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» Colonial Beach Dragway King Of The Beach Preview |
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 King of the Beach 2010 will be the first for new track owners
(9-2-2010) COLONIAL BEACH, VA – On September 11th and 12th, it will once again be time for one of Northern Virginia's most famous races. No matter how good or bad a race season goes in years past the King of the Beach always packs the pits with plenty of race teams, and packs the stands with local fans cheering for the hometown heroes.
This years King of the Beach will be the first one under the new ownership, and management of Curtis Stewart, Mark Donavan, and Mike Koontz. Curtis, Mark, and Mike took over Colonial Beach Dragway at the beginning of 2010, and immediately went to work on making improvements to the facility. They started off by repairing the broken, and busted bleachers, upgraded the snack bar, put in a... [Read More]
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» Rodger Brogdon NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals Preview |
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 Brogdon ready for Indy
(9-2-2010) CLERMONT, IN – Ask anyone that has spent some time around Rodger Brogdon and team owner Steve Kent and they’ll tell you that these 2 businessmen are as dedicated to their racing as they are to their respective business endeavors. With the running of the 56th annual Mac Tools US Nationals this week in Indianapolis that dedication will be very evident with not 1 but four entries flying the Attitude Apparel/Pistonator team colors.
Obviously leading the way will be the Pro Stock Pontiac GXP driven by Rodger Brogdon. In just his second full season of Pro Stock competition, Brogdon has solidified a Top-10 finish to the year and looks to close in on championship run beginning this weekend. “We’ve certainly had our struggles this year,” said Bro... [Read More]
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» Greg Stanfield NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals Preview |
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 Stanfield, team fine-tuning for playoffs
(9-2-2010) CLERMONT, IN – This is Eddie Guarnaccia’s first Countdown to 1 NHRA Pro Stock playoffs, but the veteran crew chief fully understands the ramifications of the next six races.
“Now is the time to be good,” Guarnaccia said in a succinct appraisal of the performance he hopes to see from Greg Stanfield, the driver and engine builder for Kenny Koretsky’s Nitro Fish Pontiac GXP, and the team during the playoffs.
They are continuing to search for improvements. “We tested Tuesday and we planned to test again Wednesday to see if some changes we’ve made improved the car’s performance,” Guarnaccia continued.
From there, the team motors to O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis to prepare for Friday n... [Read More]
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» Rick Stivers NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals Preview |
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 Stivers ready to end Summer Break with a win
(9-1-2010) CLERMONT, IN – Rick Stivers, driver of the Trane Air Conditioning 2006 Dodge Stratus Pro Mod, looks forward to summertime because it's great for his HVAC business, but once it arrives, he can't wait for it to be over because the Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series takes a nearly three-month break in their ten-race schedule, leaving the Lexington, Ky.-based racer longing to get back onto the quarter-mile. This weekend, Stivers will be back in action as the series fights the eighth battle of the season, this time at the legendary NHRA U.S. Nationals in Clermont, Ind.
Stivers currently sits No. 11 in the championship points race, just four points out of the top ten, and only 64 points out of the top five. With mor... [Read More]
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» NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series Mac Tools U.S. Nationals Preview |
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 Indiana native Personett seeking first Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series victory as tour heads to Indy
(9-1-2010) CLERMONT, IN – NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series teams have had a nine-week break since their last event in Norwalk, Ohio, and Brad Personett says he and his Personett Performance team has been spending the time busily getting ready for the world’s most prestigious drag race.
After a slow start to the season, which was hampered by an untimely testing crash in Tulsa, Okla. which forced the team to miss the event in Houston, Personett says he and his crew have been working overtime to get back in the hunt during the inaugural season of the NHRA’s newest national touring series.
After making repairs to his ultra-fast ’68 Cama... [Read More]
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» Bret Williamson/Don Carter Motorsports Capture West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod Association Championship |
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 Williamson wraps up 2010 West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod Association points championship with a win in Denver
(9-1-2010) SACRAMENTO, CA – The Don Carter Motorsports team, with Bret Williamson driving the ’53 Studebaker, wrapped up the 2010 West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod Association's (WCOPMA) points championship with their win last weekend at Bandimere Speedway during the Super Chevy Show event, an event the WCOPMA was booked in to headline for Bandimere Speedway.
Going into the Denver event, all that was needed for the team was for Williamson to qualify anywhere in the 8-car field and the championship was theirs…but like the team has done all season long they were set to run hard and not take it “easy” with a main goal to make it to yet another final round and win another event this 2010 sea... [Read More]
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» EOPM Announces Coastal Plains Race And Gives Thanks |
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 EOPM announces Coastal Plains race and gives thanks
(8-31-2010) FREDERICKSBURG, VA – Early last week Stuart Williams of the Extreme Outlaw Pro Mods finalized a deal for the EOPM to compete at Coastal Plains Dragway on November 20th. "Mr. Ronnie Humphrey, owner of Coastal Plains Dragway, and I had been in touch for a while, and we are happy to be heading to his facility this year. We got in touch with some of racers who support the clulb, and they liked the idea of racing in November so its a go now," said Williams.
Talking with some of the racers they explain that Coastal Plains holds that race the weekend before Thanksgiving annually, and it is a event with a rich history. The Extreme Outlaw Pro Mods are excited to be apart of this event and look forward to bringing... [Read More]
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» Orangeburg Dragstrip Quick 8 Racers Association Race Report |
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 Greg Godwin puts the G & B Motorsports Corvette in Victory Lane at Orangeburg
(8-31-2010) ORANGEBURG, SC – The much anticipated Quick 8 Racers Association inaugural event at Orangeburg Dragstrip was held on August 28th, 2010. The man who stood in Victory Lane Saturday night after the smoke cleared was Greg Godwin in the G & B Motorsports ‘63 Corvette.
"This was the first race with the new Fulton Engine," stated Godwin "It ran really good considering we didn’t have any data on it. This engine has a lot left in it. We haven’t even started to use the power that it has."
With the third and final round of qualifying complete it was Team Bladerunner and driver Troy Jordan who got the pole position with a 3.956 at 186.80. Greg Godwin came from the number t... [Read More]
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» Allen Johnson NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals Preview |
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 Johnson seeks to start playoffs run with victory
(8-31-2010) CLERMONT, IN – Team Mopar driver Allen Johnson begins the NHRA Countdown to the Championship post-season playoffs second in the standings, only 30 points and six races separating him from his first NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Pro Stock championship. The Mopar Dodge Avenger driver feels this year might represent his best chance at the title entering the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, Sept. 1–6 at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis.
“We’re excited about it, the little journey we’re about to go on,” said Johnson, who captured his eighth career Pro Stock win in July at the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals. “We look forward to it. We consider the title fight a real challenge, and probably for the first time I think we... [Read More]
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» Quick 32 Sportsman Series Grand Bend Motorplex 'Thunder by the Beach' Preview |
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 Upcoming Grand Bend events will determine Quick 32 Sportsman Series Champion
(8-31-2010) GRAND BEND, ON – Although the season is winding down in the popular Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts, the championship will not be decided until the final events are completed.
With fields of 16 Top Dragsters racing together and 16 Top Sportsman cars racing together, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series has had large fields of competitors, and they will be on hand for the Teamsters Union “Thunder by the Beach” September 3-5 at the Grand Bend Motorplex in Grand Bend, Ontario.
The fifth event of August 6-8 was postponed due to rain, and only the first two rounds of eliminations took place. The qualified teams that are still in the program for this race will finish o... [Read More]
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» Mopar HEMI Challenge NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals Preview |
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 Mopar HEMI Challenge Race Series celebrates 10th anniversary at Mac Tools U.S. Nationals
(8-31-2010) CLERMONT, IN – The Mopar HEMI Challenge Race Series made its debut back in 2001 at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis. Fast forward to 2010 and the popular racing series is still going strong and set to return to the place that started it all. The second of three 2010 Mopar HEMI Challenge Race Series events is scheduled to take place on Sept. 2-3 during the 56th Annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals.
"The Mopar HEMI Challenge event at the U.S. Nationals has experienced remarkable growth and popularity since its inception in 2001," said Jim Sassorossi, Director - Mopar Parts, Sales and Marketing. "The Mopar HEMI Challenge has flourished for 10 years du... [Read More]
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