Team Press Releases

BACK SURGERY CAN’T KEEP SMITH DOWN

KING, NC (June 2, 2011) – After having back surgery two weeks ago, Rickie Smith and his Nitrous Injected Carolina Drilling/Coffman Tank Trucks Chevrolet Camaro are headed back to the racetrack.

The multi-time Champion has had severe back pain for the last few months, and after toughing it out for a while, the veteran racer decided it was time to go under the knife.

Smith is not exactly back to 100%, but even though he has been down and out the last...

 

Season of challenges continues at Englishtown

After another semi-final round showing at the Summernationals in Topeka, Rodger Brogdon and The Edge pain & performance chips team are still looking for that first NHRA Pro Stock victory. After rolling in deep in the 3rd round, Rodger unfortunately lit the red lite and the team came up short of their final round goal.

“We continue to qualify well and we continue to accumulate bonus points. We started the season off after Pomona in 14th...

 

MATT SMITH WANTS BACK IN THE HUNT

KING, NC (June 2, 2011) – Matt Smith and his Al-Anabi Racing Buell are focused and on a mission. The 2007 Pro Stock Motorcycle Champion hasn’t been this low in the Championship point standings in a while, and he is hoping to change all that this weekend.

Heading into Englishtown, New Jersey, Smith stands with a very good record and if there is anywhere to turn his 2011 season around, it will be here.

“We have been working real hard here lately to...

 

ANGIE SMITH HOPES NEW MOTOR PROPELS HER TO THE TOP

KING, NC (June 2, 2011) – The Coffman Tank Trucks Buell of Angie Smith heads into the 42nd annual NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park this weekend. Smith hopes to step it up a notch in Englishtown, New Jersey with the help of her new motor.

“I am really excited about Englishtown this weekend,” says Smith. “I have a new motor this race and it is really good on the dyno. I can’t wait to see what it runs on the race...

 

Sonoma, CA – Putting the finishing touches on their race day set up, the Goodguys Racing Team led by Marc Meadors unleashed the raw power of the “Pure Hell2” ’69 Camaro over the Memorial Day Weekend recording the quickest and fastest quarter-mile run for a door car at Infineon Raceway.

Starting out the test session with an on an off the throttle 6.24 @ 237mph (running a huge back half speed of 62mph), the team returned later in the afternoon to stop the clocks with a stunning 5.83 @...

 

Auburn Hills, Mich. — Team Mopar® NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson is well acquainted with the rich history of Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J. The Greeneville, Tenn. native would like nothing better than to add his name to the list of winners at the famed quarter-mile, which hosted one of the original seven NHRA national events, as he seeks to advance to his first final round at the track and of the year at the 42nd Annual NHRA...

 

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. – A day of testing minus a nagging electrical problem brought a smile back to
GT Tonglet’s face as he prepared for the NHRA SuperNationals, Friday through Sunday, at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.

“We learned a lot, and now it looks like everything is going in the right direction,” said GT, driver of the new Nitro Fish Tonglet Racing Pro Stock Motorcycle and older brother of current champion LE. “I am a lot more confident now. We know the bike is going to be good...

 

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. – “Flawless” was the one-word answer Gary Tonglet used to describe his son LE’s Pro Stock Motorcycle performance at Atlanta two weeks ago.

No one could argue. LE was the No. 1 qualifier, had the quickest elapsed time (6.893 seconds) of the weekend and the best times in three of four elimination rounds on the way to his sixth career victory in eight finals. It was the kind of feat one might expect from the reigning Pro Stock Motorcycle champion and brought a sigh of...

 

HAMILTON, ONTARIO (June 1, 2011) – Since he started competing in the Pro Modified Racing Association seven seasons ago, Bruce Boland has raced a different car each year.

And for 2011, he has continued with this trend, debuting a 1941 Willys Pro Modified.

With almost zero seat time in the new car, the three-time PMRA champ not only established a personal-best run, but qualified number one for the PMRA opener held recently at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park.

His...