Team Press Releases

Jason Line and the Summit Racing team rebounded from an uncharacteristic performance on Friday to power their way into the field during the final day of qualifying for the NHRA Summer Nationals in Topeka, Kansas. With their quickest time from Friday falling outside the top twelve, Line came into Saturday’s action at Heartland Park Topeka without an official time as per NHRA regulations, requiring he earn a spot based on his two final attempts.


Fortunately, despite the slightly...

 

TOPEKA, Ks. – Steve Chrisman made the long drive to Topeka from Anaheim, Calif., intent on making the 16-car Top Fuel lineup for Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Summer Nationals at Heartland Park, and he did.

Chrisman did that with a 6.655-second elapsed time at 111.76 mph Saturday and claimed the No. 15 position in the Nitro Fish Top Fuel dragster. His first-round foe is a tough one, Full Throttle Drag Racing Series point leader Del Worsham, who was second-quickest with a 1,000-foot run...

 

TOPEKA, Kan. – Greg Stanfield’s first-round race Sunday against Vincent Nobile is important despite the fact this is the seventh of 22 NHRA’s Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events.

Stanfield came into the Summer Nationals tied with Nobile for fourth in points (420), and eager to make up for the points he missed out on after a rare first-round loss last week at Atlanta. He does have lane choice on the strength of Friday night’s 6.676-second run at 205.26 mph at Heartland Park Topeka...

 

STANFIELD SITTING EIGHTH HEADING INTO SUNDAY

BOSSIER CITY, LA (May 21, 2011) – Stanfield and his J&T Racing, Nitrofish, Coffman Tanks Trucks, Indicom Electric Pontiac GXP team wanted more out of qualifying. But they will play the cards that they were dealt and give it all they’ve got.

Stanfield came into the event sitting fourth in points, and after a rough weekend in Atlanta last time out, he hopes to get those points back tomorrow.

After running well on Friday and putting himself...

 

NEW ALEXANDRIA, Pa. (May 20, 2011) – For the fifth time this season Peter Gallen and Mike McIntire met in the finals of a Prostalgia Nitro Funny Car race.

And for the fifth time this season Gallen walked away the victor.

In front of a rambunctious Pittsburgh crowd in Gallen’s home state, the driver of the “Poverty Stricken” Vega cruised to his fifth win of the season and seventh consecutive victory over McIntire in a thrilling race at the inaugural Pittsburgh Nitro Jam Friday night...

 

Although rain throughout the day in the Topeka area threatened to wash out the opening day of qualifying for the NHRA Summer Nationals, with their sessions not scheduled until late in the day, the professional classes were actually able to wait out the weather and run as originally planned. Coming off their strong runner-up finish in Atlanta five days ago, Greg Anderson and the Summit Racing team looked to pick up where they left off and rolled to the line ready to tackle the tricky...

 

NOT BAD FOR STANFIELD ON FRIDAY

BOSSIER CITY, LA (May 20, 2011) – Greg Stanfield and his J&T Racing, Nitrofish, Coffman Tank Trucks, Indicom Electric Pontiac GXP had a much better start to his weekend than the last one. Coming into Heartland Park Topeka, Stanfield and team knew they needed to step it up a notch.

Running a 6.676 at 205.76 mph, Stanfield would put his GXP in the number five spot after two qualifying attempts on Friday in Topeka, Kansas.

“Not a bad day,” said...

 

Famosa, Ca -- The Southern California based Top Alcohol Dragster Team of Maddern Racing with Chris Demke as the pilot, are ready for racing action this weekend at the third of six Pacific Division 7 Lucas Oil Racing Series Event in Famosa, California.

This event is the sixth race for the Peen Rite / Clean Boost Performance Oil Partnered team this year. They currently sit fourth within the National Points Championship chase.

“We had a very tough weekend during our last race at the...

 

For the first time in over two years, a Pro Comp event featuring blown alcohol dragsters and funny cars was contested at Renegade Raceway in Yakima, Washington on May 6. Chilly May weather made the event a driver's race as 12 blown alcohol cars made the call for the first round. The finals saw Chris Davis' front engine entry 4.54 beat out Matt Driscole's 4.66. Driscole was behind the wheel of a blown alcohol funny car.

Nitro funny car veteran Gary Ritter was the event's Grand Marshal...