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BERNER TO SIT OUT ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONALS
CRETE, Illinois, July 3, 2008:
Pete Berner currently sits fifth in the Nitro Jam Pro Stock points
standings, and he recently had a difficult decision to make concerning his run
for the Championship. As we near the halfway point of the season, the points
battle is tightening and the Championship chase is growing in intensity. In a
year where gas prices have soared to all-time highs and people everywhere are
feeling the effects of economic downfall, it is becoming increasingly difficult
for racers to be competitive on a national and international level.
The
fifth stop on the IHRA Nitro Jam tour lands in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, which
for many racers is a 40+ hour drive, costing thousands in fuel alone. This
financial burden is prohibiting some racers from attending the event, even those
currently vying for the '08 Championship. Berner and the Quarter-Max.com team
have chosen to sit out the Rocky Mountain Nationals in order to save costs for
the season and provide an equal championship shot for all Pro Stock racers.
"We
will really miss attending this event," states Berner. "The fans and staff at
the Castrol Raceway Park are great and it's a wonderful place to race. But when
it comes down to the World Finals in Rockingham, I don't want the Championship
to be decided based on who had the financial means to travel and who did not. I
wouldn't feel right about winning it that way. We're in a great points battle
right now and I hope to see that continue up to the end, instead of half the
field gaining a significant advantage after this race. I think this
Quarter-Max.com team has made the best decision in sitting this one
out."
Berner will take advantage of this time off to test the Quarter-Max.com
Pontiac GXP and continue research on his engine program.
Improvement Continues for Patriot Performance Pro Stock Team
From IHRA.com
After
being out of the Pro Stock game for 3 years, Collins Racing is back
with sponsorship by Patriot Performance – a high performance
cylinder head manufacturer in Rainbow City, Alabama. ..read
more
Pro Stock champ Coughlin to honor NORAD's 50th
anniversary in Denver
DELAWARE, Ohio (July 3) -- Reigning Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr.
will don a specially-designed racing helmet for the upcoming Mile-High NHRA
Nationals to honor the 50th anniversary of the North American Aerospace Defense
Command (NORAD), which is located in nearby Colorado Springs, Colo....read more
Summit Racing Pontiac
Driver Greg Anderson Wins Sponsor's Race at Norwalk
Team Chevy 1-2 in Funny Car
Points After Tony Pedregon's Victory
NORWALK, Ohio, June 29,
2008 - After a disappointing loss in yesterday's final round of the K&N
Horsepower Challenge bonus Pro Stock event and its $50,000 payday, Summit Racing
Pontiac driver Greg Anderson set his sights on eliminations for today's second
annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park. ...read more
Anderson wins sponsor's race
Norwalk,
Sunday: After a disappointing loss in yesterday's final round
of the K&N Horsepower Challenge bonus Pro Stock event and its $50,000
payday, Summit Racing Pontiac driver Greg Anderson set his sights on
eliminations for today's second annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at
Summit
Motorsports Park. .read more
TEAM MOPAR®
DRIVER AND OHIO NATIVE MORGAN TAKES RUNNER-UP
SPOT AT NORWALK
Norwalk, Ohio (June 29, 2008) –
Mopar®-powered NHRA POWERade Pro Stock driver and hometown favorite Larry Morgan
drove to his second runner-up spot of the month today at the
Second Annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio. It was
the second-straight finals appearance at the NHRA Norwalk event for the
Newark, Ohio native...read more
KJ Has an
Uncharacteristically Early Exit in Norwalk
Over the
first eleven races of the season, ACDelco Cobalt racer Kurt Johnson worked his
way to the POWERade championship points lead by consistently qualifying in the
top half of the field and going rounds on race day. Entering Sunday’s final
eliminations of the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio, the second-generation racer seemed ready
to continue this trend, having captured the fifth starting position.
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.read more
Justin Humphreys
Goes to Semis at Norwalk;
Jumps Back into
NHRA Pro Stock Contention
Justin Humphreys inserted himself into the fight for
a Pro Stock berth in
NHRA’s Countdown to 1 championship competition Sunday
with an outstanding
performance in the RaceRedi Dodge.
Humphreys, in his fourth race driving the Dodge,
displayed the car’s
potential in the first two rounds, knocking out
reigning champion Jeg Coughlin, who
was third in series points, on a hole-shot, and then
Coughlin’s teammate,
Dave Connolly, in the quarterfinals...read more
Time to turn the page for
Coughlin
NORWALK, Ohio (June 29) -- Reigning series champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. had
high hopes for this weekend's NHRA race in his home state of Ohio. In the end,
Coughlin's exceptionally fast racecar didn't carry him as far as he would have
liked, as the 52-time national event winner re-learned the lesson that the best
car doesn't always win in drag racing.
"This was a rough weekend, no doubt," Coughlin said. "The exciting thing is
we have a great racecar on our hands with this JEGS.com Chevrolet Cobalt we were
the quickest or second quickest of every round we raced. I just didn't do my job
as a driver."
.read more
Connolly gains some ground in quarterfinal finish
Norwalk,
Sunday: Dave Connolly defeated Warren Johnson in
Sunday’s first round of the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals and moved closer
to 10th place in NHRA’s Pro Stock top 10, but his five-round win streak at his
hometown track ended in the quarterfinals.
Connolly never trailed against Johnson and
drove to the win in 6.701 seconds – his quickest run of the weekend – to a
6.715....read more
Edwards Qualifies Top Half In
Norwalk
With the shorten qualifying, Mike Edwards laid down to
consistent 6.74s to grab the No. 8 spot heading into Sunday's eliminations at
the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio. Though he has lane
choice for the all-important opening round, it is who is in the other lane that
won't let Edwards sleep through the night.
He drew his biggest nemesis
in the class, multi-time POWERade champion Greg Anderson, who qualified
five-thousandths slower than Edwards. "Greg has really had my number, and I know
it needs to change soon," Edwards added. "Heck, he got the best of me in the
semifinals last week in Englishtown and I know our Penhall/Young Life Pontiac
GXP is going to get that win light in the first round. It has to
happen."
The run has been a long one since Edwards bested Anderson in
NHRA eliminations. The last round victory came Sept. 15, 2002 at the Reading
national event when Edwards stopped Anderson in the second round. Since that
time, Anderson has collected 22 straight round wins over the course of the
nearly six-year stranglehold.
"Racers always talk about you can lose in
many different ways, and I think I have done every one against Greg," Edwards
joked. "From red-lights, to the transmission popping out of gear, and you name
it has been how I came up short. That book is full, it is time to start writing
chapters about how I beat Greg."
TEAM MOPAR® PRO STOCK DRIVER ALLEN JOHNSON
CAPTURES $50,000 BONUS WITH K&N HORSEPOWER CHALLENGE VICTORY AT NORWALK
Norwalk, Ohio (June 28, 2008) – Team Mopar®’s Allen Johnson reeled off a
jaw-dropping .000 reaction time to defeat Greg Anderson in the finals of the
race-within-a-race K&N Horsepower Challenge today during qualifying for the
Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio. The Mopar®/J&J
Racing Dodge Stratus R/T driver also banked a $50,000 bonus with the victory,
the first for a Mopar-powered Pro Stock car in the event since Darrell Alderman
took the win 17 years ago...read more
