Longtime JEGS.com customer Gary Winkelman had a dream day at the world headquarters of JEGS High Performance Wednesday as the 62-year-old New Yorker officially claimed the beautiful, 2010 JEGS yellow and black Chevrolet Camaro he won through the summer-long JEGS "Win This Car! Celebrating 50 Years" Sweepstakes.

Winkelman and his wife Karen received a hero's welcome when they arrived at the facility. Following a tour of the massive distribution center, the corporate offices, and the race shop, the Winkelman's finally got to see Gary's new hot rod when it was unveiled by JEGS Founder Jeg Coughlin Sr. and his sons Jeg Jr. and Mike.

"I'm overwhelmed but very pleased," Gary said. "Performance cars have always been a passion of mine."

Don Schumacher Racing will again open the doors of its 100,000-square-foot race shop to fans on Sept. 3, 2010, when DSR hosts its fifth annual Open House to benefit Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. The open house coincides with the opening day of professional qualifying for the 56th annual U.S. Nationals at nearby O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis.
 
The popular event will be highlighted by the Indy Hi-Winders Car Club Car and Motorcycle Show and will feature an autograph session with all seven DSR professional drivers: Tony Schumacher, Cory McClenathan, Antron Brown, Rod Capps, Jack Beckman, Matt Hagan and Rod Fuller. The DSR Open House will take place from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. while professional nitro qualifying is scheduled for 7 p.m. at O.R.P.

B1 racing team owner Sheik Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa from the Kingdom of Bahrain has finalized an agreement to purchase the Dave Wood-owned and Joshua Hernandez-driven Pro Extreme team. The team currently holds the ADRL Pro Extreme points lead.

The only racing Pete Berner, two-time IHRA Pro Stock champion, was doing this past weekend was racing to the hospital and he wasn't doing the driving.

Berner, who had planned to match race his Summit GXP against Bob Bertsch this past Saturday at Summit Raceway Park’s ‘Night Under Fire’, was instead being transported to a local hospital after being involved in an automobile accident.

The Pro Mod field during the inaugural NHRA Unleashed presented by Lucas Oil event at O’Reilly Raceway Park will be full of many of the stars of the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod series including fan favorite Melanie Troxel.  Also scheduled to appear are Roger Burgess, Raymond Commisso, Mike Knowles, Brad Personett, Derrick Townes, Danny Rowe, Michael Janis, Ike Maier and series points leader Von Smith.  The NHRA Unleashed presented by Lucas Oil event will be at O’Reilly Raceway Park on Aug. 6 -7.

During the course of the NHRA Unleashed presented by Lucas Oil event, fans will be treated to some of the wildest and fastest Pro Mods that are the true definition of doorslammer racing.   The field will consist of ’63 Corvettes, ’68 Camaros, ’67 Mustangs, ’68 Firebirds as well as late model cars.  Each time down the quarter mile these cars are on the fine line of out of control and the fans in the stands will be on the edge of their seats each round of competition.

Relive the excitment of the Night Under Fire event at Summit Raceway Park in Norwalk, Ohio. This event, billed as the largest single-day drag race, features everything from fuel Funny Cars to jets to some of the hottest sportsman drag racing. Attitude's CompetitionPlus.com was there and captured the thrills of this incredible event.

Larry Dixon is a two-time NHRA Top Fuel world champion. Dixon also is the current points leader in the NHRA Full Throttle professional series. If that wasn’t enough, Dixon has claimed eight victories in eight final round appearances behind the wheel of his Al-Anabi Racing dragster in just the first 16 events of the 2010 season.

Dixon, however, needs to brush up on his video game skills.

Mike Austin and Clint Thompson captured wins and took home trophies for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Northwest Thunderfest at Spokane County raceway.  Medford, Ore., racer Mike Austin ran his best pass of the weekend posting a 5.483 second pass at 258.96 mph in the final round of Top Alcohol Dragster.  Austin had a bye run in the final when No. 1 qualifier Joey Severance, Woodburn, Ore., broke in the previous round and was unable to make the call for the final round.

Maple Grove Raceway took home the Team Championship with the help of Heather Boyko who also grabbed the win the in the 13 year old age group and Brittany Boltz  who went to the final in her class for the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Eastern Conference Finals presented by ViperizerRacing.com at Bristol Dragway.

The team racked up 32 points to edge out Mason-Dixon Dragway and National Trail Raceway who finished in second and third with 29 and 27 points respectively.  This is Maple Grove’s fourth Team Championship, the most of any team in the competitions history.

The West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod Association is headed to Bandimere Speedway in Denver Colorado for the Super Chevy Event on August  20 - 22.  Racer parking is on Thursday Aug 19th from 8am to 5pm.  Gates open on Friday at 9am. Test and Tune is on Friday from 12noon to 5pm.  There will be three qualifying sessions on Saturday at 2pm, 6pm and 8pm.  Sunday Showtime is at 12 noon. This is an 8 car qualified field.