Team Press Releases

[coverattach=1]Jeff Roth – Third Place

KITCHENER, ONTARIO (October 26, 2009) – Hard work and perseverance paid off for the Roth Racing Team in 2009, as the team debuted a new car in the Pro Modified Racing Association tour this year, and finished third in the PMRA Championship Point Award Series.

“It was an up and down season,” commented Jeff Roth, driver of the 1941 Willys Pro Modified. “But we learned a lot. We were running a whole new combination.”

Roth drove the Willys to an...

 

[coverattach=1]ROCKINGHAM, N.C. – The International Hot Rod Association announced Sunday a creative partnership that will insure the future of the Mountain Motor Pro Stock class in a restructured IHRA Nitro Jam series set to debut in 2010.

The alliance between the IHRA, operators of the racetracks that host the 10 events that comprise the Nitro Jam series and members of the newly-formed Mountain Motor Pro Stock Association has provided a creative solution to a problem created by today’s difficult...

 

[coverattach=1](10-24-09) LAS VEGAS, NV - Following tooth-and-nail battles to qualify, the field is finally set for an exciting conclusion to the Matco Tools $35,000 Pro Mod Clash at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas.

The final qualifiers who will face off for a chance to win the $25,000 grand prize are Burton Auxier, Roger Burgess, Danny Rowe, Mike Castellana, Joe Baker, Raymond Commisso, Jay Payne and Tim Tindle.

Pairings will be made in a teleconference with the drivers...

 

[coverattach=1](10-24-2009) LAS VEGAS, NV - Mike Knowles, driver of the Knowles Enterprises/B&J Racing Transmissions "Blown Money" 1963 Corvette Pro Mod, will have his award-winning car on display at the Monte Carlo Casino on the Strip in Las Vegas Tuesday thru Thursday, October 27-29.

"Our car is so perfectly themed for Las Vegas, and we've got a great relationship with the Monte Carlo, we wanted to help promote the Pro Mod Challenge before our race coming up next weekend," Knowles said...

 

[coverattach=1]ENNIS, TX (Oct. 24, 2009) — Alex Hossler of Canton, Illinois, won his career-first National Guard ADRL Pro Extreme event in memorable fashion, crossing the eighth-mile finish line at the Texas Motorplex with his 1970 Camaro on fire after posting a 3.73-seconds pass at 202.48 miles per hour to beat Quain Stott in the final round of the LenMar Motorsports ADRL World Finals V.

Also earning National Guard Minuteman trophies at the final event of the National Guard ADRL’s year, but the...

 

[coverattach=1]ENNIS, TX (Oct. 24, 2009) — Todd Tutterow turned on the win light three times over two days at the Texas Motorplex to secure his first National Guard American Drag Racing League’s (ADRL) Pro Extreme world championship.

The Yadkinville, North Carolina-based driver entered the championship-deciding Speedtech Battle for the Belts—a unique eight-car playoff for the top points earners in the class—in fifth place and raced through Mike Janis, two-time defending series champ Jason Scruggs and...

 

[coverattach=1]Steady rain throughout the morning and poor track conditions during the late evening hours made for a spotty afternoon and left plenty still on the plate after two days of racing at the IHRA World Finals Saturday at Rockingham Dragway.

Trying to fit two races and nearly half a dozen special programs into two days of racing left IHRA crew members scrambling on Saturday, but weather delays and a few accidents left the weekend action roughly a day behind entering the final day of...

 

[coverattach=1]ROCKINGHAM, N.C. – One of the longest ongoing relationships in all of motorsports, Summit Racing Equipment announced Saturday that it has re-signed with the International Hot Rod Association in a multi-year deal that will carry the two organizations into 2010 and beyond.
Summit Racing Equipment, which sponsors the Summit Pro-Am Tour, the Summit SuperSeries, the Summit All-Star Race and the Team Finals, will continue to support all of the sportsman programs within the IHRA by signing a...

 

[coverattach=1]ENNIS, TX (Oct. 23, 2009) — Qualifying for the LenMar Motorsports ADRL World Finals V was cut short Friday evening at the Texas Motorplex following a violent single-car accident involving young Pro Extreme star Jason Hamstra.

While racing Joshua Hernandez in the semi-finals of the 2009 championship-determining Speedtech Battle for the Belts, Hamstra, 22, lost control of his 1968 Camaro near the eighth-mile finish line and crashed heavily from the right lane into the left guardwall...