Team Press Releases

HOUSTON (Feb. 9) -- As tickets for the 23rd annual O’Reilly NHRA Spring National continue to sell at a record pace, officials at Houston Raceway Park are stomping on the accelerator and offering yet another hard-to-refuse purchasing option for race fans.

The newly announced 50/50 Payment Plan option allows consumers to get tickets for the event, which runs from April 9-11, right now while deferring half the cost until March. Interested participants buying tickets at HoustonRaceway.com...

 

Mooresville, N.C., February 9, 2010 – With only three days before the official start of the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing season, it would seem strange that Pro Stock standout Greg Anderson would be worried. After all, over the past seven years, Anderson and his Summit Racing team have established themselves as one of the elite teams in the sport’s most competitive class, with a record of consistent excellence unmatched by any of their competitors. In addition, following a successful...

 

[coverattach=1]BROWNSBURG, Ind. (Feb. 9, 2010) - Don Schumacher announced today that Sears, Roebuck and Co.'s iconic brand DieHard will be the primary sponsor of the Dodge Funny Car driven by Matt Hagan in the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.

The DieHard brand has been marketed by Sears since 1967. To help promote the DieHard battery chargers, portable power and inverters, Don Schumacher Racing will campaign the DieHard Dodge Funny Car, with associate sponsorship from shelor.com, in the...

 

POMONA, Calif. (February 8, 2010) -- When Terry McMillen rolls the Amalie Oil Top Fuel dragster into the staging beams at Auto Club Raceway, it won't be the first time he's inched forward to turn on the bulbs at a drag strip. However, it will be his first time at the NHRA Winternationals.

When the 50th running of the NHRA Winternationals takes place this weekend (Feb 11-14), it will not only mark McMillen's first runs in Pomona, but also the beginning of his first full NHRA season...

 

[coverattach=1]Danville, Calif. - It’s been said, you have to learn to walk before you can run.

For the newly formed Lescure – August Motorsports team, lessons learned in a decade of racing in the Top Alcohol Funny Car division will pay dividends as they plan to make their NHRA Top Fuel Dragster debut at their home track, Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. during the Fram Autolite NHRA Nationals, July 2010.

The partnership between Mike Lescure, President of the Lescure Company Inc. (...

 

Guests include John Force, Ashley Force, Bernstein, Brown, Coughlin, Anderson, Hight

HOLLYWOOD, FL (February 8, 2010) – In commemoration of the 50th annual NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, CA, WFO Radio with Joe Castello will broadcast two special shows live from the event and featuring the stars of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.

WFO Radio with Joe Castello will broadcast live on Friday, February 12, 3 - 5 p.m. ET (noon - 2 p.m. PT) and on Saturday, February 13, 1 - 3...

 

POMONA, Calif. (Feb. 8) -- He may be the youngest drag racer competing in the nitro ranks, but 26-year-old Morgan Lucas is fully aware of the historical significance of this weekend's season-opening 50th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona.

The driver of the GEICO Powersports/Lucas Oil dragster, who begins his sixth full season as a professional this Thursday-Sunday at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, remains in awe of the drivers that came before him...

 

POMONA, Calif. (Feb. 8, 2010) - On an apparent "buddy system," Cory McClenathan and the FRAM Top Fuel dragster have spent a busy off-season losing weight as they both prepared to contend for a championship in the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. The new season opens this weekend in Pomona at the 50th annual NHRA Winternationals.

"We knew we needed to shed some weight both with the driver and the race car," said McClenathan, who ended the 2009 season fourth in the standings with...

 

NORCO, Calif. (Feb. 8, 2010) - "Fast" Jack Beckman is eager to get back to racing in the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, which opens this weekend at the 50th annual Winternationals in Pomona, Calif.

"Local boy" Beckman is looking for his first win at this historic event, having amassed eight national-event victories in 17 final rounds in his short, four-year professional career as the driver of the Valvoline/Mail Terminal Services Dodge Funny Car for Don Schumacher Racing...