Team Press Releases

Mooresville, N.C., May 31, 2011 – Summit Racing Pro Stock driver Jason Line has had his share of highlights in his seven previous appearances at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, site of this weekend’s NHRA SummerNationals in Englishtown, N.J.. For example, in each of his first three appearances at the historic quarter-mile, the Mooresville, NC resident ended the weekend in the winner’s circle, which is the second most at any single track in his career.


Therefore, it is somewhat...

 

Mooresville, N.C., May 31, 2011 – After a weekend off to observe Memorial Day, the world’s best quarter-milers return to action this weekend with the NHRA SuperNationals in Englishtown, N.J., the eighth stop on the 2011 Full Throttle Drag Racing schedule. Held at venerable Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, it is one of defending Pro Stock champion Greg Anderson and his Summit Racing team’s favorites for a variety of reasons.


For starters, the naturally-aspirated “factory hot rods” are...

 

CarSafe, CarSafe Motorsports and ADRL Announce Fundraising Program with Red Cross for Storm Victims



CarSafe, CarSafe Motorsports and the American Drag Racing League (ADRL) jointly announced on Tuesday that they have created a fundraising program in light of the most recent storm tragedies that have taken place most recently in Joplin, Mo. and across the Midwest

A special donations webpage, Is Your Car Safe? or Is Your Car Safe?, has been made and donations to the Red...

 

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. – Determined to squeeze out a little more horsepower before this weekend’s NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Greg Stanfield spent most of the past 10 days working on the power plants he builds for the Nitro Fish/Coffman Tank Trucks Pro Stock GXP he also drives.

“We want to do better than we did at the last race,” Stanfield said. “The motor looks good, but you never know how well it is going to run until it gets on the track.”

“We have been...

 

NORWALK, Ohio (May 31, 2011) – Mopar® Canada, who has been the title sponsor for the IHRA’s Mopar Canadian Nitro Jam since inception back in 2000, has announced an important further expansion of their involvement within Canada’s drag racing scene.

The progressive company will supplement its sponsorship of the Grand Bend Motorplex event (July 16-17th) with new involvement in a title sponsorship role for the IHRA’s Mopar Rocky Mountain Nitro Jam Nationals at Edmonton’s Castrol Raceway...

 

Clint Thompson made a final round appearance at the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event known as the Lordco BC Nationals held in Mission Canada over the Memorial Day weekend.

Thompson qualified on the pole with a blistering 5.61 at 256 MPH to lead the six car field. In the first round Thompson took on number six qualifier John Evanchuk. At the hit it was Thompson out of the gate first with a 0.085 reaction time to Evanchuk’s 0.118. Thompson’s better reaction time paid off in spades as...

 

LONDON, ONTARIO (May 31, 2011) – Randy Hope credits his father’s influence when it comes to drag racing.

“He’s the reason for my drag racing,” said the rider of the Lil’ Hope Racing Pro Bike entry. “My father put me on a bike.”

The team is one of the contestants in the new Pro Bike & Sled Series for motorcycles and snowmobiles. Bike riders make up one side of the Series, and snowmobiles provide the other side. Top eliminators in each division then pair off in a bike-versus-snowmobile...

 

Mohnton PA - Duane Shields won his second Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event title in a row, this time in Division 1 at Maple Grove Raceway. Last week, Shields scored a win in Division 2 at Atlanta Dragway. “We are happy to get another win so we can keep up with these guys” Shields said. The field at Maple Grove was stout as there were 14 cars trying to get into an eight car field. “It was a very tight competitive field but our car was consistent and running good” Shields observed. Shields...

 

PMRA, Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and PBSS to run postponed opener plus round two of 2011 season at TMP’s Cayuga Dragway

Drag racing double header set for Extreme Mayhem Nationals June 10-12

CAYUGA, ONTARIO (May 26, 2011) – Although the qualifying rounds in the Pro Modified Racing Association, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and the Pro Bike & Sled Series were completed during the Victoria Day Weekend Challenge May 20-22 at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park, rain...