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NEW NHRARACER.COM WEBSITE WILL BE DEDICATED TO SERVICING THE NEEDS OF NHRA COMPETITORS
GLENDORA, Calif. (Sept. 12, 2011) – The NHRA Competition Dept. has announced that a new Website designed exclusively to improve communication with all NHRA competitors will be launched today. NHRARacer.com will replace the current competition link on NHRA.com, which will provide competitors an easier means to conduct general business with NHRA’s Competition, Tech and Contingency departments.
"With NHRARacer.com, all NHRA competitors will be able to access an exclusive website that is dedicated to servicing their needs, and it will make it much easier for us to communicate directly with our competitors,” said Josh Peterson, vice president of racing administration, NHRA. “NHRARacer.com will have links that will allow our competitors to register for national events, check race schedules, view competition notices, get rules updates and download the NHRA Rulebook. The site will also allow competitors to access and navigate it with ease via their mobile devices.”
The site, which will be open to all NHRA competitors regardless of membership status, will be separated into four different sections: Competition, Tech, Contingency and Racer Marketplace. The Competition, Tech and Contingency section will be identified with a logo to help users navigate through the notices, which will be posted under a heading titled “Latest Updates,” while the Racer Marketplace will be located below the “Latest Updates.”
The competition area will include national event registration, national event credentials, event notices, hours and location of credential trailer and sportsman waiver trailer, downloadable competition applications and include a list of contacts for national event registration and divisional offices.
The NHRA Rulebook, divisional tech directors, engine blueprint specs, records and indexes and stock car classifications will be included in the Tech Dept. section.
In the Contingency area, competitors will be able to view the latest contingency postings and requirements as well as the latest contingency sponsor information.
Racer Marketplace will showcase advertisements for NHRA Member Track events, classified ads and a racer directory, which will list links and contact information to companies that produce products for NHRA competitors.
Headquartered in Glendora, Calif., NHRA is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2011. As the primary sanctioning body for the sport of drag racing in the United States, NHRA presents 22 national events featuring the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series. NHRA provides competition opportunities for drivers of all levels in the NHRA Summit Racing Series and the NHRA Drags: Street Legal Style presented by AAA. NHRA also offers the Jr. Drag Racing League for youth ages 8 to 17. In addition, NHRA owns and operates five racing facilities: Gainesville Raceway in Florida; Atlanta Dragway in Georgia; National Trail Raceway in Ohio; Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis; and Auto Club Raceway at Pomona in Southern California. For more information, log on to NHRA.com, or visit the official NHRA pages on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
The site, which will be open to all NHRA competitors regardless of membership status, will be separated into four different sections: Competition, Tech, Contingency and Racer Marketplace. The Competition, Tech and Contingency section will be identified with a logo to help users navigate through the notices, which will be posted under a heading titled “Latest Updates,” while the Racer Marketplace will be located below the “Latest Updates.”
The competition area will include national event registration, national event credentials, event notices, hours and location of credential trailer and sportsman waiver trailer, downloadable competition applications and include a list of contacts for national event registration and divisional offices.
The NHRA Rulebook, divisional tech directors, engine blueprint specs, records and indexes and stock car classifications will be included in the Tech Dept. section.
In the Contingency area, competitors will be able to view the latest contingency postings and requirements as well as the latest contingency sponsor information.
Racer Marketplace will showcase advertisements for NHRA Member Track events, classified ads and a racer directory, which will list links and contact information to companies that produce products for NHRA competitors.
Headquartered in Glendora, Calif., NHRA is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2011. As the primary sanctioning body for the sport of drag racing in the United States, NHRA presents 22 national events featuring the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series. NHRA provides competition opportunities for drivers of all levels in the NHRA Summit Racing Series and the NHRA Drags: Street Legal Style presented by AAA. NHRA also offers the Jr. Drag Racing League for youth ages 8 to 17. In addition, NHRA owns and operates five racing facilities: Gainesville Raceway in Florida; Atlanta Dragway in Georgia; National Trail Raceway in Ohio; Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis; and Auto Club Raceway at Pomona in Southern California. For more information, log on to NHRA.com, or visit the official NHRA pages on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
BROWN HOPES TO KEEP TITLE HOPES ALIVE AT MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY AND AUTO-PLUS® NHRA NATIONALS
MOHNTON, Pa. - Familiar ground is something that Top Fuel pilot Antron Brown has come to expect at Maple Grove Raceway.
The East Coast native who grew up in the small town of Chesterfield, N.J., no more than a two-hour drive from the track near Reading, Pa., has taken many laps down the two lanes of Maple Grove Raceway.
The East Coast native who grew up in the small town of Chesterfield, N.J., no more than a two-hour drive from the track near Reading, Pa., has taken many laps down the two lanes of Maple Grove Raceway.
After a string of success that includes four wins in the past six races, including the prestigious Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil at historic Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Brown and his Matco Tools dragster enter the third event in the six-race Countdown to the Championship playoffs in a place he's never been in Reading: seven points shy of the lead in the Top Fuel standings.
Brown will be battling to take back the top spot at the Auto-Plus® NHRA Nationals, Sept. 29-Oct. 2 at Maple Grove Raceway. Larry Dixon (Top Fuel), Cruz Pedregon (Funny Car), Dave Connolly (Pro Stock) and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are the defending winners of the event, which will be televised on ESPN2HD.
But as Brown heads to a familiar setting and an all-too-familiar track, he knows that the success he is riding is more than just a fluke.
"Our strategy has been to peak at the right time, which we are," said Brown, who has six wins in seven final-round appearances this season. "Somebody said we had been flying under the radar, but we know we're on everybody's radar now. That's OK; we just have to do our thing to be successful."
Brown's "thing" all summer has been winning. He is coming off of a recent three-race win streak in which he racked up 12 round-wins and a No. 1 qualifier on his way to the first-place spot in the point standings. But after a semifinal-round loss at the recent AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals in Dallas, Brown lost his lead to Don Schumacher Racing teammate Spencer Massey. As Brown enters this weekend's event, he knows that to regain the point lead, he'll have to grab the one thing that has eluded the highly decorated driver: a win at Maple Grove Raceway.
"I always love going to Reading," said Brown. "I love going to the East Coast tracks because it's going home for me. It's always great running with family and friends and my peers in attendance, and they'll be there in Reading."
With such strong competition in the Top Fuel class, including the Al-Anabi Racing duo of Del Worsham and Larry Dixon, as well as Brown's fellow Don Schumacher Racing teammates, Massey and Tony Schumacher, success at Maple Grove Raceway could be the difference between competing for the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Top Fuel world championship or just dreaming about what might have been.
"We're still in good shape in the Countdown to the Championship," said Brown. "We'll just keep doing what we've been doing because we've been doing really well the last eight races given our four wins and four semifinals. It should be cool at Maple Grove Raceway, so we might see some world records."
Brown will have plenty of competition in the 7,000-horsepower Top Fuel class, as defending world champion and event winner Dixon will look to race his way to the top spot in the field. Dixon's teammate and the regular-season point leader Worsham is also hoping to gain momentum and take back the spot at the top of the standings that he once held. Seven-time world champion Schumacher is looking to keep his streak of nine consecutive seasons with at least one win alive with a score at Maple Grove Raceway, a track where he has four victories.
Brown will be battling to take back the top spot at the Auto-Plus® NHRA Nationals, Sept. 29-Oct. 2 at Maple Grove Raceway. Larry Dixon (Top Fuel), Cruz Pedregon (Funny Car), Dave Connolly (Pro Stock) and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are the defending winners of the event, which will be televised on ESPN2HD.
But as Brown heads to a familiar setting and an all-too-familiar track, he knows that the success he is riding is more than just a fluke.
"Our strategy has been to peak at the right time, which we are," said Brown, who has six wins in seven final-round appearances this season. "Somebody said we had been flying under the radar, but we know we're on everybody's radar now. That's OK; we just have to do our thing to be successful."
Brown's "thing" all summer has been winning. He is coming off of a recent three-race win streak in which he racked up 12 round-wins and a No. 1 qualifier on his way to the first-place spot in the point standings. But after a semifinal-round loss at the recent AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals in Dallas, Brown lost his lead to Don Schumacher Racing teammate Spencer Massey. As Brown enters this weekend's event, he knows that to regain the point lead, he'll have to grab the one thing that has eluded the highly decorated driver: a win at Maple Grove Raceway.
"I always love going to Reading," said Brown. "I love going to the East Coast tracks because it's going home for me. It's always great running with family and friends and my peers in attendance, and they'll be there in Reading."
With such strong competition in the Top Fuel class, including the Al-Anabi Racing duo of Del Worsham and Larry Dixon, as well as Brown's fellow Don Schumacher Racing teammates, Massey and Tony Schumacher, success at Maple Grove Raceway could be the difference between competing for the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Top Fuel world championship or just dreaming about what might have been.
"We're still in good shape in the Countdown to the Championship," said Brown. "We'll just keep doing what we've been doing because we've been doing really well the last eight races given our four wins and four semifinals. It should be cool at Maple Grove Raceway, so we might see some world records."
Brown will have plenty of competition in the 7,000-horsepower Top Fuel class, as defending world champion and event winner Dixon will look to race his way to the top spot in the field. Dixon's teammate and the regular-season point leader Worsham is also hoping to gain momentum and take back the spot at the top of the standings that he once held. Seven-time world champion Schumacher is looking to keep his streak of nine consecutive seasons with at least one win alive with a score at Maple Grove Raceway, a track where he has four victories.
In the Funny Car class, point leader Mike Neff is hoping to maintain his success and race to his first win of the Countdown. Second-place driver Matt Hagan is hoping history will repeat itself and put him atop the point standings following the event. Dallas winner, defending event winner and third-place driver Pedregon will look to continue his performance and race his way to the top of the point standings.
Pro Stock point leader Jason Line will aim for his second win of the Countdown when he returns to Reading this weekend. Line's teammate and second-place driver Greg Anderson hopes to find the momentum he had heading into the Countdown and take the lead from his teammate. But don't count out rookie and fifth-place driver Vincent Nobile, who is looking to grab his third win of the season.
In Pro Stock Motorcycle, dominant Eddie Krawiec will be competing for his fourth win of the season and second at Maple Grove Raceway, while second-place Karen Stoffer will look to dethrone the point leader heading into the final events of the season. Mac Tools U.S. Nationals winner Hector Arana Jr. is hoping to follow his first win with a victory at Maple Grove.
Pro Stock point leader Jason Line will aim for his second win of the Countdown when he returns to Reading this weekend. Line's teammate and second-place driver Greg Anderson hopes to find the momentum he had heading into the Countdown and take the lead from his teammate. But don't count out rookie and fifth-place driver Vincent Nobile, who is looking to grab his third win of the season.
In Pro Stock Motorcycle, dominant Eddie Krawiec will be competing for his fourth win of the season and second at Maple Grove Raceway, while second-place Karen Stoffer will look to dethrone the point leader heading into the final events of the season. Mac Tools U.S. Nationals winner Hector Arana Jr. is hoping to follow his first win with a victory at Maple Grove.
- SCHEDULE: Full Throttle Drag Racing Series qualifying sessions are scheduled for 2 and 4:45 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30, and at 11:15 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1. Final eliminations will begin at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2.
- TICKETS: Tickets are available for the 27th annual Auto-Plus® NHRA Nationals at www.ticketmaster.com.
- ON TV: ESPN2 and ESPN2HD will televise one hour and 30 minutes of qualifying coverage at 12:30 a.m. (ET) on Sunday, Oct. 2. A three-hour eliminations show will follow at 7 p.m. (ET) on Oct. 2 on ESPN2 and ESPN2HD.
- LUCAS OIL SERIES: The Auto-Plus® NHRA Nationals also will feature competition in seven categories in the NHRA Lucas Oil Series, where the future stars of the NHRA Full Throttle Series are born. Lucas Oil Series qualifying begins at 10 a.m. on Sept. 30. Lucas Oil Series eliminations begin at 8:45 a.m. on Sept. 30 and continue through Oct. 2.
- ON THE WEB: Get live timing, scoring, multimedia and the latest news updates from every NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event on the Internet at www.nhra.com. Visit the official NHRA pages on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.