Team Press Releases

ohnson Moves to Ninth in Standings after NHRA 4-Wide Nationals; Nobile Makes Another Finals Run Mopar Dodge Avenger Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson advanced to the second round at the VisitMyrtleBeach.com NHRA 4-Wide Nationals, moving up one spot to the ninth position in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Pro Stock Standings. Johnson faced off against Greg Anderson, Kurt Johnson and Ronnie Humphrey in the opening round, crossing the finish line first with a 6.563-second pass at 211.26 mph, coupled with a strong .023 reaction time. In the second round the Team Mopar veteran was coupled with Anderson, Greg Stanfield and Mike Edwards, without lane choice. Johnson left second quickest of the four-car field with a .022...

Mopar® paid a visit to the winner's circle at the VisitMyrtleBeach.com NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Concord, N.C. on Sunday, April 17, thanks to a victory by Mopar HEMI®-powered Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car driver Jack Beckman. The Mopar-powered Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) Funny Car driver posted a 4.079/313.66 pass to reach the finish line first in an opening round that included Mike Neff, Tony Pedregon and Jeff Arend. Beckman was also first in the second round with a 4.103/312.57 run against Neff, Jim Head and John Force, and closed out the win with a 4.120/309.63 pass to defeat Head, Bob Tasca and Tim Wilkerson in the final round. Beckman won the inaugural race at zMAX Dragway, dubbed the "Bellagio of drag strips,"...

Charlotte - Duane Shields went to his third final round of the season at the second annual VisitMyrtleBeach.com NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte, NC. Shields lost traction in the finals against Monroe Guest and had to settle for runner-up honors. The Shortline Express team had their hands full all weekend since the Four-Wide race has a faster turn around time than most NHRA events due to the Four-Wide format and they were also shorthanded as crew member Bill Jones pulled a tendon. “Dana Hopewell, Chris Zedaker and Ralph Freeman really stepped it up and did a great job covering for Bill. They also did a good job servicing the car so quickly between rounds. I was really impressed with my team” Shields commented. Shields...

O’FALLON, MO (April 18, 2011) – The first trip to the Northeast for the American Drag Racing League (ADRL) will also include a new partnership. The ADRL announced today that leading global transportation provider Penske Truck Leasing will be the title sponsor for the Inaugural ADRL Penske Truck Leasing Northeast Drags. The highly-anticipated event is the third stop on the 2011 ADRL Tour and it takes place on May 6-7 at historic Maple Grove Raceway. It will be the first race for the world’s premier eighth-mile drag league at the track and the ADRL is excited to debut a new partnership for the national event. “This is a huge deal for the ADRL and it is a great partnership for us to establish,” ADRL Executive Vice President of...

Jason Line and the Summit Racing team came into Sunday’s final eliminations of the VisitMyrtleBeach.com 4-Wide NHRA Nationals cautiously optimistic about their chances of scoring their third win of the season. After all, they had been one of the most consistent cars throughout qualifying, capping their performance by claiming the No. 1 qualifying position on their final attempt on Saturday afternoon. However, they also acknowledged racing in the unconventional four-wide format used at this event would add an extra variable that would be hard to predict. Ironically, Line’s run at his home track would be curtailed by such an unforeseen circumstance. Racing in the first round against Line, Connolly and Krisher all followed the...

Johnson Moves to Ninth in Standings after NHRA 4-Wide Nationals; Mopar-Powered Beckman Triumphs in Funny Car Concord, N.C. (April 17, 2011) – Mopar® Dodge Avenger NHRA Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson advanced to the second round today at the VisitMyrtleBeach.com NHRA 4-Wide Nationals, moving up one spot to the ninth position in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series NHRA Pro Standings. Mopar also made a winner’s circle appearance at zMAX Dragway in Concord, N.C., thanks to a victory by Mopar HEMI®-powered Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car driver Jack Beckman. Johnson faced off against Greg Anderson, Kurt Johnson and Ronnie Humphrey in the opening round, crossing the finish line first with a 6.563-second pass at 211.26 mph, coupled...

Mooresville, N.C., April 17, 2011 – Summit Racing Pro Stock driver Greg Anderson scored an impressive victory on Sunday, claiming the Pro Stock title at the VisitMyrtleBeach.com Four-Wide NHRA Nationals in Charlotte, North Carolina. Starting from the second position, Anderson used consistent performances in the opening rounds to advance to the final, where he would take on noted leavers Greg Stanfield, Dave Connolly and Vincent Nobile. In one of the closest races of the day, the four cars left the starting line as if welded together. However, it was Anderson who crossed the finish line first, using a 6.556-second, 211.39 mph pass to edge second-place Stanfield by five thousandths of a second. It was the 66th national event win...

Tony Pedregon placed third in his foursome Sunday in the opening round of the Visitmyrtlebeach.com 4-Wide Nationals. Pedregon’s WIX Filters Funny Car posted an elapsed time of 4.258 seconds at 310.07 mph. Jack Beckman and Mike Neff crossed the finish line ahead of Pedregon. Beckman’s time was 4.079 and Neff’s was 4.908. Beckman was the eventual race winner. The next event is the O’Reilly Auto Parts Spring Nationals, April 29-May 1, Baytown, Texas, near Houston.

Stanfield misses 4-Wide Nationals win by 5-thousandths of second Greg Stanfield came oh, so close – five-thousandths of a second to be exact – to winning the Visitmyrtlebeach.com 4-Wide Nationals Pro Stock title Sunday at zMAX Dragway. Stanfield stayed side-by-side with Greg Anderson during the thrilling quarter-mile ride, but the win light came on in Anderson’s lane in 6.566 seconds, 211.39 mph to Stanfield’s 6.559, 211.10 in a photo finish. The two rivals were in the same semifinal quartet, only this time Stanfield got to the finish line first in another nip-and-tuck outcome. Stanfield’s Nitro Fish Pontiac GXP won with a 6.547 at 211.49 to Anderson’s 6.549 at 211.20, a margin of .014 second. Stanfield came in second...