Team Press Releases

Pro Stock Points Leader Targeting Third Straight Win Mooresville, N.C., March 29, 2011 – Prior to the start of the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing season, Summit Racing Pro Stock driver Jason Line stated that one of his goals was to win all 22 races on this year’s schedule. As anyone who knows the quiet-spoken Minnesotan will tell you, this statement was not made as a flippant remark or a bold declaration. Rather, it was the product of logical thought, as he believes every driver in the series should start the year with the same mindset. Ironically, as the world’s best quarter-milers arrive in Las Vegas for this weekend’s SummitRacing.com Nationals, Line is the only competitor for whom that goal remains achievable...

Defending champion looks to reward team owner, sponsor with eighth LVMS win Mooresville, N.C., March 29, 2011 – Universally acknowledged as the Entertainment Capital of the World, the city of Las Vegas offers something for everyone. For those looking to make their fortune in a game of chance, there is a myriad of casinos featuring a form of gambling to suit every taste and budget, while those wanting to be entertained have their choice of top acts from around the world. Shopaholics have a wealth of outlets at their disposal, while those preferring to enjoy the great outdoors can make the short drive to the Hoover Dam. Finally, race fans can take in one of several major-league events held at the state-of-the-art Las Vegas Motor...

Perfect forecast helping fuel one of the largest advance sales in IHRA Nitro Jam history SAN ANTONIO, Texas (March 29, 2011) – It appears the IHRA isn’t the only one excited to be returning to San Antonio this weekend. In advance of one of the largest Nitro Jam events of the year, a staggering amount of tickets have already been sold making this weekend’s San Antonio Nitro Jam one of the largest advance sales in history. And when you add in the near perfect forecast for the weekend, IHRA Nitro Jam officials are predicating one of the biggest weekends ever when the fastest cars in the world take to the track at San Antonio Raceway this Friday and Saturday. “When we added San Antonio to the schedule late last year we knew it...

The Pro Slammers Door Car Association based on the West Coast will host its season opener this weekend. The event scheduled for April 2, 2011 will be held at Famoso Raceway, Bakersfield, which is the home of the famous March Meet and Hot Rod Reunion. Both classes, 7.00 Pro Slammers & 7.60 Slammers will be contested in conjunction with the Summit ET Series which will give the race fans some really good, all day racing. This is the second year for the fast growing association and it should be a good one as many new teams have already signed up. Last season Bruce Sanders won the first and the last event of the season while the president of the association Mike Doushgouian won the Championship. A lot of teams will be there this...

Mopar's official YouTube channel, "Mopar Captured," is now featuring exclusive footage of Team Mopar NHRA Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson and Dodge Motorsports NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Kurt Busch testing their Mopar-powered Dodge Pro Stockers leading up to the recent NHRA Gatornationals. Mopar Dodge Avenger driver Johnson tutored Busch in his switch from a NASCAR Sprint Cup ride to a Mopar HEMI-powered Pro Stock machine. Busch qualified No. 12 in his first-ever Pro Stock event at the Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla. in early March and lost a close first-round battle to Erica Enders. New content will be posted to the "Mopar Captured" site on a regular basis throughout 2011. Fans can access or subscribe to the "Mopar Captured"...

Five nitro classes, hundreds of sportsman to fill the lanes at San Antonio Nitro Jam this weekend SAN ANTONIO, Texas (March 28, 2010) – It has been three long years since the sights, sounds and smells of the world’s fastest and most exciting motorsports event filled the lanes at San Antonio Raceway. But after a long wait, fans of nitro-powered drag racing entertainment are finally going to get what they have been craving when the IHRA Nitro Jam series returns to the Alamo City for two days of over-the-top drag racing April 1-2 at the San Antonio Nitro Jam right in the heart of racing country. Armed with a brand new racing format, all-new classes, more nitro-powered drag racing than ever before and the only quarter-mile Top...

Northeast Rod and Custom Car Show was a Huge Success Featuring NEOPMA Pro Mods at the Philadelphia Expo Centers this past Weekend (3-28-2011) Oaks, PA - The Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association featured the Pro Mods of Derrick Townes, Frank Patille, Gary Courtier, Bruce Mullins, Andrew and Dina Parise. The crowds were huge with thousands of car show enthusiasts walking the huge venue all weekend checking out over 300 awesome car show entries and many vendors. Thank you to Brian Lutz and team for organizing this great event and inviting us to the event. Brian was very organized and always checked with us to make sure everything was in order and if we needed anything. Also thanks to Mark from goDragRacing.org Outlaw Drag...

HOUSTON (March 28, 2011) - At the racetrack he calls home, 2010 ADRL Pro Extreme runner-up Joshua Hernandez expected his first outing of the 2011 ADRL season to be spectacular - just like always. After all, he has won repeatedly at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas. But last weekend at the CarSafe Dragpalooza VII presented by LenMar Motorsports, winning just wasn't in the cards. Hernandez qualified No. 11 in the 16-car field with a 3.734-second run at 204.63 mph and was paired with No. 6-qualifying former Top Fuel standout JR Todd in round one. Hernandez delivered a psychic 0.010-second reaction time off the starting line (0.000 is perfect) to Todd's 0.056, but was afflicted with tire shake before the 330-foot mark and was...

TUCSON, Ariz. (March 26, 2011) – What exactly is the definition of irony? Just ask Peter Gallen. Traveling nearly 2,000 miles from his home in Pennsylvania to be in Arizona for the Arizona Nitro Jam, Gallen had high hopes that the weekend would be filled with hotly contested laps against some of the best west coast racers around. Instead, Gallen found himself in Saturday’s final racing against a man who calls Ohio home as two of the best Prostalgia Nitro Funny cars from the east duked it out in Saturday’s Arizona Nitro Jam finale with Gallen coming away a winner and setting a new national record in the process to claim the Ironman trophy in front of a capacity crowd at Nitro Jam’s debut event at Southwestern International...