Team Press Releases

[coverattach=1]Event: 41st annual United Association NHRA SuperNationals Location: Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Englishtown, NJ Day/Date: Saturday, June 12, 2010 Conditions for the second and final day of qualifying for the United Association SuperNationals in Englishtown, NJ were significantly different from those the racers experienced on Friday, with both the temperatures and humidity significantly higher. Although this resulted in no changes among the top twelve qualifiers, it did give the racers a chance to work on their tune-up for race day. Having secured the fourth position with his 6.560-second, 211.23 mph time from Friday evening, Jason Line and the Summit Racing team battled tire shake on their final two...

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. (June 12, 2010) - Racing the NAPA Batteries Dodge Charger Funny Car, Ron Capps qualified No. 5 for the 41st annual NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, posting his quickest lap of 4.119 seconds at 300.40 mph in the third qualifying round today. His other attempts resulted in a 4.155-second run for No. 4, a 9.832/72.86 (No. 7), and a 7.258/87.66 in the fourth session under a hot sun. "It was a great day," said Capps. "We had conditions change a lot in the last session. We had probably the most sun we've seen during a qualifying run this weekend. We pushed a little bit too hard. "Ace (crew chief Ed McCulloch) did a great job on the first run today of putting the .11 on the scoreboard and...

[coverattach=1]ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. (June 12, 2010) - Jack Beckman placed the Valvoline/Mail Terminal Services Dodge Charger Funny Car into No. 12 in qualifying for the 41st annual NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. He posted his quickest lap of 4.262 seconds at 291.95 mph in today's third round. His other laps included a 5.931-second pass, a 4.69/181.47 and finally a 4.727/172.87. "When you arrive at a race track you have in your mind how you want things to go that weekend," he said. "You would love to muscle your way into the winner's circle with amazing times and stellar performances. "When we win this one tomorrow," he said with a wry smile, "that will not have been the way that we got there. We...

[coverattach=1]ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. (June 12, 2010) - Matt Hagan qualified the DieHard Dodge Charger Funny Car in No. 6 for the 41st annual NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, and earned a three-point edge over Ashley Force Hood (No. 10 qualifier) in the class point standings. The two were tied in third place following Hagan's Chicago win last Sunday and his setting the national elapsed-time record. He recorded his quickest pass of 4.119 seconds during the opening session, which was good for No. 1 at the time. His succeeding laps resulted in a 6.416/99.09 (No. 4), a 4.761/166.68 (No. 6) and a 4.266/285.05 "We started the weekend off great," said Hagan, who's won twice so far this year. "We came right out...

[coverattach=1]Fallon, Nev. – When Southern California firefighter specialist Johnny Ahten straps into his Ahten Racing / Island Renovations Injected-Nitro Dragster for qualifying at the NHRA Division 7 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event in Fallon, Nev. this weekend, he will be fighting not only a strong contingent of Blown Alcohol Dragsters, but also the heat and high altitude of the Nevada desert. “A-fuel cars do not run very well at high altitude race tracks historically,” noted the 38-year old flame chaser from Santa Clarita, Calif. “Top Gun Raceway has a base altitude of 3990 feet above sea level and with temperatures expected in the upper to mid 80’s the corrected altitude is expected to climb above 6,000 feet. The higher...

[coverattach=1]Baytown, Texas – For Magnolia, Texas resident Kristen Wootton, this weekend’s Division 4 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event contested at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown is a homecoming of sorts. And for the 32-year young driver of the Wootton Racing / Cleanboostoil.com A/Fuel Dragster the second race of the NHRA Division 4 series is a platform for what she hopes in a return to winning ways. Wootton is returning to the friendly confines of HRP, the home of her drag racing debut at the O’Reilly NHRA Nationals contested earlier this year. After a first-round loss to perennial NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster Champion Bill Reichert, Wootton and her CleanBoost® PERFORMANCE MOTOR OIL sponsored A/Fuel Dragster team captured their...

[coverattach=1]Joliet, Ill. – Spiro Kontos’ two-car Kon Rodz Racing / Bullydog.com Top Alcohol Funny Car team will hit the NHRA Division 3 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series with both feet running this weekend at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill. The 2010 NHRA season has been a learning experience for the Barrie, Ont. based two-car TAFC team. With sophomore driver Jason “The Viking” McKnight driving the “team blue” Kon Rodz / Bullydog.com Flopper and rookie sensation Cassie “Pebbles” Simonton piloting the ‘team pink” entry, the Kon Rodz team knows cracking the elite-eight car field this weekend will be a tough feat for sure. “This divisional event the week after the Route 66 Nationals always brings the best of the best,” noted...

Bruce Litton and Bobby Lagana Jr. trade fire for ice day before Salt Lake Nitro Jam PARK CITY, Utah (June 10, 2010) – On Thursday, June 17 Top Fuel drivers Bobby Lagana Jr. and Bruce Litton will trade in their flame-spewing nitro dragsters for another form of extreme sport as the championship drivers make a pass down the Olympic bobsled course at the Utah Olympic Park just one day before traveling 320 mph down the quarter-mile at the Salt Lake Nitro Jam at Rocky Mountain Raceways in West Valley. [cid:[email protected]] Litton and Lagana will trade fire for ice during bobsled run at the Utah Olympic Park The Salt Lake Nitro Jam stars will visit the Utah Olympic Park at noon on Thursday,greeting fans and media...

[coverattach=1]Carpenter Aiming to Rebound in Martin (6-10-2010) MARTIN, MI – After getting off to an incredible start to the 2010 American Drag Racing League season, Charles Carpenter’s success came to a halt at the hands of Jim Halsey in the first round of eliminations at the ADRL Speedtech US Drags III three weeks ago. Carpenter experienced mechanical and electrical gremlins while warming the car in the pits on Saturday morning and was unable to get them rectified before the first round of eliminations. The problem slowed Carpenter to an off-pace 4.07 after he’s lived in the mid 3.90s all season. Carpenter soon traced the problem to a bad ground wire once he got back to his Charlotte, NC shop. With the simple fix in place...