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Chevrolet Clinches 17th NHRA Manufacturers Cup Team Chevy's Jeg Coughlin Sets the Pace with Second-Consecutive NHRA Pro Stock Title DETROIT, Nov. 17, 2008 - Following an incredible season on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing tour and at numerous Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events across the United States and Canada, Chevrolet has won the 2008 NHRA Manufacturers Cup, one of the longest and most enduring standards of racing excellence. This year marked the 17th time that Chevrolet has won the NHRA Manufacturers Cup, the most ever ... Read More \| Comments	Hillary Will Be Spectacular This Boxing Day! Make no mistake, the upcoming Fuchs presents Shannons USA Top Fuel Showdown will see some of the best Nitro-breathing Top Fuel action seen anywhere on planet earth, with the additional enticement of cars running the full quarter mile at Western Sydney Dragway from Boxing Day - on December 26 & 27. How strong Hillary 'Will' be? Try these facts on for size. After the final NHRA Top Fuel round in Pomona, California last weekend, will see the ... Read More \| Comments
Pedregon and krawiec win powerade series world championship crowns Dixon, Pedregon, Anderson and Rivas claim event titles at Auto Club NHRA Finals POMONA, Calif. – Cruz Pedregon earned his second NHRA Funny Car world championship title, and first in 16 years, by racing to victory Sunday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Southern California. Meanwhile, Eddie Krawiec won his first POWERade Series crown in Pro Stock Motorcycle, and did so without winning a race during the season. He joins Rob Bruins, the 1979 Top Fuel champ, as ... Read More \| Comments	Newly re-crowned champ Coughlin out by .001 seconds POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 16) -- After struggling in qualifying, Jeg Coughlin Jr.'s JEGS.com Chevrolet Cobalt came to life Sunday and carried the newly re-crowned POWERade champion to a great 6.673 at 206.76 mph that got him to within .001 of a second of upsetting higher-ranked racer Allen Johnson. Unfortunately, a wonky rear-end slowed him just enough to give Coughlin the rest of the day off to work on his champion's speech. "We rebounded extremely well and the car did exactly ... Read More \| Comments

IHRA

Two New Venues Highlight 2009 IHRA Nitro Jam Schedule A pair of new facilities will grace the 2009 IHRA Nitro Jam schedule as, for the first time, national events will be held at State Capitol Raceway in Baton Rouge , La. and at Dallas Raceway in Crandall , TX . In fact, two of the first three 2009 events will be at new tracks. The season will kick off March 6-8 at State Capitol Raceway, where IHRA will host it’s inaugural national event in Baton Rouge , La. The capitol city of Louisiana has long been a market IHRA president Aaron ... Read More \| Comments	Hagan reflects on 2008, looks ahead to 2009 Our goal is to run the full NHRA Nitro Funny Car schedule," says Hagan. A 3rd place finish in national points wasn't quite the outcome Matt Hagan and crew had hoped for but it's a tremendous accomplishment for the rookie team nonetheless. Going in to the World Finals at Rockingham Dragway Hagan and crew stood an outside chance of winning the title but that possibility evaporated when Hagan lost to front-runner Terry Haddock in the first elimination round. Read More \| Comments
World Finals Provides the Icing on Cannister’s Championship Cake The event win put a huge exclamation point on a spectacular season for the Kalbones Grill’n Sauce Alcohol Funny Car team. October 23, 2008 – Johnstown, Ohio – 2008 IHRA Alcohol Funny Car Champion Laurie Cannister went into the IHRA World Finals with some unfinished business on her mind --- winning the event and setting records. Although the Kevin and Wendy Sims’ Kalbones Grill’n Sauce team has had numerous successes since reforming just over a year ago, winning the fall ... Read More \| Comments	Cannon’s ihra season ending win (10-20-08)Lyman, SC- Scott Cannon Jr. loves Rockingham Dragway. “I consider Rockingham my home track. We live only about 125 miles from Rockingham. Most of our friends and family always attend the Rockingham event because it is so close to home” Cannon Jr. said. Scott Cannon should love Rockingham with his past performance there. He has had multiple final rounds and wins at the event there. Chalking up another one on Sunday was another high point for this team who has had it kind of ... Read More \| Comments

ADRL

Awesome al anabi motorsports reflects on an incredible comeback season WESTBURY, NEW YORK – It would be hard to argue with anyone who says the American Drag Racing League’s Pro Nitrous division is rapidly becoming one of the most followed and competitive categories in all of heads up drag racing. A quick look back at the history of the ADRL shows that a racer who finds oneself in the winner’s circle following a Pro Nitrous shootout has outlasted the best in the business, and those who’ve done it more than once are in small numbers. Only seven racers have managed ... Read More \| Comments	ADRL Completes Mid-East Goodwill Tour O’FALLON, MO (Nov. 12, 2008) — Call it a working vacation, but American Drag Racing League (ADRL) co-founders Tommy Lipar and Kenny Nowling, who also serves as president of the O’Fallon, Missouri-based series, are heading home after a whirlwind, week-long tour of Doha, Qatar and Dubai and Umm Al Quwain, in the United Arab Emirates. Accompanied by ADRL Executive Assistant Jessica Alcoke, the trio were guests of Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar, an oil-rich peninsula ... Read More \| Comments
Carpenter breaks into the 3's at ADRL World Finals (10-29-08) CHARLOTTE, NC — Charles Carpenter goes into every race with several goals in mind: get down the track consistently, win rounds, and be able to load everything back in the trailer in one piece at the end of the weekend. At the LenMar ADRL World Finals at the Texas Motorplex, Carpenter had one more goal he was shooting for. “I wanted to run a ‘3’ so bad I couldn’t stand it,” admitted Carpenter. “We have been so close all year, but haven’t been able to crack that ... Read More \| Comments	World Finals Open ADRL 2009 Season ENNIS, TX (Oct. 26, 2008) — Speed and thrills highlighted the running of the 4th annual LenMar Motorsports ADRL World Finals Oct. 24-25, at the Texas Motorplex, by the Flowmaster American Drag Racing League presented by the National Guard. Day one featured the Speedtech Al Anabi Nitrous Battle for the Belts, in which the top-eight points earners in each ADRL pro class raced against each other in single-elimination “playoffs” that determined 2008 series champions. Pro ... Read More \| Comments

PMRA

Top drivers honored at Fourth Annual PMRA Champions Banquet Boland, Brown, Boniferro, and Roth take home PMRA Pro Modified tributes NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO (November 15, 2008) - Highlighting the Fourth Annual Pro Modified Racing Association Champions Banquet, hosted by the Master of Ceremonies Chris Biro in Niagara Falls, Ontario, were the acceptance speeches from the top four drivers of the 2008 PMRA Tour. Receiving top honors was Bruce Boland of Hamilton, Ontario. Driving his B&B Racing 1963 Corvette. Boland won ... Read More \| Comments	PMRA Champion plans to return next season Bruce Boland will return to series with new car HAMILTON, ONTARIO (November 11, 2008) – The PMRA Champion will return for 2009. Winner of the 2008 Pro Modified Racing Association season, Hamilton, Ontario’s Bruce Boland, plans to return to PMRA racing next year. “I plan to run in the PMRA next year,” Boland said earlier this week. “I’m going to show Brown (Terry) how to win three years in a row,’ he added with a smile. “And with three ... Read More \| Comments	Boniferro and Smokin’ Joe’s Pro Modified takes third in 2008 PMRA season NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO (November 3, 2008) – Although not as dominate in Pro Modified Racing Association competition in 2008 as in previous years, Joe Boniferro had a steady season and placed third in the 2008 PMRA Point Award Series Championship sponsored by Wix Filtration Products, Valvoline, Uni-Select, and Moen Incorporated. “We feel fortunate to finish third in the series,” said Boniferro, driver of the 1999 Dodge Avenger Pro Modified. “We were a little behind with our ... Read More \| Comments

JEGS Promod Challenge

Waldie presented with first Steve Engel 'Big Man, Big Heart' Award

LAS VEGAS (Nov. 10) -- An emotional highlight of the Crowning of the King ceremony that closed the year for the JEGS ProMod Challenge Sunday night in Las Vegas was the presentation of the Steve Engel "Big Man, Big Heart" Award to longtime drag racer and Pro Mod proponent John Waldie.

The award was created by JEGS officials in the wake of Engel's untimely death due to medical complications brought on by his high-speed accident during qualifying for the U.S. Nationals. ...

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