Team Press Releases

<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b72/Deby706/JeffCarroll.jpg"align="right"borders="0"/>Carroll Motorsports Signs 3 race deal with Hice Cellars. Hice Cellars is a multi-award winning winery located in beautiful Paso Robles, CA. We have signed on with Carroll Motorsports who we feel are on their way to the top! We've come together in a quest for excellence and have high hopes and expectations for the upcoming NHRA races and also look forward to the 2007 season. Hice is especially looking forward to the Fram Autolite NHRA Nationals in Sonoma. Eric Hice started his career and spent several wonderful years in Sonoma County, it holds a special place for Eric and his wife Bettina. “We at Hice Cellars are elated and very...

<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b72/Deby706/motorcity_nats_lg.jpg"align="left"borders="0"/>Andrew Cowin Wins Top Fuel at Suzuki Motor City Nationals</br> Milan, Mich. (July 9, 2006) – All season, Andrew Cowin has talked about wanting to herd some of Scott Griffin Motorsports’ Serta Counting Sheep into the Winner’s Circle at a national event. Sunday at Milan Dragway he made shepherds everywhere proud. Cowin (Wilmington, N.C.) collected his first career national event victory by driving the SGM/Serta Top Fuel Dragster past Bobby Lagana, Jr. (Scarsdale, N.Y.) in the final. Cowin, hired by Griffin in December of ’05, set the track speed record and qualified in the #1 position over the weekend. He laid down the quickest ET of...

<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b72/Deby706/Janis2.jpg"align="right"borders="0"/>Janis Takes home his 14th Career Iron Man with a win at the Suzuki Motor City Nationals</br> July 9, 2006 - Milan, MI – For some the pressures of performing in front of your major sponsor at their home town track can be overwhelming but, Mike Janis and his Eaton sponsored Pro Mod team seem to thrive under pressure. Janis took home his first win of 2006 with a win over Danny Rowe at Milan Dragway in Milan, Mi., during the IHRA eMax Series Suzuki Motor City Nationals. The win moved Janis in to fourth in the 2006-point standings, just six rounds behind leader Glen Kerunsky.</br> With Eaton having 17 Locations in and around Detroit “The Motor...

<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b72/Deby706/Spiering.jpg"align="left"borders="0"/>Ignition woes sideline Spiering in Michigan IHRA race “Our next stop is at home in Cayuga where we won last year in the Eaton Road Warrior” </br> MILAN, MI (July 9, 2006) – Carl Spiering’s day ended abruptly with an ignition magneto failure in the second round of the final eliminations Sunday at the International Hot Rod (IHRA) eMax Drag Racing Series Fourth Annual Suzuki Motor City Nationals at Milan Dragway in Michigan.</br> “This season certainly has been a test of one’s sanity, said Spiering. “Our next stop is at home in Cayuga (Ontario) where we won last year in the Eaton Road Warrior,” added the 41-year old driver from Jordan Station...

<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b72/Deby706/clay_millican.jpg"align="right"borders="0"/>Clay Millican Upset in Opening Round in Motor City Nationals</br> Chalk up Clay Millican's surprising first-round loss at Sunday's IHRA eMax Series Suzuki Motor City Nationals at Milan Dragway to "just one of those things."</br> That description was provided by Mike Kloeber, crew chief of Kenny Koretsky's Werner Enterprises Top Fuel team, after Millican's blue dragster lost traction twice on his quarter-mile run against Bobby Lagana.</br> "The car shook the tires at 200 feet and Clay pedaled it," recalled Kloeber. "The car hooked up but lost traction again and Clay pedaled it again and smoked the tires all the way to the...

<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b72/Deby706/MoparMile-Highlogo.gif"align="left"borders="0"/>AUTOGRAPH SESSION EXTRAVAGANZA TO HEADLINE MOPAR BIG BLOCK PARTY</br> Center Line, Mich. - Race fans will have an opportunity to meet and greet more than twenty of the NHRA-s most popular drivers during the Mopar Big Block Party in downtown Golden, Colo., on Thursday, July 13. The official kickoff to the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals event, the Mopar Big Block Party autograph session is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. MDT. </br> Drivers and crew chiefs to participate in the event include Tony Schumacher, Melanie Troxel, Richard Hogan, Angelle Sampey, Antron Brown, Steve Tartaglia, Gary Scelzi, Mike "Zippy" Neff, Ron Capps, Ace...

<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b72/Deby706/middenorf.jpg"align="right"borders="0"?>Middendorf earns Funny Car license at Paul Smith's Drag Racing School Belleville, Ill., July 8, 2006: A new name has emerged on The NHRA POWERade Drag Racing scene. Allan Middendorf, 28, has recently completed the requirements to receive his Funny Car license. Middendorf attended Paul Smith's Drag Racing School last week and made his final passes, earning him his NHRA competition license. "Earning my Funny Car license is a big step for me," said Middendorf. "In just a few short years, I did everything I could to make my dream come true. Now I feel more confident and I can move on and explore the opportunities that are in my...

<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b72/Deby706/motorcity_nats_lg.jpg"align="left"borders="0"/>Aussie Thunder at Suzuki Motor City Nationals</br> MILAN, Mich. (July 8, 2006) – Andrew Cowin sat in the staging lanes and watched Clay Millican bump him from the top qualifying spot. It took him exactly 4.592 seconds to take it back.</br> Cowin zipped straight down the groove and into the Knoll Gas-Torco Racing Fuels Pro Nitro Top Fuel pole position during Saturday evening qualifying at the Suzuki Motor City Nationals presented by GM Performance Division and Heritage Newspapers. Del Worsham (Knoll Gas - Torco Nitro Funny Car), Rick Distefano (Knoll Gas – Torco Pro Modified), Robert Patrick (Knoll Gas – Torco Pro Stock) and Rob...

<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b72/Deby706/DannyRowe.jpg"align="right"borders="0"/>Rowe Lands in No. 3 Spot at Motor City Nationals with Stout 6.11</br> MILAN, Mich. (July 8, 2006) - One of his best runs of the season landed Danny Rowe in the No. 3 spot at the conclusion of Pro Mod qualifying Saturday for the IHRA's Suzuki Motor City Nationals, which featured a mammoth field of 36 Pro Mod drivers attempting to reach eliminations.</br> On his third and final qualifying attempt, Rowe and crew chief Jimmy Rector combined for a 6.119 at 231.24 mph in their blown '63 Corvette to jump up to the No. 3 spot, trailing only Rick Distefano (6.088) and Mike Janis (6.111). Rowe will open eliminations Sunday against No. 11...