The ADRL Returns to Heartland Park Topeka for the ADRL National Guard Independence Drags. KH Al-Thani returns to competition this weekend to defend his Independence Drags event title in the Pro Extreme category. Stay tuned to DragZine all weekend for the coverage!
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The ADRL visits Palm Beach for their first ever south Florida race. We saw some fresh faces in the winner circle during the season opener and we will be on site all weekend to keep you up to date on all the action…and upsets.
The ADRL moves into Baytown, Texas for the first race of the 2011 racing year. There will be a full slate of new and refreshed race cars coming into this race. This year also marks the biggest pay outs ever offered through the ADRL. Stay tuned to DRAGZINE Friday and Saturday for coverage from Baytown!
Extreme Pro Stock driver Cary Goforth and Pro Extreme Motorcycle rider Ashley Owens both doubled-up to cap off a memorable weekend at Summit Motorsports Park. Two other drivers got a chance to celebrate for the first time in the ADRL, as Mick Snyder and Jim Laurita both picked up their first career ADRL wins.
Thanks to rain at this year’s Dragpalooza VI in March, we’re witnessing a back to back weekend double event at Houston Raceway Park. Among all the powerhouses in ADRL Pro Extreme, E/T record holder Frankie Taylor is bringing out an all-new 2005 Corvette, extremely similar to his old record ride, but lighter…
The world class doorslammers and Nitro funny cars have not much in common aside from the fact that we love to watch ‘em thunder down the 1320, but could the ADRL be reaching out to the NHRA fan crowd and even one of their past funny car champions? At this past weekend’s NHRA race, a little evidence of Tony Pedregon an ADRL branching together was found hiding in plain sight.
Multiple Violent Accidents Before a Rain Cancelled End to the ADRL Independence Drags VI in Topeka
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Andrew Wolf
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July 7, 2010
The Hardee’s Independence Drags VI at Heartland Park Topeka was marred by a series of accidents involving the likes of Billy Glidden, Jason Hamstra, and Bubba Stanton that put them out of contention for the weekend and their seasons in question.
Coby Rabon’s Wild Pro-Mod Mustang Gets Some Changes At Texas Chassisworks
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Chris Taylor
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June 18, 2010
Ever since this big-tire Mustang poked its head outside of Proline’s shop doors, we’ve been pretty impressed with what Coby, tuner Steve Petty and everyone else involved with this ride have pulled off – staying competitive anywhere from the PSCA to the ADRL week in and week out is an impressive feat in itself. After a brief encounter with the wall a couple weeks back, the car was brought over to Texas Chassisworks in Tyler, TX for a few key changes and repairs.
The ADRL moves into the Martin Michigan as it nears the half way point of the season. Even four races into the year new cars and fresh rebuilds continue to pop up throughout the classes. Keep it tuned to Dragzine all day Friday and Saturday for coverage from Martin.
The ADRL is about to be invaded by another new Mustang that has been outfitted with the power plant of choice – a Brad Anderson Hemi. Anyone who has followed the ADRL knows that BAE Hemi’s with a screw blower make noise on the track and in the record books which has been exemplified by Chuck Ulsch. Now Dan Millen is the next racer to try his luck with the screw blower.
Jimmy Blackmon and the crew at his Straightline Chassis shop in Georgia are making steady progress on their new twin-turbocharged 1968 Firebird ADRL Extreme 10.5 entry that should hit the track for testing in the coming weeks.
It is the third race of the year for the ADRL season as they move to Virgina Motorsports Park in Petersburg, VA. Check back starting Friday and all the way through to the end of Saturday for updates throughout the day.
Host of new looks and returning drivers at this weekends ADRL event in Virginia
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Andrew Wolf
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May 20, 2010
A host of racers will be back in action or sporting new looks at this weekends ADRL Speedtech U.S. Drags III at Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie, VA, including Charles Carpenter famous ’55 Chevy, Mick Snyder in the repaired ex-Jason Scruggs Vette, and Cody Barklage in the family’s updated ’57 Chevy.
David Hance and the New York Motorsports team are headed to Virginia Motorsports Park for this weekend’s ADRL U.S. Drags III on a mission, with a new Alan Johnson HEMI sporting twin 94mm turbochargers that Hance hopes to make some noise with in Extreme 10.5.
Stavrinos Steps Up to ADRL XTF with Nelson Competition Powered ’68 Camaro
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Rob Cossack
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May 10, 2010
Stavrinos Motorsports is stepping up their game this year, selling the old car and heading to ADRL’s XTF class with a new sponsor and a new lightweight 68 Camaro from Sheppard Race Cars. Once again Stavrinos Motorsports will go with Nelson Competition for the engine on this all-billet piece.
Just one more round win. That’s all ADRL Pro Nitrous legend Charles Carpenter has needed at the first two races of the 2010 championship season to go from two second-place finishes in a row to two huge wins in a row. There hasn’t been a Pro Nitrous final round contested thus far in 2010 without Carpenter’s unmistakable ’55 Chevy Bel Air in one of the lanes, and while a win would be nice, Carpenter is thrilled to be going rounds and consistently going down the track.
Gary White and the Titan Motorsports crew laid down an astounding 3.99 at 182.45 MPH at last weekends ADRL race at SGMP, becoming the fourth member of the exclusive Mickey Thompson 3-Second Club. Team Titan has proudly shared a video of the run that they’ve worked so hard to achieve.
ADRL Pro Extreme racer Ellis Vial finally got his brand-new, K&K Precision-built ‘68 Firebird out for its initial outing this past weekend during an event at Virginia Motorsports Park and it didn’t take long for him to put its handling characteristics to a fittingly extreme test.
For the first time in several years, Barklage Racing will field two cars in the ADRL’s Pro Extreme class this weekend at South Georgia Motorsports Park in Cecil, Georgia, as brothers Zach and Cody Barklage compete in the ADRL Hardee’s Georgia Drags VI. The Barklage boys are on a mission to jump to the top of the qualifying field and take some round wins on race day with oldest brother Zach driving a 1967 Camaro belonging to John and Sara Heath, and Cody driving the Barklage family-owned ‘67 Firebird he steered to a sixth-place finish in Pro Extreme points last year.
Extreme Pro Stock racer Pete Berner hits the eighth mile at South Georgia Motorsports Park this weekend in the ADRL Hardee’s Georgia Drags VI. With new motors and a unique setup needed for eighth-mile racing in his Summit GXP, Berner has been on a bit of a learning curve during his time on the ADRL circuit.
After rain cut short the opening round of the American Drag Racing League’s (ADRL’s) 2010 season last month at Houston, the eighth-mile drag racing series returns to action Apr. 23-24, with the ADRL Hardee’s Georgia Drags VI at South Georgia Motorsports Park (SGMP), near Valdosta. Several record-setting runs were recorded during qualifying at Houston Raceway Park before the wet stuff arrived and similar performances are expected at SGMP, known for its fast, all-concrete racing surface and as the only venue remaining on the ADRL tour since the series’ inaugural 2005 schedule.
The ADRL, despite its outlaw format and thin rulebook, is able to maintain the health and parity of its series through communication with its competitors and keeping a keen and watchful eye on advancing technologies that the series feels would prove to be detrimental.
Brad Brand, whose popular Outlaw 10.5 1992 Mustang Coupe was damaged in a top end crash last fall, has reportedly acquired a Rick Jones-built 2007 Ford Mustang Pro Stock car and will try his hand at ADRL Extreme 10.5.
In anticipation of another history making event at South Georgia Motorsports Park during the American Drag Racing League (ADRL) Hardee’s Georgia Drags VI, team owner and driver for Al-Anabi Racing, Sheikh Khalid Al Thani (KH) has organized a pre-race test session at the well-known facility that will be open to all ADRL competitors this coming Friday (Apr. 16).
Two months following a decisive victory in the championship-deciding Round 7 of the Arabian Drag Racing League series, Sheikh Khalid Al Thani is preparing for his next challenge – the American Drag Racing League’s Pro Extreme division. Al Thani, who earned three wins in his world championship-winning rookie season, will make his American debut Apr. 23-24, in the ADRL Hardee’s Georgia Drags VI at South Georgia Motorsports Park, near Valdosta, Georgia.
Straightline Chassis is responsible for some of the fastest Outlaw 10.5 cars in the country. Jimmy Blackmon is the man behind the magic at Straightline and he will be returning to action this season with the ADRL. A lot of his old competitors have made the transition and Blackmon will be no different when he debuts his 1968 Firebird in Extreme 10.5.
The Bankston Boyz Racing team rolled into Houston Raceway Park for the ADRL season opener just over a week ago with new marketing partners on board for the 2010 race season as a result of aggressive approaches at the Performance Racing Industry’s (PRI) trade show in Orlando back in December last year.
We’d all love to see every race live, but in the real world it’s tough to do. Thankfully with all the media Coverage it almost feels like we’re there, but Titan took it one step further and got us some killer videos of what really goes on at the ADRL events. Both on the 660 and in the pits. Check out what Titan has accomplished with just 6 cylinders..
American Drag Racing League star Bennie McDonald Jr. will attend this Saturday’s (Mar. 27) American Diabetes Association (ADA) EXPO Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center to greet show goers and sign autographs. The McDonald Family Racing 2,500-horsepower ADRL Pro Extreme ’53 Corvette will also be on static display beside him in the EXPO Atlanta Youth Zone.
The American Drag Racing League (ADRL) opened its 2010 season this past weekend with the ADRL Universal Technical Institute Dragpalooza VI presented by Safety-Kleen at Houston Raceway Park. Unfortunately, the event had to be postponed to July 23, due to rain, but with Extreme Pro Stock qualifying completed, John Montecalvo was very pleased with his team’s performance after placing third with a stout 4.074-seconds pass at 178.50 mph.
It is one of the most anticipated races of the year as the ADRL rolls into their first race of the 2010 racing season. The opener will be held in Baytown at Houston Raceway Park. New teams have been forming, older cars updated, and racers from other series’ have been converting their car over to ADRL spec. Dragzine coverage from Houston will start Thursday with a preview to some of the cars that have shown up. Next will be Friday and Saturday’s full racing action. Stay tuned for updates all weekend.
After clawing his way back into contention at the end of 2009, Charles Carpenter is aiming to remain atop the American Drag Racing League Pro Nitrous points standings in 2010. That mission begins at Houston Raceway Park and this weekend’s Universal Technical Institute Dragpalooza VI, where Carpenter will combine his vast experience with an upgraded combination under the hood of his iconic ’55 Chevy to take on the incredibly tough Pro Nitrous division
In a celebration of the ‘status aparte’ of the country of Aruba, which became a sovereign country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1986, businesses and schools in the small island nation are closed, allowing Aruba’s citizens to enjoy the national holiday. “We’ll be having a cookout on Friday the 19th, after the last qualifying round of Extreme Pro Stock, to celebrate Aruba’s Flag Day,” Eman said. “We’re inviting all Extreme Pro Stock teams and ADRL officials to our cookout to celebrate this joyful occasion with us.”
ADRL Pro Extreme star Quain Stott is excited to get back to the track with his Lee Boy Equipment-sponsored ‘63 Corvette this weekend at Houston Raceway Park, where the ADRL begins its 2010 national-event schedule with the Universal Technical Institute Dragpalooza VI presented by Safety-Kleen.
Canada’s Mark Martino and his Martino Motorsports team are committing their resources toward running a full-time schedule within the American Drag Racing League’s Extreme Pro Stock (XPS) division this year, beginning with this weekend’s ADRL Universal Technical Institute Dragapalooza VI presented by Safety-Kleen at Houston Raceway Park, in Baytown, Texas. Read on to see if he is really ready.
Outside commitments prevented ADRL Extreme Pro Stock driver John Montecalvo from participating in the ADRL’s championship-deciding Speedtech Battle for the Belts in 2009, but this year he plans to strengthen his ADRL presence with a full-season effort to pursue his goal of eighth-mile dominance. Read on to see some of his own words.
Long time Street Legal racer Todd Moyer stepped it up during a test session for the upcoming ADRL event, ripping a pair of 3 second runs, their first ever. ADRL’s Agent 660 gave us the goods below:
The ’69 Camaro has always been my favorite Hot Rod. In fact, it’s on my bucket list (you know – that list of everything you are supposed to do before you die) to build an absolutely amazing sixty-nine. You know, the kind of car you’d be afraid to drive. Looking at these new sneak peaks of Hamstra’s and Castellana’s 1969 Camaros’s, built for Pro Nitrous and Pro Extreme respectively – I’m filled with the same feeling. Not sure if I’d be taking these works of art down the 1320.
