Team Press Releases

Frankie Taylor has heard the talk and the Pro Extreme driver has no plans of surrendering his E.T. world record in the ADRL's fastest class. In fact, Taylor hopes he is headed to uncharted territory at this weekend's Simpson Dragstock VII at Rockingham Dragway. "Everybody keeps predicting 3.50-something runs for Rockingham and I hope it's us," said Taylor, who owns the current record at 3.607. "A five on that second number would be cool, but there's a lot of cars that can do it. "Who knows how fast Jason (Scruggs') car can go and then you've got Josh (Hernandez) and KH (Al-Thani). You would think a few could do it. You could see a couple cars in the 3.50s. That would be pretty cool." It would certainly make for quite the show at...

EPPING, N.H. (September 7, 2010) – It is one of the oldest and most prestigious events on the International Hot Rod Association’s Nitro Jam schedule and in just a few short days the IHRA will be saying farewell to New England Dragway for the final time. And to commemorate two long decades of championship drag racing in New Hampshire the Nitro Jam series and NED will be saying farewell with one of the biggest nitro parties in the northeast and one of the biggest races of the year this Saturday and Sunday at the North American Nitro Jam in Epping. Nearly two dozen nitro-burning dragsters and funny cars will be on the property, in addition to the world’s fastest sleds, the northeast’s first and only look at the side-by-side...

CAYUGA, ONTARIO (September 7, 2010) – Final elimination rounds in the last Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts event were delayed during the recent Teamsters Union “Thunder by the Beach” race at the Grand Bend Motorplex, and these finals will take place this Saturday, September 11, at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park. Over 45 Top Sportsman and Top Dragster teams were on hand to qualify for one of the 16 starting spots for each class in this sixth event of 2010. Only the first round of eliminations took place, and the action will continue at Cayuga. Qualifying number one on the Top Sportsman side was 2009 Quick 32 Sportsman Series Champion Kevin Wicke of Stratford, Ontario, who will meet up with...

GRAND BEND, ONTARIO (September 5, 2010) – The 2010 Pro Modified Racing Association season ended with a new champion and a former champion shared his first win of the season. In the fifth and final PMRA event, held at the Grand Bend for the Teamsters Union “Thunder by the Beach” event, race finalists Mike Stawicki and Bruce Boland shared the race honors as co-winners. With his success this season, Mike Stawicki, of Medina, NY, secured enough points to capture the PMRA Championship Point Award Series presented by Magnum Auto Parts and Patio Passport. The driver of the G-Force Race Cars 1968 Firebird qualified number two in the Marydel Homes Qualifying Session for the final race, with a 5.958, 251.25 pass behind the terrific...

CLEREMONT, Ind. (September 6, 2010) - Rick Stivers struggled to find the right words to express how he felt after losing first round in the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series at the U.S. Nationals. His Trane '06 Stratus qualified No. 15 which paired him with turbo-powered Brad Personett in the opening stanza, but he never got to see how his car would match up against the car that eventually won the event: Stivers' parachutes deployed before the run and he was forced to watch as Personett took the freebie. "I don't think the words I was thinking would have looked good in print," Stivers said. "I had to take a little time to cool off, because I knew we had the car to beat on Sunday. We finally had it going straight...

Indianapolis, Ind. – Through a dominate qualifying effort and a little bit of good luck in eliminations, the Rick Jackson Racing Top Alcohol Funny Car team from Santa Clarita, Calif. reached the final round this past weekend at the 56th Mac Tool’s NHRA US Nationals presented by Lucas Oil contested at O’Reilly Raceway Park. The Centre Pointe Collision Center / FireIce.com Ford Mustang flopper set the pace in qualifying by recording a career best elapsed time of 5.498 seconds during the team’s third qualifying session. The number one shot was the first sub 5.50-second ET in the TAFC division for 31-time NHRA National Event Champion Tony Bartone and set up a first round race with Rick Cortino from Wheaton, Ill. Bartone drove the...

INDIANAPOLIS, September 6, 2010 – For the second consecutive race Funny Car veteran Paul Lee drove the CANIDAE/Lucas Oil/WileyX Chevy to the quarterfinals of an NHRA Full Throttle Series race, this time at the prestigious Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil at O’Reilly Raceway Park. Three weeks ago at Brainerd Lee drove past No. 1 qualifier Ashley Force Hood in his first-round matchup, and today the New Jersey native posted a career-best elapsed time for the second consecutive day to get past Force Hood’s teammate, defending Funny Car champ Robert Hight. “It’s twice as cool (to win a round at Indy),” Lee said. “Brainerd was awesome, but anytime you win a round at Indy, it’s almost like winning a race. At least that’s...

After being one of the quickest and most consistent cars throughout qualifying, Jason Line and his Summit Racing team had lofty aspirations entering Monday’s final eliminations of the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, IN. Starting from the third position, the 2006 Pro Stock champion got off to a good start, posting the third-quickest elapsed time of the first round at 6.612-seconds to not only eliminate Ronnie Humphrey but also earn lane choice for his quarterfinal meeting with four-time sportsman champion Greg Stanfield. Once again, Line made a representative run, covering the quarter-mile in 6.626-seconds at 208.71 mph. third-best among all second-round racers at O’Reilly Raceway Park. Unfortunately, his opponent was...

CLERMONT, Ind. (Sept. 6, 2010) - No. 2 qualifier Cory McClenathan continued his hot streak of reaching final rounds this year, landing in his seventh of the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series in today's 56th annual U.S. Nationals and the first of six races of the Countdown to the Championship. He won three of those, but today he lost his second straight final-round match-up to points leader and No. 1 qualifier Larry Dixon. Driving the FRAM Top Fuel dragster, arguably the hottest and most consistent rail in the series this year, McClenathan first eliminated Terry McMillen with a round-best 3.811-second elapsed time at 324.05 mph, then dismissed TJ Zizzo with another round-best 3.821/321.27. In an all-Don Schumacher Racing...