Team Press Releases

[coverattach=1]Pomona, prerace: 2009 is drawing to a close. It is evident all around us. Trees are barren of their leaves, the fields are being harvested, the temperature is dropping all around the country, and there has even been snow in Denver. All signals of the end of the year. And nowhere is it more evident of the end than in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. It is time for the 45th annual Auto Club Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, the final race of the year.

Not only does...

 

[coverattach=1]Mooresville, N.C., November 10, 2009 – After nine months, 23 races and countless travel miles in the air and on the ground, the 2009 Full Throttle Drag Racing season will draw to a close this weekend with the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona, CA. By most accounts, it has been another good year for Pro Stock standout Greg Anderson and his Summit Racing team having already scored two wins in five final round appearances. Coming into the season finale second in the championship standings...

 

[coverattach=1]BROWNBURG, Ind. (Nov. 10, 2009) - "A little bit of all of the above," Cory McClenathan answered when asked if he was crazy nervous, crazy anxious or crazy excited about ending the 2009 Full Throttle Drag Racing Series this weekend in Pomona, Calif., with a chance to win his first Top Fuel championship.

Having notched just one victory this season compared to the five each for the Nos. 1 and 2 in points, Tony Schumacher and Larry Dixon, No. 3 McClenathan is right in the mix as the...

 

[coverattach=1]Switch to new Pro Stock Mopar Dodge Avenger in 2010 ends Johnson’s seat time in Stratus

Auburn Hills, Mich. — Team Mopar® driver Allen Johnson can’t wait to race his 2010 NHRA Pro Stock Mopar Dodge Avenger, which made its debut last week in the Mopar display at the 2009 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas. However, Johnson has some unfinished business in the Dodge Stratus R/T he has driven to five wins since 2003. Johnson will aim to retire the Stratus...

 

[coverattach=1]CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (Nov. 10, 2009) - Matt Hagan is ready to finish off his rookie season in the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series by winning his first national event in the Valvoline/shelor.com Dodge Funny Car at this weekend's NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif.

Hagan, a contender for the 2009 Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award as an NHRA rookie-of-the-year frontrunner, has enjoyed two runner-up finishes this year along with two No. 1 qualifiers. The...

 

[coverattach=1]NORCO, Calif. (Nov. 10, 2009) - Jack Beckman is still in the running for his first Funny Car championship as the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series comes down to its final event of 2009 at this weekend's 45th annual NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif.

The driver of the Valvoline/Mail Terminal Services Dodge Funny Car stands fourth in the rankings, 114 points behind first-place Robert Hight. And, while mathematically it appears doable, it's a high mountain to climb and he admits it...

 

[coverattach=1]CARLSBAD, Calif. (Nov. 10, 2009) - Ron Capps would like to end the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series the way he began it at the season opener in Pomona, Calif., by winning the 45th annual NHRA Finals this weekend at the same venue.

The driver of the NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge Funny Car knows he has only a slight chance of winning his first championship this year, as he enters the season finale in fifth place, 127 markers behind points leader Robert Hight.

"Obviously, the...

 

[coverattach=1]DALLAS (November 09, 2009) - For the second year in a row, Quain Stott put an exclamation point on the season ending ADRL event in Dallas. Stott piloted his 1963 LeeBoy Equipment split-window Corvette to the number 1 qualifying spot and raced his way into the final round. Stott fell short of victory by just .0215 seconds. His opponent Alex Hossler scored his first victory.

In semi-final action, Stott recorded a new personal best when he clocked in at the end of his eighth mile pass at...

 

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, International Motorsports Industry Show
Come Together for Inaugural Safety Conference December 1

Seventeen World-Renowned Motorsports Safety Experts to Provide Insight and Expertise

INDIANAPOLIS (Nov. 9, 2009) – Officials from the International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS) announced today that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will serve as a partner in the inaugural IMIS Safety Conference Dec. 1 in the Sagamore Ballroom of the Indiana...