Team Press Releases

[coverattach=1]CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (June 2, 2010) - Matt Hagan hails from Christiansburg, Va., where he manages a 500-acre Angus Cattle farm, but when he's racing the DieHard Dodge Charger Funny Car in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series his heart is solidly in the Chicago area. That's where his team owner Don Schumacher hangs his hat and it's also where DieHard's headquarters are based. So, it's no surprise that the 27-year-old driver who's already won one national event this season wants to do it again in front of a "hometown" crowd at this weekend's 13th annual Route 66 NHRA Nationals in Joliet, Ill. "We're really excited to be racing in the Chicago area," said Hagan. "With Don being from Chicago and DieHard being based...

[coverattach=1]MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO (June 2, 2010) - Pro Racing Fuels will provide contingency sponsor awards for the Pro Modified Racing Association and the Quick 32 Sportsman Series for the 2010 racing season. “We want to support the two series, they are a good venue for us,” noted Mitch Markusich of Pro Racing Fuels. “The series are well-organized. We enjoy the series and the races.” Based in Mississauga, Ontario, Pro Racing Fuels provides a wide range of specially-formulated racing fuels with octane ratings up to 116 used in a large spectrum of racing environments. Pro Racing Fuels supplies high octane racing gasoline to Quick 32 Sportsman Series competitors and provides alcohol fuel for drag racing classes such as Funny...

[coverattach=1]LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. (June 2, 2010) -- Fresh off a good showing in Atlanta, Zizzo Racing continues to prepare this week for a home town event at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill. "This is a home town race for Zizzo Racing and PEAK Performance Products so the pressure is on," TJ Zizzo said. "There will be a lot of support from family and friends at the track and we look forward to having the entire PEAK Entourage in our pits this weekend." One of those family members at the track this weekend will be experiencing her first NHRA National event. TJ's daughter Madeline could potentially be the third generation of Zizzo's to drive a dragster. "She has three years to go, but I assume she will have a pink junior dragster...

[coverattach=1]Paolo Giust leads Quick 32 Sportsman Series going into next event at Grand Bend Ottawa-area dragster team hoping to continue success in round two OSGOODE, ONTARIO (June 1, 2010) – Paolo Giust was pleased with his performance at the opening round of the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts held on the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park May 21-23 in Cayuga, Ontario. The Top Dragster driver not only won his Top Dragster division in the first race of the season, he took out the Top Sportsman winner Steve Corriveau of Fonthill, Ontario to capture the Quick 32 Sportsman Series title. “We were right on the tree,” Giust said about his race. “I did my job and the car did its job.” The...

[coverattach=1]Will also visit Bethesda Christian Elementary School in Brownsburg, Ind. BROWNSBURG, Ind. (June 1, 2010) - Cory McClenathan, driver of the FRAM Top Fuel Dragster in the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, will participate in a charity softball game on June 3 in Indianapolis, in memory of his young friend Caroline Symmes, who passed away from cancer at the age of 5 last December. Gates will open at 5 p.m. for the Tony Stewart Foundation Presents the Caroline Symmes Memorial Celebrity Softball Challenge, benefiting the Indiana Children's Wish Fund, at Victory Field in Indy. Besides McClenathan, Colts all-pro defensive end Robert Mathis and Pacers forward Roy Hibbert will join a group of other local...

[coverattach=1]Johnson looks for first 2010 win at United Association Route 66 NHRA Nationals Auburn Hills, Mich. — Team Mopar® NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson is coming off perhaps his best race of the season, a runner-up finish at the NHRA Topeka event in which the Greeneville, Tenn. native undoubtedly had the car to beat on race day. Johnson hopes to keep that momentum rolling with his first 2010 win of the season at the United Association Route 66 NHRA Nationals at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill. this weekend. The Team Mopar veteran qualified No. 2 at Topeka and had the quickest and fastest pass in three of the four elimination rounds, with current points leader Mike Edwards needing a...

[coverattach=1]SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (June 1, 2010) – Nitro Jam is proud to announce a new and unique partnership with the Utah Sports Commission for the upcoming Salt Lake Nitro Jam June 18-19 at Rocky Mountain Raceways in West Valley. After an extremely successful partnership with Feld Motorsports’ Supercross Series last month in Salt Lake City the Utah Sports Commission is pleased to be a part of the first ever Nitro Jam in the state of Utah June 18-19 at the world-renowned Rocky Mountain Raceways. “It’s great to partner with Feld Motor Sports and Rocky Mountain Raceways on another major motorsport event that will bring an estimated $3 million in economic impact to the State of Utah and be broadcast nationally on SPEED...

[coverattach=1]Reading, PA May 28, 2010 - Fresh from winning the O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals last weekend in Topeka, Duane Shields and the Shortline Express team traveled to Maple Grove Raceway to try and extend their winning streak to five wins for the season in the Top Alcohol Dragster class. It appeared from the start of qualifying that Shields was in a good position to do just that by posting the fastest qualifying time right out of the box with a 5.33 at 271 MPH. Shields qualifying position set up a first round pairing with the number eight qualifier, Dan Mercier. Mercier got in the show with a 5.59 at 253 MPH so Shields was the likely favorite to win the round. But drag racing has a tendency to surprise racers and fans with...

[coverattach=1] Nitro Nite of Fire to Host Pro Slammers San Francisco, Ca - The 34th Annual Nitro Nite of Fire will host a laundry list of classes including the fastest growing class on the west coast, Pro Slammers Door Car Association. June 11th-12th are the dates for the battles to begin as points leader Mike Doushgonian tries to fend off the rest of the class and stay in the lead. In just the first year Pro Slammers is the newest crave, as cars are being built or engines getting upgraded to join the fun of hassle free side by side drag racing action. This is one of the quickest door slammer index classes in the world and with side by side starts the fans really get their money’s worth and the track owners love that! There...