Team Press Releases

Holy Toledo!”- DAY TO PILOT ICONIC FLOPPER IN VEGAS “HOLY TOLEDO!”- DAY TO PILOT ICONIC FLOPPER IN VEGAS Las Vegas, Nev. – Second generation drag racer James Day is a throwback to the days when race car drivers were an extension of the cars they drove. In fitting nature, Day will return to the seat of one of the more iconic Nitro-Floppers of the late 1960’s this weekend in Las Vegas, Nev., when the NHRA Heritage Hot Rod Series lands on “The Strip” at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the “Rock-A-Billy” Rod Reunion contested May 28th-May 30th. James Day will once again be behind the butterflies of Ron and Ed Lenarth's "Holy Toledo" Jeep at the upcoming Rockabilly Rod Reunion at The Strip. Day piloted the "Holy Toledo" Jeep to its...

Snyder Makes Successful Pro Extreme Debut To kick-off of the 2010 season, Mick Snyder and the Snyder Motorsports Race Team sponsored by Powersource Transportation, made the trip to Virginia Motorsports Park last weekend to make their ADRL Pro Extreme debut. The 28 year old Snyder, a 16 year veteran of the sport, had a successful weekend getting his feet wet behind the wheel of the '63 Corvette. After qualifying number 10 with a 5.78 at 201 mph, Snyder was first off the line and never looked back in first round, matching his qualifying effort with a 3.78 at 203 mph. In the second round, Snyder cut a great .012 light, but the car came unhooked down track, and he had to abort the run. The ADRL rookie did a great...

Clermont, IN - The Goodguys 22nd Hot Rod Nationals is set to blast off June 11, 12 & 13 at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, officially kicking off another hi-revving trio of vintage drag races for the Goodguys/VRA. The Hot Rod Nationals kicks off a three-race series for vintage drag racers which includes the Hot Rod Nationals, the 9th Blue Suede Cruise August 20-22 in Norwalk, OH and the 3rd Nostalgia Nationals October 15-17 in Bowling Green, KY. The Hot Rod Nationals is one of the country's largest vintage hot rodding events combining a massive car show with over 4,000 '72 & earlier rods, customs, muscle cars and classics with a weekend long vintage drag race on O'Reilly Raceway Park's vaunted drag strip. Vendor...

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (May 25, 2010) - Reigning world champions Tony Schumacher and Robert Hight, along with Hight's crew chief Jimmy Prock, will headline WFO Radio NHRA Tuesday with Joe Castello, tonight at 7 p.m. ET. To listen live or on-demand following the show, go to wforadio.com or download the top-rated WFO Radio iPhone application. Schumacher, driver of the U.S. Army Racing Top Fuel dragster, earned his third win of 2010 and the 100th win for U.S. Army sponsored teams at the O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Summer Nationals in Topeka, Kan. Hight and his crew chief Prock, won for the third straight national event with a victory in Kansas in the Automobile Club of Southern California Ford Mustang Funny Car. WFO Radio with...

New batch of stars headline Nitro Jam’s western swing SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (May 25, 2010) – As the Nitro Jam series prepares to head west a new batch of stars have joined the fun as part of the series’ western swing that includes stops at Salt Lake City’s Rocky Mountain Raceways June 18-19 and Edmonton’s Castrol Raceway June 25-27. The two week swing through the Rockies is expected to draw some of the largest crowds of the year as many of the sports biggest west coast race teams join Top Fuel regulars Bruce Litton, Bobby Lagana Jr., Spencer Massey and Del Cox Jr. at two of the biggest Nitro Jam events of the year. [cid:[email protected]] Todd Lesenko is one of several new teams joining Nitro Jam’s western...

[coverattach=2] Charles Carpenter Racing ADRL Speedtech U.S. Drags III Wrap-up Carpenter’s New Look Earns Best Appearing Car Award at U.S. Drags (5-25-2010) CHARLOTTE, NC – Going into the third annual ADRL Speedtech U.S. Drags at Virginia Motorsports Park, Charles Carpenter was looking for a clean sweep of the event, aiming to win Best Appearing Car, Best Appearing Crew, and take home the Pro Nitrous Minuteman trophy all in one weekend. After it was announced that Carpenter’s fresh paint and airbrushing, applied by Chandler Robbins and East Coast Refinishing, had garnered him the Olson Paint & Body Best Appearing Car award, the team set its sights on the other task at hand: taking the momentum of two consecutive...

PHOENIX (Feb. 17) -- Larry Morgan's performance in Southern California at last weekend's 50th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals turned more than a few heads. His semifinal run in the Pro Stock class of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series behind the wheel of his brand new Lucas Oil Ford Mustang has fans of the blue oval, employees at Lucas Oil, and the folks at Ford Motor Company absolutely buzzing with excitement. "Jamie Allison (director of Ford North America) is so excited he's coming to Phoenix," Morgan said. "It was about the best start I could have had. Just very, very good for everyone involved, from Lucas Oil to Ford to my guys at the track and back at the shop. "We're barely scratching the surface here...

[coverattach=1]Chandler, Az. – Last week’s NHRA National event in Pomona, Calif. was a productive weekend for 23-year old Pro Stock driver, Danny Gruninger and his USRECOGNITION.COM Pro Stock Dodge team. And momentum established at the season opening event should catapult the Denver, Colo. based team to a race day start at this weekend’s NHRA Arizona Nationals, held at Firebird International Raceway in Chandler, Az. “Our goal is firm; to race on Sunday this weekend in Phoenix,” noted the highly competitive athlete Gruninger, who competed in (4) Little League World Series and was a Colorado high school state golf champion. “We made some significant improvements to our Pro Stock program last weekend in Pomona; decreasing our career...

CHANDLER, Ariz., February 17, 2010 – With back-to-back races to kick off the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing season, race teams have a chance to redeem themselves if they turned in a less-than-desired performance at the season-opening Winternationals at Pomona last weekend. Such is the case with Funny Car veteran Paul Lee and the Jim Dunn Racing team as they prepare for this weekend’s 26th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals at Firebird International Raceway just south of Phoenix. Despite missing the 16-car field at Pomona, Lee, a first-year driver of the CANIDAE Pet Foods/Lucas Oil/WileyX Chevy, is confident the team can shake off the cobwebs and turn in a solid performance at Firebird. “(Pomona) was just one of those weekends...