Team Press Releases

To accompany the recent changes that have been made to the new entertainment-oriented Nitro Jam series over the past year, Nitro Jam officials are pleased to announce a brand new website aimed at further connecting fans with the Nitro Jam experience and bringing to life what Nitro Jam is all about. Now a standalone website, the new NitroJam.com features a streamlined design aimed at providing fans with all the latest news, stats and talent information of the nation’s fastest growing motorsports event. Featuring full bios of all the Nitro Jam stars, stunning action photography and video, access to the Nitro Jam store, detailed ticket information and more, the new NitroJam.com is a one stop shop for all things Nitro Jam...

The American Drag Racing League (ADRL) and its ownership group, Al-Anabi Companies, announced today that ADRL Co-Founder Kenny Nowling will step down as President and CEO effective immediately to take an expanded role in the company’s international development. As the newly appointed Director of International Development, Nowling will be focusing his skills on building the ADRL's Middle Eastern operations into the same success achieved here in the U.S. Nowling’s wife Jessica, who has served as the company’s Executive Vice President of Operations for the past five years, will also step down and join Nowling in developing the ADRL internationally. “First and foremost, Jessica and I want to thank all of the loyal ADRL racers...

Matt Hagan came out of a tension-filled, emotionally-exhausting NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif., as the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Funny Car runner-up to now 15-time world champion John Force. Hagan, racing the DieHard Dodge Charger Funny Car in his second full year in the class for Don Schumacher Racing, watched his 38-point lead diminish at this final event of the year after his first-round defeat at the hands of Bob Tasca III, while leading, when a failed piston at the 660-foot mark slowed him to a 4.162-second lap at 290.44 mph. Tasca passed him to win with a 4.148/303.57 run. Force won the first round, then won again in the second round, earning him the lead and the crown. "It's like I told ESPN a few seconds...

Mike Stawicki honored for winning PMRA Pro Modified title for 2010 John Massingberd tribute presented to Fred and Betsy Smith NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO (November 13, 2010) - The Pro Modified Racing Association and the Quick 32 Sportsman Series held its annual Night of Champions over the weekend. Master of ceremonies Larry Satchell guided the full-to-capacity room proceedings at the Best Western Cairn Croft Hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada that rewarded the top drivers and teams in the two popular drag racing series. Now in its sixth year, the PMRA honored Mike Stawicki and the G-Force Race Cars / MSR Performance Team who captured the 2010 PMRA Championship in the Point Award Series presented by Magnum Auto Parts and...

While it’s safe to say a first-round loss in Sunday’s Auto Club NHRA Finals is not how TJ Zizzo and the PEAK/Herculiner NHRA Full Throttle Series Top Fuel team wanted to end their 2010 season, their limited-schedule campaign has had several positives. Career firsts for the Illinois native include qualifying for every event he has entered (seven) and career highs in qualifying position (sixth), ET (3.85), and top speed (312 mph). “What a wonderful season we’ve had,” Zizzo said in his pit after the loss to Cory McClenathan. “From qualifying 16th, 15th, maybe 14th, to qualifying in the top half of the field, we’ve had an awesome season. We’ve really learned a lot about this racecar. Went to Atlanta and really capitalized on that and...

Greg Anderson and the Summit Racing team completed a remarkable season on Saturday, winning the 2010 Pro Stock championship in the NHRA’s Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. By qualifying fourth for Sunday’s final eliminations of the Auto Club Finals, Anderson built an insurmountable lead over defending champion Mike Edwards to claim the fourth championship of his career, first since 2005 and first under the Countdown to One playoff format instituted in 2007. “This has certainly been the most trying and absolutely the most rewarding season that I have ever had in drag racing, and one I will certainly never forget,” said Anderson. “I know they say your first championship is always the most special, but considering how hard this...

In his second year of Pro Modified drag racing, Derrick Townes, driving a 68’ Camaro with a Blown Alcohol motor, is a Pro Mod car & driver to watch out for next year in the Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod series. Finishing 5th in 2009 and 3rd in 2010 for the Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association, Derrick intends to do better for 2011. Sponsoring this mean, green machine is none other than Redskins’ Defensive tackle, Cornelius Griffin. At the season finale at Atco Raceway, Derrick qualified #4 with a 6.31 @ 233 MPH. The 2nd round was the best side by side run of the day; Derrick’s 6.21 @ 232 MPH defeated Tommy Gray’s 6.22 @ 238 MPH. In the semis the Green Machine was on a roll with a 6.27 @ 231 MPH against Matt Deitch who had to lift on the...

Bluebaugh Racing's Team Magna Fuel is busy preparing for another fantastic year at the Street Car Super National's in Las Vegas, November 18-21, 2010. Bluebaugh said "We look forward to this race every year and the opportunity to run with the nation's very best cars in our class. As a West Coast team, this is a big deal for us practically right in our back yard. While we are far from the fastest team expected to show up, it's an exciting accomplishment to simply make the field and go a round or two." Team Magna Fuel is striving again for a mid-pack position as a strategy to go as many rounds as possible. Bluebaugh and team have often found the finals from the mid-pack point as faster cars seem to fall out early. This race will be no...

MEDINA, NEW YORK (November 9, 2010) - After supporting the PMRA Series for its entirety of six seasons, Mike Stawicki returned to racing in the Pro Modified Racing Association for the 2010 season, and captured his first PMRA Championship in the Point Award Series presented by Magnum Auto Parts and Patio Passport. "Our year went excellent," said Stawicki, who set several Pro Modified benchmarks during the season, including a Canadian record of 5.739 seconds for a quarter-mile pass, just one one-thousandth of a second behind the world Pro Modified elapsed time record. "Our year was one of the best." Stawicki qualified for all PMRA events, and took the number one Marydel Homes qualifying spot in four of five events, qualifying second...