A packed house and great racing action was the result of the NMCA’s trip to Milan Dragway in Milan, MI the weekend of August 27-29, 2010.  As this is the NMCA’s sixth race of seven, the points chase in each class was on the line and the end result was some fantastic racing action.

In the Scorpion Performance Pro Street class, Chris Rini took his ’07 Dodge Stratus straight to the top of the qualifying ladder as he re-set the national record to a 6.16 during Saturday’s sessions.  There, Noel Felton gathered a series of gifts, first from Troy Coughlin when Coughlin had some fluid leakage on the starting line, then a redlight from Jeff Lutz and a bye run into the final.  On the other side of the ladder, Rini decimated the competition to meet up with Felton for the finals.  Felton rolled in first, but when the tree came down he redlit, while Rini turned in an unbelievable 6.15 at over 231 MPH to take the win.

Nothing goes together better than burgers, fries and drag racing and for Bobby Lagana Jr. that combination has led to a tasty new partnership for this weekend’s event in Maryland.

Five Guys Burgers and Fries will be helping out Bobby Lagana Jr. and his crew this weekend at the Maryland Nitro Jam at Maryland International Raceway and will also be participating during FanFest both Saturday and Sunday afternoon.

With several stores in the area, Five Guys Burgers and Fries is excited to be involved with drag racing and especially the brand new Nitro Jam that is making its Maryland debut this weekend. In addition to adorning the side of Lagana’s Top Fuel Dragster, representatives from Five Guys Burgers and Fries will be giving away shirts, Frisbees, water bottles and gift certificates to the Five Guys restaurants during FanFest.

Nitrous Pro Mod racer Greg Godwin used a quicker reaction time and car to get the best of Troy Jordan during the final round of the Quick Eight Racers Assoc. event on Saturday evening at Orangeburg Drag Strip in Orangeburg, SC.

Just seven months ago following a bad fire at the season opening Palm Beach Nitro Jam in Florida Bob and Cathie Floch, owners of the well-known “Bullet Bob” Prostalgia Nitro Funny car, were on the verge of walking away from the sport after nearly four decades in the business.

With a destroyed car and seemingly no hope of repair by the season’s second race in Baton Rouge, the Floch family found themselves carefully weighing their options as to what to do next. Then came a miracle. Dozens of racers from across the country came to their aid, lending parts, cash and support to help get the “Bullet Bob” machine back on the track.

Now, exactly seven months after that fiery accident and the ensuing outpouring of support, “Bullet Bob” is back in victory lane.

If it feels right to Bob Glidden, then he’s going to do it.

That’s exactly what the ten-time NHRA Pro Stock champion says about racing this weekend’s NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis. First, Glidden says, he will partake in two days of open testing in Martin, Mich., Tuesday and Wednesday, to determine if he’s ready to release the clutch on Jim Cunningham’s Mustang Pro Stocker.

“I might make a run or two and if it doesn’t feel right, I might not do it,” said Glidden, a nine-time U.S. Nationals winner. “I might make a run or two or a couple of day’s worth … depends on how I feel.”

Jim “Bullet” Bailey was known in the drag racing community as the stuntman whose claim to fame was the ability to slide on his belly behind drag race vehicles for the length of a quarter-mile.

The final leg of the "Gathering of Legends" Classic Fuel Altered tour ends at Rocky Mountain Raceway, Salt Lake City, this evening, August 28th.

The "Who's Who" of Classic Fuel Altereds will be in attendance. Scheduled to appear includes:

  Rich Guasco   -   Pure Hell
  Leon Fitzgerald   -   Pure Heaven
  Dave Hough   -   Nanook
  Ron Hope   -   Rat Trap
  Mousie Marcellus   -   Winged Express

J.W. Performance Transmission will be present at the NHRA US Nationals to visit with spectators, racers and J.W. car enthusiasts.  This event will be
packed with activities including the drawing for a free Roy Hill Drag Racing School on Saturday, September 4, 2010.  The winner will receive one day free
of the dial in bracket car school free. 

Troy Coughlin knows time is running out if he is to defend his NMCA Pro Street title in his JEGS.com Pontiac this season.

"Well, we're one round behind third place, but six rounds behind the leader and there are only eight (rounds) left this season, so mathematically we're alive," Coughlin said. "Obviously, it's going to be very difficult. We'd need a lot of things to happen and the way Chris (Rini) has performed this year you certainly don't expect him to drop off."

Heading into this weekend's fourth annual JE Pistons NMCA Muscle Car Nationals at Milan Dragway, Coughlin isn't going to give up without a fight.