Team Press Releases

Event: 42nd annual Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals Location: Gainesville Raceway, Gainesville, Fla. Day/Date: Friday, March 11, 2011 The naturally-aspirated Pro Stock category enjoyed nearly perfect conditions on Friday at the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals with numerous drivers posting career-best elapsed times and top speeds, with five drivers bettering the previous e.t. record and six topping the standing top speed mark. Summit Racing driver Jason Line was among those rewriting his personal record book, with his 6.519-second time and 213.20 mph top speed being the best of his standout Pro Stock career. However, finding himself in the eighth position midway through qualifying, the three-time Gatornationals winner...

Event: 42nd annual Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals Location: Gainesville Raceway, Gainesville, Fla. Day/Date: Friday, March 11, 2011 The sizeable crowd attending the opening day of qualifying at the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals enjoyed clear skies and cool temperatures, which produced record-setting runs in the Pro Stock category, including the first elapsed times in the 6.4-second range. In fact, three racers, including Greg Anderson in the Summit Racing Pontiac, tied for the quickest run in the category’s history, posting a 6.495-second elapsed time. With the tie-breaker in this instance being the top speed recorded during the run, Anderson found himself in the provisional third position midway through qualifying...

Clay Millican had a lot to smile about early Friday evening after qualifying his new Parts Plus Top Fuel dragster ninth as the NHRA Gatornationals began at Gainesville Raceway. On just his second run of the season, he uncorked an elapsed time of 3.877 seconds at a fast 316.15 mph that elicited the broad smile. Millican’s first run of the season was a tire-smoking 1,000-foot time of 6.784 at 86.94 mph. “That second run was great,” he said. “We are excited to welcome Parts Plus to 300 miles per hour drag racing,” Millican said. “It was a good run. Justin Crosslin and Mike Domalaga, our co-crew chiefs, did an excellent job under pressure. That’s why we are here. They can do the job.” The team has two more runs on tap...

Gainesville, Fla. (March 11, 2011) – Allen Johnson placed his Mopar® Dodge Avenger NHRA Pro Stock car No. 9 after two rounds of qualifying today at the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals. The Team Mopar driver will be gunning to move on up the starting ranks tomorrow, as will his famous Mopar-powered teammate, Dodge Motorsports NASCAR Sprint Cup star Kurt Busch, who needs to advance at least five spots to crack the Top 16 and make the Pro Stock show on Sunday. Johnson recorded a 6.521-second elapsed time at 211.96 mph in his first run, then shook the tires and got out of the groove early in his second qualifying pass. The Greeneville, Tenn. native, not at all satisfied with his No. 9 spot, knows he can do better in his Mopar Dodge...

O’FALLON, MO (March 10, 2011) – The American Drag Racing League (ADRL) will be presented live like it never has been before in 2011. In a cutting-edge step for live coverage, the ADRL announced on Thursdays its plans to expand its in-depth live, online video broadcasts that debuted in 2010 to incredible acclaim and viewership. On top of that, the ADRL also announced its television contract with MavTV has been renewed for 2011, plus, for the first time, the ADRL will also be broadcast on Fox Sports Middle East. For the 2011 Tour, which begins on March 25-26 with CarSafe Dragpalooza VII presented by LenMar Motorsports and spans 10 national events in nine different states, the ADRL will offer an even more comprehensive live broadcast...

AJAX, ONTARIO (March 11, 2011) – A pair of veteran drag racers are entering into the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts for 2011, and will share the driving duties. Phil Nedham and Mike Etter have worked together in the past, and the two decided to form a team in April of last year. “We started talking last March,” said Nedham, who last raced in 2005. “Mike has the truck and trailer, and I had the car, so we thought we’d get together on this.” The Senior Moment Motorsports Team will field a Top Dragster entry in the Quick 32 Sportsman Series. The Mike Bos 250-inch dragster will be powered by a 511-cubic inch Chevrolet engine with a Kinsler Fuel Injection system running on alcohol. “With the stack...

Elma, NY– With the offseason behind them Mike Janis and his Elma, NY based team headed to Valdosta, GA for some pre-Gatornationals testing. The team spent three days testing several combinations in hopes of being able to run with the best the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Series has to offer. With the NHRA slowing down supercharger overdrive for the 2011 season from 20% over to 14% over the Janis team was forced to abandon their scheduled R&D program and adjust to the new rules. “The off-season rule change hit us pretty hard. We had hoped to focus on cylinder head development and other areas but due to the rule change we had to scramble and change our focus. I know we don’t have the power to run with the turbo guys, but we...

NHRA Rookie takes testing experience to the track at Gatornationals GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 10, 2011) - Just one meeting with 33-year-old rookie Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Dawn Minturn you'll see she is a ball of fire, from her driven personality all the way up to her flaming-red locks that earned her the name "Red Dawn." She says she is OK with that because she has always loved the persona of the fiery red head. What she wasn't prepared for was what happened during pre-race testing as she prepared to compete this weekend in the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals, the first event of the NHRA's Pro Stock Motorcycle 16-race season. While taking a test lap, she felt a burning sensation on her right foot - something that was not...

Underdahl's confidence stems from 2010 momentum and a stellar support team; Predicts low-80’s for his team in Gainesville GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 10, 2011) - Confidence flows in 25-year-old Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Jim Underdahl's veins, because he has earned it. The young rider had a stand-out season in 2010: one runner-up finish and three semifinal appearances (including the last race of the season at Pomona), new career-best marks in both elapsed time and speed, and to top it off, he qualified for every event he entered. He also has the support of his father, veteran drag racer and crew chief Greg Underdahl, and the expert tuning skills of Ben Kriegsfeld. Everything, however, is on the line this weekend as the new NHRA Pro...