News & Notes
MASGA RESULTS - CECIL COUNTY
Maryland’s Cecil County Dragway hosted the Mid Atlantic Super Gas Association for the Annual Uncle Buck Pig Roast on August 14th & 15th.
In the first event, 25 cars competed for the R&J Control #1 Qualifying award. In the end it was Englishtown national event winner Matt Schurman claiming the award. As eliminations got underway it would be a first time winner in vic...
GREG MORRIS GOLF TOURNAMENT
On Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 11:00 am the Circus Motorsports 7th Annual Greg Morris Memorial Golf Tournament will be open to all NHRA racers, crew members, staff and sponsors. The four player team scramble type tournament will be held at the Old Brickyard Golf Course in Ferris just 15 minutes from the Texas Motorplex. At the conclusion of the tournament, there will be a dinner and awards pr...
FAUL TO SUPER STOCK VICTORY
Spokane County Raceway recently hosted the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, the Northwest Thunderfest is the raceway's biggest event of each year. This year over 500 cars registered and thoroughly entertained 10,000 spectators in attendance at the Airway Heights, Washington track.
The event is one of six in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Northwest Division, where drivers from acr...
ONE RACE WASN'T ENOUGH FOR GREG BOUTTE
Stockton, California's Greg Boutte was looking to extinguish his dry spell in a big way after several first round losses in Super Comp competition and was hoping to begin that during the NHRA national event at Infineon Raceway.
The national event would be the first of three scheduled events for Boutte and many other sportsman racers over the next week and a half at the facility, just outside of...
MASGA RESULTS
Numidia, Pa – Numidia Dragway hosted race No.5 and 6 for the Mid Atlantic Super Gas Association (MASGA) on July 31st & August 1st. Nineteen cars took shots at the “R&J Control” #1 qualifier award but, in the end it was George Donhauser’s 1979 Arrow laying down a perfect 9.900. Following Donhauser was Michael Lauria, Iggie Boicesco, recent winner Bob Henry and...
A CLOSE COMMUNITY
Kiersten Cocuzza is a normal seven-year old girl who enjoys Hannah Montana and the Disney Channel. And naturally she enjoys drag racing. Her father, Joe, is a competitor at Atco Raceway in New Jersey with his Camaro, of which both Kiersten and her mother, Sandy, help out with.
At the beginning of this year, Kiersten complained of stomach pain which doctors were unable to diagnose. A trip...
WE GOOFED
There, we said it.
Somehow, it was missed through the many channels of experts (?) we have on staff to check technical and factual items.
In our last issue (September 2010), in our story on Top Alcohol Funny Car racer John Lombardo (Coming Full Circle), we inadvertently mentioned in a photo caption on page 26 of his father, former Funny Car star “Lil&rdqu...
NORM FROSCHER PASSES
He was not only a former columnist for Drag Racing Action, but he was also a friend and long-time supporter of NHRA Drag Racing. Norm Froscher left this life on July 29 at the age of 79, but not before leaving his mark on the sport of drag racing. The media center at NHRA's Gainesville Raceway, where Froscher tirelessly worked to cover nearly every edition of the NHRA Gatornationals, is n...
JEGS GIVES AWAY CAMARO
DELAWARE, Ohio (July 28) -- Longtime JEGS.com customer Gary Winkelman had a dream day at the world headquarters of JEGS High Performance Wednesday as the 62-year-old New Yorker officially claimed the beautiful, 2010 JEGS yellow and black Chevrolet Camaro he won through the summer-long JEGS "Win This Car! Celebrating 50 Years" Sweepstakes.
Winkelman and his wife Karen received a hero's wel...
AIR BOSS AIR LAUNCHER STYLE DRAG CHUTES
Along the same lines as our story in the November issue of Drag Racing Action regarding braking (Putting Whoa Before Go – DRA November 2010), which details Strange Engineering’s two piece brake rotors, this recently came across our desk. With safety becoming a big concern, as it well should be, Simpson Perf...
THE MILLION DOLLAR RACE
The 2010 version of the Million Dollar Race is on and this year held at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis on the September 8-12. Several new features have been added and dollar for dollar, it's one of the best paying racing in the country. It's an event that has changed the lives of all if it's past 14 winners and could be the one to make a major change in your life. But as the saying goes, "Y...
COMPETITION PHOTOS SUPER COMP SERIES
Reading, Pa – Maple Grove Raceway hosted race #3 & #4 for the Competition Photos Super Comp Circuit on July 10th& 11th. Unfortunately, Mother Nature had other plans on Saturday and washed out Race #3. Sunday was a whole different story as nice sunny skies greeted racers in the morning. Seventeen Cars made attempts at the #1 Qualifying spot but in the end it was Mike Hoff from Hanover...
YORK US30 DRAGWAY REUNION
The York US30 Reunion was as usual, quite an event. Everyone who was anyone was in attendance and their induction ceremony for the 2010 Legion of Honor paid great honor to the likes of Jim Kerr, Bill Lynch, Paul and Horace Reinford, K.S. Pittman, Dave Helsey, Al Carpenter, Dom Rinaldi, Bunny Burkett, Bob & Eileen Daniels, Larry Lombardo, Fred Borchardt, Bruce & Joan Mehlenbacher, Chick DeN...
NHRA NORWALK NATIONALS RESULTS
Congrats to the champs: James Monroe in TD with his VP Racing Fuel-sponsored machine; Ben Wenzel in Stock; Mike
KYLE CULTRERA
Walter in SS; Dan Northrop in SG (whose broken right foot was able pedal in the final, his second final in a row after E-Town two weeks ago); Kyle Cultrera in SC (BIG congrats to him and his...
RECORD HOLDER
In our recent issue (September 2010), we had a story in our Lucas Oil News & Notes about a 15-year old record holder, Brianna Leigh Blinzler. Our source for the story was Patty Striegel of Clay Smith Cams fame, who is a big supporter of Jr. Dragster racing, Her...
ARUBA OFFICIAL TRAVEL DESTINATION OF THE MMPSA
CRETE, Ill. May 18, 2010: Aruba and the Mountain Motor Pro Stock Association (MMPSA) have teamed up to offer competitors and fans some amazing deals. As the Official Travel Destination of the MMPSA, Aruba will be awarding a trip for two to Aruba to both the MMPSA World Champion and the MMPSA Top Eight Shootout winner. Both of these winners will be determined at the final MMPSA event, the Elite Mot...
THE TEXA$ 250K
The Texa$ 250K happens on Halloween weekend with a graduated payout totaling as much as $250,000 for the winner in Saturday's main event.
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DRAG TIMES HALL OF FAME CEREMONY
The Drag Times Hall of Fame ceremony will again take place the weekend of October 15-17 in Henderson, North Carolina. For more information, visit their website at East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame.
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