Team Press Releases

[coverattach=1]POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 15, 2009) - Matt Hagan, driving the Valvoline Engine Guarantee/shelor.com Dodge Funny Car, moved into 11th place in the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series point standings - the best he could finish as a non-Countdown contender - after a quarterfinal result in today's 45th annual NHRA Finals.

From his No. 4 qualifying position, Hagan upended Tony Pedregon in the opening stanza with a solid 4.139-second run at 304.05 mph, then met up with his Don Schumacher...

 

[coverattach=1]POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 15, 2009) - "Fast" Jack Beckman ended a challenging, roller-coaster of a 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season in fifth place in the point standings after losing the opening round to Tim Wilkerson at today's 45th annual NHRA Finals.

A battle for second place in the Funny Car championship began to brew following Robert Hight's clinching the crown on Saturday. Beckman, driving the Valvoline Engine Guarantee/Mail Terminal Services Dodge, was one of a slew...

 

[coverattach=1]POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 15, 2009) - Cory McClenathan completed the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series fourth in the Top Fuel point standings, after reaching the quarterfinal round at the 45th annual NHRA Finals today.

With an opportunity, albeit slim, to actually win his first Top Fuel championship, McClenathan, driving the FRAM Tough Guard Top Fuel dragster, embarked on his mission to both help and hinder his teammate Tony Schumacher in his quest to win his seventh Top Fuel world...

 

[coverattach=1]POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 15) -- After 19 years of futility, Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Hector Arana finally won his first NHRA national event last year when he claimed the race trophy in Norwalk, Ohio.

The Puerto Rican native said at the time that life simply couldn't get any better.

Sunday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif., the 51-year-old found a way to top that feat, clinching his first Full Throttle Championship by riding his powerful Lucas Oil Buell V-Twin to the top...

 

Pomona, Wrap-up: The 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona is over marking the end of the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing season. For the Vroom Racing Pro Stock Motorcycle team the season ended on an upward swing.

For the last four races the S&S powered Buell was consistent. Team owner, John Hammock had the bike running strong and rider, David Hope was as his best. In qualifying, the bike ran a 7.054 at 188.41 mph, a 7.050 at...

 

[coverattach=1]POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 15, 2009) - Ron Capps reached the semifinal round today at the 45th annual NHRA Finals before he was defeated by Ashley Force Hood. He ended up third in the final 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series point standings, having earned the most class victories this season, five.

En route to the semifinal, Capps dismissed Bob Tasca III in the opening round with a 4.312-second elapsed time at 236.67 mph, then disposed of his Don Schumacher Racing teammate Matt Hagan...

 

[coverattach=1]Pomona, Sunday: The 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona is over signaling the end of the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing season. For Pro Stock pro, Johnny Gray it was season of ups and downs, but the determined driver and team owner overcame his obstacles and ended the season in the upward direction.

This weekend, Gray qualified in the top half of the field with four strong qualifying runs and took on Kurt Johnson in the...

 

[coverattach=1]Pomona, Calif. (Nov. 15, 2009) – Team Mopar® NHRA Full Throttle Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson wrapped up his 2009 season with a quarterfinals finish today in the elimination rounds of the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals. Johnson knocked out Vinnie Deceglie in the first round before losing to Jason Line in the quarters.

Johnson, the No. 6 qualifier and driver of the Mopar/J&J Racing Dodge Stratus R/T, drew Deceglie in an opening-round battle of J&J Racing-prepped...

 

[coverattach=1]POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 15) -- It took the best Top Fuel racer in history to end a career season for GEICO Powersports/Lucas Oil racer Morgan Lucas, as seven-time NHRA champion Tony Schumacher put Lucas on the trailer for the last time this year Sunday in the quarterfinal round of the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Pomona Raceway.

Nevertheless, Lucas was feeling good after a year in which he scored three national event victories, a pair of No. 1 qualifying efforts, and an impressive 27-21 race...