Team Press Releases

[coverattach=1]Large number of winners provides interesting and varied Pro Modified competition CAYUGA, ONTARIO (June 19, 2010) - When Eric Latino won the Pro Modified Racing Association's season opener at the Cayuga Dragway May 23, he became the 17th driver to win a PMRA event in the series' six years of racing. The win for the Port Perry, Ontario racer was his first in PMRA competition. At present, three-time champion Bruce Boland of Hamilton, Ontario has the most number of wins with five. His first win came at Lancaster in 2005 and a co-win at New York International Raceway Park near Rochester with Mike Stawicki in 2008. Boland then won three events in 2009 at Cayuga and Grand Bend. Stawicki, of Medina, New York is next...

[coverattach=1]L.A. County Fire Firefighter Extinguishes Pro Fuel Competition at IHRA Salt Lake Nitro Jam Salt Lake City, Utah – Johnny Ahten, a 38-year old Firefighter Specialist from the Los Angeles County Fire Department and driver of the Ahten Racing / Island Renovations Injected nitro-methane IHRA Pro Fuel Dragster, captured his first National Event championship in dominating fashion this past weekend at the Inaugural running of the IHRA Salt Lake Nitro Jam contested at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah. After recording a shocking 5.58 second elapsed time off the trailer in day one of the Nitro Jam, Ahten and the Santa Clarita, Calif. based team experienced a slight ‘hick-up’ in the money round by red-lighting...

JOHN MEDLEN TO TUNE NAPA AUTO PARTS DODGE [coverattach=1]BROWNSBURG, Ind. (June 21, 2010) - Effective immediately, John Medlen will take over as crew chief on the NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge Charger Funny Car driven by Ron Capps in the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, announced team owner Don Schumacher today following the 10th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol (Tenn.) Dragway. Medlen came on board with Don Schumacher Racing in March of this year as co-crew chief to Tommy DeLago on the DieHard Dodge Charger Funny Car driven by Matt Hagan. Ed "Ace" McCulloch will continue to be a part of DSR and the NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge team, and will assist Medlen as well as the crew chiefs on the DieHard Dodge Funny Car and...

[coverattach=1]Event: 10th annual Thunder Valley NHRA Nationals Location: Bristol Dragway, Bristol, TN Day/Date: Sunday, June 20, 2010 Entering Sunday’s final eliminations of the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, Summit Racing Pro Stock driver Jason Line knew he faced an uphill battle in his pursuit of a second Bristol Dragway win. After qualifying 10th, he knew he would be relegated to the less-preferred right hand lane for his first round encounter against rookie Shane Gray. In addition, they would be racing in the worst conditions of the weekend, with the high heat and humidity robbing their race cars of valuable horsepower. Fortunately, Line and his KB Racing crew were up to the challenge, combining a slight starting line...

[coverattach=1]BRISTOL, Tenn. (June 20, 2010) - Rick Stivers, driver of the Trane 2006 Dodge Stratus Pro Mod, advanced to the quarterfinals of the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series and earned valuable championship points, moving him into 12th place overall, just seven points out of the top ten. After defeating local racer Rickie Smith Saturday evening, Stivers was paired with current points leader Von Smith for the second time this season. In their first meeting, Smith came out ahead but had to dig deep to beat the Kentucky entrepreneur and horse farmer. In today's action, Stivers again fell to the eventual event champion but was pleased with the advancement of his team and car in the process. At the stripe, Smith...

[coverattach=1]MCCLENATHAN ADVANCES TO SEMIS IN BRISTOL BRISTOL, Tenn. (June 20, 2010) - On a track surface reaching 138 degrees under ambient temperatures in the 90s, Cory McClenathan raced the FRAM Top Fuel dragster to his third semifinal finish of the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series today at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway. En route to the semis, he dismissed Scott Palmer in the opening stanza with a round-best 3.918-second pass at 311.34 mph, while track temperatures were still in the 120-degree range. As track temperatures rose for the quarterfinal, McClenathan's match-up over Steve Torrence turned into a pedalfest as both cars lost traction. Cory Mac won that contest, posting a 4.243/252.19...

[coverattach=1]NO BRISTOL BIRTHDAY PRESENT FOR CAPPS BRISTOL, Tenn. (June 20, 2010) - Ron Capps did not receive a birthday present today from Bristol Dragway, as he was bounced in the opening round of Funny Car eliminations by last weekend's Englishtown, N.J., winner Bob Tasca III. Sunday dawned with predictions of temperatures even hotter than Saturday’s, and despite 90-degree ambient heat, the track produced a number of solid non-tire-smoking runs in the first round. As No. 10 qualifier, Capps posted a good pass but fell victim to the luck of the draw by having to face the No. 7 qualifier without lane choice. The pair launched wheel-to-wheel (.082 reaction time for Capps, .080 for Tasca - .000 is perfect), but Tasca's...

[coverattach=1]BECKMAN ENDS BRISTOL RUN IN QUARTERFINALS BRISTOL, Tenn. (June 20, 2010) - Under hot, steamy conditions for the third straight day at the 10th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway, No. 5 qualifier Jack Beckman raced the Valvoline/Mail Terminal Services Dodge Charger Funny Car into the quarterfinal round before being bumped out by Del Worsham. The California native first defeated Jim Head in the opening round, besting him by 16 feet with a 4.243-second elapsed time at 285.47 mph to Head's losing 4.296/268.17. When he faced Worsham in the quarterfinal, Beckman launched first by three hundredths of a second but, when both cars lost traction, Worsham recovered first to take the win with a 4.530/206.74...

[coverattach=1]BRISTOL, Tenn. (June 20, 2010) - Matt Hagan held on to his No. 3 position in the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Funny Car class point standings, after advancing to the quarterfinal round of the 10th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway today. Racing the DieHard Dodge Charger Funny Car for Don Schumacher Racing, Hagan also made up ground in the rankings on Robert Hight, who was ousted in the opening round. Hight had entered the event in the points lead, but relinquished it to his team owner John Force, who advanced to the final. Hagan is now just 68 markers short of overtaking Hight for second place. No. 3 qualifier Hagan made it into the quarterfinal after dismissing Jeff Arend...