Team Press Releases

Las Vegas, Nev. (April 2, 2011) – Mopar® Dodge Avenger NHRA Pro Stock pilot Allen Johnson soared to No. 3 in the final day of qualifying at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals, leading a three-car Mopar Dodge field into the elimination rounds tomorrow at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. No. 7 after two rounds of qualifying yesterday, Johnson knew he and his Mopar/J&J Racing team could do better—and do better they did. The Team Mopar veteran reeled off a 6.711-second elapsed time (ET) at 206.07 mph in his first qualifying attempt of the day to jump to the No. 3 spot. Johnson experienced problems early in his fourth and final pass and shut the car off, but his first run today was more than enough to secure his qualifying...

Suzuki rider will compete in bike and sled series which starts at Cayuga Dragway to open season THAMESVILLE, ONTARIO (April 2, 2011) - Dan Cryderman said he will be ready for the opening round in the new Pro Bike and Sled Series (PBSS) for the inaugural season in motorcycle and snowmobile drag racing action. “I’m looking forward to this new series,” said the Pro Bike rider who will campaign his 2004 Suzuki. “It should be an interesting year.” The PBSS will be comprised of bikes and sleds, which will feature a Quick 16-machine qualified field of eight bikes and eight snowmobiles. Presented by Wiseco Performance Products, competitors will run on a Sportsman ladder in dial-in racing. Cryderman’s bike was built by...

Litton, Bennett, Manners and Turner all visit victory lane SAN ANTONIO, Texas (April 1, 2011) – It appears Nitro Jam’s newest rivalry has been born. For the fourth time in the last five finals Prostalgia Nitro Funny Car competitors Peter Gallen and Mike McIntire met in the final of the eight-car Funny Car class and for the fourth time this season Gallen took home the win needing a new Nitro Jam best run to lay claim to his 11th career Ironman trophy Friday at the San Antonio Nitro Jam in Texas. “Mike and those guys are a world class group and it is an honor to get a chance to race them for the win,” Gallen said. “Those guys are giving it their all so we knew we needed to match that intensity to take home this trophy. We also...

Event: *12th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals Location: The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada Day/Date: Friday, April 1, 2011 Mother Nature played an April Fools’ Day joke on the racers during the first day of qualifying for the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals, with temperatures soaring into the 90-degree range making it seem more like summer, conditions that sent crew chiefs scrambling to find the right combination to tame the hot and slick track at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.* Coming in as the points leader in the highly competitive Pro Stock division, Jason Line and his Summit Racing team looked to continue their string of impressive performances, but found themselves struggling to...

Event: *12th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals Location: The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada Day/Date: Friday, April 1, 2011 Summit Racing Pro Stock driver Greg Anderson and his fellow racers encountered the most trying conditions of the 2011 season during the first day of qualifying at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas, Nevada.* With ambient temperatures soaring into the 90’s, the challenge was not only in making horsepower, but also in transferring it to the hot and slick Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway track, where surface temperatures reached 132 degrees.* Although Anderson tied for the second-quickest time of the opening session at 6.736 seconds, the top speed tie breaker...

Las Vegas, Nev. (April 1, 2011) –* Mopar® Dodge Avenger NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson motored to the provisional No. 7 spot after two qualifying sessions today at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Under the hottest track conditions of the year to date (132 degree track temperatures in the second Pro Stock qualifying round) Johnson recorded his best pass of the day in his first effort, a 6.747-second elapsed time at 205.19 mph. In his second attempt Johnson’s Mopar Dodge shook the tires shortly after leaving the line, resulting in a 13.378/62.93 run. “It wasn’t a bad first run, but we still left quite a bit on the table,” said Johnson, who qualified...

CHARLOTTE, NC (April 1, 2011) – The Las Vegas Motor Speedway seemed to have had some tricks up its sleeve today for the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racers. Knowing the track was going to be a bit tricky, Greg Stanfield and his Team Safety Sentry Motorsports Pontiac GXP team didn’t quite hit that sweet spot they wanted. Qualifying in the twelfth spot with a 6.766 et at 204.08 mph after two sessions at the Las Vegas Strip today, Stanfield and crew have some work to do to bring their GXP up to speed. “I knew the track was going to be a bit tricky before we even got here,” said Stanfield. “We just missed the tune up today. We should be better tomorrow, however the weather is supposed to cool off on Sunday; therefore everything we are...

Lagana crew comes to rescue of fellow racer SAN ANTONIO, Texas (April 1, 2011) – Bobby Lagana Jr. and Mike McIntire have never met on the racetrack, but that didn’t stop Lagana from racing to McIntire’s side in his time of need. Following last weekend’s Arizona Nitro Jam in Tucson, many of the top teams on the Nitro Jam tour began their trek back east to the San Antonio Nitro Jam this weekend in Texas. But while many of the teams made it to San Antonio Raceway earlier this week without a problem, McIntire and the “McAttack” Prostalgia Nitro Funny Car team weren’t so lucky. Just a few miles across the Texas border in El Paso, McIntire’s race rig suffered a catastrophic failure and the team was left stranded still some 600...

4-1-2011) LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Fresh off a final round appearance at the season-opener in Gainesville, Florida a few weeks ago, Danny Rowe heads into the second-stop on the Get Screened America NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series tour with a full head of steam. “We really had a tremendous weekend at the Gatornationals,” says Rowe, checking in via cell phone en route to the fabulous Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. “We knew we were in for a drag race against Balooshi in the final, and I was fired up, but we didn’t quite have enough to hang on for the win. We’re happy to hang around late on Sunday and be in the final though – earning those oh-so-valuable championship points – and we’re feeling good about Vegas, as well as the 2011 season...