Team Press Releases

[coverattach=1]Nichols, McPhillips pick up ‘Night of Fire’ wins GRAND BEND, Ontario (July 17, 2010) – It was a night of first’s Saturday at the Grand Bend Motorplex as Bruce Litton picked up his first career Top Fuel victory at the “The Bend” and a first time winner was crowned in Pro Fuel as well during the MOPAR Nitro Jam Nationals presented by E3 Spark Plugs Saturday in Grand Bend, Ontario. Litton snapped Bobby Lagana’s three-race win streak during aturday’s “Night of Fire,” edging the New York native by mere inches at the line to pick up his fifth win of the season. Rich McPhillips also picked up his first career Nitro Jam win over Jeff Hamelink in Pro Fuel and Steve Nichols claimed his second win of the season over Peter...

MOPAR Nitro Jam Nationals get underway at Grand Bend Motorplex ‘Super’ Stawicki rockets to top of charts GRAND BEND, Ontario (July 16, 2010) – Excitement was in the air Friday evening as the MOPAR Nitro Jam Nationals presented by E3 Spark Plugs officially got underway at the Grand Bend Motorplex in Grand Bend, Ontario. Friday wasn’t as much about the show as it was giving all the race teams a hit at the track, but still several fans came out to enjoy an evening of exciting doorslammer and dragster action. All sportsman drivers and even members of the Pro Modified Racing Association got in one pass on Friday in preparation for two days of thrilling Nitro Jam action Saturday and Sunday at “The Bend.” And those in attendance...

MATT HAGAN THROWS FIRST PITCH AT GIANTS VS. METS GAME IN SAN FRANCISCO SONOMA, Calif. (July 16, 2010) - Matt Hagan, who admits he's better at racing the DieHard Dodge Charger Funny Car in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series than he is pitching baseballs, threw his inaugural "first pitch" at the San Francisco Giants vs. New York Mets game at AT&T Park in San Francisco Thursday night. He made a valiant attempt in the single pitch offered him, after saying he had practiced with his dad David and wife Rachel back home on the 500-acre Angus Cattle farm he manages in Christiansburg, Va., but fell just inches short of a perfect strike. "It was a great opportunity," said Hagan, 27, who was presented with an official...

RACING PARTERS WITH CLEANBOOST PERFORMANCE MOTOR OIL Sandy, Utah – The Ahten Racing A/Fuel Dragster team based in Santa Clarita, Calif. is proud to announce a major associate marketing partnership with CleanBoost® PERFORMANCE MOTOR OIL for the remainder of the 2010 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. The partnership will debut July 23rd during the NHRA Division 7 LODRS event contested at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. “We are very pleased to have the guys from CleanBoost® PERFORMANCE MOTOR OIL join our A/Fuel Dragster team for the remainder of 2010 and beyond,” noted Johnny Ahten, the driver of the Ahten Racing Cleanboostoil.com/Island Renovations A/Fuel Dragster. “We have tested both their CleanBoost® 70 wt Racing Oil...

[coverattach=1]KON RODZ RACING MAKES CHANGES TO TAFC TEAM Barrie, ONT – Spiro Kontos’ Kon Rodz Racing Ontario, Canada based Top Alcohol Funny Car team will race the remainder of their 2010 NHRA schedule focusing on the development their rookie driver Cassie Simonton and are returning to a one-car team for the remainder of this season. Following the recently completed Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals contested in Norwalk, Ohio, Kontos’ met with his team to announce a restructuring in order to focus on building a winning one-car operation and provide Simonton with a good training vehicle in which to learn. Team driver Jason McKnight and Kontos mutually agreed to part ways, allowing McKnight a chance to explore future employment...

ADRL Presents Special Condensed Version of Independence Drags IV on Website Free of Charge O’FALLON, MO (July 12, 2010) — After extensive requests from fans for a replay of the American Drag Racing League’s (ADRL) online video broadcast from the ADRL Hardee’s Independence Drags IV, ADRL officials announced that the event has been cut into a one hour, twenty minute special presentation. This announcement comes just as LenMar Motorsports announced it will continue to sponsor the ADRL live online broadcasts. The special, shortened presentation is available for viewing on the ADRL website, ADRL.us :: American Drag Racing League, as part of the ADRL’s continuing effort to provide the most innovative and complete coverage in all of...

[coverattach=1]Big shows, big crowds, big excitement through first half of Nitro Jam season More 'nitro-tainment' on tap for second half of year NORWALK, Ohio (July 12, 2010) - So far this year the 2010 season has been one of rebirth and new direction for the International Hot Rod Association and its completely revamped Nitro Jam series. New classes, new rules and an anything goes, entertainment first attitude has had a huge payoff with capacity crowds and exciting shows that is slowly but surely winning over the hearts and minds of casual and diehard drag racing fans alike. From the beautiful beaches at West Palm Beach and Baton Rouge, to the traditional IHRA stomping grounds in Rockingham, all the way to the western half of...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. June 21, 2010: Bruce Litton took his Lucas Slick Mist Top Fuel Dragster to its fifth consecutive Nitro Jam final this past weekend. His remarkable winning streak began in February at State Capital Raceway in Baton Rouge where Litton won on Day 2 of the event. Then he tore through four rounds of competition in Rockingham, N.C. to take home wins on both days of the Spring Nitro Jam. In Salt Lake, Litton continued his undefeated streak on Day 1, again bringing in the Iron Man. And although he finally lost a round of competition when Day 2 rolled around, it wasn’t until the finals. Litton’s extraordinary weekend started off in a rather unique way. Thursday before the start of the Friday-Saturday event, Litton and...

[coverattach=1]NORWALK, Ohio (January 4, 2010) - The International Hot Rod Association is pleased to announce the return of San Antonio Raceway to its family of member tracks. The southern Texas track, which hosted IHRA national events in the mid-2000s, announced earlier this week that it has rejoined the IHRA under the leadership of operator Freddy Cruz. "We are excited to be back with the IHRA. The IHRA is so much more sportsman oriented than any other organization and that is exactly what we are looking for," Cruz said. "We are grassroots racing at its finest and IHRA fits that style perfectly. This is a win-win situation for the racers, the IHRA and for San Antonio Raceway." San Antonio Raceway will immediately begin...