It was a resounding “thumbs-up” for all involved this past weekend as NHRA’s racing community and Safety-Kleen teamed up to properly segregate and dispose of waste materials after the recently concluded Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway following an Environmental Management Plan reviewed and approved by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

“The local officials were extremely pleased with the program and we can’t thank the racing community and Safety-Kleen enough for their cooperation and effort,” said Don Robertson, general manager, Gainesville Raceway.

NHRA and Safety-Kleen Systems provided containers and secondary containment devices as well as proper labels for segregation and accumulation of waste to the teams prior to the start of the race.  The race teams displayed great care in proper handling of any waste and, in-turn, Safety-Kleen handled all necessary disposals.

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, it was announced today by NHRA officials.

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 schedule, will be held July 2-3 at scenic Maple Grove Raceway near Reading, Pa.

The race will feature 16 nostalgia racers taking part in the NAPA Auto Parts Cavalcade of Funny Cars. Other major highlights of the event include a Cacklefest, car show, several sportsman classes in competition, jet cars, wheelstanders and a thrilling fireworks display to finish the weekend with a bang.

In the classic movie “Hoosiers,” the small-town basketball coach pulled out his tape-measure to show his underdog players that even though they were competing for the state title in a massive arena, the basket was still set at 10 feet and the general fundamentals of the sport remained the same.

The same theory is basically true for NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series teams that will enter a somewhat unfamiliar realm at the spectacular zMAX Dragway March 25-28 during the inaugural NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. The unique race will be the first in NHRA history where teams will compete in four lanes instead of the traditional two.

If you watch closely, you may see some crew chiefs and team owners with their tape measures in hand, giving similar pep talks to their drivers. The lanes will still be approximately 30 feet wide. Top Fuel and Funny Car racers will have a set competition distance of 1,000 feet, and Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle teams will race to a quarter-mile finish. Amber lights. Green light. Win light.

Attitude’s CompetitionPlus.com, through the assistance of a key group of Pro Modified historians and enthusiasts, has compiled a list of the Top 20 all-time drivers based on their contribution to the class, historic achievements, statistics and fan appeal.

Starting on Friday, January 8, 2010, the electronic magazine began revealing those names on the list, and will announce two drivers per week, until the No. 1 driver was unveiled during the ADRL Dragpalooza in Houston, Texas.

Attitude’s CompetitionPlus.com narrowed the list from hundreds of drivers down to 20. Today, we reveal the final driver, the all-time greatest driver, ever.

History-makers will witness history in the making at zMAX Dragway when the gold medal-winning four-man U.S.bobsled team will serve as Honorary Grand Marshals for the inaugural NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, March 25-28.
   
As Honorary Grand Marshals, the crew of the famous Night Train bobsled will be honored during pre-race festivities with a commemorative
plaque, participate in a question and answer session during opening ceremonies and experience 32,000 horsepower first hand as they stand on the
starting line for the first four-wide-pass during Sunday's eliminations.
   
"It's an honor to be named Grand Marshal for this event," said Steven Holcomb, pilot of the gold medal winning bobsled. "The support of the racing community has been instrumental in our success and it's great to have this opportunity. Now I get to cheer for some of our biggest advocates that have supported us over the last few years. They've earned this gold medal too."  

In an unprecedented move for drag racing, 10-year-old American Drag Racing League (ADRL) Pro Jr. Dragster star K.J. Nowling has signed a lifetime performance contract with Al-Anabi Racing.

“I had the pleasure of hosting K.J. at two of our recent Arabian Drag Racing League events in Qatar and found him to be an incredibly bright young man who clearly understands the mechanics of racing,” Al-Anabi team owner Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al-Thani said. “Being a two-time ADRL national-event winner, he’s obviously a talented driver, so I thought I’d better get him under contract now before someone beat me to it.”

John Force Racing has been one of the leading teams in promoting itself over the internet and through social media, mainly Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. Today they launched an official JFR team Facebook page that will feature behind the scenes photos, videos and updates on the 16-time Funny Car Full Throttle championship organization. Fans of all three Funny Car drivers John Force, Ashley Force Hood, and Robert Hight will get all the up to date info on the team. Alcohol Dragster pilots Brittany and Courtney Force will also be featured as well as many of the behind the scenes crew members.

The first of three JEGS Sportsnationals for 2010 is in the books with three Louisiana racers taking big wins at this weekends 7th Annual NHRA JEGS Cajun SPORTSnationals at No Problem Raceway in Belle Rose, La.  Just under 500 racers from across the country made the trip to No Problem in search of the coveted NHRA National Event Wally Trophy.

Stephen Rosen of Harahan, La., blasted to a 7.935 second pass at 168.45 mph for the win against Adam Hickey, Hammond, La., in the final of Comp Eliminator.

“We’ve worked so hard on the combination” voiced Rosen. “Everything just came together today. This is so exciting to win the JEGS event here at our home track.”

“Hot Rod” Fuller was the big winner on day two of the Yas Drag Festival taking two of three races against teammate Tommy Johnson, Jr. Both Fuller and Johnson finished the inaugural event at Yas Drag Centre with three wins each.

“There are so many people who made this great event a success,” Fuller said. “The Yas Marina team and everyone at DSR all worked together and now we have thousands of new Top Fuel fans. This is a great start for NHRA drag racing in Abu Dhabi.