Team Press Releases

[coverattach=1]POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 15) -- Jeg Coughlin Jr. exits the final race of the 2009 season with more wins (7) and more races atop the Full Throttle standings (13) than any professional driver in the sport. While it's true he may not have won his fifth Pro Stock championship and third world title in a row, Coughlin proved once again that his JEGS.com Chevrolet Cobalt is always a contender.

"It's hard to be upset after a year like this," Coughlin said. "Of course we wanted to win the title...

 

[coverattach=1]Centre Pointe/FireIce.com Team Hopes Results Are the Same

Pomona, Calif. – When the Santa Clarita, Calif. based Rick Jackson Racing Top Alcohol Funny Car team last visited historic Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, they captured the first NHRA National Event Wally awarded for the 2009 season. As the team visits the NHRA Auto Club World Finals this weekend the opportunity to pull off the season Pomona sweep is their goal. And based on previous performance their goal is also a distinct...

 

[coverattach=1]Due to local ordinances surrounding the Auto Club Raceway, qualifying in Pomona takes on a completely different look than at any other track on the NHRA circuit. As a result, the first day of the Auto Club Finals consisted of a single session on Thursday. Jason Line kicked off his qualifying effort with a solid 6.655-second, 208.62 mph pass, placing his Summit Racing Pontiac seventh among the 23 cars making an attempt.

However, having started in the Top Five in 19 of this season’s...

 

[coverattach=1]Qualifying for the Auto Club NHRA Finals, the final race of the 2009 Full Throttle Drag Racing season got underway with a single session on Thursday, with 23 cars looking to take their first step towards securing a spot in Sunday’s final eliminations field. Just as he has all season, Summit Racing driver Greg Anderson was among the leaders, with his 6.647-second time placing him second with three attempts remaining.

However, all was not right in the KB Racing camp, as Anderson’s...

 

[coverattach=1]POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 12) -- Top Fuel driver Morgan Lucas streaked to a 3.909-second pass at 303.84 mph Thursday in his GEICO Powersports/Lucas Oil dragster to earn the No. 7 position on the Day 1 grid at the 45th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals. Lucas' teammate Shawn Langdon wasn't as fortunate, shaking his tires early and drifting down Pomona Raceway with an 8.330 at 82.90 mph.

"Our gameplan was to go out there and run a safe number to make sure we were comfortably in the field today,"...

 

[coverattach=1]Pomona, Thursday: With one qualifying session complete at the 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, Pro Stock driver, Johnny Gray is pleased with the performance of his Dodge Stratus and is looking forward to doing it again tomorrow.

Under a golden California sun, Gray made a clean, straight run posting a 6.649 at 208.01 mph. With this being one of the better runs of the class, Gray ended the day in the lofty No. 4 qualifying...

 

[coverattach=1]When it comes to the IHRA’s Tournament of Champions one thing is certain – it truly is an assortment of the best sportsman drivers from across North America.

A grand total of 178 drivers from a remarkable 28 states and two Canadian provinces converged on Rockingham Dragway last month to take part in the inaugural Tournament of Champions, but persistent rains and cool temperatures forced the postponement of the event to a later date.

An announcement regarding the completion of the...

 

[coverattach=1]MADISON, Ill. – Gateway International Raceway announced today that Terry Harmeson, a senior executive with the track’s parent company Dover Motorsports, Inc., has been named interim Vice President and General Manager of Gateway International Raceway.

Harmeson, who has more than 35 years of operational experience over a diversified range of business facets, most recently served as Vice President of Design and Construction with Dover Motorsports, Inc. in Dover, Del. for the last seven...

 

[coverattach=1]Racing in the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, has just one goal before the season ends at this weekend's 45th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals: to win his first race for DSR.

Smith, who has scored 10 national-event victories in 21 final rounds and the 2007 world championship since 2004, is winless this season despite a number of strong performances riding the quickest Suzuki in the class. He has set a national record and qualified No. 1 twice, but has only one runner-up finish...