Team Press Releases

Mooresville, N.C., March 8, 2011 – The NHRA’s Pro Stock category will have a celebrity among their ranks at this weekend’s Tire Kingdom Gatornationals, as 2004 NASCAR champion Kurt Busch will make his debut in the “factory hot rods”. Although the two are now good friends, Summit Racing driver Greg Anderson believes he may have played a part in Busch’s decision to try his hand at straight-line racing following their initial encounter several years ago, thanks to his performance driving a Busch-owned street car in a spur of the moment match race. As the defending Pro Stock champion prepared to head to Gainesville Raceway, he recalled the details of that eventful evening. “I feel partly responsible for giving Kurt Busch the...

Tallmadge, Ohio, March 9, 2011 – Officials from Summit Racing Equipment announced the company's sponsorship of two-time IHRA Pro Modified champion Kenny Lang in NHRA’s Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series today. Beginning with next weekend’s Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Florida, the Canadian racer will be sporting Summit Racing’s distinctive paint scheme on his 1969 Camaro. The partnership with Kenny Lang marks a return to Pro Modified by Summit Racing Equipment -- a direct marketer of high performance parts and accessories. "Summit Racing has a long and successful history in the Pro Modified category, and we look forward to adding to that record with Kenny Lang," said Jim Greenleaf, Motorsports and...

Team ready to run with new engine in G-Force Race Cars Camaro Pro Modified NORTH TONAWANDA, NEW YORK (March 9, 2011) – After sitting out for a season, the Grainy Brothers are returning to the Pro Modified Racing Association drag racing series. The Western New York team will be back with the familiar two-tone 1967 Camaro Pro Modified, but the G-Force Race Cars product will feature a new powerplant. According to driver Jack Grainy, the team will be running a new 526-cubic inch Brad Anderson engine set up by Mike Janis. Fellow New Yorker and reigning PMRA champion Mike Stawicki will be on hand assisting the team with the new engine, which will feature a new PSI screw-type Supercharger. A Lenco three-speed transmission will sit...

March 7, 2011 Grand Junction, CO– Mike Knowles is a happy man! After a weekend in Florida the self made business man is back home in his Colorado office with a little color and a big smile on his face. Three eighty runs will do that to a Pro Mod guy. “We had a great weekend. I knew Al (Billes) wouldn’t need much time to get acquainted with my car and my guys but man did everything gel quickly. They crept up on the tune up but after a few hits Al was on it,” said Knowles. Knowles qualified his Tim McAmis built ’68 Camaro in the number three position with a 3.87 eight mile pass. Knowles defeated Pete Farber and his ’69 Daytona in round one with a 3.89 to Farber’s 3.99. Round two saw Knowles posted...

This is the week Clay Millican has been anticipating for some time. He gets to look at his newly-sponsored Parts Plus Top Fuel dragster at the race track instead of at the team’s shop near Memphis, Tenn. Better yet, he gets to drive it this weekend in NHRA’s Tire Kingdom Gatornationals at Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway. “It’s time to go back to work, and I am excited about it,” Millican said. “Not only do I get to drive the race car, but I get to go out and take care of the Parts Plus vendors. We did get to race twice last year, including the second one in Las Vegas, so it’s not like we haven’t been on the track recently.” Co-crew chiefs Justin Crosslin and Mike Domalaga, who were at the mechanical helm in the races at...

BAYTOWN, Texas – Former NHRA Division 3 Top Alcohol Funny Car Champion Chris Foster and his Forbes Construction backed team kicked off their 2011 season with a win during this past weekend’s NHRA Division 4 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Royal Purple Raceway Park just outside of Houston. Foster used career- best numbers to take out current national record holder Tony Bartone for the win. The Davenport, Iowa, based team took advantage of some good fortune but made it count when the race was on the line. Foster qualified his Will Hanna tuned 2011 Mustang second in the short field with a 5.740 second elapsed time at 250.32 mph. In round one he received a bye run when scheduled opponent Steve Burck could not make the call and...

HOLLYWOOD, FL. (March 7, 2011) – Pro Stock Motorcycle World Champion L.E. Tonglet and Florida based, NHRA drag racing legend, Darrell Gwynn will join Joe Castello along with the NHRA's Alan Reinhart, live at 7 p.m. ET on WFO Radio NHRA Tuesday. To listen live or on-demand following the show, go to WFORadio.com. Tonglet, recently crowned Champion, will discuss the ramp up to his title defense, how his life has changed since he became champion, and the importance of his sponsor, Nitro Fish to his title defense. NHRA legend, Darrell Gwynn stops by to discuss the "Garlits vs. Gwynn: Match Races for a Cause" that will bring the two NHRA Legends back to the track as the NHRA celebrates its 60th Anniversary. The match races are designed...

Team Mopar® Driver Johnson Hopes Both He and NASCAR Star Kurt Busch Shine at NHRA Gatornationals Auburn Hills, Mich. — The goal is two-fold for Mopar® Dodge Avenger NHRA Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson this weekend at the 42nd Annual NHRA Gatornationals, March 10–13 at Gainesville Raceway: Bring home his first career win at one of the NHRA’s most prestigious events and also help Dodge Motorsports NASCAR Sprint Cup star Kurt Busch make the show in his NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Pro Stock debut. Johnson advanced to the semifinals at the 2010 NHRA Gatornationals and scored his first career final-round appearance at the 2009 event. The Team Mopar veteran would love to check off a win at the tradition-rich Gainesville...

KING, NC (March 2, 2011) – Angie Smith spent most of her off-season across seas in Doha, Qatar helping her husband, Matt Smith race in the Pro Extreme Motorcycle and Pro Extreme car classes. She is now however; ready for her turn. Smith has been racing motorcycles since 2000 and has dominated in every class she has run in. She has spent the past few years racing on and off in the NHRA, and is ready for her time to shine in 2011. Teaming up with Team Safety Sentry Motorsports, Coffman Tank Trucks and Yonke Motorsports, the beauty from the South wants to prove she is more than just a pretty face to the boys in the NHRA. The past few years, she has played the spoiler in the Countdown, taking out Champions right and left, but this...