Team Press Releases

[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...

 

[coverattach=1](10-28-09) OAK RIDGE, Tennessee – Without question, the National Guard ADRL has established itself over the course of the last five years as one of the premiere racing organizations for heads up, fast door slammer drag racing, and always looking for a challenge, as well as stiff competition, the Al-Anabi Racing team comprised of world champion tuner, Howard Moon, and driver, Von Smith, have jumped into the fray with both feet.

After using the ADRL Dragstock VI event in Rockingham...

 

LAS VEGAS (October 29, 2009) - Pro Mod driver Joe Baker has two things on his mind coming into this weekend's Get Screened America Pro Mod Challenge presented by ProCare Rx at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals: Win the $35,000 Matco Tools Pro Mod Clash, and win the main event. And, according to the Milton, Fla. homebuilder, he's up to the task.

"It's our turn," Baker said. "We've had a year of ups and downs, and all of us on the team really want to finish on a high note. To win the event...

 

[coverattach=1]5.80s on the Horizon – Drag Illustrated establishes exclusive club for the first eight nitrous Pro Modified drivers to break in

October 28, 2009 – Nitrous oxide-injected Pro Modifieds have been at the forefront of several major performance milestones in the sport of drag racing over the course of the last few years. More than twenty years after Bill Kuhlman’s shot-heard-round-the-world 7.21-second, 202.24mph blast down Darlington Dragway in March of 1987, nitrous-assisted door...

 

[coverattach=1](10-28-2009) ENNIS, TX – After making it through a roller coaster 2009 season, Charles Carpenter ignited his 2010 campaign with a runner-up finish at the LenMar Motorsports Nationl Guard ADRL World Finals V at famed Texas Motorplex just outside Dallas.

Still carrying the battle wounds from a horrific crash at the season-opening ADRL Dragpalooza V in Houston, Carpenter nearly came full-circle to end the season, falling only .044 seconds short of holding off 2009 ADRL Pro Nitrous...

 

[coverattach=1]Carl Spiering – Third Place

JORDAN STATION, ONTARIO (October 27, 2009) – It’s been over 10 years since Carl Spiering drag raced with a Sportsman-style Christmas tree, but the former pro driver turned in a good showing for 2009, placing third in the NAPA sponsored Quick 32 Sportsman Series Championship Point Awards for the inaugural year of the new drag race series.

Spiering, of Jordan Station, Ontario, has spent the most part of the past decade behind the wheel of a Pro...

 

Pleasanton, Calif - The Goodguys Rod & Custom Association, the largest rod & custom association in the world with over 70,000 members, will stage twenty-three events in 2010. The event lineup features nineteen national events for rods, customs, classics and muscle cars through 1972 vintage as well as four “Get-Together's” in California which welcome all years, makes and models of specialty vehicles.

The season gets started March 12, 13 & 14 with the brand new Spring Nationals at...

 

[coverattach=1]AL-ANABI DOUBLES UP IN DALLAS

(10-26-2009) ENNIS, Texas – As the sun went down Friday night on the legendary eighth-mile drag strip at the Texas Motorplex near Dallas, eight of the world’s foremost nitrous racers had assembled in the staging lanes, preparing to fight it out for the most coveted title in the world of fast door slammer drag racing – the ADRL Pro Nitrous world championship. A title that can only be obtained through winning the Speedtech Nitrous ADRL Battle for the...

 

CUSTOM APPAREL COMPANY CHAMPION SYSTEM APPOINTS FORMER PHOENIX CUSTOM APPAREL’S SENIOR SALES EXECUTIVE AS DIRECTOR, MOTORSPORTS DIVISION

Brooklyn, NY (October 27th, 2009) – Eric R. Cody, formerly of Phoenix Custom Apparel, has joined the team at Champion System to head up their Motorsports division. As of October, 15th Cody was officially brought on board under the title Director, Motorsports Division as Champion System continues to expand in the motorsports arena.

"I am both...