Team Press Releases

[coverattach=1]Sacramento, Ca – Bret Williamson, driving the Don Carter Motorsports 53 Studebaker, is looking to keep his top spot in the West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod Association point’s standings after Boise. With a pretty big 81-point lead (3 rounds) over number 2 in points, Jay Diedrich, all Bret needs to do is qualify for the 8-car field this weekend in Boise and he will have his spot secured. Of course the Don Carter Motorsports team is looking to do more than just qualify in Boise, they want to make it 4-for-4 in final round appearances this year running with the WCOPMA as they have had 1 event win and 2 runner-up’s in the first 3 events this season. The team is up for the challenge going to Boise. With a lot of heavy hitting cars...

[coverattach=1]BECKMAN TO RACE FREIGHTLINER TRUCKS DODGE FUNNY CAR IN BRAINERD NORCO, Calif. (Aug. 9, 2010) - Freightliner Trucks will be featured on the Dodge Charger Funny Car that Jack Beckman will race at the 29th annual NHRA Nationals at Brainerd (Minn.) International Raceway this weekend, the final event of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series "regular" season. The Countdown to 1 playoffs kick off for the top 10 in points in the final six races of the year, beginning with the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis on Labor Day weekend. Freightliner Trucks, a division of Daimler Trucks North America LLC, has been a Don Schumacher Racing associate sponsor for six years and DSR has used Freightliner tractors since 2004. The team...

MARTIN, Mich. (August 9, 2010) – After a successful month spent north of the border the Nitro Jam series is ready for a return to the United States with one of the biggest nitro parties of the year at the Northern Nitro Jam this Friday and Saturday at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park. Featuring nearly two dozen nitro-burning machines in addition to side-by-side jet trucks, the wheelstanding “Cool Bus,” FanFest, the year’s biggest and richest sportsman race, fireworks and more, the Northern Nitro Jam promises to be one of the biggest races of the year and it all takes place this weekend at the crown jewel of the Nitro Jam tour – U.S. 131 Motorsports Park. Headlining the two day event is Nitro Jam’s star attraction, the quickest and...

Auburn Hills, Mich. — NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Pro Stock star Allen Johnson broke through for his first win in four 2010 final-round appearances at the previous NHRA event, the Mopar® Mile-High NHRA Nationals. The Mopar Dodge Avenger driver and his J&J Racing team aim to build on the positive energy gained from their recent triumph with a second-straight victory this weekend at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minn., Aug. 12–15. The Team Mopar veteran’s second consecutive win at his primary sponsor’s headline event is just one of many reasons Johnson has to feel good heading to Brainerd International Raceway. The Greeneville, Tenn. native has clinched the second spot in the NHRA Countdown to 1 playoffs, earned...

[coverattach=1]Firebaugh, Ca – This upcoming weekend, Jay Diedrich and his Evil Outlaw 1957 Chevy will roll into Firebird Raceway in Boise, Idaho for the 39th annual Nightfire Nationals while running with the West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod Association. The Nightfire event is by far one of the biggest events on the West Coast and this will mark the first year the WCOPMA has run at the event. Diedrich is starting to find the consistency needed to win races, his quick ET’s and fast MPH have been with him all season but consistency was lacking in the beginning. After winning his first pro mod event last month and running a career best ET at 6.11 he is more than ready to take on the best of the best on the West Coast in Boise. With a lot of...

[coverattach=1]Danny Rowe took top honors in the Pro Mod class at the inaugural NHRA Unleashed presented by Lucas Oil event held at O’Reilly Raceway Park on Saturday night. In the finals it was Rowe, who is currently second in the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod category facing up against rival Roger Burgess. At the start Burgess red lit by .008 seconds and handed the win to Rowe in his 1968 Sterling Bridge Camaro who went on to run a pass of 5.991 seconds at 244.52 mph. “We are extremely excited about the win and running in the NHRA Unleashed presented by Lucas Oil event and we feel that is not only good for the sport but also good for the Pro Mod class,” said Rowe following the race. “I love this sport, I’m very fortunate to...

New York driver qualifies number one at Stratford Spectacular Hot August Nationals in PMRA action GRAND BEND, ONTARIO (August 7, 2010) – Mike Stawicki continues to dominate in Pro Modified racing. The Medina, NY driver of the G-Force Race Cars 1968 Firebird not only set the pace as top qualifier in the latest round of the Pro Modified Racing Association during the Stratford Spectacular Hot August Nationals presented by Ideal Supply & NAPA Auto Parts at the Grand Bend Motorplex, he once again broke the elapsed time record for the class in Canada. On his third qualifying attempt in the Marydel Homes qualifying session, Stawicki posted a 5.739-second, 254.23-mph pass, which is the quickest Pro Modified pass in Canadian history...

Large fields of cars do battle at Stratford Spectacular Hot August Nationals GRAND BEND, ONTARIO (August 7, 2010) - Kevin Wicke and Michael Hinbest bested a large field in the latest round of the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts during the Stratford Spectacular Hot August Nationals at the Grand Bend Motorplex. Wicke, of Stratford, Ontario, took the top qualifying spot in the Marydel Homes qualifying session for the Top Sportsman side of the Series. Driving his 2006 Dodge Stratus, Wicke, last year's Quick 32 champion, posted a 6.824-second, 200.62-mph pass to lead the field. On the Top Dragster side of the Marydel Homes qualifying session, Hinbest, of Orangeville, Ontario, powered his Mike Bos dragster to...

MADISON, IL (August 7, 2010) – Alex Hossler’s first American Drag Racing League (ADRL) win 10 months ago ended with the Pro Extreme driver crossing the finish line with his car on fire in one of more memorable ADRL finishes. In Hossler’s eyes, however, the Canton, IL native topped himself on Saturday during the Hardee’s Gateway Drags III at Gateway International Raceway (GIR). With more than 100 friends, family and co-workers looking on, Hossler was never better and it paid off with his second career ADRL PX win. His ’71 Camaro went a Saturday-best 3.69 at 203 miles per hour, beating Gaylen Smith in an entertaining final before a massive overflow crowd at GIR. “(The 3.69) put quite the exclamation point on the coolest win I’ve...