Reporter's Notepad

Driver pre-entries and advance tickets are now available for a total of three 2010 Reunion Tour dates at the AHRA Online Shop at shop.ahradragracing.com. In addition to the upcoming San Antonio Raceway event May 22-23, the events at Marion County International Raceway in LaRue, Ohio on June 5-6th and Race…
Many of the cars that participate in the True Street Drag Racing series are similar to ones on the road during a casual weekend drive. However, at the Cordova (Wis.) Dragway Park on May 15 these cars going 170 mph and as quick as 8 seconds down the quarter-mile track.…
Brandon Bernstein and wife Tracey welcomed their first child, Lyla Faith, Friday, April 23, in Indianapolis. Lyla weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces. The family is home and all are doing well.
Kenney Goodell, a longtime nitro-racing veteran from Oregon died, April 21, several days after suffering a heart attack. He was 64. Goodell, known to his legion of Northwest fans as "the Action Man" was known to most as a Funny Car driver but also piloted Top Fuelers and fuel altereds…
Cory McClenathan, driver of the FRAM Top Fuel Dragster in the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, will be a guest on Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain this Sunday, April 25.McClenathan has been on a hot streak this season, racing probably one of the most consistent Top Fuel dragsters…
For the second year in a row Castrol GTX Ford Mustang Funny Car driver and Orange County resident Ashley Force Hood is asking her fans and fans of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series to help her Stamp Out Hunger. This year Force Hood has ramped up her participation…
Work crews poured in the last of the extended concrete launch pad at Maple Grove Raceway Thursday, and despite some rainy weather in recent weeks the entire project is on the verge of completion. With the sun shining, the right lane received its share of concrete, as the final 100…
SPEED will add "Intersections," a new 30-minute weekly original, to its summer programming lineup, with the premiere of the 13-episode series scheduled for July 21 at 10 p.m. ET. Each episode of "Intersections" will take two seemingly different speed machines and compare the similarities, as well as offer an intimate…
The military has long featured a strong presence at Infineon Raceway, but the Sonoma Valley facility will put the Armed Forces front-and-center in 2010 with the Sonoma Salutes Our Troops campaign. The season-long salute to the Armed Forces will feature military elements at several major events, including the NASCAR Sprint…
Defending NHRA Division 3 Top Alcohol Funny Car Champion Chris Foster will unveil a new paint scheme and new primary sponsor Goodridge Hoses & Fittings during next weekend’s O’Reilly Spring Nationals at Houston Raceway Park. The two-race deal covers next weekend’s event, along with the Division 4 opener in Dallas,…
The American Hot Rod Association (AHRA) has added Nl'akapxm Eagle Motorplex in Ashcroft, British Columbia, as a sanctioned member track. "We are very pleased to add Eagle Motorplex to the AHRA family of sanctioned tracks," said AHRA CEO Troy Moe. "The facility is first-rate, definitely a crown jewel of Canadian…
John Montecalvo and Pete Berner, who won the three of the last four IHRA Pro Stock championships, bring their rivalry back to Rockingham Dragway this week for the inaugural event in the new Mountain Motor Pro Stock Association series. Montecalvo, a veteran from Center Moriches, N.Y., applied an exclamation point…
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Town Square Las Vegas (www.townsquarelasvegas.com) will host a free NHRA driver autograph session on Thursday, April, 15 from 7-8 p.m. Town Square Las Vegas is located at 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South, just south of the Las Vegas Strip. NHRA Full Throttle…
The Geezers Reunion at The Grove presented by Yuengling has been added to the 2010 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series as an Affiliate Event. The ninth annual Geezers Reunion at The Grove, the second affiliate event and 11th race overall in the 2010 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series…
Rick Stivers, driver of the Brad Anderson-tuned Trane 2006 Stratus, was unable to attend the NHRA Gatornationals last weekend due to complications arising from routine medical screening he underwent a week before the first Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series event in Gainesville, Fla. He said he wanted…
Ashley Force Hood, the first woman to win drag racing’s most important Funny Car event and one of America’s most popular drivers, will be the Newsmaker of the Week on The Race Reporters radio show, Wednesday, March 17, 7 p.m. EDT, on www.PowerUpChannel.com. Force Hood finished second in last season’s…
The Inaugural AHRA Nitro Showdown at Desert Thunder Raceway in Midland, Texas has been expanded to two complete days of drag racing action because of extreme interest from sportsman competitors and is now scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, May 15-16. Saturday's racing will include the Nitro Showdown highlighted by 8,000…
The American Hot Rod Association announced today that each event of the entire 2010 AHRA Reunion Tour will be broadcast on Fox Sports Network as entitled highlights features on "Inside Drag Racing" produced by Masters Entertainment Group of Bristol, Tenn. "This is definitely the direction we want to head. Fox…
Ron Capps, who is usually behind the wheel of the 7,000-horsepower Napa Auto Parts Dodge Charger Funny Car in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, will compete for the second time in this weekend's 52nd running of the March Meet at the Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif.…
Ron Capps, who is usually behind the wheel of the 7,000-horsepower Napa Auto Parts Dodge Charger Funny Car in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, will compete for the second time in this weekend's 52nd running of the March Meet at the Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif.…