Team Press Releases

Pleasanton, CA – After a recent trip to Firebird Raceway in Boise, Idaho for the 39th annual Nightfire Nationals, the Goodguys Racing team led by Marc Meadors can look forward with optimism after qualifying 7th in the quickest Pro Mod field in event history. Racing for the first time at hi-altitude (5,500 feet) Meadors was able to take the big blown silver Camaro to a best run of 6.33 landing him in the seventh spot when qualifying was finished. Brett Williamson’s 6.09 led the field. With that 7th seed in qualifying, the Goodguys team had to race #2 qualifier John Scialpi in Sunday’s eliminations. After one of his cat-like reaction times, Meadors gained an early advantage in the race but couldn’t hold off Sciapli’s blue & white ’57...

Sacramento, Ca – The Don Carter Motorsports team, with Bret Williamson driving the ’53 Studebaker, wrapped up the 2010 West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod Associations (WCOPMA) points championship with their win last weekend at Bandimere Speedway during the Super Chevy Show event, an event the WCOPMA was booked in to headline for Bandimere Speedway. Going into the Denver event, all that was needed for the team was for Williamson to qualify anywhere in the 8-car field and the championship was theirs…but like the team has done all season long they were set to run hard and not take it “easy” with a main goal to make it to yet another final round and win another event this 2010 season. During testing on Friday it was relevant that they had...

O'FALLON, MO (August 10, 2010) – The American Drag Racing League (ADRL) is pleased to announce an extensive new television agreement with MAVTV, a national television network that caters to a motorsports audience. The agreement calls for 13 one-hour shows on the high-definition network, giving the ADRL a national television presence for all of its 2010 events. The television show will provide highlights, interviews and coverage of the 2010 ADRL Racing Series. MAVTV is currently available in more than 35 million homes and is growing at a rapid rate. It features a lineup of thrill-seeking programming that targets a male audience, ages 18-to-54. “We are thrilled to have a MAVTV as a media partner,” ADRL Executive Vice President Jeff...

(8-29-2010) San Diego, Ca – Dan Myers recently completed the West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod Association’s version of a “western swing” last weekend with his attendance at Bandimere Speedway during a Super Chevy Show event which the WCOPMA were booked in to headline. On the first qualifying pass Dan made it down the track, in the 9,000+ feet of corrected elevation, with a 6.68 on an early lifting run. He had to abort the run around the 1,000 foot mark as one of the welds on his dry sump oil tank split and put all the oil onto the track and shutoff area, in the process a piston was burnt and some other engine parts were hurt. The team had to weld the oil tank and fix the engine between qualifying rounds and failed to make the call for the...

DSR DRIVERS CAPPS AND MCCLENATHAN TO MAKE INDY AREA APPEARANCES FOR FULL THROTTLE BROWNSBURG, Ind. (Aug. 30, 2010) - Don Schumacher Racing drivers Ron Capps and Cory McClenathan will make two separate appearances in the Indianapolis-Brownsburg area on Thursday, Sept. 2, on behalf of Full Throttle, sponsor of the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. With the series' first race of the Countdown to the Championship being held Sept. 3-6 at the prestigious U.S. Nationals at Raceway Park in Clermont, Ind., local and visiting fans will have a chance to meet and chat with McClenathan, pilot of the FRAM Top Fuel dragster, and Capps, driver of the NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge Charger Funny Car, in an informal setting. Fans will also be able...

BUDDS CREEK, Md. (August 28, 2010) – Just seven months ago following a bad fire at the season opening Palm Beach Nitro Jam in Florida Bob and Cathie Floch, owners of the well-known “Bullet Bob” Prostalgia Nitro Funny car, were on the verge of walking away from the sport after nearly four decades in the business. With a destroyed car and seemingly no hope of repair by the season’s second race in Baton Rouge, the Floch family found themselves carefully weighing their options as to what to do next. Then came a miracle. Dozens of racers from across the country came to their aid, lending parts, cash and support to help get the “Bullet Bob” machine back on the track. Now, exactly seven months after that fiery accident and the...

BUDDS CREEK, Md. (August 28, 2010) – Nothing goes together better than burgers, fries and drag racing and for Bobby Lagana Jr. that combination has led to a tasty new partnership for this weekend’s event in Maryland. Five Guys Burgers and Fries will be helping out Bobby Lagana Jr. and his crew this weekend at the Maryland Nitro Jam at Maryland International Raceway and will also be participating during FanFest both Saturday and Sunday afternoon. With several stores in the area, Five Guys Burgers and Fries is excited to be involved with drag racing and especially the brand new Nitro Jam that is making its Maryland debut this weekend. In addition to adorning the side of Lagana’s Top Fuel Dragster, representatives from Five...

CAYUGA, ONTARIO (August 27, 2010) – Drag racing offers some of the most exciting and colorful racing in all of motorsport, but safety is an important element and cannot be overlooked. When the Pro Modified Racing Association and the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts stage an event, the fire and rescue safety crew is front and center throughout the racing in case of an emergency. “Our squad works closely with the teams and supplement the venue’s emergency and safety crew where we participate to ensure that a proper safety and emergency plan is in place to the benefit of our teams and their families, the track, the series, the sponsors and our fans”, explained Bruce Mehlenbacher, Director of Operations. "The...

Kenny Koretsky, Clay Millican team up for Reading race. Clay Millican is returning to NHRA Top Fuel racing in October with sponsorship from former car owner Kenny Koretsky’s Nitro Fish Apparel. The popular driver from Drummonds, Tenn. will be making his first 2010 appearance at the Toyo Tires Nationals, Oct. 8-10, at Maple Grove Raceway near Reading, Pa. He will be in the same MPE Motorsports dragster he drove to a 10th place a year ago en route to his first Full Throttle Drag Racing Series top 10 finish. “I am happy to be able to help Clay and Mark (Pickens of MPE Motorsports) race this year,” Koretsky said. “Maple Grove is my home track and there will be a lot of family and friends cheering for the...