Team Press Releases

[coverattach=1]Las Vegas, Nev. – A group of 25 children whom the Speedway Children’s Charities supports annually through grants were welcomed by Thiel Motorsports and CRX Promotions to the power of NHRA Drag Racing yesterday at “The Strip” at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The event was held in conjunction with the sponsorship of Thiel’s Top Alcohol Funny Car which is flying the colors of S.C.C. at this year’s NHRA Las Vegas Nationals.

The group began their day with a stroll though the pit area of...

 

[coverattach=1]The Street Car Super Nationals (SCSN) has undoubtedly become the West Coast’s premier drag racing event with seemingly overnight success. Now in its 5th year, SCSN V is set to run November 19-22, 2009 at "The Strip" at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The event will draw a who's who of top names and the fastest cars from the U.S, Puerto Rico and Canada, but who created it and why?

I got a chance to catch up with race promoter Mel Roth recently in Las Vegas, who is the man behind the scenes...

 

[coverattach=1]O’FALLON, MO (Oct. 30, 2009) — The National Guard American Drag Racing League (ADRL) regrets the decision announced today by Dover Motorsports Inc. to close Memphis Motorsports Park (MMP), site of this year’s ADRL Quarter-Max Memphis Drags II, but already is taking steps to replace the venue for its 2010 season.

“I’m saddened by this news, not only because Memphis Motorsports Park hosted one of our most exciting events this season before being cut short by rain, but because it holds...

 

[coverattach=1](10-30-2009) LAS VEGAS, Nevada – In a season that has seen records fall as often as cars were raced, nitrous cars winning multiple events, and the quickest and fastest fields in the history of Pro Modified racing, Al-Anabi Racing is looking to add to the seemingly never-ending excitement by scoring the first world championship for a nitrous-assisted Pro Modified since their own Shannon “The Iceman” Jenkins sealed the deal on the Pro Mod Challenge crown in 2002.

Leading the charge for...

 

[coverattach=1]LAS VEGAS – Despite Vegas not technically being a ‘home game’ for NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster racer Jim Whiteley and his YNot Racing team, the high altitude of “The Strip” at Las Vegas Motor Speedway could be considered home field advantage for his blown alcohol combination. Whiteley hopes to use some of that home field advantage at this weekend’s Lucas Oil Las Vegas Nationals as he tries to stage a late season rally to win the Top Alcohol Dragster World Championship.

Whiteley, of...

 

[coverattach=1](10-30-2009) LAS VEGAS, Nevada – It would only seem fitting that the Get Screened America Pro Mod Challenge championship will come down to the final race of the season, which just so happens to take place at “The Strip” at Las Vegas Motor Speedway – the perfect locale for a high-stakes drag race.

A mere 37 points out of the top spot, Danny Rowe, currently third in the GSA NHRA Pro Mod Challenge points standings, comes into this final stop on the 10-race tour with high expectations for...

 

Las Vegas, Nev. – The 2009 NHRA Las Vegas Nationals held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is more than just a simple drag race for Pleasant Grove, Calif. rice farmer Brian Thiel. This is an opportunity to win a race for Bruton Smith’s Speedway Children’s Charities at his track.

Flying the colors of Speedway Children’s Charities this weekend, Thiel believes his 2002 Chevy Camaro Funny Car will not only make the tough 16-car field, but be a threat to take home the “Wally” in NHRA’s tough...

 

Las Vegas, Nev. – The last time the Rick Jackson Racing team hit “The Strip” at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in April, they went home with the event championship in the tough Top Alcohol Funny Car division. This weekend the Santa Clarita, Calif. based team hopes to capture a Vegas Sweep during the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals held at LVMS. A win would also produce the teams third NHRA National Event Championship in 2009.

“We are coming into this event on a bit of a hot streak,” noted Tony...

 

[coverattach=1]Jason Hamstra back home and healthy after violent crash at ADRL World Finals

“He’s in good shape. He came out of the ordeal without even a concussion.”

DEMOTTE, INDIANA (October 29, 2009) – While competing in a semi-final round of the ADRL Speedtech Battle of the Belts Final at the Texas Motorplex over the weekend, Pro Extreme star Jason Hamstra lost control of his 1968 Camaro near the eighth-mile finish and crashed heavily into the retaining wall.

Hamstra...