Team Press Releases

Jack Beckman continued his strong start to the 2011 NHRA Funny Car season aboard his Mopar-powered Dodge Charger R/T, reaching the semifinals at the 23rd Annual NHRA Summer Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka on Sunday, May 22.

The Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) hotshoe downed Jeff Arend in the opening round with a pass of 4.171 seconds at 294.05 mph. The quarterfinals found Beckman taking on veteran Jim Head. Beckman used a run of 4.665/236.01 to reach the semifinals, where he fell to Mike...

 

Team Mopar® veteran Allen Johnson advanced to the quarterfinals aboard his Mopar Dodge Avenger Pro Stock car at the 23rd Annual NHRA Summer Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka in Kansas on Sunday, May 22.

In four rounds of consistent qualifying at Topeka, Johnson was first, fourth, third and third, setting the top speed of the event at 207.24 mph during his second qualifying attempt. Starting out of the No. 3 spot, Johnson won on a holeshot in the opening round over Larry Morgan with a...

 

CAYUGA, ONTARIO (May 21, 2011) – Bruce Boland, Peter Edwards, Kevin Wicke, John Orfanidis, and Dave Marshall set the pace qualifying number one respectively in the Pro Modified Racing Association, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and the Pro Bike & Sled Series.

The event, the Victoria Day Weekend Challenge at Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario, was the first race for this year in all three series.

Bruce Boland, of Hamilton, Ontario, qualified number one in the PMRA with a...

 

Coming into Sunday’s final eliminations of the NHRA Summer Nationals in Topeka, Kansas in the eleventh starting position, Greg Anderson and the Summit Racing team knew they had their work cut out for them if they were to contend for their fifth win at the Kansas quarter-mile.


Things seemed to go according to plan in the first round, when Anderson used a superior reaction time and a 6.687-second, 206.29 mph pass to upset his brother-in-law and Summit teammate Ronnie Humphrey on a...

 

After making the two quickest passes in the Pro Stock category on Saturday, Summit Racing driver Jason Line was cautiously optimistic heading into Sunday’s final eliminations of the NHRA Summer Nationals in Topeka, Kansas. Starting from the second position, he continued to pace the field, posting the quickest time of the first round at 6.665-seconds to eliminate veteran Kurt Johnson.


This set the stage for a second-round meeting with sophomore runner Shane Gray. Using a quick .023...

 

TOPEKA, Kan. – For the second time in his three final rounds this year, Greg Stanfield finished second Sunday by a matter of inches in the Summer Nationals at Heartland Park.

In the run for the money, Stanfield sent the Nitro Fish/Coffman Tank Trucks GXP off the line with a .047 to rival Shane Gray’s .040. At the finish line, Gray stopped the timer in 6.679 seconds at 206.95 mph to Stanfield’s 6.693 at 206.29. The winning margin was seven-thousandths of a second.

While there was...

 

TOPEKA, Ks. – After rain dominated the skies early Friday at Hartland Park and NHRA Summer Nationals action was suspended Saturday afternoon because of tornado and severe weather warnings for the Topeka area, Steve Chrisman was questioning his decision to make the long trip from his Anaheim, Calif. home

By Sunday afternoon, though, the driver of the Nitro Fish Top Fuel dragster marveled at the fact he was able to make four qualifying runs and his first-round race against Del Worsham...

 

NEW ALEXANDRIA, Pa. (May 21, 2011) – Finally.

After seven previous meetings and seven excruciating losses to Peter Gallen and the “Poverty Stricken” team Mike McIntire and the “McAttack” crew finally got their revenge on Saturday with a thrilling victory during the finale of the inaugural Pittsburgh Nitro Jam at Pittsburgh Raceway Park.

And he wasn’t alone.

Saturday was a night for new winners as Michael Manners retook the Pro Fuel points lead with a victory over Friday winner...

 

On the strength of a 6.687-second, 205.98 mph pass made on his second attempt on Friday evening, Summit Racing Pro Stock driver Greg Anderson captured the eleventh starting spot for Sunday’s final eliminations of the NHRA Summer Nationals in Topeka, Kansas. In each of the final two qualifying sessions Heartland Park Topeka, the KB Racing crew worked to better adapt their race car to the track, and despite making minor gains, felt further work would be needed in order to contend for their...