U.S. Nationals
is one of the oldest motorcycle drag racing events in
the country with 43 years of history, and has been re-established
under the MIROCK banner.
Skip Dowling of Orient Express stated
enthusiastically that "Joe (Sway) and I are really
glad to be a part of bringing the U.S. Nationals back
to the historic Atco Raceway in conjunction with MIROCK.
We have worked extensively with Jason Miller over the
years, and we are confident that this will be a great
event for racers across the northeast. It will also add
an important seventh Orient Express ProStreet event to
the MIROCK series, where the racing has been awesome!"
Jason Miller of MIROCK states, "We
are very excited to host a MIROCK event at Atco Raceway
in 2013. Orient Express has been a long time sponsor of
the MIROCK series and when I spoke to Skip and Joe about
bringing one of our events to Atco Raceway in 2013 they
were all ears to help support the event. The addition
of the U.S. Nationals will allow our MIROCK racers from
the North to have a great race right in their backyard,
and to entice motorcycle racers from even further North
to check out what MIROCK is all about. I ask all of our
loyal MIROCK racers from the Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas,
and the South as well as the West to support this iconic
event. It will allow our MIROCK sponsors to tap into a
new market and further dig our roots up and down the east
coast."
There will be a total of nine events in 2013. Seven events
will feature pro classes, sportsman classes, and the grudge
class. Two events will host sportsman classes & grudge
classes only (Sportsman Summer Sizzler & Sportsman
Showdown). The reason for this change is for Rockingham
to highlight the sportsman program, which is the backbone
of the series, and to have two events dedicated just for
the sportsman and grudge racers.
The MIROCK Superbike Series is the nation's largest all
motorcycle drag racing series drawing nearly 600 racers
and thousands of fans at each event. The series features
ten different classes competing for over $400,000 in cash
and contingencies. In addition to the motorcycle drag
racing, select MIROCK events also feature Bike Shows,
Bikini Contests, Stunt Bike Competitions, and Live Bands.
The first event for the 2013 Mickey Thompson Tires MIROCK
Superbike Series will be the FBR Shop Spring Bike Open
at Rockingham Dragway on March 22-24, 2013. For more information
visit www.MIROCKracing.com.
From
WECT-6 NBC in North Carolina via the North Carolina Motorsports
Association: "'Adrenaline' cast and crew
revved up about drag racing movie.
Several
Wilmington-based actors are starring in a full-length,
feature film that shooting right now in southeast North
Carolina and they're filming alongside John Schneider,
best known for his role in the Dukes of Hazzard."
As
you'll see on the news report on WECT-6, the racing featured
in the movie is our racing - bracket racing. Although
no details were given about the story line, it sounds
like the racing is the setting, not the focus. That could
be a smart move, because the movie might then have wider
appeal which is good for us. See the story on
WECT-6HERE.
Bruce
Larson USA-1 Tribute Car In The Works for 2013 Season
Bruce
Larson is having WORM INC build
a tribute funny car of his famous USA-1 1968 Camaro. The
USA-1 Tribute Funny Car will feature the new nostalgia funny
car chassis by WORM INC and will have a period looking fiberglass'68
Camaro body. This USA-1 Tribute Funny Car will look like
the original, but will have an up-to-date 10.1E spec chassis
so the car can be run at events across the country. It will
feature the correct paint job and decals that Bruce himself
will approve. The USA-1 Tribute Funny Car will be at nostalgia
shows across the country with Bruce himself at the wheel.
The proposed 2013 schedule of shows includes the three NHRA
Museum shows – Bowling Green, KY; Epping NH; and Bakersfield,
CA; Funny Car Reunion in Englishtown, NJ; and US30 Reunion
at Beaver Springs, PA.
Top
fuel driver and business owner Doug Herbert
has agreed to build the Hilborn injected, blown big block
Chevy for the car. “I'm really excited to have the
opportunity to work with Bruce Larson's USA-1 team and
WORM INC.” said the NHRA Top Fuel racer and president
of Doug Herbert Performance Parts. “The nostalgia
drag racing circuits have really gained popularity over
the past few years and this is where many of our customers
are racing. My Dad (Drag Race hall of Fame member Chet
Herbert) has been involved in drag racing since the early
days and it's important to me to support the history of
the sport we love, drag racing.”
NHRA
and American Red Cross Team-Up to Raise Money For Victims
of Hurricane Sandy
As
a racer from New Jersey this release from NHRA caught
my eye; I thought it was important to share with you here:
GLENDORA,
Calif. (Nov. 9, 2012) – NHRA has
teamed up with the American Red Cross to
provide an opportunity for NHRA fans to give back to those
affected by Hurricane Sandy, which caused widespread destruction
last week primarily in the Northeast United States.
Fans
can go to http://american.redcross.org/nhra-pub
to make their contribution today. All monies will go directly
to the Hurricane Sandy relief fund. Your donation provides
critical support to those in need.
I
have sad news to report: popular NHRA Division 1 bracket
racer Rick Constable has passed away
suddenly from natural causes.
Ricky
was a great person, friend and racer. He was always friendly
to everybody he met, and never, ever had anything negative
to say about anybody.
Ricky
was one of the first racers I became friends with when
I started racing in New Jersey. He even loaned me his
Camaro a few years ago when my Dodge was broken. I learned
a lot from racing with Ricky. I learned how to lose better
thanks to him, first because when I'd race against him
I'd lose more often than not (his Camaro had a huge top-end
MPH charge that fooled me on a number of occasions) and
also because I would witness how he would handle losses.
He never got angry or upset; he would just shrug his shoulders,
and focus on the next race (and on going to the diner
with his friends). He was as hardcore a racer as they
come, and lived for his time at the track racing and being
with his friends. He will be deeply missed.
Sponsor
News: ATI’s Turbo 400 SuperCase™ Wins at SEMA
Sponsor
News: MT Tires’ Glidden Wins ADRL World Finals; ET Street
Radial Runners-Up at SEMA
ATI
Performance Products is pleased to announce that
the all-new ATI Turbo 400 SuperCase has received SEMA’s
Best Performance Racing Product for 2013! The awards go
to the most cutting-edge automotive products either on the
market or about to hit the market, and ATI’s new Turbo
400 Case was one of more than 2,000 new products submitted
for consideration at the 2012 SEMA Show.
The
new cast aluminum Turbo 400 SuperCase is the result of over
2 years of development. Designed in-house at ATI, cast in
the USA, and machined at ATI on 4-Axis Horizontal CNC machines,
the T400 SuperCase features improved fluid pathways to assure
better-performance. The SuperCase will accept any of ATI's
SFI bellhousings (Chevy, Mopar, Toyota and Ford), as well
as bellhousings from Reid and Browell.
Bill
Glidden is no stranger to American Drag Racing League (ADRL)
success. Known as one of the most winning drivers in ADRL
history, Glidden has scorched the Extreme 10.5 class since
2008. Following an Outlaw 10.5 class win at the September
Summit Racing Equipment Ohio Drags VI (presented By Mickey
Thompson), Glidden entered the final competition amidst
a swirl of speculation. He finished the year with a 10.5
class win in the World Finals VIII on Mickey Thompson ET
Drag tires, 33.0/10.5-16W (3169W), and is second place in
points standings for the year just behind champion Alan
Pittman.
“Billy
has really come back strong this year, and it was great
to see him finish the season like he did,” said Tom
Kundrik, Motorsports Manager, Mickey Thompson Performance
Tires & Wheels. “In his usual style, he came into
the final competitions bringing his best and we congratulate
him on an incredible finish to another action-packed ADRL
season.”
Mickey
Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels is an official sponsor
of Bill Glidden Racing, and the Official Tire of the 2012
ADRL series. For more information about the ADRL visit www.adrl.us.
In
other Mickey Thompson news, the new ET
Street RadialPro race tire runnered-up
in this year’s New Product Showcase competition at
the 2012 SEMA Show in the Best New Tire and Related Product
category. The awards are presented in 16 categories, and
the criteria for selection included quality, craftsmanship,
technical achievement and consumer appeal. More than 2,000
products were submitted for consideration.
The
ET Street Radial Pro P275/60R15, introduced in March 2012
and designed specifically for racing, uses next-generation
tire technology and a lower tread profile for fast, consistent,
reliable launches and responsive handling on the strip.
“This
tire was specifically designed for racing applications that
require an ultra high performance tire in the P275/60R15
size,” stated Ken Warner, VP Sales & Marketing,
Mickey Thompson. “To see the ET Street Radial Pro
earn this award recognizes the proven technology that goes
into every race tire we make.”
Farmington
Dragway’s 19th Annual MONEYFest is Thursday
– Saturday, November 22nd – 24th 2012.
This 1/8th mile race for electronics-equipped bracket cars
includes a $5K on Thursday and a $10K each on Friday and
Saturday.
Thursday
pays $5,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up, $500 Semis,
and $30 Round starting 3rd Round win. 120 car minimum. Entry
is $100, buybacks are $50. The Friday and Saturday
$10K races each pay $10,000 Win, $2,000 Runner-Up,
$1,000 Semis, and $50 Round starting 3rd Round win. 120
car minimum. Enter either $10K for $175, or enter both for
$300. Buybacks are $100.
Double
entries are permitted. Gates open Wednesday for parking.
Gates open Thursday at 8:00 am with time runs at 11:00 am.
Gates open Friday and Saturday at 8:00 am with time runs
at 10:00 am. For more information visit www.FarmingtonDragway.net.
MOHNTON,
Pa. – There was no doubt it was November when racers
took to the track for Maple Grove Raceway’s season
finale . Under cold and overcast conditions, The Grove held
its annual Ghosts and ...
Racers
in the West Chester area of Pennsylvania are presenting
the 8th Annual Christmas Toy Drive Saturday,
December 1st, 2012 from 10:00 am - 1:30 pm (rain or shine)
at County Corvette, 315 Westtown Road, West Chester,
Pa 19382.
Festivities
include a car show of Corvettes, hot rods, street rods
and drag cars; all car clubs are invited. Meet the legendary
"Jungle Pam" Hardy for pictures & autographs.
Pictures with Ronald McDonald, Elmo & Santa Claus
10:00 - 1:00. Enjoy hot chocolate, coffee, cookies, cakes
and Carrabbas! Join the raffle - sign the Cash Donation
Banner. Performing live will be nationally acclaimed acapella
& doo wop group "Mid Life Crisis."
Bring
an unwrapped toy for a boy or girl. If you can’t
attend in person and still want to help a good cause,
you may send donations to County Corvette; visit www.CountyCorvette.com
for more information. Proceeds benefit Ronald McDonald
House of Philadelphia.
Virginia
Motorsports Park’s Fall ET Challenge is Saturday
& Sunday, November 17th & 18th, 2012. Each
day features $5K to Win in Super Pro / Top ET and $2K to Win
in Pro ET / Mod. Saturday is also The National Dragster Challenge
where the winners of each class will win an NHRA Wally.
Payout
for the $5Ks is $5,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up, $300
Semis, and $50 Round starting 3rd Round win. Super Pro entry
is $99 for either day, or enter both days for $169. 1st
or 2nd Round buybacks are $60.
Payout
for the $2Ks is $2,000 Win, $500 Runner-Up, $150
Semis, and $30 Round starting 3rd Round win. Pro ET entry
is $60 for either day, or enter both days for $99. 1st or
2nd Round buybacks are $40.
Racing is 1/8 Mile. Buybacks are not run as separate rounds.
No double-entries, but a single driver may drive two cars.
Gates open 9:00 am each day with time trials at 10:30 am.
Visit www.VirginiaMotorsports.com
for more info.
The
Carolina Class Racers Association closes out
it's 2012 season at Fayetteville Motorsports Park
on Sunday, November 18th 2012.
The
CCRA is open to NHRA- and IHRA-legal Stockers and Super
Stockers, and you do not need to be a member of the CCRA
to enter the event. No scales, no fuel checks, no heads-up
runs, and no buybacks.
Entry
is $75 and payback is 100%. For example, if 50
entries the payout is $2,205 Win, $945 Runner-Up, $150
Semis, and $100 Quarters.
Carolina
Dragway’s 8th Annual Big Bucks Bracket Race
is coming up on November 17th & 18th, 2012
with two days of bracket racing for electronics-equipped
race cars.
Saturday’s
race pays $20,000 Win, $5,000 Runner-Up, $1,000
Semis, $250 Quarters and $100 Eighths. Sunday’s
race pays $10,000 Win, $2,000 Runner-Up, $500
Semis, $100 Quarters and $50 Eighths. Payouts based on
170 car minimum. Weekend entry is $250, 1st Round buybacks
are $100 per day.
Gates
open Friday at 3:00 pm for parking. Gates open Saturday
and Sunday at 8:00 am, with time runs at 10:00 am. Visit
www.CarolinaDragway.com
for more info.
Mullaney
Doubles Up At Atco Raceway's Door Slammer Nationals
Atco,
NJ (October 21, 2012) – Bob Mullaney
won the Bottom Bulb and the Top Bulb race at the 2nd Annual
Door Slammer Nationals at Atco Raceway on Sunday, October
21st, 2012. Mullaney used his trusty Franks Family Racing-owned
1972 Chevrolet Nova to navigate his way through nearly 100
of the best door slammer racers in the Northeast.
The
Bottom Bulb race was sponsored by Rob’s Automotive
& Collision Center and featured some of the top names
in the footbrake world. In 6 rounds Mullaney’s worst
reaction time was a .032 and he averaged a .021 light throughout
eliminations. In the semi finals he squared off against
Atco Raceway’s 2012 Pro Track Champion Bud McNasby.
McNasby cut a good .016 light but Mullaney pulled out a
.002 and forced Bud to breakout at the top end. In the finals
Mullaney faced Dave Nahill who just put the car in the sand
when his brakes malfunctioned. A lot of credit has to go
Nahill’s crew who got the car back together and ready
for the finals. Mullaney dialed in 9.58 and Nahill was dialed
in with a 9.70. Nahill was a bit better at the tree (.021
to a .026) but he broke top end when he went 9.666 to Mullaney’s
9.593. That gave Mullaney one trophy and check for the day
but he was not content with just that.
The
Top Bulb race sponsored by LRA Motorsports Dyno & Speed
Shop and nearly 100 door cars packed the staging lanes.
Mullaney, who still footbraked it, averaged a .019 light
through 7 rounds of racing, with his best light being a
.003 and his worst a .039. Mullany driving the same 1972
Nova that he used to win the Bottom Bulb race defeated Joe
Mealey, Dave Miller, Dom Burgese, Bryan Balducci, Rick Cox
and Dan Commorodo. In the finals it was Mullaney against
the local kid Antoine Jett. Mullaney had a slight starting
line advantage (.015 to a .020) but Jett ran into engine
trouble and clicked it off early to give Mullaney his second
victory of the day and a cool $5,000.
The
2nd Annual Door Slammer Nationals at Atco Raceway is promoted
by local racer Rob Leipziger. After another successful event
the management at Atco Raceway looks forward to hosting
the race again next year.
The
2012 Southern Outlaw Tour’s next race is
October 26th – 27th at Montgomery
MotorSports Park in Montgomery, AL.
Outlaw Bottom
Bulb, Outlaw Super Pro, 7.00 Index, 6.00 Index, 5.30 Index,
and 4.70 Index each pay $2,000 Win, $300 Runner-Up, $100
Semis and $50 Quarters. Entry in each class is $100. Pro
Modified pays $3,000 Win, $1,500 Runner-Up, $750 Semis,
$500 Quarters, and $250 Eighths.
16 car minimum
in all heads-up and bracket classes for full Winner payout.
Gates open Friday at 5:00 pm with a test & tune at 6:00
pm and qualifying at 8:00 pm. Gates open Saturday at 9:00
am with test & tune at 1:00 pm, qualifying at 3:00 pm
and 1st Round at 7:00 pm. Visit www.mmpdragracing.com.
Ed
Hoover, who won the first Pro Mod race ever contested
nationally, got another major win when he drove his nitrous
oxide-injected 1968 Chevrolet Camaro to victory in the featured
event in the annual Super Chevy Show presented
by Chevrolet Performance and Richmond County Tourism at
Rockingham Dragway. The veteran from Gilbert,
S.C., qualified No. 1 on the eighth-mile course at 3.895
seconds, then beat ...
Friday
– Sunday November 2nd – 4th, 2012 marks
the inaugural American Doorslammer Nationals
at Fayetteville Motorsports Park in Fayetteville,
NC, presented by Loose Rocker Promotions.
Friday
and Sunday each feature a $5,000 race that pays $5,000
Win, $1,000 Runner-Up, $300 Semis, $200 6th Round
Win, $160 5th Round Win, $120 4th Round Win, and $80 3rd
Round Win. Entry is $85 per race, with 1st Round buybacks
of $50.
Saturday
is the big $20K that pays $20,000 Win, $5,000 Runner-Up,
$1,000 Semis, $500 6th Round Win, $400 5th Round Win, $300
4th Round Win, and $200 3rd Round Win. Entry is $230 and
1st Round buybacks are 100.
All
races are 1/8 mile, open to door cars and left-hand steer
roadsters only. Delay boxes are OK, downtrack throttle stops
and/or stutters are not. Double entries are OK, deep staging
is not.
Gates
open Thursday at 1:00 pm for parking. Gates open Friday
at 9:00 am with time trials at 11:00 am. Gates open Saturday
at 8:00 am with time trials at 9:00 am. Gates open Sunday
at 9:00 am with time trials at 12:00. For more information
visit www.LooseRocker.com.
Sumerduck
Dragway’s Fall Street Car Nationals is Sunday
October 28th, 2012, paying $1,000 Win, $300 Runner-Up,
$100 Semis, and $20 Round starting with 3rd Round Win (all
based on 90 cars). Entry is $30. The event also includes a
Quick 16 Top Sportsman ($1,000 Win), and the Purvis Ford Mustang
Shootout.
No delay boxes.
Street tires only; legal DOT rear tires, no slicks allowed.
Exhaust system with mufflers. All drivers must have seat
belts & helmet in cars running 8.50 & quicker. All
cars must have working taillights.
Gates open at
10:00 am, time trials at 11:00 am, eliminations at 2:00
pm. Visit www.sumerduckdragway.com
for more information.
Skyview
Drags' Randi Teed Makes History at Bracket Finals
Paddle
Your Mopars Up The Creek
Skyview
Drags in Tioga Center, N.Y. opened mid-season
in 2004 as the culmination of a dream that owner George
Swansbrough had of putting a drag strip on top of a mountain
in the heart of beautiful upstate New York. The track
sent its first racing team to the IHRA Division 3 Bracket
Finals in 2005 and every year since. This year, the largest
team ever, 39 of the track’s best racers made their
way south to Pittsburgh Raceway Park to represent Team
Skyview at their eighth Bracket Finals. It would be a
historical weekend for the track.
On
Thursday, Sept. 20, the day began with two time trials
for all classes. An Early Bird Gamblers Race was then
held and Team Skyview came out strong with ...
Maryland
International Raceway hosts their 20th Annual
Mopar Eastern Classic on Saturday, October 27th.
This drag race, car show and swap meet is open to all Mopar,
AMC, and Jeep Eagle vehicles.
Drag race classes
include Top ET, Mod ET, and Street ET. Top ET (0.00 –
12.99, electronics permitted) pays $500 Win, $200 Runner-Up,
$75 Semis, and $40 Quarters. Entry is $40, buybacks are
$30. Mod ET (9.00 – slower, footbrake only) pays $500
Win, $200 Runner-Up, $75 Semis, and $40 Quarters. Entry
is $40, buybacks are $30. Street ET (9.00 – slower,
headlights / brake lights / mufflers required; slicks OK)
pays $200 Win, $100 Runner-Up, and $50 Semis. Entry is $30,
buybacks are $20. There’ll also be a Top Sportsman
Quick 8 that pays $500 for no additional charge. This is
open to the quickest 8 doorslammers in Top ET. This is a
separate 3-round eliminator that will seed all 8 racers
into the Top ET race. Returning for 2012 is the Nostalgia
Super Stock Hemi Shootout. Also on the schedule is a wheelstand
contest and a special appearance by the First Lady of Alcohol
funny car, Bunny Burkett.
Gates open at
9:00 am with time trials at 10:00 am. For more information
visit www.mirdrag.com.
Sunday
October 28th, 2012 will be a big day at Old
Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ.
Whether you have a nostalgia rat rod or a money-winning bracket
bullet, there’ll be something for you.
On
the 1/4 mile track are two Guaranteed $1,000-To-Win
eliminators, one for Super Pro (7.00 – 12.99) and
one for Pro E.T. (9.00 – 17.99, no electronics). The
payout will increase if over 40 cars, but a sample payout
based on 40 cars and 10 buy backs is $1,000 Win, $400 Runner-Up,
$150 Semis, and $75 Quarters. Entry is $60 and buy backs
are $40. Double entries are permitted.
On
the 1/8 mile track is the Digs At Etown Monster
Bash, with drag racing, costumes, music, hot rods
and awards. All pre-1965 hot rods, customs, muscle cars,
American bikes, and street freaks up to 1974 get a free
tech card. All you’ll need is a helmet and seat belts,
but you don’t need mufflers!
For
more information about these or other Raceway Park events,
visit www.RacewayPark.com.
Advanced
Engineering Technology Conference at PRI 2012
Race
Industry Week 2012 will kick off with the Advanced
Engineering Technology Conference (AETC), attended
by hundreds of professional race engine builders each year.
It's followed by the opening of the PRI Trade Show, with
all the great brand names in race engine components on display,
plus the famous Machinery Row. Hundreds of race engine builders
will arrive early in Orlando the week of the Performance
Racing Industry Trade Show to attend the three-day Advanced
Engineering Technology Conference (AETC). It is the oldest
and most respected race engine conference in the world,
and will feature a broad spectrum of speakers this year.
Mason
Dixon Dragway’s Diesel Truck Drags & Show
is coming up on Saturday & Sunday, October 20th
& 21st, 2012. There are almost too many Saturday
show classes to list, but some of them include classes for
day cabs, sleeper cabs, cab overs, dump trucks, and pick-ups.
Awards include Best of Show, People’s Choice, Best
Interior, Most Detail, Best paint, and Most Detailed Motor.
On the
track on Saturday is a $30 Test & Tune, and Saturday
night there’ll be a Truck & Tractor Pull. Sunday’s
diesel race classes include Quick 8 Pick-Ups, , Quick 8
Semis, E.T. Bracket Pick-Ups, and E.T, Bracket Semis. Entry
is $30 for each class.
Gates
open Saturday at 8:00 am, with the Test & Tune
starting at 11:00 am. Gates open Sunday at 10:00
am with runs starting at 11:30 am. For more information
visit www.MasonDixonDragway.com.
Atco
Raceway. September 29th & 30th – Past NHRA Division
1 Champion Doug Doll Jr. (below, far lane)
returned to his winning ways over the weekend at race #7
of the 2012 Mid Atlantic Super Comp Racing Series. Doll,
who now hails from Plainsboro, NJ, took his 2009 Lightning
Dragster to victory over a tough field of 8.90 Competitors.
How
starved are Long Islanders for safe, organized drag racing?
Enough to do it 60 ft. at a time. The Cooley’s Anemia
Foundation, Inc. in conjunction with Long Island Drag Racing
presents a Classic Car Show and Test and Tune on Sunday,
October 21, 2012 from 8 am – 4:30 pm at the Central
Islip F.D. - Race Track Facility, 110 Wheeler Road, Central
Islip, NY.
If you’re
from Long Island and are just dying to stage your car and
take the ‘Tree without having to cross NYC bridges
and tunnels to do so, then you’ll be able to test
your reaction time and 60’ times using a full-size
starting line tree.
This
is a charity event so all proceeds will support the Cooley’s
Anemia Foundation Inc. Car Show only is $20 per vehicle;
test and tune $50 per vehicle. Registration 8:00 –
11:00 am; Test and Tune 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm. Vendors
are welcomed. Click HERE
for more information.
Atco
Raceway. September 29th & 30th – Tom Goldman
came into Atco knowing what he had to do to claim his 2nd
MASGA Championship in as many years but the competition
was not going to make it so easy for the Allentown, PA resident.
Numidia
Dragway Wraps Up With Three Big-Money Weekends
Numidia
Dragway puts a period on their successful 2012
season with three straight weekends of big money bracket
races in October.
Saturday
October 6th and Sunday October 7th
each feature a $5,000 Electronics and a $5,000 Footbrake
race. Saturday October 13th and Sunday October 14th
each feature a $2,500 Super Pro, a $2,500 Footbrake and
a $1,000 Street ET race. Saturday October 20th and
Sunday October 21st feature a $5,000 Electronics
race on each day.
For
more information about Numidia Dragway
and its October money races, visit www.NumidiaDragway.com.
The
Southern Bracket Racing Association Bracket Nationals
come to Mason-Dixon Dragway October 12th –
14th 2012, with over $65,000 in total payouts.
Friday
and Saturday includes Gambler’s Races in Super Pro
and Footbrake (each pays $2,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up, $200.00
Semis, $100 Quarters, $75 1/16 Round Losers, and $50 1/32
Round Losers. Entry fee $70, buy back $35. There’s
also Motorcycle ($1,000 Win, $300 Runner-up, $125 Semis,
$50 Quarters, and $25 1/16 Round Losers. Entry fee $60,
buy back $30) and Jr. Dragster ($250.00 Savings Bond &
Trophy awarded to Win, $150.00 Savings Bond & Trophy
awarded to Runner-up. Entry Fee $35.00, Buy Backs $15.00).
Sunday
is the SBRA Bracket Finals for member tracks. For more information
about the Friday and Saturday events, visit www.MasonDixonDragway.com.
Cecil
County Dragway presents the 2012 Mid-Atlantic
Jr. Dragster Challenge Race on October 13,
2012. There are a number of races planned within
this event, including an Age Group race (winners in each age
group receive a Jr. Drag Racing League Trophy and $100, and
entrance into the King of the Hill Race. Runners-ups receive
Trophy and $50, Semi-Finalists receive Trophy. All 1st round
losers are automatically entered into a free Consolation race),
Consolation Race (this is an all-age race and will start immediately
following 1st round of Age Group Race. Winner receives Trophy
and $100, Runner-up receives Trophy and $50), 2nd All Age
Bracket Race ($25 entry fee, Winner receives Trophy and $100,
Runner-up receives Trophy), 7.90 and Pro Dial Race ($25 entry
fee, Winners receive $100), King of the Hill Race (4 Class
winners from the Age group race only. Winner receives Trophy
and jacket, Runner-up receives Trophy.
Gates
open at 8:00 am, time trials begin at 9:00 am. For more
information visit www.cecilcountydragway.com.
Dunn
Tire Raceway Park presents their 3rd Annual
Pumpkin Run on Saturday October 13th, 2012.
The day features big-money races for Box and No-Box. Each
race pays $2,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up,
$500 Semis, and $100 Quarters. Entry is $75, buybacks are
$35. Payouts based on 75 cars per class; bikes & sleds
welcome.
There’ll
also be a race for Street class that pays $150 Win, $75
Runner-Up, $35 Semis, and $25 Quarters, all based on 32
cars. Entry is $35, buybacks are $15.
Gates
open at 9:00 am, with time trials at 10:00 am. For more
information visit www.DunnTireRacewayPark.com.
Milan
Dragway’s Fall Brackets are Saturday
October 6th and Sunday October 7th, 2012, and includes
NHRA Wallys to class winners on Sunday and team bonuses.
Sportsman
(11.50 and slower) pays $300 Win, $100 Runner-Up, $50 Semis,
and $20 Quarters. Entry is $35, and 1st Round buy backs
are $20. Bikes (delay boxes OK) pays $300 Win, $100 Runner-Up,
$50 Semis, and $20 Quarters. Entry is $35, and 1st Round
buy backs are $20. Pro and Super Pro each have the same
payout. At 51+ cars it’s $1,500 Win, $300 Runner-Up,
$100 Semis, and $50 Quarters. At 31 – 50 cars it’s
$1,200 Win, $200 Runner-Up, $80 Semis, and $40 Quarters.
At 30 cars or less the Win takes 40%, the Runner-Up takes
20%, and the Semis take 10%. Entry is $40, and 1st Round
buy backs are $20.
The
Team Bonus is for 4 Racer Teams, where the winning team
each day receives $100 per racer. Sweeeet! Gate open at
9:00 am with time trials at 10:00 am. Visit www.MilanDragway.com
for more info.
Big
Field of Pro Mods for 2012 Shakedown Nationals
With
a little less than two weeks until the 10th Annual
Shakedown Nationals at Old Bridge Township
Raceway Park at Englishtown, N.J., some of the
biggest names and fastest Pro Modified drivers are signing
up to be part of this historic event and capture the $20,000
winner’s share of the prize. Racers
from across the U.S. and Canada and some from as far away
as the West Coast and Puerto Rico will compete in what should
be the biggest and most competitive Pro Mod event of the
year, with supercharged, turbocharged and nitrous-aided
engines powering a single 32-car qualified field.
Mike
Castellana (Pro Modified Nitrous) and Jose Gonzalez (Pro
Modified Blown) were last year's winners as the Pro Modified
entrants raced in separate categories. They'll return, along
with National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and American Drag
Racing League (ADRL) Pro Modified competitors Todd Tutterow,
Donny Walsh, Shannon Jenkins, Robert Patrick, Pete Farber,
Kevin McCurdy, and recent U.S. Nationals winner "Bad
Brad" Brand.
NMCA standout Bill Lutz. representing Canada, PMRA racers
Eric Latino, Bruce Boland, Derrick Hawker, Sam Andreacchi,
Jay Santos, and Jack Grainy. West Coast representation from
the PSCA-WCOPMA includes Mike Maggio and Scott Oksas. From
the Northeast and representing the NEOPMA are Fifi Montrond,
Steve King, Jim Bersani, Gerry Capano, Jim Barker, Isaias
Rojas, Gary Walker, George Williams, Gary Courtier, Matt
Deitsch, Steve Drummond, Dwayne Wolfe, Angela Ray, Carl
Stevens, and Dean Marinis. Other great Pro Mod teams include
Tom Dwyer, Dave Norris, Randy Jewell, and Andy Jensen.
"This
list will continue to grow," Shakedown Nationals founder,
promoter, and fellow Pro Modified racer Dave Hance, of New
York Motorsports, said. Hance, who also will be competing
in the Pro Mod class, added, "History will be rewritten
at this spectacular event."
The
Shakedown Nationals features not only Pro Mods, but also
the Top Sportsman, Outlaw 10.5, Limited Street, X275, Heavy
Street, 8.50 Index, Pro Import, and Pro Street Bike classes.
For more
info visit www.ShakedownNationals.com.
Oxford
Dragway presents their Jack Bazinet Bracket
Bash on Saturday, October 6th, 2012
(rain date is Sunday, October 7th). The Bracket Bash is open
to all vehicles except Jrs. and Teens. The total purse is
a minimum $1,700. Entry is $75, with 1st and 2nd Round buy
backs for $30. There’ll also be a Second Chance Race
with a $500 purse. This is open to racers that have either
bought back 1st or 2nd Round or lost in the 3rd Round.
Gates
open at 11:00 am, with time trials at 12:00 pm
and eliminations at 2:00 pm. For more information visit
www.OxfordDragway.com.
In preparing
for The Big Tire Outlaws event on Sunday,
September 16th, 2012, the Old Bridge Township Raceway
Park crew had their work cut out for them. The
long standing U.S. Diesel Truckin' Nationals were held the
night before and parking the Big Tire Outlaws reminded me
of the game of Tetris, maneuvering between the leftover
big rigs.
Skyview
Drags’ Halloween Classic is coming up on
Friday October 5th & Saturday October 6th.
The last weekend of racing will include regular 660 points
on Friday and Saturday. Saturday night, Skyview Drags invites
you to a Halloween Party with tricking or treating in the
pits for the kids. There will be a costume contest and an
award for the best decorated pit.
Gates
open Friday at 10:00 am, with time trials at 12:00
noon for Super Pro, Pro, Bike/Sled, Street Trophy, Street
Money, and Northeast Open Comp. There will be a test &
Tune following the regular points race on Friday night.
On Saturday October 6th gates open at 8:30 am.
Jr. Dragsters start at 10:00 am followed by regular racing
for the remaining point’s classes. For more information
about Skyview's Halloween Classic visit www.SkyviewDrags.com.
Mid
Atlantic Super Street Association To Debut in 2013
Beginning
with the 2013 racing season the Mid Atlantic Super
Street Association (MASSA) will take flight. The
series will run along with the Mid Atlantic Super Gas &
Comp Series to form one big ".90 Super Series" in
the Northeast. There will be a total of 10 races (5 weekends)
with races being held on Saturday & Sunday. MASSA will
visit Atco Raceway for four events, Maple Grove for two, Cecil
County for two and Numidia for two. MASSA will count six out
of a racer’s best ten events towards the season championship.
It is not mandatory for you to sign up to become a member
and MASSA will welcome all racers. As with MASGA & MASCA
all events will feature a free BBQ on Saturday night for racers
and friends to enjoy. At this time the rules are still being
finalized but there will be no minimum weight rule and all
cars must have working doors and a roof.
MOPAR
Madness Weekend comes to Virginia Motorsports
Park on September 21st – 23rd, 2012,
including three new race classes: Mopar Open Index, Mopar
True Street, and Mopar Top Alcohol Funny Cars
On Friday,
September 21st there’ll be the Modern Street
Hemi Shootout. Shootout time shots begins at 10:00 am. On
Saturday, September 22nd it’s the ALL MOPAR
Show and Race, with a Mopar Test & Tune from 9:00 am
– 2:00 pm, followed by Mopar Funny Cars at 1:30 pm
and eliminations in Super Pro, Pro, Open Index and Street
at 4:00 pm. On Sunday, September 23rd there’s
MOPAR bracket racing in Super Pro, Pro and Street.
Super Pro pays
$1,000 Win / $300 Runner-Up on Saturday, $1,400 Win / $400
Runner-Up on Sunday. Pro pays $1,000 Win / $300 Runner-Up
on Saturday, $800 Win / $300 Runner-Up on Sunday. Street
pays $100 Win / $50 Runner-Up on Saturday, Trophy Win and
Trophy Runner-Up on Sunday. There are a variety of other
classes as well.
Old
Bridge Township Raceway Park will host The
Shakedown Nationals (formerly The Shakedown at
E-Town) Friday - Sunday, October 12th-14th, 2012.
This is the
10th year of The Shakedown. Classes include Pro
Modified (supercharged, turbocharged, or nitrous
oxide), Top Sportsman (usually nitrous-oxide
injected but can have other power sources), Outlaw
10.5 (highly modified on 10½-inch race
tires), Heavy Street (3,500 lb. street-appearing
machines with low-seven-second ETs), Limited Street
(street-appearing, all-metal race cars that are limited
to a 29.5-inch slick or a 315 street-legal drag radial
tire. They must weigh approximately 3,200 pounds, and
they cannot have wheelie bars), X275
(small displacement V-8 engines, and power modifications
are strictly regulated), 8.50 Index,
Pro Import, and Pro Street Bike
(must race on street-legal tires and must be stock appearing).
New York Motorsports
owner Dave Hance, founder and promoter
of The Shakedown Nationals, has seen the Northeast's premiere
street-legal doorslammer drag race evolve into the ultimate
outlaw drag racing heads-up doorslammer event in the world.
Calling it a "prolific evolution," Hance, of
Lawrence, N.Y., said he marvels at just how much this
event has grown since 2003, when just a dozen racers showed
up and the purse was $1,500.
"It has
grown to more than 250 top-notch race teams attempting
to qualify for nine heads-up drag race classes,"
Hance said. "Many of the world's greatest door-car
drag racing moments have taken place at the Shakedown
Nationals. Multiple performance barriers have fallen during
this great event. Fans and racers alike have come to expect
records to fall every year in virtually every class. And
The Shakedown Nationals has a very special element: since
Year 2 of this event, it has retained 90 percent of its
racers, fans, and marketing partners/sponsors. As a group
we all have grown collectively."
Grassroots
Motorsports $2012 Challenge at AutoPlus Raceway
The
Grassroots Motorsports $2012 Challenge brings its
low-buck showdown to AutoPlus Raceway in
Gainesville, FL on September 27th – 29th 2012.
The
Grassroots Motorsports Challenge dares teams to buy, build
and prepare a car without spending more than the $2012 budget
cap. The Challenge uses autocross, drag racing and concours
judging to rank the field. Schedule of events include a
Welcome Party on Thursday, September 27th. Friday, September
28th will be Autocross and concours at Auto-Plus Raceway
beginning at 8:00 a.m. Cars must meet all NHRA rules for
bracket-type racing. In addition, all cars must pass a basic
SCCA Solo or NASA Autocross safety inspection. On Saturday,
September 29th, the Challenge includes drag racing at Auto-Plus
Raceway; gates will be open at 8:00 a.m.
Rescheduled
Carolina Coalition at Mooresville Dragway
MIR
presents the MIROCK Superbike Series Fall Nationals
September 29th – 30th, 2012. Classes include
Pro Mod, Pro Street, Real Street, Sportsman Bike ET Classes,
grudge class, a vendors midway, a $1,200 bikini contest
and a streetbike corral. This is the last MIROCK event of
the year at Maryland International.
Gates
open Friday at 8:00 am, with test & tune
starting at 9:00 am. Gates open Saturday at 9:00
am, with qualifying at 10:00 and eliminations
at 3:00 pm. Gates open Sunday at 8:00 am
with time runs at 9:00 am and eliminations at 12:00 noon.
The
Carolina Coalition bracket series (rescheduled
from June 9th & 10th) makes a stop September
29th & 30th at Mooresville Dragway.
Each day has a Top ET and Footbrake / Modified big money
gambler’s race. Top ET pays $3,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up,
$200 Semis, and $40 Round starting 3rd Round win. Entry
is $75 for either day, or $125 for both. Footbrake / Modified
pays $2,000 Win, $500 Runner-Up, $200 Semis, and $20 Round
starting 3rd Round win. Entry is $50 for either day, or
$90 for both.
Double
entries allowed. The track will make every attempt to separate
door cars and open body cars for the first three rounds.
Friday is open for parking. Gates open Saturday at 8:00
am with time trials at 10:00 am. Gates open Sunday at 8:00
am, with a time run for new entries at 12:15.
The
Holcomb Motorsports 2012 Fall Civil Wars hits Rockingham
Dragway on September 21st-23rd, 2012
for a weekend of outlaw racing action. Classes include Outlaw
10.5 ($3,500 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up, $350 Semis, $100 Quarters;
entry $100), X275 Drag Radial ($5,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up,
$350 Semis, $125 Quarters; entry $120), Real Street 275
D/R ($2,000 Win, entry $75), King of The Street SR275 ($2,000
Win, $750 Runner-Up, $150 Semis, $75 Quarters, entry $75),
Pro Tree Doorslammer ($1,500 Win Saturday, $1,000 Win Sunday),
Footbrake ($1,000 Win each day Saturday and Sunday), Open
Comp ($1,000 Win each day Saturday and Sunday), and 6.0
and 7.00 Index.
Gates
open Friday at 9:00 am. Gates open Saturday
at 8:00 am, with time trials at 9:00 am. Gates
open Sunday at 9:00 am with a time trial at 10:30
am and eliminations at 12:00 noon. For more information
visit rockinghamdragway.com.
The
Mid Atlantic Super Gas Association and The Mid Atlantic
Super Comp Association are set to finish off their
2012 seasons at Atco Raceway on September 29th & 30th.
Both series have seen close racing all year and the points
championships are sure to go down to the final rounds on
Sunday.
In
MASGA, 2011 Champion Tom Goldman (left)
is looking to make it back to back championships with his
“Bullets to Spare” Corvette. Goldman holds about
a 4 round lead over 2nd place Lance Kreiger but lurking
in the distance is George Smith and his “Live Wire”
1968 Camaro. Smith has been on a tear as of late with a
victory at Numidia and a runner-up at Cecil County to move
him into 3rd place. Rounding out the top 5 is Pete Luciano
and Derek Clark.
In
MASCA, Ken Moses (right) has been the lead
horse pretty much all year long but is feeling some stiff
competition from last year’s co-Champion Joey Cambria
and Don Butkiewicz. Both drivers still have 1 race left
to claim and with a 4th round finish or better can surpass
Moses in the standings. Rounding out the top 5 are recent
Atco winner Kevin Scholl and early points leader Tom Dauber.
Gates
open at 9:00 am on both days with time runs beginning around
10:00 am. There will also be a special National Dragster
Challenge Wally Day held in conjunction with MASGA &
MASCA to give drivers an extra shot at taking home some
extra cash that weekend. Also for anyone who is planning
on attending the NHRA Uni-Select Auto Parts Nationals at
Maple Grove the following weekend this would be a great
test & tune. The fee for each MASGA and MASCA is $70.00
per day to be paid to Lucky Luciano (MASGA) or Rob Keister
(MASCA) and $30.00 to be paid at the gate for the track
entrance and tech card. For more info visit www.midatlanticsupergas.com
or www.midatlanticsc.com.
Numidia
Dragway’s AHDRA Event was Homecoming for Rich Vreeland
When
Numidia Dragway played host to the All
Harley Drag Racing Association (AHDRA) Liberty Nitro Nationals
recently, not only did riders from all across the country
converge on the popular ¼-mile strip, but so too
did local favorite Rich Vreeland of Danville, PA. Now
in his eighth season as a professional motorcycle racer,
Vreeland’s return to Numidia served as a homecoming
where he began his career. His business, Vreeland’s
Harley-Davidson, was the presenting sponsor of the event
which drew a very respectable crowd and a full pit area
of bike racers.
“This
is my home track, it’s my sponsor’s track
and our dealership is just seven miles from here so it’s
all my family and all my friends, it’s a lot of
fun this weekend,” said Vreeland while in between
rounds on Sunday.
Milan
Dragway steps it up during September Sundays in Sportsman,
Bike, Pro and Super Pro. Sportsman (11.50
and slower) pays $300 Win, $100 Runner-Up, $50
Semis, and $20 Quarters. Entry is $35, and 1st Round buy
backs are $20. Bikes (delay boxes OK) pays $300
Win, $100 Runner-Up, $50 Semis, and $20 Quarters.
Entry is $35, and 1st Round buy backs are $20.
Pro and Super Pro each have the same payout.
At 51+ cars it’s $1,500 Win, $300 Runner-Up, $100
Semis, and $50 Quarters. At 31 – 50 cars it’s
$1,200 Win, $200 Runner-Up, $80 Semis, and $40 Quarters.
At 30 cars or less the Win takes 40%, the Runner-Up takes
20%, and the Semis take 10%. Entry is $40, and 1st Round
buy backs are $20.
The
remaining dates are September 16th, 23rd and 30th.
Gate open at 9:00 am with time trials at 10:00 am. Visit
www.MilanDragway.com
for more info.
The
2012 Southern Outlaw Tour’s next race is September
14th – 15th at Montgomery MotorSports Park in Montgomery,
AL.
Outlaw Bottom
Bulb, Outlaw Super Pro, 7.00 Index, 6.00 Index, 5.30 Index,
and 4.70 Index each pay $2,000 Win, $300 Runner-Up, $100
Semis and $50 Quarters. Entry in each class is $100. Pro
Modified pays $3,000 Win, $1,500 Runner-Up, $750 Semis,
$500 Quarters, and $250 Eighths.
16
car minimum in all heads-up and bracket classes. Gates
open Friday at 5:00 pm with a test & tune at 6:00
pm and qualifying at 8:00 pm. Gates open Saturday at 9:00
am with test & tune at 1:00 pm, qualifying at 3:00
pm and 1st Round at 7:00 pm. Visit www.mmpdragracing.com.
Beaver
Springs Dragway’s 14th Annual Fall Mean Street Nationals
is Sunday, September 16th. The event includes
BSD Iron Trees to all champions, the WFO Club 170 MPH Street
Cars, Hot Street ($200-$100-$50-$50) for 11.99 and faster,
Cool Street ($150-$75-$35-$35) for 12.00 and up. This is a
full Friday Points Series event for Street/Stick, Street/Auto,
Sport/Bike, Sport/Compact, Outlaw Street, Bone Stock Truck,
ATV, TCR, JR ATV, plus Hot Dog Race (???) and Kids Foot Race.
Wrap-Up:
National Dragster Challenge at Maple Grove
MOHNTON,
Pa. – It was a long Saturday at Maple Grove
Raceway with racing running well into the night.
And that was a good thing. A total of 315 cars – the
most for a bracket race at The Grove since early in the
2009 season – took part in Sunoco Race Fuels Money
Trail 15, which was combined with the National Dragster
Challenge. At the end of the night...
The
Big Tire Outlaws return to Old Bridge Township
Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ on Sunday, September
16th. The Big Tire Outlaws is a rebirth of a class born in
the mid 90’s at Englishtown known as the Ultra Quick
8. These are back-half, big tire, factory appearing cars that
use every imaginable way to make horsepower.
If you’re interested in participating, visit www.bigtireoutlaws.com
and check the rules page to see where your car fits.
Milan
Dragway’s Motor City Run'Em Nationals is
scheduled for Friday, September 21, 2012.
Race classes include X275 Drag Radial, Open Comp, True Street,
9.50 Index Bike, and the all-out Run'Em class. All NHRA
safety rules will be enforced. Fans will enjoy the sights
and sounds as racers compete for over $5,000 in cash &
prizes.
A Wheel-Stand
Contest will also be part of the program. Winners will
be judges on how far and high they can hold the front
wheel of the vehicle on the ground. This requires an abundance
of horsepower, torque, and courage.
Hosted by “The
Expert” Ken Herring from Pass Time
and Pinks All Out, autographs and photo opportunities
with Ken will be available for all event attendees.
Charging
For The Top at Maryland International Raceway
Maryland
International Raceway’s rescheduled Top ET $5K
takes place Friday and Saturday,
September 21st & 22nd, 2012 at the Superchargers
Showdown.
Each
day pays $5,000 Win, $2,000 Runner-Up, $750 Semis,
and $100 Round starting with 2nd Round Winners. Entry is
$126 per day; 1st & 2nd Round buybacks are $80.
Each
race is on the 1/8th Mile for 0.00 – 8.49 dials. No
throttle stops. No double-entries, but one driver may drive
two cars. Gates open 3:00 pm on Friday with time trials
at 4:00 pm. Gates open Saturday at 9:00 am with time trials
at 10:00 am. For more information visit www.mirdrag.com.
The
Mid Atlantic Super Gas Association completed race
# 7 & 8 the weekend of August 11th & 12th, 2012
at Cecil County Dragway in Rising Sun, Md. Commonly known
as the “Pig Roast” to many racers this years
event had special meaning to it as friends, racers and family
members all gathered to celebrate and honor the life of
Ronnie “Uncle Buck” Harple who had passed away
in April of this year. An honored tradition that was started
by Harple in the mid-1990s as a way to give back to ...
S&W
Race Cars has announced the formation of their
Top Comp discount program where members
receive substantial discounts and benefits with each purchase.
It's
a simple program with two separate levels available by
way of a Gold and Silver card, each signifying levels
of discounts. In addition to discounts on all S&W
manufactured products, special discounts will be available
on products from various aftermarket vendors who will
be participating in the program. Thanks to Bonus Program
Partners including The Super Chevy Show, Fun Ford Weekend,
Mega Mopar Action Series, 1320go.com, Drag Illustrated
and RPM Magazine, you can receive additional discounts.
S&W’s
Scott Weney said, “This program is no different
than the various gas and grocery discount card programs
which have become increasingly popular today. The J&P
Cycles® ‘Gold Club’ program is wildly
successful and inspired us to develop a similar program,
one that will allow us to give back to our customers and
encourage them to look to S&W for their performance
needs.”
The
program becomes available on September 1st, 2012 and you
can call toll free (800) 523-3353 or visit www.SWRaceCars.com
for details.
Skyview
Drags and Interstate Auto Parts present
the Box-No Box Shootout on Saturday,
September 8th, 2012. Featuring
$10,000 in total payouts, this shootout is open
to footbrake cars, transbrake cars, delay box cars, and
bikes / sleds.
Box
and No Box run as separate classes until the shootout at
the end. Each class pays $2,500 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up,
$300 Semis, and $100 Quarters.
At the end of each class, the winners will face off in the
Box Winner vs. No Box Winner Shootout to win an
additional $1,000.
Entry
fee per class is $100; buybacks are $50 in any round.
Racers may run both classes, but the use of a delay box
in No Box will result in immediate disqualification from
both classes. 1 driver may enter two cars.
Gates
open at 10:00 am, time trials are 11:30 am with
eliminations immediately following. Gate entry for spectators
and crew is $20. For more information about this and other
Skyview Drags events, visit www.SkyviewDrags.com.
The
Outlaw Pontiac Drag Series makes a stop
at Mason-Dixon Dragway on Sunday,
September 9th, 2012. The Outlaw Pontiac Drag Series
is a drag racing bracket series dedicated to the avid Pontiac
enthusiast. For
more info visit their website at www.outlawpontiacdragseries.com.
The
AHDRA Liberty Nitro Nationals are headed to Numidia
DragwaySaturday and Sunday,
September 8th & 9th, 2012. Racing action
gets underway on Saturday, with qualifying at 10:00am. On
Sunday eliminations for Pro classes kicks off at 12:30pm with
Sportsman classes immediately following.
Sportsman classes
include V-ROD ($400 Win, entry $60), VRD ($450 Win, entry
$80), DRAGGIN BAGGER ($450 Win, entry $80), HOT STREET ($400
Win, entry $60), SUPER
GAS ($400 Win, entry $60), SUPER SPORT ($400 Win, entry
$60), SUPER ELIM ($400 Win, entry $60), SEP ($400 Win, entry
$60), and ET ($400 Win, entry $60).
For
more information on Numidia Dragway, visit www.NumidiaDragway.com
. For more information on the AHDRA Liberty Nitro Nationals
visit www.ahdra.com.
Capitol
Raceway presents their $5K Super Pro
Shootout on Saturday, September8th, 2012.The Super Pro Shootout
pays $5,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up and $300 Semis;
there’s round money for earlier rounds, too. Entry
is $100, buy backs are $50.
Also
on the schedule is Mod, Bikes, and Door Car Quick 8. Mod
pays $1,500 Win, $400 Runner-Up, and $150 Semis; there’s
round money for earlier rounds, too. Mod entry is $60,
buy backs are $30. Bike pays $1,500 Win, $250 Runner-Up,
and $160 Semis. Bike entry is $60, buy backs are $30.
Door Car Quick 8 pays $1,000 and the winner goes into
4th Round of Super Pro. 1st Round losers and buy back
into Super Pro. Door Car Quick 8 entry is $100.
The
PID-Keystone Nostalgia Nationals comes to Pittsburgh
Raceway Park on Saturday, September 15th,
2012 for a day of drag racing the way it used to
be. Open to everything 1979 and older, the event will feature
AA Supercharged Gassers, the Great Lakes Nostalgia Funny
Cars, The Tri-State Stock / Super Stock Association, Quick-Stick
/ Pro-Stick, and a huge photo display. In addition, car
cruisers can show their cars for free with a paid spectator
entry.
Gates
open 8:00 am, with time trials beginning at 10:00
am. Visit www.pittsburghracewaypark.com
for more information.
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Performance Products, www.atiracing.com.
ATI manufactures competition transmissions, Treemaster
converters, torsional Super Dampers, Compu-Flow valve
bodies, flexplates, and adapter kits.
Moroso
Performance Products, www.moroso.com.
Moroso manufactures over 3,000 products, from oil pans
and oiling systems, to ignition wire, ignition components,
valve covers, fuel system equipment.
Numidia
Dragway, www.numidiadragway.com.
A beautiful NHRA ¼ Mile facility in Numidia,
PA, and “The Home of The Guaranteed Payout.”
Performance
Racing Industry, www.performanceracing.com.
PRI connects manufacturers of racing products with racing
retailers, race engine builders, race car builders and
professional race teams.
Portatree
Timing Systems, www.portatree.com.Manufactures professional drag track timing equipment,
practice trees, test tracks, and weather stations..
Road
Runners Performance, www.roadrunnersfx.com.
Performance parts retailer that carries many of the
top manufacturers.
S
& W Race Cars, www.swracecars.com.
S&W Race Cars' award winning race cars are used
by many of the leading NHRA & IHRA professional
and sportsman race teams.
The
Carolina Coalition bracket series comes
to a close September 8th & 9th at Rockingham
Dragway. Each day has a Top ET and Footbrake /
Modified big money gambler’s race. Top ET
pays $3,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up, $200 Semis,
and $40 Round starting 3rd Round win. Entry is $75 for either
day, or $125 for both. Footbrake / Modified pays
$2,000 Win, $500 Runner-Up, $200 Semis, and $20
Round starting 3rd Round win. Entry is $50 for either day,
or $90 for both.
Double
entries allowed. The track will make every attempt to
separate door cars and open body cars for the first three
rounds. Friday is open for parking. Gates open
Saturday at 8:00 am with time trials at 10:00
am. Gates open Sunday at 8:00 am, with
a time run for new entries at 12:15. Visit www.rockinghamdragway.com
for more information.
Montgomery
MotorSports Park’s Super 7 Series Grand Finale is August
30th – September 3rd, 2012. Super Pro features
a daily payout of $7,000 Win, $2,000 Runner-Up, $1,000 Semis,
$500 Quarters, and $50 Round starting with 3rd Round Win.
Enter any single race for $150, or enter the weekend (four
races) for $400. 1st or 2nd Round buybacks are $100.
In addition
there’ll be an Outlaw Super Pro Bonus race on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday that each pays $2,000 Win, $500 Runner-Up,
$250 Semis, and $100 Quarters. Entry is $100 per race.
Electronics
OK. Two drivers may drive the same car in a single class,
but one driver cannot double the same car. Gates
open Thursday at 4:00 pm for parking. Gates open Friday
at 8:00 am with time trials at 10:00 am. Gates
open Saturday and Sunday at 9:00 am. Visit www.MMPDragRacing.com
for more info.
Mason-Dixon
Dragway gets classic with their Labor Day Weekend
Classic Friday August 31st – Monday September 3rd.
The Classic
kicks off Friday with a $30 Test & Tune. Then on Saturday
- Monday, the Classic gives racers in seven classes three
chances to get to the Winner’s Circle. Each day,
Super ET pays $2,500 Win, $800 Runner-Up, and $50 Round
starting with 4th Round loser. Entry is $75 per day. Pro
ET pays $1,500 Win, $500 Runner-Up, and $30 Round starting
with 3rd Round loser. Entry is $50 each day. Street ET
pays $300 Win, $150 Runner-Up, and $25 Round starting
with 3rd Round loser. Entry is $40 each day. Motorcycle
ET pays $500 Win, $200 Runner-Up, and $25 Round starting
3rd Round loser. Entry is $45 each day. Trophy pays 4’
Trophy Win, 3’ Trophy Runner-Up. Entry is $40 each
day. Junior Dragster pays 4’ Trophy + $300 Bond
Win, 3’ Trophy and $100 Bond Runner-Up. Entry is
$30 each day. There’ll also be a High School Eliminator
race.
Gates open
Friday at 4:00 pm, Saturday and Sunday at 9:00 am, and
Sunday at 8:00 am. Visit www.MasonDixonDragway.com
for more info.
The
Thirteenth Annual Mopar Thunder takes place August
31st -September 2nd 2012 in Thunder Valley, Bristol Dragway.
Returning to Bristol is the always-exciting Mopar vs.
The World. This special event takes place on Friday night
and pits some of the fastest Mopars against all comers.
Saturday
racing includes a Bonus race and Slant 6 action, while
Sunday features competition in Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman
and Slant 6. A Mopar car show will fill the Dragway grounds
and offer fans a chance to view some of their favorites
from years ago. A visit to the swap meet and Manufacturers’
Midway will give spectators and participants the opportunity
to purchase the hard-to-find items they have been looking
to buy.
GM
Performance Day is coming up soon at Milan
Dragway in Milan, MI. This show, shine and drag race
event is Saturday, September 8th, 2012 and
is open to anything GM-bodied or GM-powered (the exception
is Nostalgia class which open to any brand 1987 or older;
more about that in a moment).
Box
and No Box each pay $1,500 Win, $300 Runner-Up,
$100 Semis, and $50 Quarters (all based on 40 cars). Entry
for each class is $50 and 1st Round buybacks are $20.
Sportsman
and Nostalgia each pay $400 Win, $100 Runner-Up,
$50 Semis, and $25 Quarters (all based on 15 cars). Entry
for each class is $40 and 1st Round buybacks are $20.
Enfield,
CT., July 28, 2012 – Rich Hanna set
a new track record on July 28th at Muncie Dragway.
Hanna, driver of the GOJO Firebird Jet Funny Car,
appeared at the annual New Muncie Dragway ‘Night
of Fire.’ In the first round ...
Lingenfelter
Performance Nationals Coming To Norwalk
Lingenfelter
Performance Engineering has announced The Lingenfelter
Performance Nationals, a new event for customers
and enthusiasts in 2012.
The Lingenfelter Performance Nationals
will feature drag racing, autocross, car show, speed stop
challenge, countryside cruise and a manufacturer's midway.
The dates are September 21st-23rd, 2012 at Summit Motorsports
Park in Norwalk, Ohio.
The Lingenfelter Performance Nationals
will offer drag racing, an invitation-only bracket race
and a Battle of the Brands event that pits Ford, GM and
Chrysler vehicles against one another. Trophies, plaques
and cash prizes will be awarded to car show and race winners.
The Lingenfelter Performance Nationals will also be an
official qualifying event for the OPTIMA Batteries Ultimate
Street Car Invitational.
East
Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame Reunion Set For October 2012
The
11th Annual East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame Reunion 2012
will be here before you know it. The dates are October
19th, 20th and 21st in Henderson, NC. 2012
Inductees include Chase Knight, Don Carlton, Eugene Coard,
Joe Schubeck, Greg Sullivan, Bill Barrett, Pete Hill, Lamar
Walden, Harry Hall, Tim & Beth Hyatt, George Eisenhart,
Frank Teague, George “Kook” Kryssing, and Roger
Gustin.
It was
another hot weekend of racing on the track in Thunder Valley
as Fun Ford Weekend presented by Roush
Yates, JE Pistons and Joe Gibbs Driven came to a close with
some spectacular final-round match-ups on the drag strip
and some...
Pittsburgh
Raceway Park’s Silver Mine 10s are September
7th, 8th and 9th 2012 with a $10K on each day
for electronics-equipped race cars. Each race
pays $10,000 Win, $2,000 Runner-Up, $1,000 Semis,
$750 8th Round loss, $500 7th Round loss, $200 6th Round
loss, and $100 5th Round loss. Entry is $150 for any single
day, or $399 for the weekend. 1st Round buybacks are $100.
There’s also a bonus Saturday night $5,000 race;
entry is $100 and buy backs are $50. Races are 1/8th mile;
1 driver may enter two cars; 2 drivers may enter 1 car;
1 driver cannot double enter the same car.
Gates
open 11:00 am on Friday with time trials at 2:00 pm; gates
open Saturday and Sunday at 8:00 am, with time trials
at 9:00 am. Visit www.pittsburghracewaypark.com
for more info.
The
26th Annual MOPARS @ Etown is Friday – Sunday,
August 24th – 26th, 2012. Friday night’s
action includes the Mopar vs. The World Challenge,
open to Mopars and all makes that want to challenge them.
Payout is $500 Win, $200 Runner-Up, and
$50 Semis, based on 32 cars. Entry is $50. No delay boxes,
must have street mufflers. Gates open Friday at
5:00 pm, with time trials at 6:00 pm and eliminations
at 7:30 pm.
Saturday
includes muffled Mopar King Of The Hill bracket
racing in a bunch of E.T. breaks, a Mopar car show, a
swap meet, and the Super Car Shootout. All vehicles must
be Mopar-powered and bodied. Gates open Saturday at 8:00
am.
Sunday
features Stock / Super Stock / Nostalgia Super Stock Combo
that pays $1,000 Win based on 32 cars; $75 entry. There’s
also bracket racing in Super Pro (7.00 – 12.99,
electronics OK, $60 entry), Pro ET (9.00 – 15.99,
no electronics, $50 entry), Modern Mopar Muscle (7.00
and slower, open to Chrysler, Dodge LX/LC , and Jeep vehicles,
$40 entry, and Trophy (11.50 and slower, no electronics,
slicks OK, $30 entry). Gates open Sunday at 8:00 am.
ATI-equipped
racers Billy Gordon, Dean Marinis, Rich Bruder,
Doug Riesterer, Chris Rini and Marty
Rinehart had strong outings recently at a number
of events in the area. Gordon won his second race in 10.5
Outlaw at the Street Car Shootout in Cecil...
The
15th Annual Mid-Maryland Ford show, shine, and drags
is Sunday, August 26th, 2012 at Mason-Dixon Dragway.
The event includes 22 car show classes and 7 classes of
racing: Super Ford (7.50 and slower, electronics OK, $700
Win, $300 Runner-Up), Pro Ford (7.50 and slower, no electronics,
$500 Win, $200 Runner-Up), Street Ford (13.99 – 19.99,
$100 Win, $50 Runner-Up), Mustang ($100 Win, $50 Runner-Up),
Powerstroke Pick-Up ($100 Win, $50 Runner-Up). Trophy Ford
(10.99 – 19.99) and Cougar/Comet. Entry fee for any
class is $35.
The
IHRA Pro-Am Tour lands at Maryland International
Raceway on Friday August 24th – Sunday
August 26th, including Top Sportsman, Top Dragster,
Super Stock, Stock, Quick Rod, Super Rod, and Hot Rod..
Top
Sportsman and Top Dragster each pay $1,500 Win, $600 Runner-Up,
$250 Semis, and $50 Round beginning 3rd Round win. Super
Stock pays $1,100 Win, $500 Runner-Up, and $40 Round beginning
3rd Round win. Stock pays $1,000 Win, $400 Runner-Up, and
$40 Round beginning 3rd Round win. Quick Rod and Super Rod
each pay $1,100 Win, $500 Runner-Up, and $40 Round beginning
3rd Round win. Hot Rod pays $1,000 Win, $400 Runner-Up,
and $40 Round beginning 3rd Round win. Entry fees are $135
per day per event (IHRA membership and license are mandatory).
What
makes this stop on the IHRA Pro-Am tour different is the
Saturday Night $5K E.T. Clash, the Saturday Night Jet Wars,
Bunny Burkett, and the Wild Bunch Supercharged Shootout.
According to the track, Jet Wars won’t be exhibition
passes, but rather side-by-side jet eliminations. Among
the jets will be the team of Hanna Motorsports, along with
Bob Motz and his jet Kenworth. The $5K E.T. Clash pays $5,000
Win, $1,000 Runner-Up, $250 Semis, $150 Quarters, and $100
Eighths. Entry is $100, buybacks are $80. The E.T, Clash
is open to all Pro-Am racers as well as E.T. racers (no
pre-entry is required).
Gates
open Friday at 10:00 am, with a test & tune
at 4:00 pm. Gates open Saturday at 7:30 am,
with time trials at 9:00 am. Gates open Sunday at
9:00 am. For more information visit www.MIRDrag.com.
The
first Stock/Super Stock Shootout season
was completed recently at Maple Grove Raceway with Glen
Hartzler taking home the series’ first-ever
championship.
Run as part of the Sunoco Race Fuels Money Trail E.T.
Series, the Shootout features the popular NHRA Sportsman
class. Hartzler (White House Station, N.J.) and his 1972
Barracuda had one runner-up and two semifinals finishes
to amass 167 points. Byron Worner, who won the second
race, was second with 116, while James Perrone (113),
Patric Fox (113), Marty Rinehart Jr. (102) and Jeff Tripp
(102) rounded out the top five.
The top five finishers will receive a payout at the Money
Trail Awards Banquet in February 2013. Hartzler will receive
$1,000 for his finish. (photo:
Don Carrick)
Saturday,
August 25th at Montgomery MotorSports Park is
billed as “the showdown of all showdowns. It’s
the Mini Pro Mod Last Man Standing and
the Grudge Kings Last Man Standing. The
Mini Pro Mod has a $2,000 purse that pays the top 4. Entry
is $100, 8 car minimum. The Grudge Kings has a $1,500
purse that pays the top 4. Entry is $75, 8 car minimum.
Gates open at 1:00 pm with qualifying at 4:30 pm. Visit
www.MMPDragRacing.com.
TIOGA
CENTER, N.Y. - On Saturday, August 18th, thousands of
area race fans from all over the northeast will once again
convene at Skyview Drags, the IHRA-sanctioned
dragstrip in Tioga Center, N.Y. for what has become the
sport’s most popular jet and fire show, Skyview
Drags' “Night of Fire Jet Jam” with three
jets booked in for the show. Additionally, as an added
attraction, Skyview Drags event director Amy Culver
has added four Pro Mods that will also do battle in...
The
Carolina Coalition bracket series comes
to Piedmont Dragway August 25th & 26th. Each day has
a Top ET and Footbrake / Modified big money gambler’s
race. Top ET pays $3,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up, $200 Semis,
and $40 Round starting 3rd Round win. Entry is $75 for either
day, or $125 for both. Footbrake / Modified pays $2,000
Win, $500 Runner-Up, $200 Semis, and $20 Round starting
3rd Round win. Entry is $50 for either day, or $90 for both.
Double
entries allowed. The track will make every attempt to
separate door cars and open body cars for the first three
rounds. Friday is open for parking. Gates open Saturday
at 8:00 am with time trials at 10:00 am. Gates open Sunday
at 8:00 am, with a time run for new entries at 12:15.
Visit www.PiedmontDragway.com
for more information.
Come
out to Maryland International Raceway on
Saturday August 11th 2012 for MIR’s
Mod ET $2K Doubleheader and get two chances to win $2,000
in one day. Each race pays $2,000 Win, $750 Runner-Up, $250
Semis, $100 Quarters, and $75 Eighths. Entry is $61 per race,
and 1st & 2nd Round buybacks are $40.
Run
either race, or run both. 1 driver may drive 2 cars; no
double entry permitted. Delay boxes, trans brakes, two steps
(unless manual transmission), air or electric shifters,
dual line locks and throttle stops are prohibited in Mod
ET. All purses guaranteed except in the event of low car
count, due to rain or inclement weather. Break Policy: 50%
of entry issued in gate credit.
Gates
open at 10:00 am, with Mod ET test & tune at
10:30 am. The first race’s eliminations begin at 1:00
pm; the second race’s eliminations will be approximately
7:00 pm. For more information visit www.mirdrag.com.
Beaver
Springs Dragway’s Flashback Friday Nostalgia Weekend
is Friday and Saturday, August 10th and 11th 2012.
Friday’s
schedule includes Nostalgia Super Stock, Junior
Stock, WFO (Wideopen Flat Out), Nostalgia ET for 1975 and
older, Street Stick, Street Auto, and Outlaw Street.
Manufacturers Showdown should feature 427 Galaxies &
Thunderbolts, A/FX Comets and Chevies, AMXs, and HEMI and
Max Wedge Mopars. Junior Stock is for 1975 or earlier with
big- or small-block, flat hood or factory experimental hood.
No electronics, no tranbrakes, no 2-steps. Saturday features
the Nostalgia Super Stockers of 422 Motorsports.
Gates
open Friday at 4:00 pm, with time trials at 5:00 pm and
racing at 8:30 pm. Gates open Saturday at 12:00 noon, with
time trials at 1:00 pm and eliminations at 5:00 pm.
The
IHRA Pro-Am Tour comes to Farmington Dragway on
Friday August 10th – Sunday August 12th,
including Top Sportsman, Top Dragster, Super Stock, Stock,
Quick Rod, Super Rod, Hot Rod, Jr. Masters, Jr. Advanced
and Jr. Beginners.
Top
Sportsman and Top Dragster each pay $1,500 Win, $600 Runner-Up,
$250 Semis, and $50 Round beginning 3rd Round win. Super
Stock pays $1,100 Win, $500 Runner-Up, and $40 Round beginning
3rd Round win. Stock pays $1,000 Win, $400 Runner-Up,
and $40 Round beginning 3rd Round win. Quick Rod and Super
Rod each pay $1,100 Win, $500 Runner-Up, and $40 Round
beginning 3rd Round win. Hot Rod pays $1,000 Win, $400
Runner-Up, and $40 Round beginning 3rd Round win. Junior
Masters and Junior Advanced each pay $300 Win, $100 Runner-Up,
and $50 Semis. Junior Beginners pays Iron Man Win and
Plaque Runner-Up.
Entry
fees are $135 per day per event for big cars (IHRA membership
and license are mandatory); $75 for Advanced and Masters,
and $50 for Beginner. Gates open Friday at 8:00 am, with
a test & tune at 2:00 pm. Gates open Saturday at 7:30
am, with time trials at 9:00 am. Gates open Sunday at
9:00 am.
Old
Rods in New York: Empire Dragway’s Nostalgia Gold Cup
Empire
Dragway’s Nostalgia Gold Cup is Saturday
August 18th and Sunday August 19th. There are five
classes in this 1/8th mile race. No delay boxes allowed
in any class.
Nostalgia
Gas is for cars running 8.50 and quicker. Mod Gas is for
1974 and older cars running 7.50 and quicker. The payout
is the same for each class: Winner gets $500 + Gold Cup
Trophy, Runner-Up gets $200, Semis get $125, and Quarters
get $75. Entry is $30 per day. Street & Strip is for
1974 and older street & strip cars; slicks, open headers
& transbrakes are permitted. Winner gets $500 + Gold
Cup Trophy, Runner-Up gets $200, Semis get $125, and Quarters
get $75. Entry is $45 per day. Open Comp is for altereds
& front engine dragsters. Winner gets $200 + Gold
Cup Trophy, Runner-Up gets $100, Semis get $50, based
on 10 entries. Entry is $45 per day. Quick Nostalgia is
for 1974 and older; nitrous, blowers, turbos are permitted.
Winner gets $500 + Gold Cup Trophy, Runner-Up gets $200,
Semis get $125. Entry is $50 per day.
Gates
open Saturday at 10:00 a.m. with time trials
at 1:00 pm; gates open Sunday at 9:30 am with time trials
at 10:30. Visit www.empiredragway.com
for more information.
Flat
Out, Heads Up, All Outlaw. That’s how Piedmont
Dragway is billing their 2012 Summer Grudge
& Bike Fest, coming up Saturday, August
18th.
It’s open
to all grudge cars, trucks and bikes. Featuring the 28.5
Slicks and 275 Drag Radial Shootout that adds $2,000 to
the total purse with 100% payback. No wheelie bars, no tube
chassis cars, no times will be shown.
Gates open at
3:00 pm with first round at 8:00 pm. For more information
visit www.PiedmontDragway.com.
Empire
Dragway’s Bike & Sled Shootout is coming
on Sunday, August 26th, 2012 with classes
for Street Bike, Pro Bike, and Snowmobile.
Street Bike (DOT tires, street legal, baffles optional)
and Pro Bike (slicks and wheelie bars are OK) each pay
$500 Win, $150 Runner-Up, $75 Semis, and $10 Round starting
with 2nd Round win. Snowmobile pays $750 Win, $300 Runner-Up,
$125 Semis, and $10 Round starting with 2nd Round win.
Entry
in each class is $25, with a $10 buy back in 1st Round.
All drivers must have full face helmet, leather jacket
and gloves. Leather pants are required for 10.99 and quicker.
Gates
open 9:30 am, time trials at 10:30 am, racing at 2:30
pm. Visit www.EmpireDragway.com.
Maryland
International Raceway’s $10K - $2K Poker Bash
is Saturday and Sunday, August 18th and 19th,
2012. Each day has a $10,000 Top ET race, a $2,000
Win Mod ET race, and a $1,000 Win Poker Contest.
Top
ET (1/8 mile, 0.00 – 8.49) pays $10,000 Win, $2,000
Runner-Up, $750 Semis, $500 Quarters, $250 Eighths,
and $150 Sixteenths. Entry is $161, 1st and 2nd Round
buybacks are $100.
Mod
ET (all run) pays $2,000 Win, $750 Runner-Up,
$250 Semis, $100 Quarters, and $75 Eighths. Entry is $61,
1st and 2nd Round buybacks are $40.
No
double entries, no throttle stops. Gates open Saturday
at 11:00 am, gates open Sunday at 9:00 am. Time runs are
2:30 on Saturday; eliminations are 5:00 pm on Saturday
and 11:30 am on Sunday. Visit www.mirdrag.com
for more info.
Joliet,
Ill – The iconic factory super cars of the 1960s
and ’70s will roll out from behind the velvet rope
and onto Route 66 Raceway’s dragstrip during the
Route 66...
Atco
Raceway’s 4 Day Super Bucks Weekend is coming
up August 9th – 12th, 2012. The weekend
kicks off with the Jimmy Jones Memorial Race that pays $10,000
Win, $3,000 Runner-Up, $1,000 Semis, $500 Quarters,
and $100 Round starting with 3rd Round loser. Entry is $175,
buy back is $100.
The
big races are the three $25Ks, one on Friday
and two on Saturday. Each race pays $25,000 Win,
$8,000 Runner-Up, $4,000 Semis, $1,000 7th Round
lose, $60 6th Round lose, $450 5th Round lose, and $300
4th Round lose. Entry is $300 per race, or enter all three
for $775. 1st Round buy backs are $215. Sunday there are
a number of high roller races scheduled.
All
races are 1,000 feet. Gates open Thursday and
Friday at 8:00 am, with time runs until 3:00 pm and 1st
Round at 3:30 pm. Gates open Saturday and Sunday at 9:00
am. For more information visit www.AtcoRaceway.com.
For
the fourth straight year it seems the Dover Drag
Strip racers, fans and friends just won’t
let the old track be forgotten. Spurred by enthusiastic
interest ...
Milan
Dragway presents their Holbrook Racing
Engines Saturday Shootout Series on (when else?)
Saturday, July 28th, 2012.
Classes
include Outlaw Limited Street, X275 Drag Radial, Open Comp,
Wild Street, and 9.50 Street Bike. Outlaw Limited Street
and X275 Drag Radial both feature progressive payouts and
bonuses. Open Comp is a 64 car field with $1,750 in payouts,
Wild Street is all-run with $1,140 in payouts, and 9.50
Street Bike is all-run with $700 in payouts.
Gates
open at 11:00 am, with qualifying at 3:00 pm and racing
at 7:00 pm. Visit www.MilanDragway.com
for more information.
Jr.
Dragsters Take Center Stage at Skyview Drags’ Jr. Dragster
Shootout
If
you’re a Jr. Dragster-racing family then make sure
to put Skyview Drags on your calendar for
Saturday, August 4th for the Jr.
Dragster Shootout presented by Precision Crankworks.
This single-day, 3-race event will pay out over $5,000
in guaranteed purses and prizes.
Race
#1 and Race #2 each pays $500 Cash from Precision Crankworks
and a $200 Savings Bond and plaque from Skyview Drags
to the Winner, $200 Cash from Precision Crankworks
and a $100 Savings Bond and plaque from Skyview Drags
to the Runner-Up, $50 Cash from Tepco Automotive to the
two Semi-Finalists, and $25 Cash from Tepco Automotive
to the four Quarter-Finalists.
Race
#3 is the Shootout race between the winners of Race #1
and Race #2. The Winner will claim $500 Cash from Precision
Crankworks and a $500 Savings Bond and trophy from Skyview
Drags; the Runner-Up will win $250 Cash from
Precision Crankworks and a $200 Savings Bond and plaque
from Skyview Drags.
In
addition, there are a multitude of special awards up for
grabs, including Best Appearing Jr. Dragster, Best Engineered
Jr. Dragster, Best Reaction Time, Best Package, and many
others.
All
Jr. Dragsters will require IHRA Jr. Dragster safety equipment,
including tech inspections. Entry fees are $45 per racer
for entire event. No double entries, no buy backs.
Gates
open at 8:00 am with registration and tech until 9:15
am. For more information visit www.SkyviewDrags.com.
They’re
cute, they’re cuddly, and some of them really fly!
It’s time for VWs at The Rock coming
up Sunday, August 5th at Rockingham Dragway.
This
all-Volkswagen race, show and swap meet includes three
VW eliminators. Super Pro (7.49 and quicker) pays $1,000
Win, $300 Runner-Up, and $75 Semis, all based on at least
20 cars. Entry is $40. Pro (7.50 and up) pays $800 Win,
$250 Runner-Up, and $50 Semis, all based on at least 20
cars. Entry is $30. Sportsman Fun Runs pays $250 Win and
$75 Runner-Up. Entry is $20.
Gates
open at 8:00 am, with runs at 10:00 am and racing
at 12:00 noon. Visit www.RockinghamDragway.com
for more info.
Jill
Canuso Sets New Jet Record at Super Chevy Show at Maple Grove
Sunday!
Sunday! Sunday Niagara at Dunn Tire Raceway Park
Enfield,
CT, July 24, 2012 - Jill Canuso, driver
of the ‘GOJO’/’BIC Lighter’
“Queen of Diamonds” Jet Dragster, made
a statement that resounded through the beautiful hills of
Pennsylvania during the July 21-22, 2012 Super Chevy
Show at Maple Grove Raceway.
Dunn
Tire Raceway Park’s Sunday Niagara 2012 Nostalgia Drags
and Car Show will be Friday August 3rd through
Sunday August 5th, 2012.
Friday’s
schedule includes Dunn Tire’s regular points program
in Mod, Top, Street, Bike / Sled, and Quick 16. There’s
also a Nostalgia Eliminator open to 1980 and older cars
without electronics.
Saturday
is for 1980 and older vehicles only; no electronics permitted
in any class. Classes include Little Eliminator (7.00 and
slower), Competition Eliminator (6.99 and quicker), Gasser
Class (for approved, period-correct pre-1966 gassers only)
and Supercharged Gasser Shootout. Gates open 8:00 am; time
trials at 10:00 am.
Sunday
is also for 1980 and older vehicles. Classes include Little
Eliminator, Competition Eliminator, Top Eliminator (.400
Pro Tree, 16 car field), Street Eliminator (street driven,
DOT tires, closed exhaust), Supercharged Gasser Shootout,
Nostalgia Gas, and Street Gasser class. Gates open 8:00
am, with time trials 10:00 am.
Maple
Grove Raceway’s Glory Daze Nostalgia Race/Summer Flea
Market is coming up on Saturday, August 4, 2012,
including bracket racing for all 1984 and older models.
Bracket 1 (electronics, crosstalk in use) and Bracket 2
(non-electronics) each pays $800 Win, $400 Runner-Up, $100
Semifinals, $75 Quarterfinalists, and $50 round money (starting
third round). The Geezers Class (55 and older) pays 4-foot
trophy to winner, 3-foot trophy to runner-up and 2-foot
trophy to semifinalists. Entry fee for all eliminator classes
is $35. Also featured will be the 422 All-Stars
and MANDRA.
Racer
gates open 9:00 a.m, with time trials at 10:00
a.m. and eliminations at 2:00 pm. Visit www.MapleGroveRaceway.com
for more info.
Lebanon
Valley Dragway’s Mid-Summer Shootout is Saturday
and Sunday, July 28th and 29th. Open to electronics-equipped
bracket cars, Saturday’s race pays $2,000 Win and
$500 Runner-Up. Entry is $80. Sunday is the big race that
pays $10,000 Win, $3,000 Runner-Up, $1,000 Semis, $500 Quarters,
and $100 Round starting with 3rd Round Loser. Entry is $175,
buy backs are $100, E.T. break is 6.50 – 12.99.
No
data recorders, no down-track stutters, 1 driver can drive
2 cars, 2 drivers can share 1 car, but 1 driver cannot
enter the same car twice. Gates open Saturday and Sunday
at 8:00 am with time runs at 10:00 am. Visit Lebanon Valley’s
website at www.dragway.com
for more info.
Empire
Dragway’s Mid-Season Championship is Sunday,
July 29th, 2012, with bracket eliminators for Box (0.00
– 13.99) and No Box, Bikes & Sleds (any dial).
Each class pays $1,000 Win, $300 Runner-Up, $100 Semis,
and $50 Quarters. Entry is $45. The class winners will
then run off for a 2013 Season Pass.
Gates
open at 9:30 am, with time trials at 10:30 am and eliminations
at 2:30 pm. For information visit www.EmpireDragway.com.
I
Say! Have A Jolly Good Time At The Old Englishtown Drags
Old
Bridge Township Raceway Park’s 33rd Annual Nostalgia
Summernationals and Old Time Drags is Sunday,
Sunday, Sunday! July 29th, 2012. Billed as the
longest running nostalgia race in the country, the event
is open to vehicles 1972 and older and features bracket
racing, a rod show, memorabilia & vendors, display cars
and drag racing celebrities.
Other
racing action includes the East Coast Gassers,
the North East Timing Organization, and
the 11th Annual Funny Car Reunion featuring
nitro and alcohol funny cars.
Gates
open at 8:00 am, with time trials at 10:00 am and eliminations
following. For more information visit www.RacewayPark.com.
Capitol
Raceway’s Pro Mod Saturday is coming up on
July 28th, 2012. Pro Mods are shooting for a $5,000 Win
payout, with an entry of $125. There’s also a $1,000
bonus paid to the #1 Pro Mod qualifier.
The action starts Friday night July 27th
with Pro Mod shakedown runs and two qualifiers. Gates
open Friday at 4:30 pm. Then on Saturday there’ll
be two optional rounds of Pro Mod qualifying, with eliminations
following.
Numidia
Dragway, Numidia, Pa – Bob Phillips and George Smith
both claimed victories at Race #s 5 & 6 of the Mid
Atlantic Super Gas Association event held at
Numidia Dragway in Numidia, PA.On
Saturday, Phillips from Oley, PA qualified his 2003 Dodge
Neon at the bottom half of the field with a...
Atco
Raceway, Atco, NJ – Kevin Scholl
and Ken Moses became the newest winners
of the Mid Atlantic Super Comp Association
(MASCA) on July 7th & 8th at Atco Raceway in Atco, NJ.
On
Saturday Joey Cambria from Shillington, Pa took the #1 qualifying
spot with an 8.903. Cambria was followed closely by ...
After
a season-long postponement due to poor weather, Numidia
Dragway hosted its 2012 .90 Nationals
in conjunction with the Combo In The Hills
Stock/Super Stock event. Consisting
of three NHRA championship categories, Super Street, Super
Gas, and Super Comp, the event ... (continued
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Diesel
Drags, King Of The Track at Numidia Dragway
Things
Get Wild at Elk Creek
Numidia
Dragway hosts the East Coast Diesel Nationals
IV on Saturday, July 21st, 2012.
The event includes diesel drag racing, sled pulling and
diesel dyno; cash purses and give-aways total over $25,000.
There's also a show & shine and a vendors alley. Gates
open 8:00 am, drag racing starts at 9:00 am, dyno opens
at 9:00 am, sled pulling at 1:00 pm, Show-N-Shine judging
at 2:00 pm, and the Vendor Alley is open from 8:00 am -
5:00 pm
On
Sunday, July 22nd, Numidia's ET bracket
racers will be competing in the NHRA King Of The
Track, where the winners of each class will face
off to try to capture their very own Wally and be crowned
the King Of The Track. For more information about Numidia
Dragway, visit www.NumidiaDragway.com.
Elk
Creek Dragway's Ford & Mopar vs. The World "Wild
Card Race" is Saturday, July 21st,
with a $2,500 Super Pro race ($80 entry) and a $2,000 Footbrake
race ($55 entry). The "wild card" is included
with your entry and is your one and only buy back into the
race. It can be used in any round. If you don't use it at
the end of the race, the track will buy it back. Gates open
at 11:00 am. Visit www.ElkCreekDragway.com.
The
21st Annual East Coast All-AMC Day is coming up
on Saturday, July 28th, 2012
at Mason-Dixon Dragway. This drag race,
car show and swap meet is open to all American Motors Corporation
vehicles. Bracket racing classes include Super Pro (with
electronics), Heavy (no electronics), and Street Trophy.
There’ll also be a 100% payout bogey race and a King
of The Hill.
Entry fees
are $65 for Super Pro, $50 for Heavy, and $35 for Street
Trophy. Gates open at 9:00 am, with time trials at 10:00
am and eliminations at 1:00 pm. For more information about
this event, visit the Potomac Ramblers
at www.PotomacRamblers.com.
Racers
in Michigan can go for bonus bucks on Sunday July
15th at Milan Dragway, as the
track's Super Pro and Pro racers will be shooting for
a $1,000 bonus above the track payout,
while Sportsman and Bike will be going after a $200
bonus above the track payout. Here's the way
it shakes out: In Super Pro and Pro, if there are 51+
cars the payout for the winner is $1,000 Win + $1,000
Bonus. The Runner-Up gets $300, $100 Semis, $50 Quarters,
and $20 Eighths. At 31 - 50 cars, the winner gets $700
Win + $1,000 Bonus. $200 Runner-Up, $80 Semis, and $40
Quarters. Entry is $40, and a $20 buyback will be available
to 1st Round losers. In
Sportsman and Bike, the payout to the winners is $300
+ $200 Bonus, $100 Runner-Up, $50 Semis, and $20 Quarters.
Entry is $35, with a $20 buyback for 1st Round losers.
For more information visit www.MilanDragway.com.
Top
Fuel Nitro at Skyview Drags' Chad Wilcox Bike/Sled Shootout
For
the first time in Skyview Drags history,
Top Fuel Dragsters will be the featured attraction on Saturday,
July 14th at the second annual Chad Wilcox
Memorial. Headlining the event will be
Top Fuel star Hillary Will, a winner in NHRA Full
Throttle Top Fuel racing. The event is named in honor of
Wilcox, who lost his life in a drag racing snowmobile accident
July 4th 2010 and was a major part of the Dote Family Racing
drag racing teams.
“This
is going to be a real big day at Skyview,” said
Amy Culver, track and event director.
“Connie (Dote) is bringing two top fuel cars, Hillary,
her complete Top Fuel crews and fans will see two nitro
runs during the race. It will be a day to remember and
a highlight of our six years of racing at Skyview.”
The Top Fuelers will be running on Skyview’s eighth
mile, so expect to see speeds in the 230 to 250-mph area
on the 660 ft. track.
“We’re
coming to Skyview with our championship caliber team,”
said Dote. “These are the same cars and crews that
we utilize on the Full Throttle tour, and we’re
doing this all in honor of Chad Wilcox, who we loved and
miss. If you’ve never seen, felt, or heard a Top
Fuel car, this is your chance.”
In
addition to the Dote Family Top Fuel cars, Skyview will
host the high dollar Chad Wilcox Memorial Bike
and SledRace that pays $2,000
Win, $1,000 Runner-Up, $300 Semis, and $200 Quarters.
There’ll also be the track’s weekly IHRA Summit
Series 660 Bracket Races, featuring Super Pro, Pro, Street
Money, Street Trophy, TCR and Junior Dragster.
Numidia
Dragway welcomes the North East Timing
Organization (NETO) and the Mid Atlantic
Nostalgia Drag Racing Association (MANDRA) for
two days of nostalgia drag racing action on Saturday
and Sunday, July 14th and 15th, 2012.
NETO
is for 1974 and older cars, front engine dragsters, funny
cars, altereds, gassers, super stocks and stockers. In
order to compete you have to be a NETO member. All cars
have to pass N.H.R.A. or I.H.R.A. tech inspection. Cars
must make a good appearance. Any size slick will be allowed
and there’s no cubic inch limit. For more information
visit NETO at www.netonostalgia.com.
To
race with MANDRA, cars must be body styles
built prior to 1973, except purpose-built late model front
engine dragsters or altereds replicating cars in competition
prior to 1973. Vehicles compete bracket style, with dial-your-own
handicaps. Visit www.mandraracing.com
for more info.
On
Sunday the track will also be hosting their weekly ET
bracket series for Super Pro, Pro and Street ET.
For more information about the bracket program including
payouts, visit www.NumidiaDragway.com.
Farmington
Dragway welcomes the Extreme Outlaw Pro
Mods and the 4.90 Extreme Heads-Up Series
on Saturday, July 14th 2012. The Extreme
Outlaw Pro Mods racing format is heads-up, pro tree, 1/8
mile. Visit extremeoutlawpromod.com
for more info.
4.90
Extreme is for door cars only, no throttle stops,
any motor combo OK, engine diapers recommended, all IHRA
safety rules apply. Visit www.490racing.com
for more info. For more about Farmington Dragway,
visit www.farmingtondragway.com.
The
World Footbrake Challenge VI is Friday July
13th – Sunday July 15th at Bristol
Dragway in Bristol, TN. The Challenge gives footbrakers
four chances to win big bucks over the course of the weekend:
one $10K 1/8 mile race each day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
and one $5K 1,000 foot race on Saturday morning.
The $10K
races pay $10,000 Win, $2,000 Runner-Up, $700 Semis,
$350 6th Round Win, $250 5th Round Win, $175 4th Round Win,
$100 3rd Round Win, and $50 2nd Round Win. Entry for any
single $10K is $150. First round buybacks are $100. The
1,000’ race is a 64-car shootout that pays $5,000
Win, $2,000 Runner-Up, $1,000 Semis, $500 Quarters,
and $250 2nd Round Win. Entry is $250. No doubles in the
1000’ race, no buybacks either.
No
ET breaks, deep honored, no dragsters allowed but left-hand
steer roadsters OK. Parking on Thursday is 4:00 pm –
10:00 pm. Gates open Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 8:00
am, with time trials at 9:00 am each day. Visit www.worldfootbrakechallenge.com
for info.
If
you love sportsman racing the way we do then you’ll
want to get to Maryland International RacewayJuly 13th – 15th for the IHRA
Summit Sportsman Spectacular.
All valid IHRA
and NHRA memberships / licenses / chassis certs are accepted.
Classes include Top Dragster (all run, 7.80 max dial,
wing required at 200 mph), Top Sportsman (all run, 8.00
max dial), 8.90 Quick Rod / Super Comp, 9.90 Super Rod
/ Super Gas, 10.90 Hot Rod / Super Street (2,600 lb. minimum
weight), Stock (all run, heads-up runs), and Super Stock
(all run, heads-up runs).
Each class
pays $5,000 Win, $1,500 Runner-Up, $500 Semis, $200 Quarters
and $100 Eighths. Entry is $200, with a 1st Round buyback
of $100.
Bracket racers
are also welcomed, as there will be racing in Top, Mod
and Jr. Dragster. For more information including gate
times, visit www.ihra.com/SportsmanSpectacular.
Super
Comp Racer Tina Stull Joins Search for Missing Children
Mopars
Will be Shinin’ At Milan
NHRA
Super Comp drag racer Tina Stull has joined
the 2012 Fireball Run Adventurally; Northern Exposure
as one of this year’s Celebrity Teams in the Race
to Recover America’s Missing Children.
Milan
Dragway welcomes all Mopar racers to Michigan
Mopar on Saturday, July 14th, 2012.
With four classes of bracket racing, there’s something
for every Mopar racer. Box and No Box each pay $1,500 Win,
$300 Runner-Up, $100 Semis, and $50 Quarters (all based on
40 cars). Entry is $50, 1st Round buybacks are $20. Sportsman
and Nostalgia each pays $400 Win, $100 Runner-Up, $50 Semis,
and $25 Quarters (all based on 15 cars). Entry is $40, 1st
Round buybacks are $20. These classes are Mopar only except
Nostalgia, which is open to any make vehicle 1987 or older
without delay boxes.
The
Outlaw 10.5 Pro Street Shootout comes to Capitol
Raceway on July 20th – 21st, 2012.
This 1/4 mile, pro tree, quick 16 qualified race pays $10,500
Win, $2,000 Runner-Up, $800 Semis, $400 Quarters, and $200
First Round. Entry is $125. Vehicles must have working lights
and rear tires no larger than 10.5W. No round tube chassis
cars. Weights for big blocks are 2,600 lbs. with no power
adder, 2,700 lbs. with nitrous, or 3,000 lbs. for blower
or turbo. Weights for small blocks are any weight with no
power adder, 2,600 lbs. with nitrous, or 2,800 lbs. for
blower or turbo.
Gates
open Friday at 12:00 noon with qualifying at 7:30 pm and
9:00 pm. Gates open Saturday at 11:00 am, with qualifying
at 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm, and eliminations at 6:00 pm. Visit
www.CapitolRaceway.net
for more info.
Sumerduck
Dragway presents the Roger Curtis Memorial
Footbrake Nationals, Saturday & Sunday July
7th & 8th. Each day pays $5,000 Win, $1,000
Runner-Up... (continued
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Milan
Dragway in Milan, MI presents a special edition of
Run What Ya Brung heads-up racing action
on Friday, July 6th. The 16-car field will
be shooting for a $3,000 Win / $1,000 Runner-Up
payout. Other classes include All Motor,
Outlaw10.5,OpenComp, DragRadial,
and ExtremeBike&Sled.
Gates
open at 12:00 noon, with qualifying at 3:00 pm and eliminations
at 7:30 pm. As an added treat the track will host a fireworks
show that night. For more information visit www.MilanDragway.com.
Sponsor
News: ATI-backed Riesterer Wins 2 in a Row
Pro
Nitrous racer Doug Riesterer pulled out
another win this past weekend at the ADRL
race in Richmond.
Equipped
with ATI's
Outlaw Lock-Up Converter, Doug only made
one pass in qualifying, and ended up 15th with a 4.245
@ 178.31. After 3 rounds of eliminations, Riesterer faced
Burton Auxier in the final round once again, and put down
a 3.750 @ 195.11 for the win - a personal best ET and
MPH and just .004 off the class record.
Mickey
Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels congratulates
Zane Messenger for a great night of high-speed
action at the Saturday Night Nitro competition recently
at Auto Club Famoso Raceway. Messenger’s custom built
1977 Pontiac “Future Flash” Firebird earned
the number two position during eliminations with a 5.956-second
elapsed time at 199.17 mph, and a final round win over veteran
Dan Horan Jr. with a 5.768-second elapsed time at 233.20
mph. Messenger uses Mickey Thompson ET Drag tires, size
34.5/17.0-16 (Part #3186) on the rear.
“It
was great to see Zane come into his first open competition
event as a second generation nitro funny car racer and
do so well,” stated Tom Kundrik,
Motorsports Manager, Mickey Thompson Performance Tires
& Wheels. “Racing conditions were excellent
and Zane was ready to push that Firebird to the limit.
We congratulate Zane and wish him continued success.”
The
Saturday Night Nitro competition returned to the Auto
Club Famoso Raceway to an estimated 2,500 spectators and
a host of competitors including nitro funny cars, dragsters
and others prepared to burn up the quarter mile. For more
information on this series visit www.famosoraceway.com.
For more information about Mickey Thompson Performance
Tires & Wheels, visit www.mickeythompsontires.com.
Worner
Brothers Double-Feature Plays at Numidia Dragway
Byron
and Bryan Worner from nearby Duncannon,
PA took no prisoners at the 2nd Annual Combo in
the Hills Stock / Super Stock Race held at Numidia
Dragway on Friday and Saturday, June 8th and 9th.
On Friday evening Bryan Worner defeated
Angelo Di Tocco from Mahopac, NY in the
special CIC Event held under the lights in front of a huge
crowd. As in most CIC Races it’s not always the fastest
car that wins the race as Bryan qualified #7 out of 11 cars
but, used quick reaction times and smart driving to claim
the victory 9.77 (10.66 index) over DiTocco’s 9.90
(10.59 index).
On
Saturday brother Byron Worner decided it
was his turn to shine as he drove his 1996 Camaro to victory
over Jeff Tripp’s 1984 Monte Carlo.
Worner had victories over Dean Mowery, Bruce Ward, Bill
Belden before strapping a .13-thou package on Lee Valentine
for a bye into the final. Tripp took his Monte Carlo to
the final with victories over Di Tocco, Bryan Worner, Ed
Horensky, Ryan Horensky and a broken Lee Zane in the Semis
to match up with Byron in the final.
Both drivers were deadly at the tree (Byron .004 to Tripp’s
.007) but Tripp’s car tripped at mid-track and could
only muster a 9.093 on his 9.04 dial, handing the win to
Byron who ran a 10.026 on his 10.00 dial-in. Byron joins
Canadian Bryan Clayton as winners of the Combo in the Hills
event. Look for more info in the next coming months regarding
the 3rd annual event.
MORE
NUMIDIA HAPPENINGS: Coming up June
30th – July 1st at Numidia is two days of
Summit E.T. points racing in Super Pro, Pro and Street and
two days of 9.90 throttle-stop racing with Mid Atlantic
Super Gas Association, open to any NHRA / IHRA
legal 9.90 cars. In addition, Numidia will light up the
hills with jet cars and fireworks on Saturday night. Visit
www.NumidiaDragway.com
for complete info.
Oxford
Dragway’s Nostalgia DragFest Invitational
is coming up on Saturday, July 7th, 2012.
This day and night event will feature the King
& Marshall nitro dragster, funny cars, blown
front engine rails, altereds, altered wheelbase funny
cars, gassers, and lots more. There’ll also be free
camping, live surf music, a pin-up contest and a rod &
kustom show. It sounds like it’s going to be a blast
up there in Oxford, ME.
For
more information about this event or about Oxford
Dragway, Maine’s premier 1/8th mile dragstrip,
visit www.oxforddragway.com.
The
Legends At Budd Creek nostalgia drags and show
is Friday and Saturday, June 29th and 30th, 2012.
Events include celebrity appearances of MIR's Legends Hall
of Fame, nostalgia-style racing action, Cruise In &
Geezer Eliminations, and a "Cackle Fest" on Saturday
night.
Racing
action includes the 422 All Stars, the Southern Slingshots,
Wild Bunch 2, the S&S Race Team, Rocky Pirrone, Johnny
Rocca, Bunny Burkett, and Daddy Warbucks vs. Strip Blazer.
Racing
on Saturday includes Nostalgia E.T. classes (Nostalgia
AA for 12.99 & quicker with electronics, Nostalgia
BB for 10.99 & quicker footbrake, and Nostalgia CC
for 11.00 & slower footbrake. Each Nostalgia E.T.
class pays $500 Win, $200 Runner-Up, and $100 Semis. $45
entry, and $25 re-entry). All vehicles must be at least
25 years old to participate.
Visit
Maryland International Raceway’s website at www.mirdrag.com
for complete event info.
Southern
Outlaw Tour at Montgomery MotorSports Park
The
2012 Southern Outlaw Tour’s next race is June
29th – 30th at Montgomery MotorSports Park
in Montgomery, AL.
Outlaw
Bottom Bulb, Outlaw Super Pro, 7.00 Index, 6.00 Index,
5.30 Index, and 4.70 Index each pay $2,000 Win, $300 Runner-Up,
$100 Semis and $50 Quarters. Entry in each class is $100.
Pro Modified pays $3,000 Win, $1,500 Runner-Up, $750 Semis,
$500 Quarters, and $250 Eighths.
A
new class for the Southern Outlaw Tour is 5.70 Real Street,
which pays $1,000 Win, $200 Runner-Up, and $100 Semis.
Entry is $75.
20
car minimum in all classes except 4.70 which is 16 car
minimum. Gates open Friday at 5:00 pm with a test &
tune at 6:00 pm and Pro Mod qualifying at 8:00 pm. Gates
open Saturday at 9:00 am with test & tune at 10:00
am, qualifying at 1:00 pm and 1st Round at 5:00 pm. Visit
www.mmpdragracing.com.
$5,000
Chicago Shootout Coming To Lebanon Valley Dragway
Portatree
Timing Systems and Lebanon Valley Dragway
are putting on a different kind of bracket race on Saturday,
June 30th. It’s the Chicago Shootout,
and it’s unique so throw out how you’ve been
bracket racing. This is package racing;
it uses a full tree and dial-ins, but redlights and breakouts
are handled differently than the way you’re used to.
With redlights, you’re not considered red unless you’re
-.101 or worse; from .000 to -.100 you still get a green
light. With breakouts, there really aren’t any. The
goal of each round is to get closer to perfect than your
opponent. The racer who is closest to a perfect light and
closest to the dial (whether over or under) will have the
better package and will get the round win. I’m sure
we’ve all encountered going .001 red while our opponent
goes stupid late but gets the round win. This race changes
that.
There
are classes for Electronics and Non
Electronics. The format will be one qualifying
round and then three all-run rounds of eliminations. For
the first three rounds winners and losers all advance,
in other words you’re guaranteed four passes down
the track no matter what. During the first three rounds,
there’ll be a guaranteed $500 paid for the best
package in each of the rounds. At the end of the first
three rounds, the racers who have won all three rounds
will move on to laddered eliminations (if there are no
three-round winners, then two-round winners will move
on). The winner of each class gets a guaranteed
$5,000, and the Runner-Up gets $1,500 (payouts
based on 64 cars entered per class). Entry is
$85.
The
date is one week after the NHRA Divisional at The Valley.
If you’ll be racing the Divisional, you’ll
be able to leave your stuff at the track for this event.
There’ll also be an all day test & tune on Friday,
June 29th. Gates open Saturday at 8:00 am,
with racing beginning at 9:30 am. For more information
about Lebanon Valley Dragway visit www.dragway.com.
For
more information about Portatree visit
www.portatree.com.
Extreme
Pro Stock driver David Schorr and Schorr
Family Racing has had their ups and downs this season, but
they made a major move at the Gateway Drags IV presented
by CarSafe in St. Louis. While eager to start the first
full season with ADRL in Extreme Pro Stock, Schorr Family
Racing was pleased with their first outing in Houston. Schorr,
driver of the Larry Larson Race Car 2004 Ford Escort ZX2
powered by John Kaase, beat 2010 Extreme Pro Stock Champion
John Montecalvo for a huge upset. That momentum was halted
– at least momentarily – by not qualifying in
Bristol.
Schorr
rebounded in May by qualifying at No. 15 in Maple Grove.
There, Schorr pulled off another huge upset, gaining a
holeshot win against Pete Berner. Like Houston, Schorr
gave Brian Gahm a run for his money, only to fall short
once again. Still, he took momentum into St. Louis, which
is the closest stop on the ADRL Tour to the team’s
home. In what ended up as the quickest qualifying field
in XPS history, Schorr qualified at No. 12 with an impressive
4.079.
After
a holeshot win against Elijah Morton in the first round,
Schorr met up with Richie Stevens Jr. in the quarterfinals.
“I knew this was going to be a close race. Richie
is great on the light, so I had my work cut out for me,”
Schorr said.
Schorr
was out of the gate first and went on to his first semi-final
appearance this season. Schorr was paired up against Trevor
Eman in the semi-finals. Although Schorr was first out
of the gate, he slowed down to a 4.19 only to watch Eman
make his way to the final. “It was on a great pass
until the motor starting sputtering,” stated Schorr,
“I was worried that we had hurt a motor. After going
back to the pits, the problem was a $10 spark plug.”
Schorr
will look to build on the performance in St. Louis at
the upcoming U.S. Drags V, which takes place June 22-23
at Virginia Motorsports Park.
The
IHRA Pro-Am Tour comes to Dunn-Benson
Dragstrip on Friday June 22nd – Sunday
June 24th, including Top Sportsman, Top Dragster,
Super Stock, Stock, Quick Rod, Super Rod, and Hot Rod.
Top
Sportsman and Top Dragster each pay $1,500 Win, $600 Runner-Up,
$250 Semis, and $50 Round beginning 3rd Round win. Super
Stock pays $1,100 Win, $500 Runner-Up, and $40 Round beginning
3rd Round win. Stock pays $1,000 Win, $400 Runner-Up,
and $40 Round beginning 3rd Round win. Quick Rod and Super
Rod each pay $1,100 Win, $500 Runner-Up, and $40 Round
beginning 3rd Round win. Hot Rod pays $1,000 Win, $400
Runner-Up, and $40 Round beginning 3rd Round win.
Entry
fees are $135; IHRA membership and license are mandatory.
Gates open Friday at 12:00 noon, with a test & tune
at 3:00 pm. Gates open Saturday at 7:30 am, with time
trials at 9:00 am. Gates open Sunday at 9:00 am.
In
addition, on Saturday there’ll be a Bracket Race
that pays $2,000 Win, $500 Runner-Up, $100 Semis, and
$75 Quarters, with a $50 entry. There’ll also be
a Stock / Super Stock Combo Race that pays $1,000 Win,
$200 Runner-Up, $75 Semis, and $50 Quarters, with a $50
entry.
The
Outlaw Pontiac Drag Series makes a stop
at Capitol Raceway on Saturday,
June 23rd. The Outlaw Pontiac Drag Series is
a drag racing bracket series dedicated to the avid Pontiac
enthusiast. They offer one class to race in which features
everything from an all-out 6 second NHRA Pro Stock car
to 14 second front wheel drive GTPs. Early classics such
as the GTO, Tempest, Lemans, and Firebird to the latest
Trans Am, Grand Am, Sunfire, or Fiero. Anyone who has
a Pontiac is welcome to come out and run with them at
any time. Pictured is OPDS 2011 Champion Steve
Dress and his 1968 Firebird. For more info visit
their website at www.outlawpontiacdragseries.com.
Fezell
Breaks Into The 8s In NHRA Stock Eliminator
Don
Fezell raised the Stock Eliminator bar a notch
when he broke into the 8s earlier this season at the NHRA
Four-wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway. Fezell ran an amazing
and record-setting 8.954 at 153.88 mph on the 10.00 AA/S
index. This was the first ever eight second pass in NHRA
Stock Eliminator history.
Fezell's
Cobra Jet is manually shifted, and he credits McLeod Racing
(www.mcleodracing.com)
for their role in his being the first to break the 8-second
barrier. "I’ve been running a McLeod clutch
in my Cobra Jet for years and have set a few records in
the process,” says Fezell, “I can’t
thank McLeod enough for building the highest quality and
toughest clutch available. We literally abuse that McLeod
clutch on every pass without ay failure.”
McLeod
Racing is proud to be the clutch of choice for Fezell
and his record setting Mustang. "We are so proud
to be able to prove on the track that McLeod clutches
help drivers achieve record setting E.T.’s,”
says Paul Lee, NHRA Funny Car driver
and McLeod Racing owner. "Our goal here at McLeod
is to replicate our on-track success of quality and innovation
into the design of all our clutches. From our Street Pro
to our full race Pro Series, you can count on McLeod.
The NHRA Stock Eliminator Class is one of the most legendary
and talked about classes in drag racing. We are proud
to be part of setting another milestone in this prestigious
class."
If
you’re feeling hot then get to The $10k -
$20k - $10k Summer Moneyfest at Farmington
Dragway on Friday – Sunday June 29th
– 30th, 2012. The $10k races are Friday and
Monday and pay $10,000 Win, $2,000 Runner-Up,
$1,000 Semis, $300 7th Round loss, $225 6th Round loss,
$150 5th Round loss, and $75 4th Round loss. The
$20k pays $20,000 Win, $4,000 Runner-Up, $1,500
Semis, $600 7th Round loss, $450 6th Round loss, $300 5th
Round loss, and $150 4th Round loss.
Entry
for each $10k is $175, and the $20k is $300.
Enter the weekend to race all three races for
$500. Payouts based on 150 car minimum. Gates
open Thursday for parking. Gates open Friday and Saturday
at 8:00 am with time runs at 10:00 am. Gates open Sunday
at 8:00 am with a time run for new entries only. For complete
information visit www.FarmingtonDragway.net.
Bob
George Racing presents the 8th Annual Curt
George All Mopar Memorial Race Weekend at Pittsburgh
Raceway Park, Friday – Sunday, June 15th – 17th,
2012.
All-Mopar
drag racing classes include Quick 16 (weekend entry $105),
Hemi (weekend entry $90), Max Wedge (weekend entry $80),
Super Pro (weekend entry $80), Pro (weekend entry $60)
and Sportsman (weekend entry $40).
On Saturday
there’ll be the Hemi Showdown for Gen II (426 series)
Hemis. Open to A, B, or E full bodies cars with carbs
or manual fuel injection. Payout is $1,500 Win, $750 Runner-Up,
and $500 Semis. Entry is $50.
Gates
open at 11:00 am on Friday, 8:00 am on Saturday and Sunday.
Visit www.pittsburghracewaypark.com
for more info.
Maryland
International Raceway gives their Electronics racers
two chances to win $5,000 on Saturday June 16th,
2012 at the Top ET $5K Double Header.
Each race pays $5,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up, $300 Semis,
and $40 Round starting with 2nd Round Winners. Entry is
$99 per race, or $179 for both. 1st & 2nd Round buybacks
are $75.
Each
race is on the 1/8th Mile for 0.00 – 8.49 dials.
No throttle stops. No double-entries, but one driver may
drive two cars. Gates open 10:00 am, with time trials
for the first race at 10:30 am and 1st Race at 1:00 pm;
the 2nd Race is 7:00 pm. For more information visit www.mirdrag.com.
Tate
Sets New AHDRA Record On Mickey Thompson Tires
Mickey
Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels congratulates
Carrie “The Amazon” Tate on
an incredible performance at the All Harley Drag
Racing Association (AHDRA) Carolina Spring Nitro Nationals
at Rockingham Dragway. Coming into the semi finals, Tate
competed against legendary racer Mark Cox, the number one
qualifier, and thrilled the crowd with a 7.29-second run
on Mickey Thompson 31.0/14.0-15M tires (part# 3073M) setting
a new record for a female Nitro Harley pilot, racing impressively
close to Cox’s quick 7.167-second run.
“It
was an honor to compete with Mark,” said Tate. “My
run was crisp and straight as an arrow, but not enough
to beat his wicked fast pass. I look forward to lining
up with Mark again this season with my bike, ‘Brutus,’
and my Mickey Thompson tires.”
Mickey
Thompson is a 2012 sponsor of the AHDRA, celebrating 35
years in 2012. Racer participation that started with 50
to 60 entries now includes 250 to 450 entries and 5,000
to 12,500 event attendees. For more information about
this exciting drag racing series featuring all Harley
Davidson® motorcycles, visit www.ahdra.com.
For more information about Mickey Thompson Performance
Tires & Wheels, visit www.mickeythompsontires.com.
Allen
George (above) took the win at the recent Mid
Atlantic Nostalgia Drag Racers Association race
at Quarter Aces Drag-O-Way in Boiling Springs,
PA. Congratulations to Allen and all the late-rounders.
Milan
Dragway in Milan, MI is home to many different
race events throughout the season, and their racing surface
has been home to testing for one of the most important vehicles
to come along in years - the Ford Mustang Cobra Jet. This
makes Milan a perfect venue as the fourth stop on the NMRA
Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals annual tour - near the
heart of the automotive industry and just minutes away from
the home of the Blue Oval in Dearborn. The Milan event is
a bit different from the rest of the stops on the NMRA
schedule in that it's a two-day event rather than three
or four, packing all of the typical NMRA action into Friday
and Saturday, June 15th and 16th, 2012. The fast-paced
action means that the competitors are under the gun from
the minute they arrive at the racetrack, as two qualifying
sessions are held on Friday, with the second one under the
lights, and the third session Saturday morning. From there,
the event heads right into the elimination sessions Saturday
afternoon and night, making each qualifying hit on Friday
that much more important for the racers to gain a leg up
on their competition.
Gates
open Friday at noon, with a test & tune from
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, qualifying at 6:00 pm, and ET
bracket racing at 7:30 pm. Gates open Saturday at 9:00
am, with time trials starting at 10:00 am. For more info
about Milan Dragway, visit www.MilanDragway.com.
For more info about the National Mustang Racing
Association, visit www.nmradigital.com.
Grudges
Held at Montgomery MotorSports Park, Raceway Park in Englishtown
Numidia
Dragway goes back-to-back with two big weekends
of racing for Stock, SuperStock, .90 Super class cars,
and big bucks electronics and footbrake gambler
races.
First
up on June 9th is the sequel to 2011’s successful
Combo in the Hills Stock/Super Stock
race along with the long-awaited .90 Nationals
for Super Comp / Super Gas / Super Street cars. On Saturday
night all racers & crew are welcomed to attend a free
racer BBQ that will be put on by the .90 Nationals group.
On Sunday, the event wraps up with Numidia Dragway’s
weekly Summit Racing Equipment Bracket Race.
The
next weekend is the three-day Superbucks In The
Hills on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 15th –
17th.
Friday
has races for Electronics and Footbrake. Electronics
pays $5,000 Win, $2,000 Runner-Up, $800 Semis, $400 Quarters,
and $75 Round beginning 3rd round loser. Entry is $150,
and buybacks are $90. Footbrake pays $2,500 Win, $1,000
Runner-Up, $500 Semis, and $60 Round beginning 3rd round
loser. Entry is $100, and buybacks are $50. Gates open
Friday at 10:00 am.
Saturday
has $5,000 races for Electronics and Footbrake.
Each race pays $5,000 Win, $2,000 Runner-Up, $800 Semis,
$400 Quarters, and $75 Round beginning 3rd round loser.
Entry is $150, and buybacks are $90. Gates open Saturday
at 9:00 am.
Sunday
has races for Electronics and Footbrake. Electronics
pays $10,000 Win, $3,000 Runner-Up, $1,000 Semis, $500
Quarters, and $100 Round beginning 3rd round loser. Entry
is $190, and buybacks are $120. Footbrake pays $5,000
Win, $2,000 Runner-Up, $800 Semis, $400 Quarters, and
$75 Round beginning 3rd round loser. Entry is $150, and
buybacks are $90. Gates open Sunday at 8:00 am. For more
info visit www.NumidiaDragway.com.
Montgomery
MotorSports Park welcomes all grudges to the Grudge
Nationals Part 2 on Saturday June 9th,
2012.
In addition
to lots of winner-take-all grudge racing, there’ll
also be 4.70 Mini Pro Mods ($2,000 Win,
$500 Runner-Up, $200 Semis, $100 Quarters, $100 for tech
card, 16 car minimum), 5.70 Heads-Up ($1,200
Win, $400 Runner-Up, $150 Semis, $75 for tech card, 12 car
minimum, no throttle stops), and 7.0 Heads-Up
($1,000 Win, $400 Runner-Up, $150 Semis, $65 for tech card,
12 car minimum, no throttle stops).
Gates
open at 1:00 pm, qualifying at 4:00 pm. Rain date June 10th.
Visit www.mmpdragracing.com
for more info.
Farther
up the East coast the following weekend is GrudgeFest
at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
in Englishtown, NJ on June 16th & 17th, featuring no-time
street races and The Big Tire Outlaws.
Visit www.RacewayPark.com
for more information.
WSM
Racing sent in photos of their tribute car to Bill
"Grumpy" Jenkins, this 1975 Monza "Grumpy's
Toy XII" built by WSM Racing. Powered by a 396"
big block Chevy with a 'Glide, this National Nostalgia Pro
Stock Association match race car has run a best ET of 9.985
@ 136.02 mph.
In
publicizing events here at The Dragtime News
I’ve come across all different racing clubs and organizations
in various parts of the country. I'm actually seeing a trend
away from bracket racing as part of a sanctioning body's ET
points program. One thing I’ve noticed is when it comes
to all-out, high-MPH heads-up racing, they do it big in Texas.
That’s why, even though I don’t currently focus
too much coverage on the Southwest part of the country, I
thought you’d like to learn about one particular group
that’s come to my attention. The High Velocity
Impact Racers of Houston Outlaw Racing is gearing
up to roll into Dallas Raceway (which is
under new management) in Crandall TX for their Texas
vs. the World race on June 8th & 9th,
2012. The event will include a Gambler’s Race
on Friday night June 8th for the Outlaws. This race will be
Winner Take All with a $500.00 entry. There’ll also
be a Friday night Winner Take All Gambler’s Race for
Radial 275 or 28/10s with an entry fee of $200.00.
The
Outlaw True Tens are fast cars on small tires that run on
the ragged edge of "traction vs. disaster." In
addition to the Outlaw True Tens, other classes include
True Street, Index Racing and JR Dragsters, all running
heads-up.
They’ll
also have Pro Mods joining them this season in a Gambler’s
Race on Saturday June 9th. They’ll run the top qualified
fields (8 or 16 or 32 x $500.00 depending on how many show
up) and a non-qualified Jack Pot race with the additional
entries. The entry fee for this race is $500.00, winner
take all.
Visit www.HoustonOutlawRacing.com
to learn more. It’s a forum with lots of information
and photos of many of their cars. I'm sure a quick Google
search will find videos of their cars in action, too.
Camaroguys.Com
Gen 5 Challenge At Super Chevy Show In 2012
CamaroGuys.com
is continuing their support of the Super Chevy Show
in 2012 and is giving Gen 5 Camaro bracket racers
at all 12 events a chance to win the CamaroGuys.com
Gen 5 Challenge award. Beginning with the kick-off
event for the season at Palm Beach International Raceway in
March, the racer with the fastest 5th Generation Camaro at
each of the 12 Super Chevy Show events will take home the
limited edition trophy created specifically for the challenge
winner by CamaroGuys.com. Each specially-designed trophy is
crafted on the company’s waterjet machine and given
a bright chrome finish for racers to proudly display. In addition,
each Winner and Runner-Up will receive a special t-shirt to
commemorate their performance.
Lebanon
Valley Dragway hosts the Capital Area Rods
Swap Meet & Nostalgia Drags on Sunday,
June 10th, 2012, along with the cars of The North
East Timing Organization (NETO). 1/8th-mile racing is for
amateur racers only; the ¼ mile classes include Street
(DOT tires, mufflers, registration), Pro (non-electronics)
and Super Pro (electronics allowed). Drag racing entry fee
is $35. For more information visit Capital Area Rods
at www.CapitalAreaRods.com
or Lebanon Valley Dragway at www.dragway.com. Also,
the rescheduled Philadelphia Modifiers’ Spring
nostalgia race is Sunday, June 10th at Atco
Raceway, open to 1975 and older domestic powered
race vehicles.
Classes
include Super Pro (7.00 – 11.99 dial, electronics
OK, payout $500.00 Win, $200 Runner-Up, $50.00 Semis), Pro
ET (9.00 – 15.99, no electronics, payout $400 Win,
$200 Runner-Up, $50 Semis), Street ET (11.50 – 19.99,
no electronics, payout $200 Win, $100 Runner-Up, $50 Semis),
and Street Rod (must be street legal & tagged, no electronics).
Entry
is $35. Gates open 8:00 am, time trials 10:00 am, eliminations
at 1:00 pm. Visit www.philadelphiamodifiers.com.
Maryland
International Raceway welcomes the 10th
Annual NMCA Muscle Car Nationals June 8th -10th, 2012,
and will feature all classes of the track’s ET bracket
series on Saturday, June 9th as part of
that day’s events, including Top ET, Mod ET, Jr. Dragster,
and Motorcycle.
Top
ET pays $2,000 Win, $750 Runner-Up, and $50 Round
starting with 3rd Round loser. Payouts based on seven
round race. Entry is $61; re-entry is $40. Mod
ET pays $1,000 Win, $400 Runner-Up, and $30 Round
starting with 3rd Round loser. Payouts based on seven
round race. Entry is $41; re-entry is $30. Jr.
Dragster pays $100 Win + Trophy, $50 Runner-Up + Trophy,
and $25 Semis. Entry is $21; re-entry is $15. Motorcycle
pays $200 Win, $100 Runner-Up. Entry is $31;
re-entry is $25.
Gates
open 10:00 am, with time trials at 12:00 noon and 3:30
pm; eliminations start at 6:00 pm. Visit www.mirdrag.com
for more info.
The
Outlaw Pontiac Drag Series makes a stop
at Mason-Dixon Dragway on Saturday,
June 9th. The Outlaw Pontiac Drag Series is a drag
racing bracket series dedicated to the avid Pontiac enthusiast.
They offer one class to race in which features everything
from an all-out 6 second NHRA Pro Stock car to 14 second
front wheel drive GTPs. Early classics such as the GTO,
Tempest, Lemans, and Firebird to the latest Trans Am, Grand
Am, Sunfire, or Fiero. Anyone who has a Pontiac is welcome
to come out and run with them at any time.
Atco
Raceway footbrakers will have 2 chances to win $10,000 on
Saturday June 9th,
with twin footbrake $10Ks. The pay structure for each race
is $10,000 Win, $3,000 Runner-Up, $1,000
Semis, $100 Round starting with 4th round, and $50 for 3rd
Round losers. Entry at the gate is $140 per race, and each
has a $70 buyback.
Gates
open at 8:00 am with time shots starting at 9:15
am for the first race. Time shots for the second race
will begin after 3rd Round of the first race. Visit www.AtcoRaceway.com
for more info.
The
Carolina Coalition bracket series makes a stop June 9th
& 10th at Mooresville Dragway.
Each day has a Top ET and Footbrake / Modified big money
gambler’s race. Top ET pays $3,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up,
$200 Semis, and $40 Round starting 3rd Round win. Entry
is $75 for either day, or $125 for both. Footbrake / Modified
pays $2,000 Win, $500 Runner-Up, $200 Semis, and $20 Round
starting 3rd Round win. Entry is $50 for either day, or
$90 for both.
Double
entries allowed. The track will make every attempt to
separate door cars and open body cars for the first three
rounds. Friday is open for parking. Gates open
Saturday at 8:00 am with time trials at 10:00
am. Gates open Sunday at 8:00 am, with
a time run for new entries at 12:15. Visit www.mooresvilledragway.com
for more information.
Results
from the Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Drag Racers Association's
recent race at Island Dragway: Mike
Volpe (left photo) takes the win over Runner-Up
Allen George in a double break out. Charlie
Innerst was the lone semi finalist.
The
IHRA Pro-Am Tour comes to Pittsburgh Raceway Park on Friday
June 1st – Sunday June 3rd,
including Top Sportsman, Top Dragster, Super Stock, Stock,
Quick Rod, Super Rod, and Hot Rod.
Top
Sportsman and Top Dragster each pay $1,500 Win, $600 Runner-Up,
$250 Semis, and $50 Round beginning 3rd Round win. Super
Stock pays $1,100 Win, $500 Runner-Up, and $40 Round beginning
3rd Round win. Stock pays $1,000 Win, $400 Runner-Up, and
$40 Round beginning 3rd Round win. Quick Rod and Super Rod
each pay $1,100 Win, $500 Runner-Up, and $40 Round beginning
3rd Round win. Hot Rod pays $1,000 Win, $400 Runner-Up,
and $40 Round beginning 3rd Round win.
Entry
fees are $135; IHRA membership and license are mandatory.
Gates open Friday at 9:00 am, with a test
& tune at 3:00 pm. Gates open Saturday at 7:00
am, with time trials at 9:00 am. Gates open Sunday
at 8:00 am with qualifying at 9:00 am and Pro-Am eliminations
immediately following. For more information visit www.pittsburghracewaypark.com.
Lebanon
Valley Dragway plays host to MusclePalooza
on Sunday, May 27th, 2012, with 1/4 mile
drag racing and muscle car show. The event is open to all
domestic street-legal muscle cars in sound, working order.
A special feature is the F.A.S.T. SHOOTOUT (open to qualifying
candidates). F.A.S.T is for stock-appearing, tweaked and
tuned muscle cars running many times in the 10s, going at
it in head-to-head dragstrip shootouts.
Racing
entry is $30. Gates open at 8:00 am; bracket racing time
trials start at 10:00 am, with eliminations at 1:00 pm.
The Muscle Car Show registration closes at 12:00 noon,
with judging at 1:00 p.m. Visit www.dragway.com
for more info.
Sponsor
News: S&W Hires Volpe, Implements Shipping Special for
May 2012
S&W
Race Cars has announced that Carlo ‘Ollie’
Volpe has joined their sales team. Ollie’s
interest in the internal combustion engine started in the
late 1950’s. He was tearing apart and rebuilding carburetors
and lawnmower engines long before his 15th birthday. In
1964, he crossed paths with Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins,
who would change his commitment to engines and racing for
the rest of his life. The knowledge and respect that he
acquired in his formative years has given Volpe the desire
to always strive to be the best.
Through
the late sixties and early seventies Ollie’s cars
set 4 NHRA National Records in Super Stock and Street
Eliminator. “Frankly, Ollie has the ‘right
stuff.’ His racing background combined with his
vibrant personality and depth of professional motorsports
experience fits the S&W team profile,” said
S&W’s Sales manager, Tom Hoosigian. “Both
our sales team and our customers will benefit from having
a person of Ollie’s caliber on board.”
Ollie
has worked for some of the nation's top drag race engine
builders, including Reher Morrison, Sonny Leonard, and
John Lingenfelter. His technical articles and photos have
appeared in Hot Rod, Super Stock Magazine, Drag Racing
Magazine, Drag Racing Monthly, and Bracket Racing Magazine.
In addition, Moroso Performance Products, Canfield Cylinder
Heads, Jesel, and The Mr. Gasket Performance Group appear
on his resume. Volpe’s experience includes everything
from Sales & Marketing to New Product Development,
which is his forte.
Other
S&W News: S&W
Race Cars announces ‘May Madness’ promotion:
$99 backhalf & front A-arm package shipping specials
to a business address, anywhere in the continental U.S.for
any S&W Backhalf Kit purchased with a 9" Ford
rear housing or any S&W A-arm Front Suspension Package
purchased with a front brake kit. These are eligible for
the 90 Day S&W Layaway Program. This promotion ends
midnight, May 31st 2012, P/N 99-SHIPPING. Here
a LINK
to the promotion.
Numidia
Dragway's 2012 Big Bucks Races Kick Off Memorial Day Weekend
Numidia
Dragway kicks off their 2012 series of big bucks
bracket races Memorial Day Weekend, with three days of guaranteed-payout
money bracket racing.
Saturday,
May 26th has $5,000 money races for Super Pro
(electronics, 6.00 – 14.99) and Pro ET (footbrake,
9.00 – 19.99). Each race pays $5,000 Win,
$2,000 Runner-Up, $800 Semis, $400 Quarters, $75 Round
starting 3rd Round loser. Entry is $150, and buybacks
are $90.
Sunday
May 27th is a Summit Series Points Race with
bonus payouts: Super Pro (electronics, 7.00 –
11.99) pays $2,500 Win, $800 Runner-Up, and $55
Round beginning 3rd Round loss. Super Pro entry is $65,
with a $50 buyback. Pro ET (footbrake, 9.00 –
17.99) pays $1,500 Win, $800 Runner-Up, and $40
Round beginning with 3rd Round loss. Pro ET entry is $50,
with a $40 buyback.
Monday,
May 28th has $5,000 money races for Super Pro
(electronics, 6.00 – 14.99) and Pro ET (footbrake,
9.00 – 19.99). Each race pays $5,000 Win,
$2,000 Runner-Up, $800 Semis, $400 Quarters, $75 Round
starting 3rd Round loser. Entry is $150, and buybacks
are $90.
Other
Numidia Upcoming Events:The East
Coast Gassers will be at Numidia Dragway on Saturday,
May 19th; The North East Timing Organization
will be at Numidia Saturday and Sunday, May 19th and 20th.
Cecil
County Dragway hosts the 2012 Mid-Atlantic
Jr. Dragster Shootout Race on Saturday,
May 26, 2012. Classes include Age Group Race ($25
entry fee). 8-9 Yr. Old, 10-12 Yr. Old, 13-14 Yr. Old, 15-17
Yr. Old. Winners in each age group receive a Special Event
Trophy and $100, and entrance into the King of the Hill
Race. Runner-ups receive Trophy & $50, Semi-Finalists
receive Trophy. All 1st round runner-ups receive coupon
for free ice cream from Comer’s Concession Stand.
There’ll
also be 2nd All Age Bracket Race ($25 entry fee). Winner
receives Trophy & $100, Runner-up receives Trophy; 7.90
and Pro Dial Race ($25 entry fee). Winners receive $100;
King of the Hill Race- 4 Class winners from Age group race
only. Winner receives Trophy. Frantic 15 ($25 entry fee).
Winner receives Trophy & $100; Northeast Jr Outlaw Series-
$75/Tech Card; Outlaw Series rules apply,
330 Heads-up
racing. Gates
open 8:00 am, with time trials at 9:00 am. Visit www.cecilcountydragway.com.
Mason-Dixon
Dragway’s Memorial Day Classic is coming
up Saturday – Monday May 26th – 28th.
Classes are Super ET ($3,000 Win; $1,000 R/U; $300 Semi,
$50 Round starting with 4th round loser. Entry fee: 3-Day
$225 or 1-Day $80); Pro ET ($1,500 Win; $600 R/U; $200 Semi,
$50 Round starting with 4th round loser. Entry Fee: 3-Day
$160 or 1-Day $60; Street ($500 Win; $200 R/U, $25 Round
starting with 4th round loser. Entry Fee: $45 each day;
Motorcycle ($500 Win; $200 R/U; $200 Semi, $25 Round starting
with 4th round loser. Entry Fee $45 each day); Trophy (4'
Trophy Win, 3' Trophy R/U, win at least 2 rounds and receive
a round trophy. Entry Fee: $40 each day. Junior Dragster
(4' Trophy Win + $300 Bond; 3' Trophy R/U + $100 Bond Win
at least 2 rounds and receive a round trophy. Entry fee
$30 per day)
The
2012 Southern Outlaw Tour’s next race is
May 18th – 19th at Montgomery MotorSports
Park in Montgomery, AL.
Outlaw
Bottom Bulb, Outlaw Super Pro, Extreme 10.5, 7.00 Index,
6.00 Index, 5.30 Index, and 4.70 Index each pay $2,000
Win, $300 Runner-Up, $100 Semis and $50 Quarters.
Entry in each class is $100. Pro Modified pays
$3,000 Win, $1,500 Runner-Up, $750 Semis, $500
Quarters, and $250 Eighths. 20 car minimum in all classes
except 4.70 which is 16 car minimum. Gates open
Friday at 5:00 pm with a test & tune at 6:00
pm and Pro Mod qualifying at 8:00 pm. Gates open
Saturday at 9:00 am with test & tune at 10:00
am, qualifying at 1:00 pm and 1st Round at 5:00 pm.
Elk
Creek Dragway gives footbrakers a chance to win $2,500
on Saturday, May 19th 2012 at their Footbrake Frenzy.
The race also pays $500 Runner-Up and $125 Semis. Entry is
$60, with a $30 buy back. Double entries allowed; no gold
cards. No delay boxes or transbrakes in footbrake cars.
Gates
open 11:00 am, with time runs at 2:00 pm. For more
information visit Elk Creek at www.ElkCreekDragway.com.
Rockingham
Dragway throws down their IHRA Iron Man Memorial
Weekend Bracket Nationals Friday May 25th – Monday May
28th, 2012 with big money races for Top ET, Footbrake,
and Jr. Dragster.
SATURDAY,
MAY 26th and MONDAY, MAY 28th: Top ET pays
$5,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up, $500 Semis, and $50
Round after 3rd Round win. Footbrake pays $1,000
Win, $300 Runner-Up, $100 Semis, $50 Quarters,
and $25 Eighths. Jr. Dragster pays $500 Win,
$150 Runner-Up, $50 Semis, and $25 Quarters. SUNDAY
MAY 27th: Top ET pays $7,500 Win, $2,000 Runner-Up,
$1,000 Semis, $100 Round after 3rd Round win. Footbrake
pays $1,000 Win, $300 Runner-Up, $100 Semis, $50
Quarters, and $25 Eighths. Jr. Dragster pays $1,000
Win, $300 Runner-Up, $100 Semis, and $50 Quarters.
ENTRY
FEES:Top ET is $100 each on Saturday and
Monday, with $50 buy backs 1st or 2nd round. Top
ET is $200 on Sunday, with $100 buy backs 1st or 2nd round.
Enter the weekend for $300. Footbrake is free entry all
weekend, with $30 buy backs 1st or 2nd round each day. Jr.
Dragster weekend entry is $100, with $25 buy backs on Saturday
and Monday, and $50 buy backs on Sunday.
SCHEDULE:
Gates open 3:00 pm on Friday May 25th for a Test & Tune
beginning at 5:00 pm. Gates open 8:00 am Saturday –
Monday.
The
AHDRA-Northeast Nitro Nationals come to
Atco Raceway Saturday & Sunday, May 19th &
20th. Racing gets going Saturday with qualifying
at 10:00am. On Sunday eliminations for Pro classes
start at 12:00
pm.
Sportsman
classes include V-ROD ($400 Win, entry $60), VRD ($450 Win,
entry $80), DRAGGIN BAGGER ($450 Win, entry $80), HOT STREET
($400 Win, entry $60), SUPER GAS ($400 Win, entry $60),
SUPER SPORT ($400 Win, entry $60), SUPER ELIM ($400 Win,
entry $60), SEP ($400 Win, entry $60), and ET ($400 Win,
entry $60).
For
more information on the AHDRA Northeast Nitro Nationals
visit www.ahdra.com.
DRAW's
auction will be held at the NHRA
SuperNationals at
Old Bridge
Township Raceway
Park on
Saturday June 2nd. DRAW
needs donations of items by May 20th. Items of interest
from manufacturers and professional
racers would be signed pictures, tool boxes, tools,
racer apparel like team shirts and helmets, jackets, "team
crew member for a day,” and gift certificates. For
more info email Pat Shaeffer of DRAW
at minitvw@yahoo.com.
The
Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Drag Racers Association
has announced it’s 2012 race schedule.
Points
races are May 6th, Island Dragway; May 20th, Quarter
Aces; May 26th & 27th, Beaver Springs Dragway; June
9th, Cecil County Dragway; June 17th, Atco Raceway; June
24th, Island Dragway; July 14th, Numidia Dragway; August
4th, Maple Grove Raceway; August 19th, Quarter Aces; September
1st & 2nd, Beaver Springs; October 6th, Atco Raceway;
October 14th, Quarter Aces; and October 20th, Cecil County
Dragway.
Non-points
races are June 9th, Beaver Springs; June 14th – 16th,
Bowling Green, KY; July 13th & 14th, York Reunion; and
July 15th, Beaver Springs Reunion.
The
Heartbeat of America powers its way into Virginia
Motorsports Park May 18th – 20th for the
Super Chevy Show presented by Chevy Performance.
The
largest all-Chevrolet show in the country will be headlined
by Extreme Chevy Pro Mods and 300 MPH Jet Cars. The huge
Chevy Car Show features nostalgia and new generation classes,
plus Super Chevy Magazine will be on site with expanded
show coverage. Chevy lovers can buy, sell, and trade at
the Chevy Swap Meet or find great deals on new Chevy Parts
in the Manufacturer’s Midway.
Saturday’s
race classes include a Bonus Race (pays $1,200 Win,
$500 Runner-Up, $200 Semis, and $100 Quarters). Sunday’s
racing includes Bracket 1 (aka Super Pro, pays $3,000 Win,,
$1,500 Runner-Up, $500 Semis, $200 Quarters, and $100 Eighths),
Bracket 2 (aka Pro ET, pays $1,500 Win,
$600 Runner-Up, $200 Semis, $100 Quarters, and $75 Eighths),
DOT Street (pays $1,000 Win, $400 Runner-Up,
$125 Semis, $100 Quarters, and $75 Eighths), and
4.90 Index (1/8 mile, pays $1,200 Win, $600 Runner-Up,
$150 Semis, and $75 Quarters).
Gates
open 8:00 am each day. Visit Virginia Motorsports
Park’s Super Chevy pageHERE
for more info.
The
South East Volkswagen Association (SEVWA) comes
to Farmington Dragway on Sunday
May 20th for all-VW show, swap and race.
This
event features the Turbosmart Pro Outlaw Heads up class.
Other race classes include Super Pro (0-7.49, pays
$1,500 Win, $450 Runner-Up, and $100 Semis. Entry
is $35, with a $25 buy back); Pro (7.50-9.49, pays
$1,000 Win, $300 Runner-Up, and $50 Semis. Entry
is $25 with a $15 buy back); and Sportsman (9.50
& up, pays $300 Win and $75 Runner-Up. Entry
is $20 with a $10 buy back).
Gates
open at 8:00 am, with time trials at noon and eliminations
at 2:00 pm. For more information visit www.sevwa.com.
Sunday
May 20th at Mason-Dixon Dragway is the 29th
Annual Mid-Atlantic Mopar Meet, with five bracket
racing classes.
Class
I (7.00 – 13.99) pays $600 Win, $250 Runner-Up.
Class II (7.00 – 16.99) pays $350
Win, $150 Runner-Up. Street (10.0 –
19.99) pays $150 Win, $75 Runner-Up.
The
other two classes are Trophy and Slant
Six. Entry fee is $35. Gates open 8:00 am, with
racing starting at 12:00.
Bristol
Dragway’s K&N Spring Fling 20s are coming
up the weekend of May 17 – 20, 2012,
with four days of big bucks, electronics bracket racing.
Bristol is running their Spring Fling 20s like last year
in 1,000 feet. No matter: a stripe is a stripe regardless
of where it is.
Thursday’s
kick-off race pays $12,500 Win, $5,000 Runner-Up,
$1,200 Semis, $600 6th Round Win, $450 5th Round Win, $300
4th Round Win and $200 3rd Round Win. Each race
on Friday, Saturday and Sunday pays $20,000 Win, $6,000
Runner-Up, $2,000 Semis, $800 6th Round Win, $600
5th Round Win, $400 4th Round Win and $200 3rd Round Win.
Entry fees are $175 for Thursday and $250 each day
for Friday, Saturday or Sunday.If you
enter Friday, Saturday and Sunday together, the three-day
special is $650. 1st Round-only buybacks are $125
on Thursday and $150 for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Gates
open Wednesday at 2:00 pm for parking, registration
and tech. Gates open Thursday, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday at 8:00 am. Visit www.bristoldragway.com
for more information.
If
you’re a racer of the FoMoCo variety then Friday
& Saturday May 11th & 12th is for you at
Rockingham Dragway. It’s Fun
Ford Weekend, with Ford ET bracket racing classes
including Pro Fast Ford (1/8th mile, $1,000
Win, $300 Runner-Up, $150 Semis, $75 Quarters, $40 entry,
30 car minimum), Quick Ford (footbrake, 1/8
mile, $600 Win, $200 Runner-Up, $100 Semis, $50 Quarters,
$30 entry, 30 car minimum), Street Ford (DOT
tires & street legal, 1/4 mile, Trophy Win, Trophy Runner-Up,
$20 entry), and Tuff Truck (Ford trucks,
1/4 mile, Trophy Win, Trophy Runner-Up, $20 entry).
Other
classes include Open Comp (.500 Pro tree,
full body only, dial is qualifying time with a tenth breakout,
¼ mile, $800 Win, $250 Runner-Up, $125 Semis, $65
Quarters, $40 entry, 30 car minimum), 6.0/7.0 Combo
Index (.400 Pro tree, 1/8th mile, $500 Win, $200
Runner-Up, $75 Semis, $30 Entry, 20 car minimum), and True
Street (1/4 Mile, street legal, .400 Pro tree,
$250 Win to quickest car based on the average of three runs).
Gates
open Friday at 2:00 pm with a Test & Tune from
5:00 pm – 10:00 pm. Gates open Saturday at
8:00 am, with time trials at 10:00 am and eliminations
at 1:00 pm. Visit www.RockinghamDragway.com
for info.
Mickey
Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels returns
to National Muscle Car Association (NMCA)
racing as the official 2012 series and Super Street 10.5W
class title sponsor for all seven national events. The company
will also offer contingency awards for all Pro and Sportsman
classes including Pro Street, Super Street 10.5W, Nostalgia
Pro Street, Xtreme Street, Pro Stock, Drag Radial, Mean
Street, Late-Model EFI, Open Comp, Nostalgia Super Stock,
Muscle Car and special event classes.
Pro
class competitors who win using four Mickey Thompson tires
will earn a $300 award, with $150 to be awarded to the
runners-up. In the Sportsman classes, winning racers will
earn $150, and runners-up will receive $75. Additional
payouts will be awarded to winners and runners-up using
four Mickey Thompson wheels in the Pro Street, Super Street,
Nostalgia Pro Street, Xtreme Street, Pro Stock and Drag
Radial classes.
If
you’re a regular reader here you’re probably
already a pretty experienced racer, but perhaps you have
some friends who have wondered what it is like to be at
the drag strip, racing down the quarter-mile. Thanks to
County Corvette of West Chester, PA they
can do just that and help a great cause, the Philadelphia
Ronald McDonald House. On Sunday May 20th,
2012 County Corvette will be holding their second
annual Race Day for the Beginner at Maple
Grove Raceway. Trophies will be awarded to 1st,
2nd, 3rd and 4th place winners and $25 Visa Gift Cards for
the runners-up.
Gates
will open at 8:00 am. Every car racing must get
safety checked first. No shorts, sleeveless shirts or
opened toe shoes and a helmet is required if you run faster
than 13.99. Time trials will start at 9:00; racing will
begin at 10:00 am.
To
help make the day go smoothly there will be an overview
course on Wednesday, May 16th at 7:00 pm at County
Corvette. They’ll discuss what you can expect at
the track including doing
a burnout and staging the car.
The
price of a ticket to race will be $65.00. That will cover
the cost of one (1) driver and one (1) crewmember seated
in the car at arrival. Anybody else who isn’t racing
but would still like to support you can purchase a ticket
for $20.00 per carload. All tickets must be pre-paid through
County Corvette to avoid any complications with Maple
Grove Raceway. No tickets will be sold for this event
at the gate.
County
Corvette would like to have the car count for this event
set by April 30th.. All types of cars are welcome,
from street cars to hot rods (sorry, no motorcycles).
If you’re interested in purchasing racer or spectator
tickets for the event, send an email to Denny
Parisan at denny.parisan@countycorvette.com.
Farmington
Dragway hosts the 27th Annual Piedmont
Mopars Fun Run on Saturday, May 12th, 2012,
including Top ET, Footbrake, and
Street. Top ET (0.00 – 7.99, electronics)
pays $600 Win, $200 Runner-Up and $75 semis. Entry is $25.
Footbrake (all run, no electronics) pays $1,000 Win, $300
Runner-Up, and $50 Semis. Entry is $25. Street ET is for
street-legal Mopars. Winner, Runner-Up and Semis all receive
a trophy. Entry is $10.
Gates
open 8:00 am, with time trials at 10:30 and first
round approximately 2:00 pm. Visit www.farmingtondragway.com
for more information.
Head
to Maryland International Raceway Friday & Saturday
May 11th & 12th for their two-day Top
ET $5Ks at the Mountain Motor Nationals.
Each day pays $5,000 Win, $2,000 Runner-Up, $750 Semis,
and $100 Round starting with 2nd Round winner.
Entry
is $126 per day, 1st and 2nd Round buybacks are $80. No
double-entries, no throttle-stops. Races will run in the
1/4 Mile; ET break is 12.99 and quicker. Gates open Friday
at 3:00 pm, with time trials at 4:00 pm. Saturday gates
are 10:00 am, with time trials at 1:30 pm.
For
more information, visit MIR's website at www.mirdrag.com.
Sponsor
News: Mickey Thompson Tires Sponsors 2012 NMRA Season
Mickey
Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels returns
to the NMRA scene as the official 2012 series sponsor including
all national NMRA events. The company will also be posting
contingency awards in all Pro and Sportsman classes including
Pro Outlaw 10.5, Super Street Outlaw, EFI Renegade, Hot
Street, Drag Radial, Coyote Stock, Factory Stock, Modular
Muscle, Super Stang, Open Comp, and Truck and Lightning
as well as special-event classes.
In
the Pro classes, winners using four Mickey Thompson tires
and displaying the Mickey Thompson logo will earn a $300
award, with $150 awarded to the runners-up. In the Sportsman
classes, winners will earn $150, and runners-up will receive
$75. Additional payouts will be awarded to winners and runners-up
using four Mickey Thompson wheels in the Pro Outlaw 10.5,
Super Street Outlaw, EFI Renegade, Hot Street and Drag Radial
classes.
It’s
a big weekend for Super Gas, Super Comp, Stock and
Super Stock racers at Atco Raceway
on April 28th & 29th. The Mid
Atlantic Super Gas Association (MASGA), The
Mid Atlantic Super Comp Association (MASCA), and
the East Coast Stock / Super Stock Association (ECSSSA)
each have events at the track.
MASGA
and MASCA are two-day events on Saturday
and Sunday. MASGA is for all NHRA and IHRA-
legal 9.90 cars. For information on MASGA
such as membership forms, becoming a sponsor, etc. please
visit www.midatlanticsupergas.com.
MASCA
is for all NHRA and IHRA-legal 8.90 cars. For any questions
on MASCA e-mail Rob Keister
at Rekeister@aol.com.
ATI's
Chris Rini Takes Back To Back NMCA Wins Fresh
from a win at the NMCA event in Bradenton, FL, Chris
Rini and his ATI sponsored '69 Camaro headed to Atlanta
Dragway for the NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals. On day one,
he ran a strong 6.03 @ 235 in the heat of the day to earn
top qualifier in the Kooks Custom Headers Pro Street class.
The following day, Rini put up a 6.06 @ 234 MPH in the final
round, making it back-to-back wins to start off the NMCA season.
Chris' team worked hard all weekend putting down a string
of consistent runs of 6.03, 6.08, 6.13, 6.10 and 6.06 adding
up to a second win for 2012. Rini is currently armed with
a Superglide
4 Lock-Up Trans and Outlaw
Lock-Up Converter, Super
F ATF, a SuperPlate flexplate and ATI
Super Damper
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Comp
Cams to Sponsor Top 32 Shootout at .90 Nationals
Competition
Cams has signed on as the primary sponsor of the
.90 “Top 32 Shootout” on Friday, June
8th at Numidia Dragway in Numidia,
Pa. This is
a special race-within-a-race
that is open
to all Super
Comp, Super Gas
& Super
Street competitors
that are attending
the .90 Nationals on June 9th.
There will be three separate races held on that evening
(1 per class) with each winner pocketing $1,000 along with
product gift certificates
from Comp Cams
and their related
companies.
Since
there is no actual qualifying for the Top 32 Shootout, entries
for the event will be on a first-come, first-served basis
starting at 3:00 pm on Friday afternoon at the base of the
tower. The entry fee for the event will be $75.00 and will
pay back to the 3rd round loser. Once the free Test &
Tune is completed at 4:00 pm, the 1st round of the “Shootout”
will begin. A time shot might be allotted; that will be
determined by how much free there is so it will be important
to attend the free Test & Tune. First Round will be
random drawing and be run along with a special CIC Race
for the Stock/Super Stock cars that are in attendance for
the 2nd Annual “Combo in the Hills” event.
One
of my all-time favorite bracket cars in the mid-Atlantic
and Northeast is the Comet wagon of Gary Simpers.
It's clean, it's consistent, and it flies. Literally.
The
Extreme Outlaw Pro Mods makes a stop
at Farmington Dragway on Saturday,
April 28th. Payout is $3,000 Win, $1,500 Runner-Up,
$1,000 Semis, and $500 1st Round lose.
Racing
format is heads-up, Pro tree, 1/8 mile. Full
rules and more information is available on the Extreme
Outlaw Pro Mod website at extremeoutlawpromod.com.
Brooks
Robbins: Devoted Bracket Racer Defies The Odds
I
received this email from a racer named Brooks Robbins
from upstate New York, who wrote to be added to my email
list. I thought his story was very inspirational and wanted
to share it with you here. He said, “I started
racing a long time ago, back when Fonda Speedway was a NASCAR
track, both dirt and drag, running Wednesday nights really
just getting my feet wet. I was about 17 years old and that
was in the early-to-mid 60s. When NASCAR pulled out of drag
racing, we shifted our racing to South Glens Falls Dragoway,
and ran in the stock class there until bracket racing was
started, and ran there until the track closed, with a championship
the first year of bracket racing. From there we started
bracket racing at Lebanon Valley Dragway, the best track
in the area, and we raced there for many years in Heavy
Eliminator class, with a championship in 1989 and 1991,
with my son (in the blue Super Bee above) taking
it in 1990. In 1992 I moved to the Pro Class, finishing
7th that year, 1993 finished 6th, 1994 did not finish in
the top 10, and than in 1995 I finished 9th. All of the
racing from South Glens Falls to Lebanon Valley was done
in the same car, my 1963 Plymouth Sport Fury named "CLASS
OF 63".
At
the end on the 1995 season my spine was dislocated. I was
paralyzed from the waste down on my right side and was told
that I may never walk again. Well here I am again, signed
up to run Pro this year at Lebanon Valley, and am loving
it. It’s not with the same car; I sold it when I was
recovering, thinking that my racing was over with. As I
progressed my interest started to overwhelm me and near
the end of the 2011 season my son bought me a car and said
"Let’s go racing again, Dad,” so this year
I will be running a 1972 Plymouth Scamp, running in the
mid to high 11s, with sticky Mickey’s and mufflers,
and we will build on that.
As
you can tell, racing is in my blood, and in my family’s
blood, and has been since my son was born. He is now 43
years old, and racing was a part of his growing up, it kept
him off the streets and out of trouble, and out of jail.
I can not thank drag racing enough for what it has given
me and my family.”
What
a motivating and inspirational story. Thank you for sharing
it, Brooks. Your letter sums up perfectly how racing occupies
such a special place in those who do it. There is nothing
that I can add except to wish Brooks and his son the best
of luck this year racing at Lebanon Valley.
Sponsor
News: MT Tires Returns As Associate Contingency Sponsor
Of The LODRS
Mickey
Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels will support
NHRA Sportsman class racers again in 2012 at the divisional
level as an Associate Contingency Sponsor for the Lucas
Oil Drag Racing Series. Through this relationship, Mickey
Thompson Motorsports will be on site at numerous divisional
events with the fully-equipped Mickey Thompson trailer to
provide trackside service to the Sportsman class racers
throughout the season.
Mickey
Thompson products are popular with NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle
class and in all Sportsman class competitors, including
Stock Eliminator, Super Stock, Competition Eliminator,
Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street classes. Mickey
Thompson Motorsports will continue to support the NHRA
racers through its Team M/T program, and racers
interested in joining Team M/T may contact Tom Kundrik,
Motorsports Manager at 800-222-9092 X3114 for more information.
For more information about Mickey Thompson Performance
Tires & Wheels, visit www.mickeythompsontires.com.
Sponsor
News: ATI Racer Marinis Wins $10K Spring Civil Wars at The
Rock
ATI-equipped
X275 racer Dean Marinis was the winner
of the $10,000 Spring Outlaw Civil Wars
at Rockingham Dragway in NC. Dean had the
low ET on Friday and qualified #1 with a 4.811 @ 153.18
MPH. Fellow ATI racers making the Top 10 were Rich Bruder
taking 3rd with a 4.834 @ 138.22 MPH and Al Marlow taking
9th with a 4.938 @ 147.47 MPH.
Prior
to the event, Marinis had installed ATI's new lightweight
billet aluminum Pro-Brake which resulted in consistent
lights all weekend: .056, .052, .054, .051. In the final
round, Dean got the holeshot with a .051 RT to Barry Mitchell's
.129, and took the win with a 4.817 @ 153.16 MPH. In addition
to the new ATI Pro-Brake, Dean runs ATI'sSuperglide
2 transmission, Outlaw
Torque Converter, Super
Damper and Super
F Synthetic Transmission fluid.
The
Gasser Racing Series is back in 2012 with a 9
race schedule at Empire Dragway, including
the 2nd Annual Empire Nostalgia Gold Cup. The 2012 Gasser
Racing Series schedule is May 19th, June 16th,
July 7th, July 21st, August 11th, August 18th & 19th,
September 16th and September 30th. For more information
about the Gasser Racing Series visit www.gasserracingseries.com.
The
422 Allstars Nostalgia Super Stock Series
has released its 2012 schedule: April 21-22, Maryland
International Raceway; April 28, Capitol
Raceway; May 19, Numidia Dragway; June
30, Maryland International Raceway; July
29, Old Bridge Township Raceway Park; August
4, Maple Grove Raceway; August 11,
Beaver Springs Dragway; September 2, US13
Dragway; October 6, Atco Raceway; October
21, Capitol Raceway. Visit www.422allstars.com.
Richmond
Dragway’s 10 Grand Slam is coming up on April
28th – 29th with two chances to win $10,000
in the weekend.
This
1/8th mile race is open to Top ET electronics-equipped vehicles
dialing 0.00 – 8.49. No double entries. 1st or 2nd
round buybacks; buybacks are not run as separate rounds.
Entry
is $150 per day or buy the weekend for $200. Buybacks are
$100.
Gates
open on Friday April 27th for parking at 5:00 pm. Gates
open Saturday at 9:00 am with time trials at 10:00 am. Gates
open Sunday at 9:00 am with time trials at 11:00 am.
Northeast
Outlaw Pro Mods at Maryland International
The
Northeast Outlaw Pro Mods will start their season
at Maryland International Raceway with
the East Coast Door Warz event April 21st –
22nd.
On Friday
April 20th Pro Mods will have 2 test/shakedown sessions
starting at 7PM. On Saturday Pro Mods will have 3 qualifying
sessions at 12:00 pm, 4:00 pm and 8:00 pm. On Sunday eliminations
begin at 12:00 pm,. All North East Outlaw Pro Mod club members
that pre-enter will receive free car and driver plus 3 crew
for Friday night, Saturday and Sunday racing and testing.
The
Philadelphia Modifiers’ Spring nostalgia
race is Sunday, April 22nd at Atco
Raceway.
Classes
include Super Pro (7.00 – 11.99 dial, electronics,
$500.00 Win, $200 Runner-Up), Pro ET (9.00 – 15.99,
no electronics, $400 Win, $200 Runner-Up), Street ET (11.50
– 19.99, no electronics, $200 Win, $100 Runner-Up),
and Street Rod (street legal & tagged, no electronics).
Entry
is $35. Gates open 8:00 am, time trials 10:00 am, racing
at 1:00 pm. Visit philadelphiamodifiers.com.
Elk
Creek Dragway welcomes the Stick Shift
Championship Series for 5 races in 2012. Each race
pays $1000 Win, $400 Runner-Up, $100 Semis, $50 Quarters,
and $25 Eighths if more than 32 cars. $40 Entry, $20 Buy-back
and you do not have to be a member to run these races.
The
series kicks off April 21, with the following dates being
June 2, July 14, August 11, and September 1. Visit www.elkcreekdragway.com
for more info.
The
AHDRA-Florida Nitro Nationals are headed
to Auto Plus Raceway in Gainesville, FL Saturday
and Sunday, April 21st and 22nd. Racing action
gets underway on Saturday, with qualifying at 10:00am. On
Sunday eliminations for Pro classes kicks off at 12:30pm
with Sportsman classes immediately following.
Sportsman classes
include V-ROD ($400 Win, entry $60), VRD
($450 Win, entry $80), DRAGGIN BAGGER ($450
Win, entry $80), HOT STREET ($400 Win,
entry $60), SUPER GAS ($400 Win, entry
$60), SUPER SPORT ($400 Win, entry $60),
SUPER ELIM ($400 Win, entry $60), SEP
($400 Win, entry $60), and ET ($400 Win,
entry $60).
For
more information on Auto Plus Raceway of Gainesville, visit
www.autoplusraceway.com.
For more information on the AHDRA, visit www.ahdra.com.
Door
Prizes Added to S&W Test & Tune at Atco Raceway
When's
the last time you were invited to a free Test & Tune
where you had the chance to also win some door prizes? S&W
Race Cars invites you to join them at Atco
Raceway on Saturday April 28th.
The Test & Tune is open to all S&W customers past,
present & future at no charge. Door prizes include samples
of Torco Accelerator donated by TORCO Race Fuels, Moroso
Digital Tire Gauges donated by Moroso, DJ Safety Driving
Gloves donated by DJ Safety, HANS Embroidered Hats donated
by Hans, and S&W swag.
Scott
Weney and other experienced S&W team members
will be there to lend technical advice. In addition, S&W
will distribute samples of Torco Accelerator (courtesy
of Torco Race Fuels) and other items that will make the
experience memorable.
If you’re interested you must call 800-523-3353
to register.
The
IHRA Pro-Am Tour comes to Rockingham Dragway
on Friday April 27th – Sunday April 29th,
including Top Sportsman, Top Dragster, Super Stock, Stock,
Quick Rod, Super Rod, Hot Rod, Junior Masters, Junior Advanced
and Junior Beginner.
Top
Sportsman and Top Dragster each pay $1,500 Win, $600 Runner-Up,
$250 Semis, and $50 Round beginning 3rd Round win. Super
Stock pays $1,100 Win, $500 Runner-Up, and $40
Round beginning 3rd Round win. Stock pays $1,000
Win, $400 Runner-Up, and $40 Round beginning 3rd
Round win. Quick Rod and Super Rod each pay $1,100
Win, $500 Runner-Up, and $40 Round beginning 3rd
Round win. Hot Rod pays $1,000 Win, $400 Runner-Up, and
$40 Round beginning 3rd Round win. Junior Masters
and Junior Advanced each pay $300 Win, $100 Runner-Up,
and $50 Semis. Junior Beginners pays Ironman Win,
and Plaque Runner-Up. Entry
fees are $135 for big cars (IHRA membership and license
are mandatory), $75 for Junior Advanced and Masters, and
$50 for Junior Beginners. Gates open Friday at 11:00 am,
with a test & tune at 2:00 pm. Gates open Saturday
at 8:00 am, gates open Sunday at 8:00 am. For more
info visit www.rockinghamdragway.com.
Montgomery
MotorSports Park’s next installment of their
Super 7 series is coming up April
27th – 29th.
The
payout is $7,000 Win, $2,000 Runner-Up, $1,000
Semis, $500 Quarters, $50 Round starting 3rd round winner.
Enter all three races for $300, or enter a single day for
$150. Buyback $100 1st or 2nd round.
Friday’s
schedules: open for parking at 12:00 pm, with a Test and
Tune at 1:00 pm.
Saturday’s
schedules: gates open 8:00 am, time trials at 10:00
am, Run for Money at 12:00 noon, eliminations at 1:00 pm;
Sunday’s schedules: Gates open at 9:00 am,
church at 9:30 am, Run For Money at 10:30 am, eliminations
at 11:30 am For more information, visit www.mmpdragracing.com.
The
Mickey Thompson Tires MIROCK Superbike Series is
headed to Maryland International Raceway
for the first MIROCK event of the year in Maryland on April
28th & 29th, 2012 with the Spring Nationals
Classes
include Pro Mod, Pro Street, Real Street, Top Sportsman,
Crazy 8s, 5.60 Index, Pro E.T., and Street E.T. The event
will also include grudge racing both days, and the "Afterdark
Underground" 2-hour grudge program on Saturday night.
The event will also host a huge vendor midway on both
days full of motorcycle parts, apparel, and accessories.
In addition to the racing MIR will host a $1,200 bikini
contest on Sunday.
There’s
an open test & Tune on Friday night beginning at 6:30
pm. Gates open Saturday at 9:00 am. Gates open Sunday
at 8:00 am. For more information visit www.mirdrag.com.
Cecil
County Dragway (Rising Sun, MD) has announced its
2012 Outlaw Street Car Shootout schedule.
Twelve classes will contest during the eight-race points-series
in 2012: Outlaw 10.5, Outlaw Drag Radial, 275 Drag
Radial, Ultra 275, Outlaw Big Tire, Top Sportsman, 8.50
Index, 10.00 Index, 11.50 Index, Pro Dial, Pro Street and
Super Street.
Details
for each class is as follows: Outlaw 10.5:
$150 entry, $5,000 to Win, $1,200 to Runner-Up, $500 to
Semis, $125 to Qtrs. Outlaw Drag Radial:
$100 entry, $2,000 to Win, $400 to Runner-Up, $200 to Semis,
$100 to Qtrs. 275 Drag Radial: $75 entry,
$1,000 Win, $400 Runner-Up, $200 Semis, $100 Qtrs. Ultra
275: $60 entry, $300 Win, $100 Runner-Up. Outlaw
Big Tire: $125 entry, $1,500 Win, $500 Runner-Up,
$125 Semis. Top Sportsman: $125 entry,
$2,000 Win, $700 Runner-Up, $250 Semis. 8.50 Index:
$75 entry, $1,000 Win, $500 Runner-Up, $200 Semis, $75 Qtrs.
10.00 Index / 11.50 Index / Pro Dial: $55
entry, $450 Win, $150 Runner-Up, $100 Semis. Pro
Street / Super Street: $50 entry, $500 Win, $250
Runner-Up, $125 Semis.
The
dates are April 7th, April 28th w/Top Sportsman,
June 2nd, July 7th w/Top Sportsman, August 4th, Friday August
31st – Sunday September 2nd (The Yellow Bullet
Nationals, with its own entry fees, payouts and points),
October 6th, and November 3rd. Gates
open 10:00 am. For more details and full rules,
visit Cecil County’s website at cecilcountydragway.com.
Carolina
Coalition Returns, Kicks Off at Farmington Dragway
The
Carolina Coalition bracket series makes
its return April 21st & 22nd at Farmington Dragway.
Each day has a Top ET and Footbrake / Modified big money
gambler’s race. Top ET pays $3,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up,
$200 Semis, and $40 Round starting 3rd Round win. Entry
is $75 for either day, or $125 for both. Footbrake / Modified
pays $2,000 Win, $500 Runner-Up, $200 Semis, and $20 Round
starting 3rd Round win. Entry is $50 for either day, or
$90 for both.
Double
entries allowed. The track will make every attempt to
separate door cars and open body cars for the first three
rounds. Friday is open for parking. Gates open Saturday
at 8:00 am with time trials at 10:00 am. Gates open Sunday
at 8:00 am, with a time run for new entries at 12:15.
Visit www.farmingtondragway.com
for more information.
The
Carolina Bracket Series makes a stop at Coastal
Plains Dragway on Saturday and Sunday,
April 21st & 22nd, 2012 with 1/8th mile money
races for Top ET and Mod ET on both days.
Top
ET pays $3,000 Win, $700 Runner-Up, $300 Semis,
and $50 Round starting 3rd Round Win, based on a 100-car
minimum. Each single-day entry is $85, or buy a weekend
entry for $150. 1st Round buybacks are $50.
Mod
ET pays $1,500 Win, $300 Runner-Up, $150 Semis,
and $35 Round starting 3rd Round Win, based on an 85-car
minimum. Each single-day entry is $60, or buy a weekend
entry for $100. 1st Round buybacks are $35.
Gates
open Friday April 20th at 1:00 pm for parking. Gates open
Saturday at 8:00 am and Sunday at 10:00 am. Visit www.coastalplainsraceway.com
for more information.
2012
Stock / Super Stock Combo In The Hills at Numidia Dragway
The
sequel to 2011’s successful Combo in the Hills
Stock/Super Stock race will take place on
June 8th & 9th 2012 at Numidia Dragway
in Numidia, PA. Brian Clayton (pictured)
made the long trip down from Canada and took top honors
at the 2011 event, defeating Ray Thurston IV
in the final.
There’ll
be a few changes for the 2012 version of the Combo in
the Hills. On Friday afternoon track owner Bob
DiMino will offer a free Test & Tune from
12:00 noon to 4:00 pm for all competitors who are entered
for the Combo in the Hills event. Once the Test &
Tune is complete, for an additional fee of $50.00 promoters
Lee Zane & Brian Van Poppel will
offer a CIC Event that is open to all Stk/SS classes.
The race will use a trigger of .85 under the pre 2011/IHRA
indexes as a guide for all racers and the winner at day’s
end could have a nice start to their weekend and a cool
$1,000 payday based on how many cars are entered for this
event.
On
Saturday the 2nd annual Combo in the Hills Stock / Super
Stock kicks off at 9:00 am. All drivers will get 2 time
shots before eliminations are set to start. The entry
fee is $150.00, and based on 100 cars entering Van Poppel
& Lee will pay out $4,000 to the winner of this event.
If there are more than 100 entries the purse will increase.
On
Saturday night all racers & crew are welcomed to attend
a free racer BBQ that will be put on by the .90 Nationals
group that is also running at the track that weekend.
On Sunday, the event wraps up with Numidia Dragway’s
weekly Summit Racing Equipment Bracket Race. This event
is a $65.00 entry fee with a chance to win over $2,500
as long as there are more than 85 cars entered for this
event.
Anyone who wishes to park following the NHRA Supernationals
on June 2nd & 3rd will be allowed to leave their rigs
at the track for the following weekend. On Thursday June
7th the gates will open for parking at 5:00 pm and will
remain open until 10:00 pm. Friday and Saturday gates
open at 8:00 am. For more information and details, email
Lee Zane / Brian Van Poppel at sportsmanpromotions@gmail.com.
For more information about Numidia Dragway,
visit www.numidiadragway.com.
.90
Nationals Throttle-Stops at Numidia Dragway June 8th &
9th, 2012
The
long awaited .90 Nationals will take
place on June 8th & 9th 2012 at Numidia
Dragway in Numidia, Pa. This event was originally
scheduled for August 27th, 2011 but was rescheduled due
to Hurricane Irene.
On
Friday June 8th track owner Bob
DiMino and promoter Rob Keister will
offer a free Test & Tune from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
for all competitors who are entered for the .90 Nationals.
Once the Test & Tune is complete there'll be a “Top
32 Shootout” that is open to all .90 competitors
for an additional fee of $75.00. There will be a total
of 3 races on Friday night, one for Super Comp, one for
Super Gas and one for Super Street. At night’s end
the winner of the “Shootout” will pocket a
cool $1,000 and the runner-up will claim $500.
The
Inaugural .90 Nationals will kick off Saturday, June 9th
at 9:00 am with 2 time shots before eliminations. There
are two ways to enter this event. The first is to pre-enter
before May 6th, 2012 at the rate of $170.00. After May
6th or at the gate the fee is $190.00. The payouts are
based on 85 entries per class (S/C, S/G. S/ST) and the
winner will take home $5,000 and the runner-up will take
home $2,000 and paybacks will reach all the way back to
the 3rd round. It is also available to enter into more
then one class at the .90 Nationals but neither double
entries nor buybacks will be offered.
Gates
open Thursday June 7th at 5:00 pm for parking.
Gates open Friday and Saturday at 8:00 am.
Tech will be open from 10:00 am until 7:00 pm on Friday
and from 8:00 am until the start of the 2nd qualifying
session on Saturday. You must make at least 1 time run
to be qualified for 1st round of eliminations. Anyone
who wishes to drive up and park following the NHRA Supernationals
on June 2nd & 3rd will be allowed to leave their rigs
at the track for the following weekend to save on gas
& travel.
Sponsor
News: Mickey Thompson Tires Supports MIROCK Superbike Series
Mickey
Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels returns
as official title and Pro Mod class sponsor in support of
the MIROCK Superbike Series in 2012. "When
it comes to motorcycle drag racing, the MIROCK Series has
been the cornerstone and we appreciate the opportunity to
support the growth and success of this competitive series,”
said Tom Kundrik, Motorsports Manager,
Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels. “The
addition of the Pro Mod class created a lot of excitement
for the fans and additional exposure for the venue, and
we’re looking forward to another great year.”
The
Mickey Thompson Pro Mod class awards pays $2,500 Win,
$1,000 Runner-Up, $250 Semis, $150 Quarters and $75 Eighths.
The Pro Mod class will also have a championship point
series. The winner will be awarded $1,000, a MIROCK Championship
Gold Card, an Iron Tree Trophy and a MIROCK Championship
Jacket. Spring Nationals kick off on April 28. For more
information, visit www.mirockracing.com.
MustangGuys.com
Sponsors “Fastest 5.0 Award” at 2012 Fun Ford
Weekend
Fun
Ford Weekend will be offering the grassroots racing
enthusiast an award
and recognition that can’t be earned anywhere else.
MustangGuys.com is sponsoring a special
award called the “Fastest 5.0 Award”
at all twelve of the 2012 Fun Ford Weekend events.
“The
opportunity to support the Fun Ford Weekend is one that
we quickly embraced,” said Tom Hoosigian,
MustangGuys.com sales manager. “We wanted to align
ourselves with a series that ‘bled blue’ and
we certainly found it. Just as the ‘Fastest 5.0
Award’ is all about Mustang performance, so are
we. It’s a perfect fit.”
With the renewed
popularity of the 5.0 Mustang, this award will recognize
the fastest 5.0-powered Mustang meeting the following
requirements: 1) eligible to any driver of a Ford Mustang
entered in the Fast Ford (Electronics) or Quick Ford (No-Electronics)
Bracket Classes; 2) the Mustang must have a 5.0L displacement
engine; 3) Windsor or Coyote engine; 4) only one power
adder is allowed (turbo charger, super charger, or nitrous);
5) the MustangGuys.com decal given to each participant
in their event goodie bag must be displayed on the car
before first round of eliminations; 7) the award will
be given to the car/driver that meets these specifications
and posts the fastest MPH during eliminations. If there
is a tie between more than one racer for the fastest mile
per hour, the tie breaker will be closest to dial-in;
7) winner will pose with their MustangGuys.com Fastest
5.0 Award in a picture for event-results reporting.
Each event
winner will then be featured on the MustangGuys.com web
site and will be eligible for a special offer after the
race and their recognition.
For
more information about all of the go-fast parts for your
Mustang, visit MustangGuys.com.
For more information about Fun Ford Weekend,
visit funfordweekend.com.
Outlaw
Drag Radial Kicks Off April 13th at Maryland Int’l
Raceway
Maryland
International Raceway’s Midnight Madness
series will include the season debut of Outlaw Drag
Radial on Friday, April 13th, 2012. Outlaw Drag
Radial is a heads-up, Quick 8 class that runs on a .400
Pro tree in the eighth-mile. Courtesy staging and Autostart
is in effect. Outlaw Drag Radial pays $1,000 Win,
$400 Runner-Up, $200 Semis and $100 Quarters; entry
fee is $75. Gates open at 6:30 pm, with qualifying sessions
at 8:00 pm and 9:00 pm and eliminations at 10:00 pm.
The
car must retain its original appearance, profiles, and
dimensions. Factory roof and quarter panels must be used.
Aftermarket fiberglass replacement panels are limited
to hood, front fenders, doors, decklids, and bumpers only.
All front ends must be of factory dimensions and cannot
be stretched. Aftermarket wings and spoilers are permitted.
Complete stock appearing front and rear bumpers are required.
Forward facing hood scoops are permitted. There are additional
rules which can be found at www.mirdrag.com.
Taking
Stock: East Coast Stock / Super Stock Association 2012 Season
2011
ECSSSA Champion Steve Calabro (left);
2011 ECSSSA Runner-Up Frank Ferrucci (right)
TheEast Coast Stock / Super Stock Association
is taking the wraps off a busy upcoming season, as they’ll
be contesting their own points series at Atco Raceway
and debuting a new four-race shootout series at Maple
Grove Raceway.
The
ECSSSA points dates at Atco are Sunday April 29th,
Saturday June 16th, Saturday August
25th, Saturday September 15th,
and Sunday September 16th. Gates open each
day at 9:00 a.m.
The Maple Grove four-race Money Trail Stock/Super
Stock Shootout will be run over two weekends on
back-to-back days: May 19th-20th and August
11th-12th. Gates open each day at 8:00 a.m. A point
system will be maintained and a points fund will be created
paying the top five finishers in the series. Awards will
be presented as part of the Money Trail Awards Banquet in
February 2013. Points will be awarded based on the current
Money Trail ET point structure. The guaranteed purses and
the entry fees for the series were also announced: $1,000
Win, $400 Runner-Up, $200 Semis, $100 Quarters. Entry fee
to race is $75 for one day and $140 for both days on a weekend.
There is also a $25 Money Trail membership fee.
The
Mid Atlantic Super Gas Association (MASGA) has
released its 2012 schedule. The series will start out at
Atco Raceway on April 28th & 29th.
This event falls the weekend before the NHRA PC Richard
Open also being held at Atco on May 4th & 5th. Next
is May 19th & 20th at Maple Grove Raceway near
Reading, PA for the “3rd annual Sportsman Circuit
Shootout”. This event will be held the weekend before
the Lucas Oil Division Race also held at the Grove on Memorial
Day weekend. The third stop on the schedule is Numidia
Dragway on June 30th - July 1st. Track owner Bob
DiMino will step up to the plate once again and guarantee
the $1,000.00 winner’s purse on both days. If 30 or
more cars show up for either event DiMino will up the payout
to $1,500.00. Also since this event falls on the July 4th
observed weekend, Numidia will be having fireworks and a
few other surprises on Saturday night for all the racers
and their families. Next, the newly repaved Cecil
County Dragway hosts races 7 & 8 on August 11th &
12th. The Cecil County event will feature the annual
“Pig Roast” put on by Super Gas Racer George
Donhauser and his family. This event falls the weekend before
the Lucas Oil event held at Cecil on Aug 17th - 19th. MASGA
goes to Atco Raceway on Sept 29th & 30th
to crown their season ending champions. This event will
provide a great test & tune opportunity for anyone who
is entered for the Uni-Select Nationals the following weekend
at Maple Grove Raceway.
2012
MASGA Schedule: April 28th & 29th – Atco Raceway;
May 19th & 20th – Maple Grove Raceway; June 30th
& July 1st – Numidia Dragway ($1,000 Guaranteed
both days); August 11th & 12th – Cecil County
Dragway; September 29th & 30th – Atco Raceway.
The
Mid Atlantic Super Comp Association (MASCA)
kicks off its 3rd full season on April 28th &
29th, 2012 at Atco Raceway. This event will also
be a great test & tune session for anyone running the
NHRA PC Richard & Son National Open the following weekend
at the same facility. The next two events on the schedule
will see the series visiting Maple Grove Raceway
for the “3rd Annual Sportsman Circuit Shootout”
on May 19th & 20th. The series then
returns back to Atco Raceway for the final
two weekends of the 2012 season. The first is July
7th & 8th for the 1st annual MASCA Big Bash
BBQ held on Saturday night. The second is September
29th & 30th when MASCA closes out the season
and crowns their champions This is also the weekend before
the NHRA Uni-Select Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway.
MASCA
runs two races on each weekend of competition and offers
a year-end points fund that is paid out to the Top 5 racers
at the end of the series. The fee to enter each MASCA
event is $70.00 in addition to the gate fee that is to
be paid to the track when entering. Based on a 32 car
field the payout to the winners will be $1,000.
MASCA’s
annual membership fee is $70.00 and includes a free T-shirt,
two stickers, and two free entries into their annual banquet
held in 2013. There’s also an added bonus to become
a member as in 2012 as the “MASCA Membership Fund”
has been established. Thanks to sponsorship from Aqua-Terra
Environmental Services all MASCA members will
receive an added “Bonus” for a win or a runner-up
at an event in 2012. Also for the 2012 season MASCA welcomes
Bushwacker Truck Accessories, Auto
Meter Competition Products and K&N
Filters as series sponsors.
For
any questions on MASCA please e-mail
Rob Keister at Rekeister@aol.com.
The
East Coast Gassers has announced it’s
2012 racing schedule.
Their
season kicks off May 19th, Numidia Dragway; June
9th & 10th, Gasser Reunion at Beaver Springs Dragway;
June 17th, Spring Nostalgia Nationals at Atco Raceway; July
14th & 15th, York Reunion at Beaver Springs; July 29th,
Funny Car Reunion at Englishtown; August 11th & 12th,
Dover Drags at Lebanon Valley Dragway; September 29th, Jalopy
Showdown at Beaver Springs Dragway; October 6th, Mopar Nationals
at Atco Raceway; November 4th, Fall Finale at Atco Raceway.
For
more information visitwww.eastcoastgassers.com.
The
Spring VW & Audi Show & Go is Sunday
April 15th 2012 at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.
The event will feature all-VW and all-Audi drag racing, car
show, and more than one hundred new and used parts vendors.
Gates
open at 8:00 am, time trials at 10:00 am, and eliminations
at 1:30 pm. For more information visit www.racewaypark.com.
Calling
all Top ET and Mod ET doorslammers to Richmond Dragway on
April 14th & 15th for Door Warz.
Each
day includes a big bucks race for Top
and Mod. Each Top ET race pays
$3,500 Win, $750 Runner-Up, $325 Semis, $150
Quarters, $100 Eighths and $70 sixteenths. Entry is $85
per day or $150 for the weekend. 1st or 2nd Round buybacks
are $50.
Each
Mod ET race pays $2,000 Win, $500 Runner-Up,
$150 Semis, $100 Quarters, $70 Eighths and $35 Sixteenths.
Entry is $60 per day or $100 for the weekend. 1st or 2nd
Round buybacks are $35.
Gates
open Friday April 13th from 5:00 – 10:00 pm for
parking. Gates open Saturday April 14th at 9:00
am, with time trials at 10:00 am. Gates open Sunday April
15th at 9:00 am with time trials at 11:00 am. Visit www.richmonddragway.com
for more information.
Hey
Pentastars, it’s the 21st Annual Mopars @ The Rock
on Saturday, April 7th at Rockingham Dragway. This
all-Mopar car show, swap meet and drag race includes racing
for Pro ET, Sportsman ET, and True Street.
Pro ET
pays $1,500 Win, $500 Runner-Up, $100 Semis, and
$35 Qtrs., entry is $35. Sportsman ET pays $500
Win, $200 Runner-Up, $50 Semis, and $25 Qtrs.,
entry is $25. True Street is for street-legal,
tagged Mopars only that have completed a 10-mile road trip.
Each car makes three back-to-back runs. The Mopar with the
quickest average ET wins a 4 ft. trophy.
Gates
open Saturday at 8:00 am, with time trials at 10:00
am and eliminations at 12:00 noon. Visit Rockingham
Dragway's website at RockinghamDragway.com
for more information.
Going
To The Top: Piedmont’s $50,000 Top ET Classic
Piedmont
Dragway’s $50,000 Top ET Classic is coming
fast on April 13th – 15th, 2012,
with three chances to win big bucks with your electronics-equipped
dragster or door car.
Friday’s
race pays $5,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up, $250
Semis and $50 Round starting after 3rd Round win. Entry
for Friday’s race is $75; buybacks are $50. Saturday’s
race pays $20,000 Win, $5,000 Runner-Up, $1,200
Semis and $150 Round starting after 3rd Round Win. Saturday’s
entry is $225; buybacks are $150. Sunday’s
race pays $10,000 Win, $3,000 Runner-Up, $800
Semis and $100 Round starting after 3rd Round win. Sunday’s
entry is $150; buybacks are $100. A three-day entry is
$400. 1/8
mile, 0.00 – 8.50 dials. Double-entries allowed;
no throttle stops; Autostart and CrossTalk will be in
effect.
Gates
open Friday at 8:00 am with time shots at 11:00
am. Gates open Saturday at 8:00 am with
time shots at 10:00 am. Gates open Sunday at 9:00
am. For more info visit www.PiedmontDragway.com.
Auto
Meter To Pay Contingency in Stock & Super Stock for
MFDL Products
Auto
Meter is expanding its contingency program with
the NHRA in 2012 to include paying contingency to class
winners in the Stock and Super Stock classes at the three
Sportsnationals events and the US Nationals. Qualifying
class winners will be paid $100. In order to qualify you
must be running the Auto Meter Multi-Function Dash Logger
(#9601, 9602, or 9603) and have the Auto Meter yellow
Data Acquisition contingency decal posted clearly and
visibly on the side of your vehicle for the entire event.
Auto Meter will also be paying $500 cash to the year end
winners if they run both series and meet the program requirements.
Visit www.autometer.com.
I’ve
recently discovered a product that I’d like to share
with you. It's an exhaust gasket by a company named Remflex.
I first learned about Remflex at the 2011 PRI
Show in Orlando; if you saw my coverage (see
it HERE)
you may recall reading about them.
I’d
been using reusable copper header gaskets on my engines,
and although they worked OK, I was always annoyed by the
constant “tsk-tsk-tsk” of a slight leak somewhere
at the headers. I was never sure if it was a faulty gasket
or if there was an imperfection in the header or head;
all I knew is that I was getting tired of hearing it.
When I saw the Remflex gaskets at the show, the first
thing that caught my eye was how thick they are. That’s
by design, because they’re meant to crush significantly,
thereby absorbing imperfections that would normally cause
a leak. I told Remflex that I had to pull one of my heads
during the winter and that I’d like to try a set.
The set is now on my engine, and they performed just as
intended. No more “tsk-tsk-tsk.” Learn more
at www.remflex.com.
Montgomery
MotorSports Park’s second race of their
Super 7 series is coming up March 30th – April 1st.
The
payout is $7,000 Win, $2,000 Runner-Up, $1,000
Semis, $500 Quarters, $50 Round starting 3rd round winner.
Enter all three races for $300, or enter a single day
for $150. Buyback $100 1st or 2nd round. Friday’s
schedule: parking at 12:00 pm, with a Test &
Tune at 1:00 pm. Saturday’s schedule:
gates open 8:00 am, time trials at 10:00 am, Run for Money
at 12:00 noon, eliminations at 1:00 pm; Sunday’s
schedule: Gates open at 9:00 am, church at 9:30
am, Run For Money at 10:30 am, eliminations at 11:30 am.
Sponsor
News: ATI’s Rini Wins and Ebert Qualifies #1 at Bradenton
ATI's
Chris Rini kicked off the NMCA season opener at
Bradenton with a win in Pro Street. The 2010 Pro Street
champ looked strong in qualifying and ended the day with
a 6.03 @ 235 MPH - good enough for top qualifier. Unfortunately,
he lost a valve on the last run and had to put in last year's
engine for eliminations. The old motor didn't miss a beat
as Chris put down a pair of 6.10s before going on to take
the win in the Pro Street final over Bill Lutz.
In
the LSX Real Street class, Lingenfelter Performance's Jon
Ebert took the #1 spot with the low ET of the day
at 8.608 @ 161.57, besting the field by a tenth. Ebert's
2010 Camaro has a host of ATI products throughout, including
a Superglide 4 transmission, Outlaw
Torque Converter, ATI SuperplateFlexplate, Super Damper
and Super F synthetic transmission fluid.
LPE's 358 LS7 puts out some great HP; Jon made it to the
final but had a little too much power and spun the tires.
Performance
Racing Industry (PRI), producers of the motorsports
business magazine and trade show, finalized plans to be
purchased by the Specialty Equipment Market Association
(SEMA). The transaction is set to close in late
March 2012.
With 20-plus years of publishing and management experience
at PRI, John Kilroy will serve as Vice
President/General Manager of PRI and assume day-to-day operations
for the group. All the operations, employees and offices
will remain intact at PRI's current location in Laguna Beach,
California.
"Steve Lewis launched the PRI concept a quarter-of-a-century
ago, as an organization totally dedicated solely to the
racing industry," said Kilroy. "It was Steve's
dream that PRI continue to serve the racing community, and
to 'nest' PRI with an organization that clearly understands
PRI's heritage and the role we play in how the racing industry
conducts business. We are pleased to have found that strategic
partner in SEMA."
"We carefully considered all our options, and SEMA
was the obvious choice to carry on the legacy of the PRI
brand," said Lewis. "SEMA is financially sound
and has an experienced management team. They bring a long-term
outlook to the table, as well as exceptional insight into
the trade show business overall. I have no doubt that the
PRI brand will continue to deliver value to the racing community,
and I know John Kilroy and the current management group
will keep the basic business themes that have been established
as they continue to work out of the current location here
in Laguna Beach that has housed the PRI family for all these
years," he said.
The
25th Annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show takes
place November 29 - December 1, 2012, in the North/South
Building of the Orange County Convention Center
in Orlando, Florida. It features exhibits by 1,100 racing
companies in 3,100 booths, requiring 700,000 square feet
to house the event. For more information, visit www.performanceracing.com
or www.sema.org.
ATI
Super Dampers Dominate At PHR's Engine Masters Challenge
ATI
Super Dampers were well represented at this years
"Engine Masters Challenge" presented
by Popular Hot Rodding magazine. All 3
of the top 3 teams in the Xtreme class and all 5 of the
top 5 finishers in the Street Class were equipped with ATI
Super Dampers and over 20 of the engines in the competition
were fitted with ATI Dampers.
Top
honors in the Xtreme class went to BES Racing Engines
with a top score of 3124.5 with their 912 HP 441 Ford
Windsor, and the School of Automotive Machinists took
first place in the Street Division with a score of 2471.
The
competition showcases the talents of top engine builders
from all across North America competing in Street and
Xtreme Street classes. Their challenge is to build an
engine that produces the highest average horsepower and
torque over a given RPM range.
For
more information about ATI Super Dampers, visit the Super
Damper page on ATI's websiteHERE.
The
Back Seat Drivers front-engine dragster racing
club has announced its 2012 schedule. Their season kicks
off on May 19th at Numidia Dragway.
Then it’s June 9th at Cecil
County Dragway, June 17th at Atco
Raceway, July 29th at Old
Bridge Township Raceway Park, August 4th
at Maple Grove Raceway, and finally October
8th back at Atco Raceway.
The
club’s rules are pretty simple: front-engine dragsters
only, all NHRA or IHRA safety rules apply, no delay boxes
or throttle stops, zoomie-style headers only, and driver
must be current member of NHRA and have Competition License
if ET is quicker than 10.00.
If you
own a front-engine rail and are interested in The
Back Seat Drivers, visit their website at www.bsdrivers.com.
Mickey
Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels has renewed
their long-time partnership with Bill Glidden Racing
again this year. Part of the Big Tire Development Program,
Bill Glidden Racing will continue to work closely with Mickey
Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels to provide product
development staff with evaluation results of tire and wheel
products in real-world racing. Mickey Thompson will provide
support to the Bill Glidden Racing team as they compete
in the Extreme 10.5 class of the 2012 ADRL drag racing series.
“Bill
had another great season in 2011, and we want to continue
to support his efforts and help him maintain his momentum,”
said Ken Warner, VP Sales and Marketing,
Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels. “He
is consistently on the list of top performers in the 10.5
class, and a fierce competitor in this drag racing series.
We are looking forward to another great year in 2012.”
Officially
established in 2007, the Big Tire Development Program is
a collaborative effort that allows real-world testing and
evaluation of the ET Drag tire and wheel line in a variety
of applications and racing environments. Evaluative data
is used for product development that results in consistently
exceptional and reliable products for racers on the strip.
For more information about Mickey Thompson’s full
line drag racing products, visit www.mickeythompsontires.com/strip.php.
S&W
Taps Into Their Roots, Sponsors March Meet Radio
In
case you missed it, S&W Race Cars was
a sponsor of BangShift.com's live March Meet coverage
last weekend. S&W’s roots go back to the early
days of drag racing in both front-engine dragsters and fuel
funny cars. S&W’s founder Walt Weney
(pictured) is a drag racing pioneer who began setting NHRA
records in 1962. Scott Weney, S&W’s President
and 2000 IHRA Funny Car World Champion, cut his teeth in
the fuel funny cars of the late 70s, including the famed
‘Frantic Ford.’ Today, S&W Nostalgia Front
Engine Dragsters and Nostalgia Funny Cars are still setting
records and can be found at many nostalgia races around
the world.
Nostalgia
drag racing is a growing sport,” said S&W’s
Jill Canuso. “The March Meet is
a special nostalgia race at an equally famous venue, and
it’s one that shouldn’t be missed so we teamed
with BangShift.com to bring fans and racers four days
of live racing action."
With
the popularity of nostalgia racing, perhaps you've been
considering getting a nostalgia car of your own. If so,
make it a new one so that it's all up to spec. If you’d
like to speak with S&W Race Cars about having your
own car built, call 800-523-3353 ext.111;
Scott Weney will be happy to answer your questions.
Coastal
Plains Dragway welcomes the IHRA Pro-Am
Tour on Friday April 6th –Saturday April 7th,
including Top Sportsman, Top Dragster, Super Stock, Stock,
Quick Rod, Super Rod, Hot Rod, Junior Masters, Junior Advanced
and Junior Beginner.
Top
SportsmanandTop Dragster
each pay $1,500 Win, $600 Runner-Up, $250 Semis,
and $50 Round beginning 3rd Round win. Super Stock
pays $1,100 Win, $500 Runner-Up, and $40 Round
beginning 3rd Round win. Stock pays $1,000 Win,
$400 Runner-Up, and $40 Round beginning 3rd Round
win. Quick Rod and Super Rod each pay $1,100 Win,
$500 Runner-Up, and $40 Round beginning 3rd Round
win. Hot Rod pays $1,000 Win, $400 Runner-Up,
and $40 Round beginning 3rd Round win. Junior
Masters and Junior Advanced each pay $300 Win, $100 Runner-Up,
and $50 Semis. Junior Beginners pays Ironman Win,
and Plaque Runner-Up.
Entry
fees are $135 for big cars (IHRA membership and
license are mandatory), $75 for Junior Advanced
and Masters, and $50 for Junior Beginners.
Gates open Friday at 12:00 noon, with
a test & tune at 3:00 pm. Gates open Saturday
at 8:00 am, with time trials at 9:00 am and eliminations
immediately following. For more information visit www.coastalplainsraceway.com.
Atco’s
Summer Series Shootout is back for another season
of big-money gambler’s races. The 2012 series kicks
off Easter Weekend with $5,000 gambler’s races
on Friday April 6th and Sunday, April 8th, and
a $10,000 on Saturday, April 7th. ET Breaks
are 6.50 – 12.99, electronics permitted.
The
$5Ks each pay $5,000 Win, $2,000 Runner-Up, $800
Semis, and $400 Quarters. Below the quarters, $75 Round
starts with 3rd Round loser. Entry is $150, buybacks are
$90. The $10K pays $10,000 Win, $3,000 Runner-Up,
$1,000 Semis, and $500 Quarters. Below the quarters, $100
Round starts with 3rd Round loser. Entry is $190, buybacks
are $120.
Gates
open Friday at 11:00 am with time trials until
3:30 pm and eliminations following. Gates open
Saturday and Sunday at 9:00 am, with time trials
until 12:00 noon and eliminations following. For a complete
list of rules, visit www.AtcoRaceway.com.
Leave
your dial-in at home and come to the Spring Heads-Up
Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park
on Saturday March 24th, 2012.
Classes
include 4.90 Index, 5.90 Index, 10.00 Index, 11:00
Index, 12:00 Index, and X275. 4.90 pays
$1,200 Win, $600 Runner-Up, $150 Semis, and $75
Quarters. Entry is $75. 5.90
pays $1,000 Win, $500 Runner-Up, $150 Semis,
and $50 Quarters. Entry is $60. 10.00
Index pays $500 Win, $150 Runner-Up, $75 Semis,
and $50 Quarters. Entry is $40. X275
pays $850 Win, $350 Runner-Up, $150 Semis, and
$50 Quarters. Entry is $50. 11.00
and 12.00 Index each pay 60% Win, 40% Runner-Up.
Entry is 30 each.
Gates
open at 10:00 am, with racing at 12:00 noon.
Visit Virginia Motorsports Park at www.vmpdrag.com
for more information.
Farmington
Dragway’s Spring Foot Brake Showdown is Saturday
March 30th and Sunday April 1st, 2012.
Saturday’s
warm-up race pays $2,000 Win, $400 Runner-Up,
$200 Semis, $100 Quarters. Entry is $60, buybacks are
$50. Payouts based on minimum 75 cars. Sunday’s
race pays $5,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up, $250
Semis, $30 Per Round Won after 3rd Round. Sunday’s
1st Round Best Winning Package wins 5-gallons of race
fuel. 1st Round Best Losing Package wins a free buyback.
Best Reaction Time in eliminations wins a $100 Gift Card;
tiebreaker goes to closest to dial. Entry is $125, buybacks
are $80, payouts based on minimum 75 cars. Enter the weekend
for $150.
Double-entries
permitted, deep staging allowed, no dragsters, no delay
boxes, no transbrakes or buttons, air/electric shifters
allowed, clutch cars are permitted to run 2-steps.
Gates
open 8:00 am on Saturday, 9:00 am on Sunday.
Visit Farmington Dragway online at www.farmingtondragway.net
for more information.
If you
can stand the heat then get yourself to Coastal
Plains Dragway for The Cookout Shootout
on Friday & Saturday March 23rd and 24th.
The weekend features The Extreme Outlaw Pro Mods,
Saturday match racing between “Tricky”
Ricky Smith vs. Roy Hill, and Top and Mod races
that each pay $2,000 Win and pay 8 places; entry is $60
for Top or Mod.
Gates
open Friday at 12:00 pm, with a test & tune
at 1:00 pm and Pro Mod qualifying at 5:00 pm. Gates
open Saturday at 9:00 am, with time trials at 10:00
am. Pro Mod qualifying at 11:00 am and 1:00 pm, and eliminations
at 2:30 pm. For
more info visit coastalplainsraceway.com.
Mickey
Thompson Performance
Tires &
Wheels has
promoted Tom
Kundrik to
the position
of Motorsports
Manager. Kundrik has been an employee since 2006.
“I
am very pleased to have been selected for this important
position,” stated Kundrik. “I am passionate
about our motorsports program, our high-performance tire
and wheel products, and the racers, sanctioning bodies and
dealers we support though our motorsports program, and I
will dedicate myself to making a valuable contribution to
our continued success in my new role.”
Kundrik
will manage all aspects of Mickey Thompson’s motorsports
marketing programs including the company’s trackside
support team, event sponsorships, sanctioning body relationships,
and sponsorship efforts for drivers through the “Team
M/T” program.
“Tom
was a natural pick for this important role,” stated
Ken Warner, VP Sales & Marketing, Mickey
Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels. “He has proven
himself to be a hard working, reliable and knowledgeable
member of the team, and we look forward to working collaboratively
with Tom as we continue to take our motorsports program
to the next level.”
The
National Hot Rod Diesel Association 2012 Gator Diesel Drags
are coming to Auto-Plus Raceway in Gainesville,
FL on Saturday March 24th, and includes
diesel drag racing, a burnout contest and a show & shine.
Classes
include Top Diesel, Pro-Stock,
Pro-Street, Super-Street
(all are heads-up classes with a .400 Pro tree, pro ladder
by ET, Auto Start on, various weight breaks and rules
by class), Super Diesel - 11.90 Index (heads-up
class with an 11.90 index, .400 Pro tree, pro ladder by
ET, Auto Start on); and Sportsman ET (bracket
racing class with a Sportsman tree, sportsman ladder by
reaction time, Auto Start is off).
Gates
open at 12:00 noon. For more information about
the NHRDA, visit www.nhrda.com.
For more information about Auto-Plus Raceway,
visit www.autoplusraceway.com.
Maple
Grove Raceway racers Jackie Grater (Super
ET), Brock Moshier (Pro ET), Jake
Knarr (Street ET), Joe Stuebner
(Top Bike) and Joe Dedrick (Jr. Dragster)
were recognized for their season championships in their
respective classes at the track’s awards banquet.
Grater, of Perkiomenville, Pa., took the Super championship
on the final day of the season in his Thunderbird, reaching
the quarterfinals and jumping from third to first. Moshier,
from Lititz, Pa., was the most dominant driver in 2011.
His ’71 Vega amassed 533 points, which provided a
57-point margin over runner-up Denny Renninger. Knarr, who
was in Junior Dragsters just a few seasons ago, took Street
by accumulating round wins. Stuebner
was the Top Bike winner for the fourth consecutive season.
The rider from Hamburg, Pa., needed to get past his son,
Cory, on the final day of the season. On his ’90 Kawasaki,
Stuebner had two wins and one runner-up. Another repeat
winner was Dedrick, who won once and was runner-up twice
in ‘11. He beat Jimmy Fizz by 38 points, clinching
the title with three consecutive quarterfinal finishes.
In
the photo: Maple Grove's 2011 Sunoco Race Fuels
Money Trail season champions. Kneeling: Joe Stuebner (Top
Bike); standing, from left: Jake Knarr (Street), Brock
Moshier (Pro), Jack Grater (Super), Joe Dedrick (Junior
Dragster). Photo: Don Carrick.
2012
Super 7 Series at Montgomery MotorSports Park
Montgomery
MotorSports Park’s popular Super
7 series is back for another year of big-money
bracket racing in Montgomery, AL. The five-weekend series
kicks off February 24th – 26th, 2012.
The other four weekends are March 30th –
April 1st, April 27th – 29th, June 15th –
17th, and August 30th - September 1st with four
points races at the season finale.
Once
again this year’s Super 7 Series Points Super Pro
Champion will win a complete weekend at the 17th Annual
Million Dollar Race to be held at Montgomery Motorsports
Park October 18th – 22nd plus cash and prizes going
to top 32 points leaders in season Finale 32 car Shoot-Out
to be held Labor Day weekend.
The
payout structure is: Super Pro (Electronics) pays $7,000
Win, $2,000 Runner-Up, $1,000 Semis, $500 Quarters, $50
Round starting 3rd round winner. Entry Fee: All three races
$300, or a single day: $150. Buyback $100 1st or 2nd round.
Friday’s
schedules: opens for parking at 12:00 pm, with a Test and
Tune at 1:00 pm. Saturday’s schedules: gates open
8:00 am, time trials at 10:00 am, Run for Money at 12:00
noon, eliminations at 1:00 pm; Sunday’s schedules:
Gates open at 9:00 am, church at 9:30 am, Run For Money
at 10:30 am, eliminations at 11:30 am For more information,
visit www.mmpdragracing.com.
I
received an email from Bruce Boyle, signing
up for my email list. I thought the photos he sent were
very good and I liked his car so much that I wanted to
share them here with you. Bruce writes, “I am 58
years old, racing No Box at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet
Il. I also travel with the NMCA in the Open Comp class.
I race a 1980 Monza Alston square tube car weighing 2,375
lbs. w/driver. The car has run a best of 8.90 with a Dart
SBC 406 ci built by THP and a ‘glide by Begler Performance.
Have to thank a couple of supporters: Interstate Emergency
Vehicles and Genesis Rescue Systems, both in the Joliet
area.”
Thanks
for writing, Bruce, and good luck this season!
The
2012 Southern Outlaw Tour kicks off March 9th and
10th at Montgomery MotorSports Park in Montgomery,
AL.
Two
new classes make their debut this year. Outlaw Bottom
Bulb is a pure no-box footbrake class on a .500
full tree that pays $2,000 Win, $300 Runner-Up, $100 Semis
and $50 Quarters. Entry is $100, no buy backs. Outlaw
275 vs. 28 x 10.5 also pays $2,000/$300/$100/$50,
and is on a .400 Pro Tree. Entry is $100, no wheelie bars,
no tube chassis, no weight restrictions, 5.00 Index, 275
or 28x10.5 tires only.
Other
classes are Pro Modified ($3,000 Win, $1,500
Runner-Up, $750 Semis, $500 Quarters, $250 Eighths) and
7.00 Index, 6.00 Index, 5.30 Index, and
4.70 Index (each class pays $2,000 Win, $300 Runner-Up,
$100 Semis and $50 Quarters. Entry is $100).
20 car
minimum in all classes except 4.70 which is 16 car minimum.
Gates open Friday at 5:00 pm with a test
& tune at 6:00 pm and Pro Mod qualifying at 8:00 pm.
Gates open Saturday at 9:00 am with test
& tune at 10:00 am, qualifying at 1:00 pm and 1st Round
at 5:00 pm. Visit www.mmpdragracing.com.
Cen-Pen
Speed Shop’s “March Meet 2012 Garage Party &
Open House”
Instead
of making the trip to Bakersfield in March, Cen-Pen
Speed Shop in Grantville, PA (17028) is having
an open house/garage party on Saturday, March 3rd
from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. They’ll
open their doors for a look behind the scenes of their front-engine
dragster shop which produces over 30 nostalgia dragster
chassis per year. Snack food and sodas will be provided.
Send an email to worm@slingshotdragsters.com
if you plan to attend so they can get a tentative count.
Memphis
International Raceway hosts The Dixie House
Café Iron Man $50K on March 9-11,
2012. A weekend purse totaling over $100,000 will
beckon big money bracket racing hopefuls to the centrally-located
facility from all corners of the map.
Friday
and Sunday races each feature a $10,000-to-win main event.
$100 round money starting third round winner leads up
to a $1,000 semifinal round, and a $2,000 runner-up prize.
Saturday’s main event is overflowing with cash,
with not only $50,000 to be awarded to the winner, but
also $10,000 to the runner-up, $2,500 to the
semis, and $300 round money beginning with third round
winners.
Drivers
can save money with a three-day weekend entry of just
$699. Door cars will run against door cars and dragsters
against dragsters as long as possible in each round, up
to the 16-Car Ladder. Each race will have just one round
of buybacks, run re-entry style, where buybacks race each
other one round for the right to advance to the second
round of eliminations. The Re-entry format virtually guarantees
that a driver will only have to light no more than nine
win lamps to claim even the massive $50,000 carrot.
“We
designed an event where racers could win a few rounds
here and there and win their money back,” said promoter
Danny Sons. “It should be a big
one! It’s a great way to welcome back Paul Cartwright,
who will be our Racemaster. Paul will be back for good,
and that’s a great thing for the racers. Make plans
now for the biggest and best kick-off bracket event in
years!”
Mickey
Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels presents
a free entry $1,000 Run for the Money in the final time
trial of each day, paying back three places. On Saturday,
the festivities stretch into the evening with the TNT
Supercars 64-Car Shootout, with a $30,000 dragster and
cash up for grabs. (to pre-enter the limited field, call
972-290-7032 and ask for Frank.) Dale Simon from Dixie
House Café sweetens the deal Saturday night with
a free Racer Appreciation BBQ.
For
more detailed event information and daily schedules, visit
www.RaceDataShop.com.
Alston
Racing will be hosting a race car chassis seminar
by renowned chassis tuner Dave Morgan,
March 3rd & 4th, in Lake Zurich, IL.
Morgan’s
previous one-day seminars had a reputation for being over-packed
with information, so much so that some racers felt it was
too much to cover in a single day. As a result, Morgan has
developed a new two-day seminar series for racers who want
to receive more in-depth information at a better pace and
one that allows for more discussion and interaction. Morgan
believes the new, two-day format will provide everyone with
a better learning experience,” said Morgan. “We
can cover many more details about the subjects I normally
cover, while adding new material and allowing more time
for discussion of examples and the challenges everyone faces
in setting up their chassis.”
Visit
davemorganseminars.com
for more information about Morgan's new seminar plan,
read testimonials, take a self-test and register for the
March 3-4 event in Wauconda. Contact Dave directly at staaytuned@aol.com.
Island
Dragway Gives Super Pro Racers 320 Additional Feet of Shutdown
Island
Dragway in Great Meadows, NJ has announced that
their Super Pro class will race 1,000 feet during the track's
Saturday night ET Bracket Racing points program in the 2012
season. According
to Island Dragway manager Steve Opetosky,
"The 1000 ft. Super Pro length was based on the reality
that cars have gotten faster and faster. The fact is that
racers have always and will always look to make their vehicles
faster but since the shutdown at Island can't be lengthened,
a safety and business decision was made to try to bring
back some of the quicker Super Pro racers that would still
like to race at Island but were concerned about doing so.
This is only for Super Pro and only during Saturday Summit
racing series ET bracket racing. The Super Pro racer will
receive E.T. and MPH for the 1000 ft. along with all the
other standard info like reaction time, 60', etc.. They
will not receive any 1/4 mile info. However, If a Super
Pro racer is running test & tune on Saturday or any
other day, they will receive all regular 1/4 mile data.
The E.T. breaks for 1000 ft. are going to be 5.80 - 9.99,
with 6.23 and quicker requiring the advanced E.T. rules
safety equipment. These numbers equate to the 1/4 mile numbers.
This takes effect for the 2012 season. Once our website
is completley up and running, all will be posted."
Island
Dragway has heard the concerns of racers with fast Super
Pro cars who have stopped racing at the track, and it
seems like a reasonable attempt at getting these racers
back. Although a good portion of the feedback posted on
the Web is supportive, judging by some of the posts you'd
have thought they banned delay boxes, outlawed dragsters
and changed the Earth's rotation all in one fell swoop.
It
would have been easier for the track to dispense with
the 1,000 foot altogether and go straight to 1/8 mile
Super Pro, but instead they chose to give their racers
as much dragstrip as they could while still improving
safety. Whether you race Island or not, give them a break
and wish them well. They wouldn't have implemented this
unless they felt it was absolutely necessary, and we cannot
afford to lose any more dragstrips.
Maryland
International Raceway in Budds Creek, MD is undergoing
major upgrades for the upcoming 2012 season. So far, MIR has
purchased additional hand-held radios to supplement their
existing supply, which will make running events even smoother
as more staff can now be in communication with each other.
MIR’s starting line is getting a facelift into the modern
era. They’ve removed all of the old asphalt that's between
the two concrete pads and replacing everything with brand
new concrete. This new concrete pad will extend from the water
box to the Christmas tree. MIR will also have poured concrete
walls in the center for the starter area and a concrete strip
to the tree. This new look will give racers a cleaner and
better looking backdrop for all of their photos and videos.
Also for 2012,
new gates and barriers to help section off the pit areas
for easier parking and traffic control, all of the wood
bleachers have now been removed and replaced with aluminum,
and the track is expanding the asphalt pad behind the water
box. MIR will also have two ambulances and two fire trucks
for increased racer safety.
For
more information about Maryland International Raceway visit
www.mirdrag.com.
Racers
won big at the recent Pro Tree Racers Association
2011 season banquet held at the Hilton at University Place
in Charlotte, NC on January 7, 2012.
In
addition to eleven class champions being crowned, drawings
were held in each category for the top ten points earners
for prizes. Calico Coatings and Performance Plus Connection
offered gift certificates to all categories. The highlight
of the drawing landed in the open body division, Pro Tree
Dragster. Several companies partnered to give away a $3500
powerglide transmission.
Dragster
driver Brad McBride walked away with
the ‘glide featuring a Reid Racing case, Sonnax
Performance 1.80 straight cut planetary, Transmission
Specialties Pro Mod input shaft, Alto PowerBand and clutches,
other parts from Performance Torque Converters (PTC),
and assembled by Tony Meltvedt at Meltvedts Racing.
2011 PTRA Champions: Super Street
- Scott Owenby; True Street - Scott Gilman; Performance
Street - Eddie Young; 4.80 Index - Nick Cline; 5.30 Index
- Michael Martin; 6.00 Index - Kenny Floyd; 7.00 Index
- Kurt Flanagan; Pro Tree Dragster - Joel Mills; Pro Tree
Eliminator - Larry Dowless; Pro Tree Junior Dragster -
Jesse Warren; Street Eliminator - Trevor Lemon.
This
is an advertisement that a veteran Northeast bracket and
NHRA sportsman racer ran recently in The Raceway
News, the newspaper of Old Bridge Township
Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ:
“RIDE
WANTED: No "hired gun" touring professional in
drag racing would make the following statement: "If
I lose a round of eliminations due to a reaction time worse/higher
than .029 or red (minus .001 or worse), I will pay a penalty
of $100 for that round loss." They wouldn’t make
that statement, because nobody is consistently that good
and unforeseeable mechanical and physical circumstances
are always present. Al Vanis is looking for a ride in a
consistent and well-maintained "foot brake" race
car. If I determine that the race car offered is as described,
I will pay the owner of it $100 for any round in eliminations
that I lose by fouling or from a reaction time of .030 or
worse/higher. Judging the "stripe" is an educated
guess, and nobody is better at it than a racer who has been
doing just that for 45 years. Make me pay!!”
I
heard about this and knew immediately that I’d run it
to share with you. This is an inventive approach to getting
a ride for the season, and it shows how serious we bracket
racers are about our sport.
Al
Vanis is about as hard-core a bracket racer as
there is. He’s dedicated a good portion of his life
to our sport, just as many of us have. He’s also raced
Stock Eliminator and has notched two national event wins,
with one of those being the U.S. Nationals.
The times I’ve raced against Al he’s been pretty
stellar on the Tree. You never take this guy lightly.
So what
does a good racer do if they’re approaching a season
without a ride? They get creative like Al has. There are
all different ways to get creative, and perhaps reading
about Al's approach will spark some ideas of your own. The
main thing is to elevate the top-of-mind awareness others
have of you. I can almost guarantee that after someone reads
Al's ad, they will remember it and him. That's key.
If you
own a consistent footbrake car and are interested in contacting
Al, email him at ajajman@yahoo.com.
Donald
Kanka of Ewing, NJ will be expanding his events
in 2012 with his 2010 S&W Race Cars 225” front-engined
nostalgia dragster. So far Donald has only logged five
partial-run passes on the car, but has gone a best of
6.991 in the 1,000’ at Atco.
Donald’s
dragster includes Specialized 408 BB Chevy,
head work by RHS, complete Hilborn
Fuel Injection, MSD Mag, Hedman
Hedders, Steph’s Pan w/MorosoBilletPump, ATI
Trans, shorty case and bellhousing, converter and balancer,
Strange 12 bolt drop in pumpkin rear,
35 spline axles and Strange dual braking
system, Champion and Hayden
wheels, GoodyearTires,
and Deist chute. Jeff Kundratic
of JKR Racing in Baltimore did all the powder coating,
DJ Restoration of Ewing, NJ did the paint
and AGIN Signs did all the gold leaf
lettering and graphics.
Donald
belongs to two nostalgia associations and races at Maple
Grove, Englishtown, Atco,
Cecil CountyDragway,
and Island Dragway.
The
five second barrier has stood all season long in the NMCA
Pro Street class until the NMCA World Street
Finals in Indianapolis, where ATI’s Chris
Rini put
down a 5.988
ET at 236.4
MPH to become the 1st person in any NMCA class
to break into the fives. That run turned out to be the
fastest pass of the day and put Rini #1 in qualifying.
Chris
runs an ATI
Superglide 4 and an ATI
Outlaw Converter, making his '69 Bickel Pro
Mod Camaro the fastest nitrous true automatic in the world.
See the run on ATI’s video page HERE.
No,
it's not an installment of Dragtime News On Location;
this time I was at Maple Grove only to race. The Dodge
did well, too; I was still in it at the split.
If
you were there and are looking for photos, Don
Carrick has you covered. He was on the scene
taking not only starting-line shots, but lots of action
down track and scenes from the pits. It's great stuff.
Visit
Don's site HERE
and look under Featured Galleries on his home page.
Lingenfelter
Performance Nationals Coming To Norwalk in 2012
Lingenfelter
Performance Engineering has announced The Lingenfelter
Performance Nationals, a new event for customers
and enthusiasts in 2012.
The Lingenfelter Performance Nationals
will feature drag racing, autocross, car show, speed stop
challenge, countryside cruise and a manufacturer's midway.
The dates are September 21st-23rd, 2012 at Summit Motorsports
Park in Norwalk, Ohio.
The Lingenfelter Performance Nationals
will offer drag racing, an invitation-only bracket race
and a Battle of the Brands event that pits Ford, GM and
Chrysler vehicles against one another. Trophies, plaques
and cash prizes will be awarded to car show and race winners.
The Lingenfelter Performance Nationals will also be an
official qualifying event for the OPTIMA Batteries Ultimate
Street Car Invitational. Lingenfelter will announce additional
event details throughout the year. Stay tuned to www.lingenfelterperformancenationals.com
for regular updates or e-mail Mike Copeland
at mcopeland@lingenfelter.com
for questions about participating in the Lingenfelter
Performance Nationals.
The
Doug Foley Drag Racing School and Frank
Hawley’s Drag Racing School will both be
back at Maple Grove Raceway in 2012.
The Doug Foley Drag Racing School will be offering
classes on May 7th - 8th and on September
23rd. It will also offer a drivers’ clinic
to help experienced racers sharpen their skills on May
28th. Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School will
be at Maple Grove on August 21st – 22nd.
We
just returned from Orlando, FL where we were on location
at The 2011 Performance Racing Industry Show.
We met with various manufacturers and saw lots of new products;
look for our post-show coverage coming soon including exclusive
photos and video interviews from the show floor.
Our
visit to PRI kicked off Thursday night at the Red
Bull Kart Fight at PRI, Powered by Rotax. In an
outstanding night of racing under the lights before a standing-room-only
crowd of over 3,500 members of the racing industry, Jan
Heylen won the 2011 All-Star division race at the
Red Bull Kart Fight at PRI, Powered by Rotax. He drove a
CRG kart for the CRG USA team.
Jay
Howard drove an Arrow chassis for the KartSport-Arrow
team to a second-place finish, while the UK's Ben Cooper,
fresh off his Senior Division win in Dubai at the 2011 Rotax
Max Challenge Finals, charged from P16 to claim the final
spot on the podium. He drove a Praga kart, made by Intrepid,
for the Praga North America team.
The
Red Bull Kart Fight, Powered by Rotax featured
drivers from diverse series such as NASCAR Cup, X Games,
IndyCar, ALMS, Grand-Am and the NASCAR Camping World Truck
series. Heylen competed in Grand-Am in 2011, while Howard
competed in IndyCar. It was a great way to start our PRI
visit, with intense racing action under a beautiful nighttime
Orlando sky. It just doesn't get any better than that.
In
a landmark move for the highly-competitive Extreme
Pro Stock (XPS) class, the American Drag
Racing League (ADRL) announced that it will allow
electronic fuel injection (EFI) on all XPS cars starting
in the 2012 season. With the ruling, the ADRL becomes the
first major drag racing sanctioning body to allow EFI to
be used in any Pro Stock car. Manufacturers wishing to have
their EFI Controllers in the world’s premier eighth-mile
drag racing league will have to first submit them to the
ADRL for approval prior to them being allowed to be used
at any ADRL event.
The
full set of 2012 rules can be downloaded at www.adrl.us/competition/rules
or by clicking on the “2012 Rules and Regulations”
dropdown under the “Competition” tab on the
ADRL homepage, www.ADRL.us.
The individual PDF version of the Extreme Pro Stock class
is also available for download on the Rules page.
For
further information or if there are questions regarding
the EFI announcement or the 2012 ADRL Rulebook, competitors
are encouraged to e-mail ADRL Director of Technical Services
Chris Bell at chris@adrl.us
or ADRL Director of Competition Tom Grooms
at tom@adrl.us.
As
she’s in the process of upgrading her chassis and suspension
components for the 2012 season, NHRA Division One
Stock Eliminator racerJeanne Linke
recently dropped off her 1985 Camaro to CamaroGuys.com supplier
S&W Race Cars in Spring City, PA. CamaroGuys.com is a
distributor of many well-known brands of performance race
and street parts, including S&W who installed her new
chassis and suspension components. Because suspension and
chassis is so critical to consistency, Jeanne wanted to share
her experience; click HEREto read.
Chuck
Samuel Joins Aeromotive Ford Mustang Pro Mod
Aeromotive
has announced the addition of racer and engine builder Chuck
Samuel as crew chief on Aeromotive’s
Pro Mod Mustang. Samuel brings with him a racing
history going back to the early 80s. In the late 90s he
found his way into the record books with the first 10”
tire car to break into the 6s. Chuck will make his debut
with the car at the start of the 2012 season. Look for the
RoushYates powered turbo Mustang at multiple events next
season, including NHRA Pro Mod, NMCA, ADRL and PSCA events.
For
more information on the Aeromotive Racing program, the Pro
Mod Mustang or Aeromotive and their line of fuel delivery
components, visit www.aeromotiveinc.com.
Sponsor
News: M/T Tires Backs Danny Thompson's Challenger 2.5 Project
I
received this announcment from Mickey Thompson
Performance Tires & Wheels. Although it's
not drag racing related, any tire company that can make
a tire that stands up to 420 mph can more than handle
any of our cars' needs!
Mickey
Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels has announced
their support of Danny Thompson’s plans to exceed
the existing internal combustion wheel-driven land speed
record of 417.020 mph with a goal of more than 420 mph
by the summer of 2012 on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Thompson
will complete the restoration of his father’s custom-
built Challenger 2.5, building the fastest piston-powered
car in the world, to achieve this incredible goal.
Through
this important relationship, announced at a press conference
at the 2011 SEMA Show, Mickey Thompson Performance
Tires & Wheels will donate $300,000 and a
variety of other services in support this historic project.
“It
is incredibly exciting for our company to play an integral
role in assisting Danny in his efforts to continue his
father’s legacy and achieve motorsports history,”
stated Ken Warner, VP Sales & Marketing,
Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels. “This
will be the realization of a dream come true for both
Danny Thompson and the late Mickey Thompson, and we want
to do all we can to support this effort.”
Through
this sponsorship relationship, Thompson will act as the
official spokesperson on behalf of the project representing
the Mickey Thompson brand name, and will make a number
of appearances throughout the year, providing regular
monthly updates regarding progress. Mickey Thompson Performance
Tires & Wheels will support Thompson financially,
and will build a special project website for Danny Thompson
Motorsports, develop a promotional video to market the
land speed record initiative, create video content covering
the progress of the restoration of the Challenger and
the advancement of the project, and support the development
team with a variety of other marketing and communications
efforts. For more information, visit www.mickeythompsontires.com.
UNC-Charlotte
Engineering student and sportsman drag racing standout
Kyle Cultrera has capped his solid 2011
NHRA campaign with dual top-ten finishes in the NHRA Northeast
Division points standings. Cultrera enjoyed his share
of success on the race track in 2011, securing five event
wins along with two runner-up finishes. One of those wins
came on the national stage at his North Carolina home
track, zMAX Dragway, during the Visitmyrtlebeach.com 4-Wide
Nationals in April. "The win at zMAX was easily the
highlight of my season," said Kyle. "I really
had to earn that one, having to get past so many worthy
opponents."
Kyle also earned four other event wins on the season,
the most exciting of which in the Competition Eliminator
category behind the wheel of Dave Ring’s
and Al Ackerman's H/EA Bantam. Cultrera maneuvered
his way through five rounds of eliminations and again
found himself hoisting the Wally trophy at Atco Raceway
for his first Comp victory.
"It felt great to come through for Dave [Ring], Al
[Ackerman] and my dad who helps tune the car; they worked
hard all year and that win made it all worth it!"
exclaimed Cultrera.
Those individual performances paid dividends in terms
of divisional points in both classes as Cultrera finished
3rd in Comp and 9th in Super Comp in NHRA's Division 1.
Kyle knows his 2011 success would not be possible without
the help he receives from Dave Ring and Al Ackerman,
Abruzzi Converters, Aeromotive, Independent Boat Haulers,
Jegs, Kaye Powerglides, K&N Filters, Lamb Components,
Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels, Moldstar.com,
MSD Ignition, NW Radio, Penske Racing Shocks, Racepak
Data Systems, Speedco, Ted Black Motorsports & Consulting,
The Racer's Mind, Undercover Motorsports, and
Eastern VP Racing Fuels Distributors. Visit www.KyleCultreraRacing.com
for more team news and information.
Montgomery
MotorSports Park presents their 12th Annual
Hangover Nationals on Saturday and Sunday,
December 29th – 30th, 2012. Classes include
Super Pro, 6.00 index, 7.00 index and No Box.
The
Mickey Thompson Tires MIROCK Superbike Series
has announced their 2013 schedule and the addition of
the historic 44th Annual Orient Express U.S. Nationals
at Atco Raceway to their series. The 2013 schedule will
feature a total of nine events held between Maryland International
Raceway, Rockingham Dragway, and Atco Raceway.
The
MIROCK Superbike Series has always been held at Rockingham
Dragway and Maryland International Raceway with racers
all over the East coast supporting the series. There are
many loyal MIROCK racers from the north (including NJ,
NY, PA, DE, and CT), and with the addition of Atco Raceway
to the schedule these racers will have at least one race
close to home. Atco Raceway's Orient Express U.S. Nationals
is one of the oldest motorcycle drag racing events in
the country with 43 years of history, and has been re-established
under the MIROCK banner.
From
WECT-6 NBC in North Carolina via the North Carolina Motorsports
Association: "'Adrenaline' cast and crew
revved up about drag racing movie.
Bruce
Larson is having WORM INC build
a tribute funny car of his famous USA-1 1968 Camaro. The
USA-1 Tribute Funny Car will feature the new nostalgia funny
car chassis by WORM INC and will have a period looking fiberglass'68
Camaro body. This USA-1 Tribute Funny Car will look like
the original, but will have an up-to-date 10.1E spec chassis
so the car can be run at events across the country. It will
feature the correct paint job and decals that Bruce himself
will approve. The USA-1 Tribute Funny Car will be at nostalgia
shows across the country with Bruce himself at the wheel.
The proposed 2013 schedule of shows includes the three NHRA
Museum shows – Bowling Green, KY; Epping NH; and Bakersfield,
CA; Funny Car Reunion in Englishtown, NJ; and US30 Reunion
at Beaver Springs, PA.
GLENDORA,
Calif. (Nov. 9, 2012) – NHRA has
teamed up with the American Red Cross to
provide an opportunity for NHRA fans to give back to those
affected by Hurricane Sandy, which caused widespread destruction
last week primarily in the Northeast United States.
I
have sad news to report: popular NHRA Division 1 bracket
racer Rick Constable has passed away
suddenly from natural causes. 
Bill
Glidden is no stranger to American Drag Racing League (ADRL)
success. Known as one of the most winning drivers in ADRL
history, Glidden has scorched the Extreme 10.5 class since
2008. Following an Outlaw 10.5 class win at the September
Summit Racing Equipment Ohio Drags VI (presented By Mickey
Thompson), Glidden entered the final competition amidst
a swirl of speculation. He finished the year with a 10.5
class win in the World Finals VIII on Mickey Thompson ET
Drag tires, 33.0/10.5-16W (3169W), and is second place in
points standings for the year just behind champion Alan
Pittman. 
The
ET Street Radial Pro P275/60R15, introduced in March 2012
and designed specifically for racing, uses next-generation
tire technology and a lower tread profile for fast, consistent,
reliable launches and responsive handling on the strip.
Farmington
Dragway’s 19th Annual MONEYFest is Thursday
– Saturday, November 22nd – 24th 2012.
This 1/8th mile race for electronics-equipped bracket cars
includes a $5K on Thursday and a $10K each on Friday and
Saturday. 
Racers
in the West Chester area of Pennsylvania are presenting
the 8th Annual Christmas Toy Drive Saturday,
December 1st, 2012 from 10:00 am - 1:30 pm (rain or shine)
at County Corvette, 315 Westtown Road, West Chester,
Pa 19382.
Virginia
Motorsports Park’s Fall ET Challenge is Saturday
& Sunday, November 17th & 18th, 2012. Each
day features $5K to Win in Super Pro / Top ET and $2K to Win
in Pro ET / Mod. Saturday is also The National Dragster Challenge
where the winners of each class will win an NHRA Wally.
The
Carolina Class Racers Association closes out
it's 2012 season at Fayetteville Motorsports Park
on Sunday, November 18th 2012. 
Atco,
NJ (October 21, 2012) – Bob Mullaney
won the Bottom Bulb and the Top Bulb race at the 2nd Annual
Door Slammer Nationals at Atco Raceway on Sunday, October
21st, 2012. Mullaney used his trusty Franks Family Racing-owned
1972 Chevrolet Nova to navigate his way through nearly 100
of the best door slammer racers in the Northeast. 
The
2012 Southern Outlaw Tour’s next race is
October 26th – 27th at Montgomery
MotorSports Park in Montgomery, AL. 
Friday
– Sunday November 2nd – 4th, 2012 marks
the inaugural American Doorslammer Nationals
at Fayetteville Motorsports Park in Fayetteville,
NC, presented by Loose Rocker Promotions.
Sumerduck
Dragway’s Fall Street Car Nationals is Sunday
October 28th, 2012, paying $1,000 Win, $300 Runner-Up,
$100 Semis, and $20 Round starting with 3rd Round Win (all
based on 90 cars). Entry is $30. The event also includes a
Quick 16 Top Sportsman ($1,000 Win), and the Purvis Ford Mustang
Shootout.
Maryland
International Raceway hosts their 20th Annual
Mopar Eastern Classic on Saturday, October 27th.
This drag race, car show and swap meet is open to all Mopar,
AMC, and Jeep Eagle vehicles.
Sunday
October 28th, 2012 will be a big day at Old
Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ.
Whether you have a nostalgia rat rod or a money-winning bracket
bullet, there’ll be something for you. 
On
the 1/4 mile track are two Guaranteed $1,000-To-Win
eliminators, one for Super Pro (7.00 – 12.99) and
one for Pro E.T. (9.00 – 17.99, no electronics). The
payout will increase if over 40 cars, but a sample payout
based on 40 cars and 10 buy backs is $1,000 Win, $400 Runner-Up,
$150 Semis, and $75 Quarters. Entry is $60 and buy backs
are $40. Double entries are permitted.
On
the 1/8 mile track is the Digs At Etown Monster
Bash, with drag racing, costumes, music, hot rods
and awards. All pre-1965 hot rods, customs, muscle cars,
American bikes, and street freaks up to 1974 get a free
tech card. All you’ll need is a helmet and seat belts,
but you don’t need mufflers!
Race
Industry Week 2012 will kick off with the Advanced
Engineering Technology Conference (AETC), attended
by hundreds of professional race engine builders each year.
It's followed by the opening of the PRI Trade Show, with
all the great brand names in race engine components on display,
plus the famous Machinery Row. Hundreds of race engine builders
will arrive early in Orlando the week of the Performance
Racing Industry Trade Show to attend the three-day Advanced
Engineering Technology Conference (AETC). It is the oldest
and most respected race engine conference in the world,
and will feature a broad spectrum of speakers this year.
Mason
Dixon Dragway’s Diesel Truck Drags & Show
is coming up on Saturday & Sunday, October 20th
& 21st, 2012. There are almost too many Saturday
show classes to list, but some of them include classes for
day cabs, sleeper cabs, cab overs, dump trucks, and pick-ups.
Awards include Best of Show, People’s Choice, Best
Interior, Most Detail, Best paint, and Most Detailed Motor.
Atco
Raceway. September 29th & 30th – Past NHRA Division
1 Champion Doug Doll Jr. (below, far lane)
returned to his winning ways over the weekend at race #7
of the 2012 Mid Atlantic Super Comp Racing Series. Doll,
who now hails from Plainsboro, NJ, took his 2009 Lightning
Dragster to victory over a tough field of 8.90 Competitors.
How
starved are Long Islanders for safe, organized drag racing?
Enough to do it 60 ft. at a time. The Cooley’s Anemia
Foundation, Inc. in conjunction with Long Island Drag Racing
presents a Classic Car Show and Test and Tune on Sunday,
October 21, 2012 from 8 am – 4:30 pm at the Central
Islip F.D. - Race Track Facility, 110 Wheeler Road, Central
Islip, NY. 
Atco
Raceway. September 29th & 30th – Tom Goldman
came into Atco knowing what he had to do to claim his 2nd
MASGA Championship in as many years but the competition
was not going to make it so easy for the Allentown, PA resident.
Numidia
Dragway puts a period on their successful 2012
season with three straight weekends of big money bracket
races in October. 
Cecil
County Dragway presents the 2012 Mid-Atlantic
Jr. Dragster Challenge Race on October 13,
2012. There are a number of races planned within
this event, including an Age Group race (winners in each age
group receive a Jr. Drag Racing League Trophy and $100, and
entrance into the King of the Hill Race. Runners-ups receive
Trophy and $50, Semi-Finalists receive Trophy. All 1st round
losers are automatically entered into a free Consolation race),
Consolation Race (this is an all-age race and will start immediately
following 1st round of Age Group Race. Winner receives Trophy
and $100, Runner-up receives Trophy and $50), 2nd All Age
Bracket Race ($25 entry fee, Winner receives Trophy and $100,
Runner-up receives Trophy), 7.90 and Pro Dial Race ($25 entry
fee, Winners receive $100), King of the Hill Race (4 Class
winners from the Age group race only. Winner receives Trophy
and jacket, Runner-up receives Trophy. 
Dunn
Tire Raceway Park presents their 3rd Annual
Pumpkin Run on Saturday October 13th, 2012.
The day features big-money races for Box and No-Box. Each
race pays $2,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up,
$500 Semis, and $100 Quarters. Entry is $75, buybacks are
$35. Payouts based on 75 cars per class; bikes & sleds
welcome.
Milan
Dragway’s Fall Brackets are Saturday
October 6th and Sunday October 7th, 2012, and includes
NHRA Wallys to class winners on Sunday and team bonuses.
With
a little less than two weeks until the 10th Annual
Shakedown Nationals at Old Bridge Township
Raceway Park at Englishtown, N.J., some of the
biggest names and fastest Pro Modified drivers are signing
up to be part of this historic event and capture the $20,000
winner’s share of the prize. Racers
from across the U.S. and Canada and some from as far away
as the West Coast and Puerto Rico will compete in what should
be the biggest and most competitive Pro Mod event of the
year, with supercharged, turbocharged and nitrous-aided
engines powering a single 32-car qualified field.
Oxford
Dragway presents their Jack Bazinet Bracket
Bash on Saturday, October 6th, 2012
(rain date is Sunday, October 7th). The Bracket Bash is open
to all vehicles except Jrs. and Teens. The total purse is
a minimum $1,700. Entry is $75, with 1st and 2nd Round buy
backs for $30. There’ll also be a Second Chance Race
with a $500 purse. This is open to racers that have either
bought back 1st or 2nd Round or lost in the 3rd Round.
Skyview
Drags’ Halloween Classic is coming up on
Friday October 5th & Saturday October 6th.
The last weekend of racing will include regular 660 points
on Friday and Saturday. Saturday night, Skyview Drags invites
you to a Halloween Party with tricking or treating in the
pits for the kids. There will be a costume contest and an
award for the best decorated pit.
Beginning
with the 2013 racing season the Mid Atlantic Super
Street Association (MASSA) will take flight. The
series will run along with the Mid Atlantic Super Gas &
Comp Series to form one big ".90 Super Series" in
the Northeast. There will be a total of 10 races (5 weekends)
with races being held on Saturday & Sunday. MASSA will
visit Atco Raceway for four events, Maple Grove for two, Cecil
County for two and Numidia for two. MASSA will count six out
of a racer’s best ten events towards the season championship.
It is not mandatory for you to sign up to become a member
and MASSA will welcome all racers. As with MASGA & MASCA
all events will feature a free BBQ on Saturday night for racers
and friends to enjoy. At this time the rules are still being
finalized but there will be no minimum weight rule and all
cars must have working doors and a roof. 
MOPAR
Madness Weekend comes to Virginia Motorsports
Park on September 21st – 23rd, 2012,
including three new race classes: Mopar Open Index, Mopar
True Street, and Mopar Top Alcohol Funny Cars
Milan
Dragway presents their Back In The Day Nostalgia
Drags on Saturday, September 29th, 2012.
The
Grassroots Motorsports $2012 Challenge brings its
low-buck showdown to AutoPlus Raceway in
Gainesville, FL on September 27th – 29th 2012.
MIR
presents the MIROCK Superbike Series Fall Nationals
September 29th – 30th, 2012. Classes include
Pro Mod, Pro Street, Real Street, Sportsman Bike ET Classes,
grudge class, a vendors midway, a $1,200 bikini contest
and a streetbike corral. This is the last MIROCK event of
the year at Maryland International.
The
Carolina Coalition bracket series (rescheduled
from June 9th & 10th) makes a stop September
29th & 30th at Mooresville Dragway.
Each day has a Top ET and Footbrake / Modified big money
gambler’s race. Top ET pays $3,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up,
$200 Semis, and $40 Round starting 3rd Round win. Entry
is $75 for either day, or $125 for both. Footbrake / Modified
pays $2,000 Win, $500 Runner-Up, $200 Semis, and $20 Round
starting 3rd Round win. Entry is $50 for either day, or
$90 for both. 
The
Holcomb Motorsports 2012 Fall Civil Wars hits Rockingham
Dragway on September 21st-23rd, 2012
for a weekend of outlaw racing action. Classes include Outlaw
10.5 ($3,500 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up, $350 Semis, $100 Quarters;
entry $100), X275 Drag Radial ($5,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up,
$350 Semis, $125 Quarters; entry $120), Real Street 275
D/R ($2,000 Win, entry $75), King of The Street SR275 ($2,000
Win, $750 Runner-Up, $150 Semis, $75 Quarters, entry $75),
Pro Tree Doorslammer ($1,500 Win Saturday, $1,000 Win Sunday),
Footbrake ($1,000 Win each day Saturday and Sunday), Open
Comp ($1,000 Win each day Saturday and Sunday), and 6.0
and 7.00 Index.
In
MASGA, 2011 Champion Tom Goldman (left)
is looking to make it back to back championships with his
“Bullets to Spare” Corvette. Goldman holds about
a 4 round lead over 2nd place Lance Kreiger but lurking
in the distance is George Smith and his “Live Wire”
1968 Camaro. Smith has been on a tear as of late with a
victory at Numidia and a runner-up at Cecil County to move
him into 3rd place. Rounding out the top 5 is Pete Luciano
and Derek Clark. 
In
MASCA, Ken Moses (right) has been the lead
horse pretty much all year long but is feeling some stiff
competition from last year’s co-Champion Joey Cambria
and Don Butkiewicz. Both drivers still have 1 race left
to claim and with a 4th round finish or better can surpass
Moses in the standings. Rounding out the top 5 are recent
Atco winner Kevin Scholl and early points leader Tom Dauber.
When
Numidia Dragway played host to the All
Harley Drag Racing Association (AHDRA) Liberty Nitro Nationals
recently, not only did riders from all across the country
converge on the popular ¼-mile strip, but so too
did local favorite Rich Vreeland of Danville, PA. Now
in his eighth season as a professional motorcycle racer,
Vreeland’s return to Numidia served as a homecoming
where he began his career. His business, Vreeland’s
Harley-Davidson, was the presenting sponsor of the event
which drew a very respectable crowd and a full pit area
of bike racers.
Beaver
Springs Dragway’s 14th Annual Fall Mean Street Nationals
is Sunday, September 16th. The event includes
BSD Iron Trees to all champions, the WFO Club 170 MPH Street
Cars, Hot Street ($200-$100-$50-$50) for 11.99 and faster,
Cool Street ($150-$75-$35-$35) for 12.00 and up. This is a
full Friday Points Series event for Street/Stick, Street/Auto,
Sport/Bike, Sport/Compact, Outlaw Street, Bone Stock Truck,
ATV, TCR, JR ATV, plus Hot Dog Race (???) and Kids Foot Race.
MOHNTON,
Pa. – It was a long Saturday at Maple Grove
Raceway with racing running well into the night.
And that was a good thing. A total of 315 cars – the
most for a bracket race at The Grove since early in the
2009 season – took part in Sunoco Race Fuels Money
Trail 15, which was combined with the National Dragster
Challenge. At the end of the night...
The
Big Tire Outlaws return to Old Bridge Township
Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ on Sunday, September
16th. The Big Tire Outlaws is a rebirth of a class born in
the mid 90’s at Englishtown known as the Ultra Quick
8. These are back-half, big tire, factory appearing cars that
use every imaginable way to make horsepower. 
Milan
Dragway’s Motor City Run'Em Nationals is
scheduled for Friday, September 21, 2012.
Race classes include X275 Drag Radial, Open Comp, True Street,
9.50 Index Bike, and the all-out Run'Em class. All NHRA
safety rules will be enforced. Fans will enjoy the sights
and sounds as racers compete for over $5,000 in cash &
prizes.
S&W
Race Cars has announced the formation of their
Top Comp discount program where members
receive substantial discounts and benefits with each purchase.
Entry
fee per class is $100; buybacks are $50 in any round.
Racers may run both classes, but the use of a delay box
in No Box will result in immediate disqualification from
both classes. 1 driver may enter two cars. 
The
AHDRA Liberty Nitro Nationals are headed to Numidia
Dragway Saturday and Sunday,
September 8th & 9th, 2012. Racing action
gets underway on Saturday, with qualifying at 10:00am. On
Sunday eliminations for Pro classes kicks off at 12:30pm with
Sportsman classes immediately following.
Capitol
Raceway presents their $5K Super Pro
Shootout on Saturday, September
8th, 2012. The Super Pro Shootout
pays $5,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up and $300 Semis;
there’s round money for earlier rounds, too. Entry
is $100, buy backs are $50. 
The
PID-Keystone Nostalgia Nationals comes to Pittsburgh
Raceway Park on Saturday, September 15th,
2012 for a day of drag racing the way it used to
be. Open to everything 1979 and older, the event will feature
AA Supercharged Gassers, the Great Lakes Nostalgia Funny
Cars, The Tri-State Stock / Super Stock Association, Quick-Stick
/ Pro-Stick, and a huge photo display. In addition, car
cruisers can show their cars for free with a paid spectator
entry.
We
welcome Mark Williams Enterprises and RockSolid
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The
Thirteenth Annual Mopar Thunder takes place August
31st -September 2nd 2012 in Thunder Valley, Bristol Dragway.
Returning to Bristol is the always-exciting Mopar vs.
The World. This special event takes place on Friday night
and pits some of the fastest Mopars against all comers.
Enfield,
CT., July 28, 2012 – Rich Hanna set
a new track record on July 28th at Muncie Dragway.
Hanna, driver of the GOJO Firebird Jet Funny Car,
appeared at the annual New Muncie Dragway ‘Night
of Fire.’ In the first round ... 
Lingenfelter
Performance Engineering has announced The Lingenfelter
Performance Nationals, a new event for customers
and enthusiasts in 2012. 
The
11th Annual East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame Reunion 2012
will be here before you know it. The dates are October
19th, 20th and 21st in Henderson, NC. 2012
Inductees include Chase Knight, Don Carlton, Eugene Coard,
Joe Schubeck, Greg Sullivan, Bill Barrett, Pete Hill, Lamar
Walden, Harry Hall, Tim & Beth Hyatt, George Eisenhart,
Frank Teague, George “Kook” Kryssing, and Roger
Gustin. 
The
26th Annual MOPARS @ Etown is Friday – Sunday,
August 24th – 26th, 2012. Friday night’s
action includes the Mopar vs. The World Challenge,
open to Mopars and all makes that want to challenge them.
Payout is $500 Win, $200 Runner-Up, and
$50 Semis, based on 32 cars. Entry is $50. No delay boxes,
must have street mufflers. Gates open Friday at
5:00 pm, with time trials at 6:00 pm and eliminations
at 7:30 pm.
The
15th Annual Mid-Maryland Ford show, shine, and drags
is Sunday, August 26th, 2012 at Mason-Dixon Dragway.
The event includes 22 car show classes and 7 classes of
racing: Super Ford (7.50 and slower, electronics OK, $700
Win, $300 Runner-Up), Pro Ford (7.50 and slower, no electronics,
$500 Win, $200 Runner-Up), Street Ford (13.99 – 19.99,
$100 Win, $50 Runner-Up), Mustang ($100 Win, $50 Runner-Up),
Powerstroke Pick-Up ($100 Win, $50 Runner-Up). Trophy Ford
(10.99 – 19.99) and Cougar/Comet. Entry fee for any
class is $35.
The
IHRA Pro-Am Tour lands at Maryland International
Raceway on Friday August 24th – Sunday
August 26th, including Top Sportsman, Top Dragster,
Super Stock, Stock, Quick Rod, Super Rod, and Hot Rod..
The
first Stock/Super Stock Shootout season
was completed recently at Maple Grove Raceway with Glen
Hartzler taking home the series’ first-ever
championship.
Come
out to Maryland International Raceway on
Saturday August 11th 2012 for MIR’s
Mod ET $2K Doubleheader and get two chances to win $2,000
in one day. Each race pays $2,000 Win, $750 Runner-Up, $250
Semis, $100 Quarters, and $75 Eighths. Entry is $61 per race,
and 1st & 2nd Round buybacks are $40. 
The
IHRA Pro-Am Tour comes to Farmington Dragway on
Friday August 10th – Sunday August 12th,
including Top Sportsman, Top Dragster, Super Stock, Stock,
Quick Rod, Super Rod, Hot Rod, Jr. Masters, Jr. Advanced
and Jr. Beginners.
Empire
Dragway’s Nostalgia Gold Cup is Saturday
August 18th and Sunday August 19th. There are five
classes in this 1/8th mile race. No delay boxes allowed
in any class.
Nostalgia
Gas is for cars running 8.50 and quicker. Mod Gas is for
1974 and older cars running 7.50 and quicker. The payout
is the same for each class: Winner gets $500 + Gold Cup
Trophy, Runner-Up gets $200, Semis get $125, and Quarters
get $75. Entry is $30 per day. Street & Strip is for
1974 and older street & strip cars; slicks, open headers
& transbrakes are permitted. Winner gets $500 + Gold
Cup Trophy, Runner-Up gets $200, Semis get $125, and Quarters
get $75. Entry is $45 per day. Open Comp is for altereds
& front engine dragsters. Winner gets $200 + Gold
Cup Trophy, Runner-Up gets $100, Semis get $50, based
on 10 entries. Entry is $45 per day. Quick Nostalgia is
for 1974 and older; nitrous, blowers, turbos are permitted.
Winner gets $500 + Gold Cup Trophy, Runner-Up gets $200,
Semis get $125. Entry is $50 per day.
Atco
Raceway’s 4 Day Super Bucks Weekend is coming
up August 9th – 12th, 2012. The weekend
kicks off with the Jimmy Jones Memorial Race that pays $10,000
Win, $3,000 Runner-Up, $1,000 Semis, $500 Quarters,
and $100 Round starting with 3rd Round loser. Entry is $175,
buy back is $100.
For
the fourth straight year it seems the Dover Drag
Strip racers, fans and friends just won’t
let the old track be forgotten. Spurred by enthusiastic
interest ...
They’re
cute, they’re cuddly, and some of them really fly!
It’s time for VWs at The Rock coming
up Sunday, August 5th at Rockingham Dragway.
Friday’s
schedule includes Dunn Tire’s regular points program
in Mod, Top, Street, Bike / Sled, and Quick 16. There’s
also a Nostalgia Eliminator open to 1980 and older cars
without electronics. 
Lebanon
Valley Dragway’s Mid-Summer Shootout is Saturday
and Sunday, July 28th and 29th. Open to electronics-equipped
bracket cars, Saturday’s race pays $2,000 Win and
$500 Runner-Up. Entry is $80. Sunday is the big race that
pays $10,000 Win, $3,000 Runner-Up, $1,000 Semis, $500 Quarters,
and $100 Round starting with 3rd Round Loser. Entry is $175,
buy backs are $100, E.T. break is 6.50 – 12.99.
Old
Bridge Township Raceway Park’s 33rd Annual Nostalgia
Summernationals and Old Time Drags is Sunday,
Sunday, Sunday! July 29th, 2012. Billed as the
longest running nostalgia race in the country, the event
is open to vehicles 1972 and older and features bracket
racing, a rod show, memorabilia & vendors, display cars
and drag racing celebrities.
Numidia
Dragway, Numidia, Pa – Bob Phillips and George Smith
both claimed victories at Race #s 5 & 6 of the Mid
Atlantic Super Gas Association event held at
Numidia Dragway in Numidia, PA.On
Saturday, Phillips from Oley, PA qualified his 2003 Dodge
Neon at the bottom half of the field with a... 
Atco
Raceway, Atco, NJ – Kevin Scholl
and Ken Moses became the newest winners
of the Mid Atlantic Super Comp Association
(MASCA) on July 7th & 8th at Atco Raceway in Atco, NJ.
After
a season-long postponement due to poor weather, Numidia
Dragway hosted its 2012 .90 Nationals
in conjunction with the Combo In The Hills
Stock/Super Stock event. Consisting
of three NHRA championship categories, Super Street, Super
Gas, and Super Comp, the event ... (
Elk
Creek Dragway's Ford & Mopar vs. The World "Wild
Card Race" is Saturday, July 21st,
with a $2,500 Super Pro race ($80 entry) and a $2,000 Footbrake
race ($55 entry). The "wild card" is included
with your entry and is your one and only buy back into the
race. It can be used in any round. If you don't use it at
the end of the race, the track will buy it back. Gates open
at 11:00 am. Visit 
The
21st Annual East Coast All-AMC Day is coming up
on Saturday, July 28th, 2012
at Mason-Dixon Dragway. This drag race,
car show and swap meet is open to all American Motors Corporation
vehicles. Bracket racing classes include Super Pro (with
electronics), Heavy (no electronics), and Street Trophy.
There’ll also be a 100% payout bogey race and a King
of The Hill.
Racers
in Michigan can go for bonus bucks on Sunday July
15th at Milan Dragway, as the
track's Super Pro and Pro racers will be shooting for
a $1,000 bonus above the track payout,
while Sportsman and Bike will be going after a $200
bonus above the track payout. Here's the way
it shakes out: In Super Pro and Pro, if there are 51+
cars the payout for the winner is $1,000 Win + $1,000
Bonus. The Runner-Up gets $300, $100 Semis, $50 Quarters,
and $20 Eighths. At 31 - 50 cars, the winner gets $700
Win + $1,000 Bonus. $200 Runner-Up, $80 Semis, and $40
Quarters. Entry is $40, and a $20 buyback will be available
to 1st Round losers. In
Sportsman and Bike, the payout to the winners is $300
+ $200 Bonus, $100 Runner-Up, $50 Semis, and $20 Quarters.
Entry is $35, with a $20 buyback for 1st Round losers.
For more information visit 
NETO
is for 1974 and older cars, front engine dragsters, funny
cars, altereds, gassers, super stocks and stockers. In
order to compete you have to be a NETO member. All cars
have to pass N.H.R.A. or I.H.R.A. tech inspection. Cars
must make a good appearance. Any size slick will be allowed
and there’s no cubic inch limit. For more information
visit NETO at 
To
race with MANDRA, cars must be body styles
built prior to 1973, except purpose-built late model front
engine dragsters or altereds replicating cars in competition
prior to 1973. Vehicles compete bracket style, with dial-your-own
handicaps. Visit 
The
World Footbrake Challenge VI is Friday July
13th – Sunday July 15th at Bristol
Dragway in Bristol, TN. The Challenge gives footbrakers
four chances to win big bucks over the course of the weekend:
one $10K 1/8 mile race each day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
and one $5K 1,000 foot race on Saturday morning.
If
you love sportsman racing the way we do then you’ll
want to get to Maryland International Raceway
July 13th – 15th for the IHRA
Summit Sportsman Spectacular.
NHRA
Super Comp drag racer Tina Stull has joined
the 2012 Fireball Run Adventurally; Northern Exposure
as one of this year’s Celebrity Teams in the Race
to Recover America’s Missing Children.
Pro
Nitrous racer Doug Riesterer pulled out
another win this past weekend at the ADRL
race in Richmond.
Mickey
Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels congratulates
Zane Messenger for a great night of high-speed
action at the Saturday Night Nitro competition recently
at Auto Club Famoso Raceway. Messenger’s custom built
1977 Pontiac “Future Flash” Firebird earned
the number two position during eliminations with a 5.956-second
elapsed time at 199.17 mph, and a final round win over veteran
Dan Horan Jr. with a 5.768-second elapsed time at 233.20
mph. Messenger uses Mickey Thompson ET Drag tires, size
34.5/17.0-16 (Part #3186) on the rear.
On
Saturday brother Byron Worner decided it
was his turn to shine as he drove his 1996 Camaro to victory
over Jeff Tripp’s 1984 Monte Carlo.
Worner had victories over Dean Mowery, Bruce Ward, Bill
Belden before strapping a .13-thou package on Lee Valentine
for a bye into the final. Tripp took his Monte Carlo to
the final with victories over Di Tocco, Bryan Worner, Ed
Horensky, Ryan Horensky and a broken Lee Zane in the Semis
to match up with Byron in the final. 
Extreme
Pro Stock driver David Schorr and Schorr
Family Racing has had their ups and downs this season, but
they made a major move at the Gateway Drags IV presented
by CarSafe in St. Louis. While eager to start the first
full season with ADRL in Extreme Pro Stock, Schorr Family
Racing was pleased with their first outing in Houston. Schorr,
driver of the Larry Larson Race Car 2004 Ford Escort ZX2
powered by John Kaase, beat 2010 Extreme Pro Stock Champion
John Montecalvo for a huge upset. That momentum was halted
– at least momentarily – by not qualifying in
Bristol.
After
a holeshot win against Elijah Morton in the first round,
Schorr met up with Richie Stevens Jr. in the quarterfinals.
“I knew this was going to be a close race. Richie
is great on the light, so I had my work cut out for me,”
Schorr said. 
The
Outlaw Pontiac Drag Series makes a stop
at Capitol Raceway on Saturday,
June 23rd. The Outlaw Pontiac Drag Series is
a drag racing bracket series dedicated to the avid Pontiac
enthusiast. They offer one class to race in which features
everything from an all-out 6 second NHRA Pro Stock car
to 14 second front wheel drive GTPs. Early classics such
as the GTO, Tempest, Lemans, and Firebird to the latest
Trans Am, Grand Am, Sunfire, or Fiero. Anyone who has
a Pontiac is welcome to come out and run with them at
any time. Pictured is OPDS 2011 Champion Steve
Dress and his 1968 Firebird. For more info visit
their website at 
Don
Fezell raised the Stock Eliminator bar a notch
when he broke into the 8s earlier this season at the NHRA
Four-wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway. Fezell ran an amazing
and record-setting 8.954 at 153.88 mph on the 10.00 AA/S
index. This was the first ever eight second pass in NHRA
Stock Eliminator history.
Bob
George Racing presents the 8th Annual Curt
George All Mopar Memorial Race Weekend at Pittsburgh
Raceway Park, Friday – Sunday, June 15th – 17th,
2012.
Mickey
Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels congratulates
Carrie “The Amazon” Tate on
an incredible performance at the All Harley Drag
Racing Association (AHDRA) Carolina Spring Nitro Nationals
at Rockingham Dragway. Coming into the semi finals, Tate
competed against legendary racer Mark Cox, the number one
qualifier, and thrilled the crowd with a 7.29-second run
on Mickey Thompson 31.0/14.0-15M tires (part# 3073M) setting
a new record for a female Nitro Harley pilot, racing impressively
close to Cox’s quick 7.167-second run.
Milan
Dragway in Milan, MI is home to many different
race events throughout the season, and their racing surface
has been home to testing for one of the most important vehicles
to come along in years - the Ford Mustang Cobra Jet. This
makes Milan a perfect venue as the fourth stop on the NMRA
Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals annual tour - near the
heart of the automotive industry and just minutes away from
the home of the Blue Oval in Dearborn. The Milan event is
a bit different from the rest of the stops on the 
NMRA
schedule in that it's a two-day event rather than three
or four, packing all of the typical NMRA action into Friday
and Saturday, June 15th and 16th, 2012. The fast-paced
action means that the competitors are under the gun from
the minute they arrive at the racetrack, as two qualifying
sessions are held on Friday, with the second one under the
lights, and the third session Saturday morning. From there,
the event heads right into the elimination sessions Saturday
afternoon and night, making each qualifying hit on Friday
that much more important for the racers to gain a leg up
on their competition.
In
publicizing events here at The Dragtime News
I’ve come across all different racing clubs and organizations
in various parts of the country. I'm actually seeing a trend
away from bracket racing as part of a sanctioning body's ET
points program. One thing I’ve noticed is when it comes
to all-out, high-MPH heads-up racing, they do it big in Texas.
That’s why, even though I don’t currently focus
too much coverage on the Southwest part of the country, I
thought you’d like to learn about one particular group
that’s come to my attention. The High Velocity
Impact Racers of Houston Outlaw Racing is gearing
up to roll into Dallas Raceway (which is
under new management) in Crandall TX for their Texas
vs. the World race on June 8th & 9th,
2012. The event will include a Gambler’s Race
on Friday night June 8th for the Outlaws. This race will be
Winner Take All with a $500.00 entry. There’ll also
be a Friday night Winner Take All Gambler’s Race for
Radial 275 or 28/10s with an entry fee of $200.00.
CamaroGuys.com
is continuing their support of the Super Chevy Show
in 2012 and is giving Gen 5 Camaro bracket racers
at all 12 events a chance to win the CamaroGuys.com
Gen 5 Challenge award. Beginning with the kick-off
event for the season at Palm Beach International Raceway in
March, the racer with the fastest 5th Generation Camaro at
each of the 12 Super Chevy Show events will take home the
limited edition trophy created specifically for the challenge
winner by CamaroGuys.com. Each specially-designed trophy is
crafted on the company’s waterjet machine and given
a bright chrome finish for racers to proudly display. In addition,
each Winner and Runner-Up will receive a special t-shirt to
commemorate their performance. 
Lebanon
Valley Dragway hosts the Capital Area Rods
Swap Meet & Nostalgia Drags on Sunday,
June 10th, 2012, along with the cars of The North
East Timing Organization (NETO). 1/8th-mile racing is for
amateur racers only; the ¼ mile classes include Street
(DOT tires, mufflers, registration), Pro (non-electronics)
and Super Pro (electronics allowed). Drag racing entry fee
is $35. For more information visit Capital Area Rods
at 
Maryland
International Raceway welcomes the 10th
Annual NMCA Muscle Car Nationals June 8th -10th, 2012,
and will feature all classes of the track’s ET bracket
series on Saturday, June 9th as part of
that day’s events, including Top ET, Mod ET, Jr. Dragster,
and Motorcycle.
The
Carolina Coalition bracket series makes a stop June 9th
& 10th at Mooresville Dragway.
Each day has a Top ET and Footbrake / Modified big money
gambler’s race. Top ET pays $3,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up,
$200 Semis, and $40 Round starting 3rd Round win. Entry
is $75 for either day, or $125 for both. Footbrake / Modified
pays $2,000 Win, $500 Runner-Up, $200 Semis, and $20 Round
starting 3rd Round win. Entry is $50 for either day, or
$90 for both.
Through
the late sixties and early seventies Ollie’s cars
set 4 NHRA National Records in Super Stock and Street
Eliminator. “Frankly, Ollie has the ‘right
stuff.’ His racing background combined with his
vibrant personality and depth of professional motorsports
experience fits the S&W team profile,” said
S&W’s Sales manager, Tom Hoosigian. “Both
our sales team and our customers will benefit from having
a person of Ollie’s caliber on board.”
Sunday
May 27th is a Summit Series Points Race with
bonus payouts: Super Pro (electronics, 7.00 –
11.99) pays $2,500 Win, $800 Runner-Up, and $55
Round beginning 3rd Round loss. Super Pro entry is $65,
with a $50 buyback. Pro ET (footbrake, 9.00 –
17.99) pays $1,500 Win, $800 Runner-Up, and $40
Round beginning with 3rd Round loss. Pro ET entry is $50,
with a $40 buyback. 
Monday,
May 28th has $5,000 money races for Super Pro
(electronics, 6.00 – 14.99) and Pro ET (footbrake,
9.00 – 19.99). Each race pays $5,000 Win,
$2,000 Runner-Up, $800 Semis, $400 Quarters, $75 Round
starting 3rd Round loser. Entry is $150, and buybacks
are $90. 
Mason-Dixon
Dragway’s Memorial Day Classic is coming
up Saturday – Monday May 26th – 28th.
Classes are Super ET ($3,000 Win; $1,000 R/U; $300 Semi,
$50 Round starting with 4th round loser. Entry fee: 3-Day
$225 or 1-Day $80); Pro ET ($1,500 Win; $600 R/U; $200 Semi,
$50 Round starting with 4th round loser. Entry Fee: 3-Day
$160 or 1-Day $60; Street ($500 Win; $200 R/U, $25 Round
starting with 4th round loser. Entry Fee: $45 each day;
Motorcycle ($500 Win; $200 R/U; $200 Semi, $25 Round starting
with 4th round loser. Entry Fee $45 each day); Trophy (4'
Trophy Win, 3' Trophy R/U, win at least 2 rounds and receive
a round trophy. Entry Fee: $40 each day. Junior Dragster
(4' Trophy Win + $300 Bond; 3' Trophy R/U + $100 Bond Win
at least 2 rounds and receive a round trophy. Entry fee
$30 per day)
Rockingham
Dragway throws down their IHRA Iron Man Memorial
Weekend Bracket Nationals Friday May 25th – Monday May
28th, 2012 with big money races for Top ET, Footbrake,
and Jr. Dragster. 
The
Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Drag Racers Association
has announced it’s 2012 race schedule. 
The
Heartbeat of America powers its way into Virginia
Motorsports Park May 18th – 20th for the
Super Chevy Show presented by Chevy Performance.
Saturday’s
race classes include a Bonus Race (pays $1,200 Win,
$500 Runner-Up, $200 Semis, and $100 Quarters). Sunday’s
racing includes Bracket 1 (aka Super Pro, pays $3,000 Win,,
$1,500 Runner-Up, $500 Semis, $200 Quarters, and $100 Eighths),
Bracket 2 (aka Pro ET, pays $1,500 Win,
$600 Runner-Up, $200 Semis, $100 Quarters, and $75 Eighths),
DOT Street (pays $1,000 Win, $400 Runner-Up,
$125 Semis, $100 Quarters, and $75 Eighths), and
4.90 Index (1/8 mile, pays $1,200 Win, $600 Runner-Up,
$150 Semis, and $75 Quarters).
The
South East Volkswagen Association (SEVWA) comes
to Farmington Dragway on Sunday
May 20th for all-VW show, swap and race.
If
you’re a racer of the FoMoCo variety then Friday
& Saturday May 11th & 12th is for you at
Rockingham Dragway. It’s Fun
Ford Weekend, with Ford ET bracket racing classes
including Pro Fast Ford (1/8th mile, $1,000
Win, $300 Runner-Up, $150 Semis, $75 Quarters, $40 entry,
30 car minimum), Quick Ford (footbrake, 1/8
mile, $600 Win, $200 Runner-Up, $100 Semis, $50 Quarters,
$30 entry, 30 car minimum), Street Ford (DOT
tires & street legal, 1/4 mile, Trophy Win, Trophy Runner-Up,
$20 entry), and Tuff Truck (Ford trucks,
1/4 mile, Trophy Win, Trophy Runner-Up, $20 entry).
If
you’re a regular reader here you’re probably
already a pretty experienced racer, but perhaps you have
some friends who have wondered what it is like to be at
the drag strip, racing down the quarter-mile. Thanks to
County Corvette of West Chester, PA they
can do just that and help a great cause, the Philadelphia
Ronald McDonald House. On Sunday May 20th,
2012 County Corvette will be holding their second
annual Race Day for the Beginner at Maple
Grove Raceway. Trophies will be awarded to 1st,
2nd, 3rd and 4th place winners and $25 Visa Gift Cards for
the runners-up.
To
help make the day go smoothly there will be an overview
course on Wednesday, May 16th at 7:00 pm at County
Corvette. They’ll discuss what you can expect at
the track including 
Mickey
Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels returns
to the NMRA scene as the official 2012 series sponsor including
all national NMRA events. The company will also be posting
contingency awards in all Pro and Sportsman classes including
Pro Outlaw 10.5, Super Street Outlaw, EFI Renegade, Hot
Street, Drag Radial, Coyote Stock, Factory Stock, Modular
Muscle, Super Stang, Open Comp, and Truck and Lightning
as well as special-event classes. 
Congratulations
to Dan Walleigh of Reading, PA on taking
the $10,000 win at Maple Grove Raceway
on Saturday, April 28th in his new 1970 AMX.
Fresh
from a win at the NMCA event in Bradenton, FL, Chris
Rini and his ATI sponsored '69 Camaro headed to Atlanta
Dragway for the NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals. On day one,
he ran a strong 6.03 @ 235 in the heat of the day to earn
top qualifier in the Kooks Custom Headers Pro Street class.
The following day, Rini put up a 6.06 @ 234 MPH in the final
round, making it back-to-back wins to start off the NMCA season.
Chris' team worked hard all weekend putting down a string
of consistent runs of 6.03, 6.08, 6.13, 6.10 and 6.06 adding
up to a second win for 2012. Rini is currently armed with
a 
At the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals outside Charlotte, NC, it was
long time ATI racer Iggie Boicesco who drove to the Winner’s
Circle. He cut an .018 light and defeated Frank Altillo
in the final round with a 9.905 @ 168.62. Iggie's S/G "Obsession"
Corvette has host of ATI products throughout, including
a 
For
more than two decades, the Advanced Engineering
Technology Conference™ (AETC®) has been
the premier venue for engine builders, parts manufacturers,
industry leaders and media members to interact and learn
valuable information and trade secrets from some of the
automotive world’s top engineering minds. This annual
conference focuses on turning automotive theory into practical
application.
ATI-equipped
X275 racer Dean Marinis was the winner
of the $10,000 Spring Outlaw Civil Wars
at Rockingham Dragway in NC. Dean had the
low ET on Friday and qualified #1 with a 4.811 @ 153.18
MPH. Fellow ATI racers making the Top 10 were Rich Bruder
taking 3rd with a 4.834 @ 138.22 MPH and Al Marlow taking
9th with a 4.938 @ 147.47 MPH.
The
Northeast Outlaw Pro Mods will start their season
at Maryland International Raceway with
the East Coast Door Warz event April 21st –
22nd. 
When's
the last time you were invited to a free Test & Tune
where you had the chance to also win some door prizes? S&W
Race Cars invites you to join them at Atco
Raceway on Saturday April 28th.
The Test & Tune is open to all S&W customers past,
present & future at no charge. Door prizes include samples
of Torco Accelerator donated by TORCO Race Fuels, Moroso
Digital Tire Gauges donated by Moroso, DJ Safety Driving
Gloves donated by DJ Safety, HANS Embroidered Hats donated
by Hans, and S&W swag.
The
Carolina Coalition bracket series makes
its return April 21st & 22nd at Farmington Dragway.
Each day has a Top ET and Footbrake / Modified big money
gambler’s race. Top ET pays $3,000 Win, $1,000 Runner-Up,
$200 Semis, and $40 Round starting 3rd Round win. Entry
is $75 for either day, or $125 for both. Footbrake / Modified
pays $2,000 Win, $500 Runner-Up, $200 Semis, and $20 Round
starting 3rd Round win. Entry is $50 for either day, or
$90 for both.
The
Carolina Bracket Series makes a stop at Coastal
Plains Dragway on Saturday and Sunday,
April 21st & 22nd, 2012 with 1/8th mile money
races for Top ET and Mod ET on both days.
The
sequel to 2011’s successful Combo in the Hills
Stock/Super Stock race will take place on
June 8th & 9th 2012 at Numidia Dragway
in Numidia, PA. Brian Clayton (pictured)
made the long trip down from Canada and took top honors
at the 2011 event, defeating Ray Thurston IV
in the final.
On
Saturday the 2nd annual Combo in the Hills Stock / Super
Stock kicks off at 9:00 am. All drivers will get 2 time
shots before eliminations are set to start. The entry
fee is $150.00, and based on 100 cars entering Van Poppel
& Lee will pay out $4,000 to the winner of this event.
If there are more than 100 entries the purse will increase.
Fun
Ford Weekend will be offering the grassroots racing
enthusiast an award
and recognition that can’t be earned anywhere else.
MustangGuys.com is sponsoring a special
award called the “Fastest 5.0 Award”
at all twelve of the 2012 Fun Ford Weekend events.
The
Mid Atlantic Super Gas Association (MASGA) has
released its 2012 schedule. The series will start out at
Atco Raceway on April 28th & 29th.
This event falls the weekend before the NHRA PC Richard
Open also being held at Atco on May 4th & 5th. Next
is May 19th & 20th at Maple Grove Raceway near
Reading, PA for the “3rd annual Sportsman Circuit
Shootout”. This event will be held the weekend before
the Lucas Oil Division Race also held at the Grove on Memorial
Day weekend. The third stop on the schedule is Numidia
Dragway on June 30th - July 1st. Track owner Bob
DiMino will step up to the plate once again and guarantee
the $1,000.00 winner’s purse on both days. If 30 or
more cars show up for either event DiMino will up the payout
to $1,500.00. Also since this event falls on the July 4th
observed weekend, Numidia will be having fireworks and a
few other surprises on Saturday night for all the racers
and their families. Next, the newly repaved Cecil
County Dragway hosts races 7 & 8 on August 11th &
12th. The Cecil County event will feature the annual
“Pig Roast” put on by Super Gas Racer George
Donhauser and his family. This event falls the weekend before
the Lucas Oil event held at Cecil on Aug 17th - 19th. MASGA
goes to Atco Raceway on Sept 29th & 30th
to crown their season ending champions. This event will
provide a great test & tune opportunity for anyone who
is entered for the Uni-Select Nationals the following weekend
at Maple Grove Raceway. 
The
Mid Atlantic Super Comp Association (MASCA)
kicks off its 3rd full season on April 28th &
29th, 2012 at Atco Raceway. This event will also
be a great test & tune session for anyone running the
NHRA PC Richard & Son National Open the following weekend
at the same facility. The next two events on the schedule
will see the series visiting Maple Grove Raceway
for the “3rd Annual Sportsman Circuit Shootout”
on May 19th & 20th. The series then
returns back to Atco Raceway for the final
two weekends of the 2012 season. The first is July
7th & 8th for the 1st annual MASCA Big Bash
BBQ held on Saturday night. The second is September
29th & 30th when MASCA closes out the season
and crowns their champions This is also the weekend before
the NHRA Uni-Select Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway.
The
East Coast Gassers has announced it’s
2012 racing schedule.
Hey
Pentastars, it’s the 21st Annual Mopars @ The Rock
on Saturday, April 7th at Rockingham Dragway. This
all-Mopar car show, swap meet and drag race includes racing
for Pro ET, Sportsman ET, and True Street.
Auto
Meter is expanding its contingency program with
the NHRA in 2012 to include paying contingency to class
winners in the Stock and Super Stock classes at the three
Sportsnationals events and the US Nationals. Qualifying
class winners will be paid $100. In order to qualify you
must be running the Auto Meter Multi-Function Dash Logger
(#9601, 9602, or 9603) and have the Auto Meter yellow
Data Acquisition contingency decal posted clearly and
visibly on the side of your vehicle for the entire event.
Auto Meter will also be paying $500 cash to the year end
winners if they run both series and meet the program requirements.
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I’d
been using reusable copper header gaskets on my engines,
and although they worked OK, I was always annoyed by the
constant “tsk-tsk-tsk” of a slight leak somewhere
at the headers. I was never sure if it was a faulty gasket
or if there was an imperfection in the header or head;
all I knew is that I was getting tired of hearing it.
When I saw the Remflex gaskets at the show, the first
thing that caught my eye was how thick they are. That’s
by design, because they’re meant to crush significantly,
thereby absorbing imperfections that would normally cause
a leak. I told Remflex that I had to pull one of my heads
during the winter and that I’d like to try a set.
The set is now on my engine, and they performed just as
intended. No more “tsk-tsk-tsk.” Learn more
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ATI's
Chris Rini kicked off the NMCA season opener at
Bradenton with a win in Pro Street. The 2010 Pro Street
champ looked strong in qualifying and ended the day with
a 6.03 @ 235 MPH - good enough for top qualifier. Unfortunately,
he lost a valve on the last run and had to put in last year's
engine for eliminations. The old motor didn't miss a beat
as Chris put down a pair of 6.10s before going on to take
the win in the Pro Street final over Bill Lutz.
In
the LSX Real Street class, Lingenfelter Performance's Jon
Ebert took the #1 spot with the low ET of the day
at 8.608 @ 161.57, besting the field by a tenth. Ebert's
2010 Camaro has a host of ATI products throughout, including
a Superglide 4 transmission, Outlaw
Torque Converter, ATI Superplate
Flexplate, Super Damper
and Super F synthetic transmission fluid.
LPE's 358 LS7 puts out some great HP; Jon made it to the
final but had a little too much power and spun the tires.
ATI
Super Dampers were well represented at this years
"Engine Masters Challenge" presented
by Popular Hot Rodding magazine. All 3
of the top 3 teams in the Xtreme class and all 5 of the
top 5 finishers in the Street Class were equipped with ATI
Super Dampers and over 20 of the engines in the competition
were fitted with ATI Dampers.
Mickey
Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels has renewed
their long-time partnership with Bill Glidden Racing
again this year. Part of the Big Tire Development Program,
Bill Glidden Racing will continue to work closely with Mickey
Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels to provide product
development staff with evaluation results of tire and wheel
products in real-world racing. Mickey Thompson will provide
support to the Bill Glidden Racing team as they compete
in the Extreme 10.5 class of the 2012 ADRL drag racing series.
In
case you missed it, S&W Race Cars was
a sponsor of BangShift.com's live March Meet coverage
last weekend. S&W’s roots go back to the early
days of drag racing in both front-engine dragsters and fuel
funny cars. S&W’s founder Walt Weney
(pictured) is a drag racing pioneer who began setting NHRA
records in 1962. Scott Weney, S&W’s President
and 2000 IHRA Funny Car World Champion, cut his teeth in
the fuel funny cars of the late 70s, including the famed
‘Frantic Ford.’ Today, S&W Nostalgia Front
Engine Dragsters and Nostalgia Funny Cars are still setting
records and can be found at many nostalgia races around
the world.
Coastal
Plains Dragway welcomes the IHRA Pro-Am
Tour on Friday April 6th –Saturday April 7th,
including Top Sportsman, Top Dragster, Super Stock, Stock,
Quick Rod, Super Rod, Hot Rod, Junior Masters, Junior Advanced
and Junior Beginner.
Atco’s
Summer Series Shootout is back for another season
of big-money gambler’s races. The 2012 series kicks
off Easter Weekend with $5,000 gambler’s races
on Friday April 6th and Sunday, April 8th, and
a $10,000 on Saturday, April 7th. ET Breaks
are 6.50 – 12.99, electronics permitted.
Mickey
Thompson Performance
Tires &
Wheels has
promoted Tom
Kundrik to
the position
of Motorsports
Manager. Kundrik has been an employee since 2006.
The
National Hot Rod Diesel Association 2012 Gator Diesel Drags
are coming to Auto-Plus Raceway in Gainesville,
FL on Saturday March 24th, and includes
diesel drag racing, a burnout contest and a show & shine.
Maple
Grove Raceway racers Jackie Grater (Super
ET), Brock Moshier (Pro ET), Jake
Knarr (Street ET), Joe Stuebner
(Top Bike) and Joe Dedrick (Jr. Dragster)
were recognized for their season championships in their
respective classes at the track’s awards banquet.
The
2012 Southern Outlaw Tour kicks off March 9th and
10th at Montgomery MotorSports Park in Montgomery,
AL. 
Instead
of making the trip to Bakersfield in March, Cen-Pen
Speed Shop in Grantville, PA (17028) is having
an open house/garage party on Saturday, March 3rd
from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. They’ll
open their doors for a look behind the scenes of their front-engine
dragster shop which produces over 30 nostalgia dragster
chassis per year. Snack food and sodas will be provided.
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Memphis
International Raceway hosts The Dixie House
Café Iron Man $50K on March 9-11,
2012. A weekend purse totaling over $100,000 will
beckon big money bracket racing hopefuls to the centrally-located
facility from all corners of the map.
Alston
Racing will be hosting a race car chassis seminar
by renowned chassis tuner Dave Morgan,
March 3rd & 4th, in Lake Zurich, IL. 
Island
Dragway in Great Meadows, NJ has announced that
their Super Pro class will race 1,000 feet during the track's
Saturday night ET Bracket Racing points program in the 2012
season. According
to Island Dragway manager Steve Opetosky,
"The 1000 ft. Super Pro length was based on the reality
that cars have gotten faster and faster. The fact is that
racers have always and will always look to make their vehicles
faster but since the shutdown at Island can't be lengthened,
a safety and business decision was made to try to bring
back some of the quicker Super Pro racers that would still
like to race at Island but were concerned about doing so.
This is only for Super Pro and only during Saturday Summit
racing series ET bracket racing. The Super Pro racer will
receive E.T. and MPH for the 1000 ft. along with all the
other standard info like reaction time, 60', etc.. They
will not receive any 1/4 mile info. However, If a Super
Pro racer is running test & tune on Saturday or any
other day, they will receive all regular 1/4 mile data.
The E.T. breaks for 1000 ft. are going to be 5.80 - 9.99,
with 6.23 and quicker requiring the advanced E.T. rules
safety equipment. These numbers equate to the 1/4 mile numbers.
This takes effect for the 2012 season. Once our website
is completley up and running, all will be posted."
Racers
won big at the recent Pro Tree Racers Association
2011 season banquet held at the Hilton at University Place
in Charlotte, NC on January 7, 2012. 
Al
Vanis is about as hard-core a bracket racer as
there is. He’s dedicated a good portion of his life
to our sport, just as many of us have. He’s also raced
Stock Eliminator and has notched two national event wins,
with one of those being the U.S. Nationals.
The times I’ve raced against Al he’s been pretty
stellar on the Tree. You never take this guy lightly. 
The
five second barrier has stood all season long in the NMCA
Pro Street class until the NMCA World Street
Finals in Indianapolis, where ATI’s Chris
Rini put
down a 5.988
ET at 236.4
MPH to become the 1st person in any NMCA class
to break into the fives. That run turned out to be the
fastest pass of the day and put Rini #1 in qualifying.
No,
it's not an installment of Dragtime News On Location;
this time I was at Maple Grove only to race. The Dodge
did well, too; I was still in it at the split. 
Our
visit to PRI kicked off Thursday night at the Red
Bull Kart Fight at PRI, Powered by Rotax. In an
outstanding night of racing under the lights before a standing-room-only
crowd of over 3,500 members of the racing industry, Jan
Heylen won the 2011 All-Star division race at the
Red Bull Kart Fight at PRI, Powered by Rotax. He drove a
CRG kart for the CRG USA team.
In
a landmark move for the highly-competitive Extreme
Pro Stock (XPS) class, the American Drag
Racing League (ADRL) announced that it will allow
electronic fuel injection (EFI) on all XPS cars starting
in the 2012 season. With the ruling, the ADRL becomes the
first major drag racing sanctioning body to allow EFI to
be used in any Pro Stock car. Manufacturers wishing to have
their EFI Controllers in the world’s premier eighth-mile
drag racing league will have to first submit them to the
ADRL for approval prior to them being allowed to be used
at any ADRL event. 
Aeromotive
has announced the addition of racer and engine builder Chuck
Samuel as crew chief on Aeromotive’s
Pro Mod Mustang. Samuel brings with him a racing
history going back to the early 80s. In the late 90s he
found his way into the record books with the first 10”
tire car to break into the 6s. Chuck will make his debut
with the car at the start of the 2012 season. Look for the
RoushYates powered turbo Mustang at multiple events next
season, including NHRA Pro Mod, NMCA, ADRL and PSCA events.
Mickey
Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels has announced
their support of Danny Thompson’s plans to exceed
the existing internal combustion wheel-driven land speed
record of 417.020 mph with a goal of more than 420 mph
by the summer of 2012 on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Thompson
will complete the restoration of his father’s custom-
built Challenger 2.5, building the fastest piston-powered
car in the world, to achieve this incredible goal. 
UNC-Charlotte
Engineering student and sportsman drag racing standout
Kyle Cultrera has capped his solid 2011
NHRA campaign with dual top-ten finishes in the NHRA Northeast
Division points standings. Cultrera enjoyed his share
of success on the race track in 2011, securing five event
wins along with two runner-up finishes. One of those wins
came on the national stage at his North Carolina home
track, zMAX Dragway, during the Visitmyrtlebeach.com 4-Wide
Nationals in April. "The win at zMAX was easily the
highlight of my season," said Kyle. "I really
had to earn that one, having to get past so many worthy
opponents."