Team Press Releases

TONAWANDA, NEW YORK (March 3, 2011) - The G-Force Race Cars / MSR Performance drag racing team was honored recently by Sheikh Khalid Al Thani of Qatar in taking part in an eight-race Arabian Drag Racing League series in the Middle-East nation of Qatar. Invited to participate with the top teams in the Pro Extreme class, the reigning champions of the PMRA packed up their suitcases and 1968 Firebird for the desert country from their homes in Western New York. G-Force Race Cars / MSR Performance team members Jim Salemi, Mike Stawicki, and Jon Salemi spoke about their experiences during the three-month racing sessions, which involved a cycle of three weeks of racing in Qatar, and then two weeks back home. The events were...

O’FALLON, MO (March 2, 2011) – Pro Extreme standout Joshua Hernandez and Pro Extreme Motorcycle rider Terry Schweigert will the be featured guests on the ADRL’s weekly online show, “ADRL Drag Racing Live,” presented by Summit Racing Equipment. The ADRL also has another major announcement scheduled for the program. The entertaining 90-minute broadcast airs live every Thursday at 9 p.m. EST on the ADRL website, ADRL.us :: American Drag Racing League and also on ADRL Drag Racing Live | Internet Radio | Blog Talk Radio. Every archived show is available on-demand on the ADRL website as well. “ADRL Drag Racing Live” is hosted by ADRL Television personality Bret Kepner and ADRL Director of Media and Communications Josh Hachat. They break...

TORONTO, ONTARIO (March 2, 2011) – Communications between officials is essential during a race weekend, and the Pro Modified Racing Association, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series and the Pro Bike & Sled Series is pleased to have the involvement of Total Two-Way Radio as the official communications supplier for the three drag racing series. “We’re thankful and pleased to have Total on board with us once again,” stated Bruce Mehlenbacher, Director of Operations for the three series. “Our operations people are in constant communication and are able to perform their duties at one of our events much better with the help of the two-way radios.” He added that PMRA, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series and the Pro Bike & Sled Series officials...

Sacramento, Ca - When the 2011 ADRL season gets underway in Baytown, Texas this March it will be a weekend of exciting debuts. Former NHRA Top Fuel team owner and Pro Stock Driver Bill Windham will debut in the driver’s seat of Don Carter’s new Jerry Bickel-built Pro Extreme 68 Camaro. Not only will this be the debut of the new Pro Extreme team, it will be the first Nitro Fish backed entry in the ADRL. “Kenny Koretsky and I are good friends and were Pro Stock teammates in 2007” Windham stated. “I recently talked to Kenny about bringing Nitro Fish to the ADRL as our sponsor and he immediately said let’s do it! I’m excited to bring Kenny and Nitro Fish to our new Pro Extreme team. Nitro Fish is easily one of the most recognizable...

Pomona, Ca -- With rain significantly changing qualifying attempts and eliminations in Phoenix and Pomona, Johnny Ahten and his team are still very happy with their end results. Ahten’s team entered the gates to Pomona with a brand new fuel system and combination. At the end of their first round of eliminations, consultant, Don Jackson, and Crew Chief, Al Ahten, found that they had taken their Clean Boost Performance Oil / Island Renovations A/Fuel Dragster in the right direction. “First round was our first planned full pass” noted Ahten, “The car was on a mid to high 5.20 pass according to the increments and started dropping holes around 900 feet. To say the least, we were very happy with those results with the little data we...

O’FALLON, MO (March 1, 2011) – The American Drag Racing League (ADRL), the world’s premier eighth-mile drag racing league, announced on Tuesday that Karen Raffa has been named the ADRL’s Director of Contingency. With previous successful stints in both the NHRA and IHRA, Raffa brings an extensive contingency background to the ADRL, which begins its seventh season in 2011. Raffa’s wealth of experience includes time as the Director of Contingencies in the IHRA and Advertising Sales Manager for Jr. DRAGSTER in the NHRA. Most recently, Raffa worked as the Sales Manager of Contingency Programs and SPEED Magazine for the All Harley Drag Racing Association (AHDRA). She played a major role in the AHDRA increasing its revenue 79 percent, and...

O’FALLON, MO (February 28, 2011) – The American Drag Racing League (ADRL) announced on Monday that Karen Holschlag has been named the new Director of Sponsorship Development for the world’s premier eighth-mile drag racing league. The appointment comes after Holschlag’s successful and standout 26-year career at Anheuser-Busch, Inc., the maker of Budweiser Beer, based in St. Louis, Mo. While there, Holschlag served as Sports Marketing Manager for more than 20 years, negotiating various team, event and series contracts for the beverage industry giant. Some of the teams and series that Holschlag handled were the NHRA, Kenny and Brandon Bernstein, Indy Car, CART Series, Formula One Boat Racing and Michael Andretti. Her extensive...

O’FALLON, MO (February 24, 2011) – The reward for performing well at an American Drag Racing League (ADRL) event will be greater than it has ever been in 2011. The world’s top eighth-mile drag racing league announced on Thursday that it will increase the purse and payouts for all five professional classes (Pro Extreme, Pro Nitrous, Extreme 10.5, Pro Extreme Motorcycle and Extreme Pro Stock) at each national event on the 2011 ADRL Tour. In all, there will be a $330,000 increase in purse payouts from 2010, a sign that the ADRL continues to grow and build lasting partnerships with numerous sponsors, and provide even more opportunities for its competitors. “The level of competition just keeps getting better in the ADRL and we know that...

*Pomona, Ca* -- Pulling into the races with the #2 on your race car gives a whole new meaning to any race team. As friendly as all the racers are with each other in the pits, when it’s race day, they all want to be the team that puts the higher ranked team on the trailer. There is no question that Maddern Racing, with pilot Chris Demke, have proven themselves to be a power house each and every time they compete. The Clean Boost Performance Oil / Peen Rite Dragster ran within .04 hundredths of a second all weekend with mid to high 5.20 passes that secured them into the #2 qualifying position for race day and took them into the Semi Final round of competition. “In the semi final match, the car launched hard” noted Demke...