Aeromotive sponsored the weekend's same day coverage from Night that the Lights Went Out In Georgia ORTC competition this weekend at South Georgia Motorsports Park in Valdosta, Ga. These are the final results.

Larry Morgan believes the Pro Stock class should be fair to every competitor. After last weekend’s ill fated, and incomplete NHRA Arizona Nationals, the line between fair and unfair was made crystal clear.

Morgan blames a few of the leading crew chiefs in the class for bending the ear of the NHRA in terms of track preparation and other issues. In the end, he believes this has become a detriment to the class.

“You have these guys that believe they are so ahead of the time, and they sit back every session, at the back of the pack and they want natural rubber from the burnouts and don’t want [NHRA] to drag the track and do what it takes to give everyone a fair chance,” said Morgan, who has qualified in both events this season. “The first few pairs of cars out don’t benefit from a sprayed and dragged [with rubber] track.”

Anyone who has ever driven in severe winters conditions knows exactly how Vinnie Deceglie felt the split second his car got out of control during a qualifying run at Firebird International Raceway during the NHRA Arizona Nationals.

“It was like having black ice out there,” said Deceglie on the Friday after the destruction of his 2010 Dodge Avenger. “The car is a just about basically totaled.

“If it has given me a slight, slight indication it was going to do anything like that I would have clutched it or pulled the parachutes on it. I've driven cars faster than a pro stock car and been way out of shape, much more than I was in that run, and this car just flipped. The video tells you the car went .975 to the 60 foot. I was two thousandths, or four thousandths, of Mike Edward's run to the 660 mark.

The completion of Lucas Oil Sportsman racing from the rain-delayed NHRA Arizona Nationals as well as the track's Division 7 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Firebird Int’l Raceway have been cancelled. Both will be rescheduled. An announcement will be made next week concerning new date or dates and venue or venues for completion of the activities.

According to officials, the manufacturer of the traction compound had supplied a pallet of products that contained a compound that was not suitable for drag racing purposes. NHRA and Firebird officials worked feverishly to correct the issues and despite their best efforts were not able to overcome the conditions.

Wednesday is D-Day for Kurt Busch and his hopes to drag race at the NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla. He's hoping to race his classic turbocharged Mopar in the Super Gas division.

"The car is so close to not being finished," said Busch after winning the pole for the Shelby American 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

"If I can't get the test in, I don't want to go out there and embarass myself."

If Busch gets the test in and all goes well, an announcement will be made next Saturday on Busch's plans to race the car.

The Mickey Thompson Three-Second Club was introduced in February 2009 as a very special program to reward and recognize American Drag Racing League (ADRL) Extreme 10.5 Class racers who are able to achieve elapsed times in the three-second range.
 
Chuck Ulsch posted a record-breaking 3.98-second elapsed time back in August along with Spiro Pappas who posted a 3.99-second elapsed time, both on the new Mickey Thompson Pro-5 double bead lock wheels and ET Drag #3169W tires. Both racers are consistently found in the winner’s circle in the Extreme 10.5 Class, and were officially inducted into the Mickey Thompson Three-Second Club during the ADRL World Finals “Battle for the Belts” in a special ceremony.

A bright red light immediately signaled that Sheikh Khalid Al-Thani of Qatar had won both the battle and the high-speed war that was the 2009-10 Arabian Drag Racing League season, as he beat American Alex Hossler in the Pro Extreme final of Round 7 at the Qatar Race Club (QRC). Joining him as an Arabian League champion was Al-Thani’s Al-Anabi Racing teammate, Khalid Al-Balooshi, who backed up his 2009 American Drag Racing League Pro Nitrous championship with a win in the QRC Pro Nitrous final over New Yorker Mike Castellana.

“This has been a tremendous season for the Arabian Drag Racing League, one that stands out for its record-setting performances and growth as a series,” said Kenny Nowling, president and CEO for both the American and Arabian Drag Racing Leagues. “I congratulate all the race winners and champions and thank them for providing us with memories to last a lifetime.”

Aeromotive will sponsor same day coverage from this weekend’s Night that the Lights Went Out In Georgia ORTC competition this weekend at South Georgia Motorsports Park in Valdosta, Ga.

In addition, Aeromotive will sponsor same day coverage of the NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing [Chicago, July 15 – 18] and the PSCA Street Car Super Nationals [Las Vegas, Nov. 18 – 21].

Aeromotive’s Jesse Powell believes this weekend’s event coverage will provide the perfect platform for his company to introduce their new Stackable Nitrous Regulators. The other events will be used strategically to introduce the newest products from Aeromotive.

When the left rear wheel and tire detached from Antron Brown’s Top Fuel dragster during first-round eliminations Sunday at the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Firebird International Raceway, it had tragic consequences.

A woman, struck by debris from Brown’s crash, died later Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix. Brown, who drives for Don Schumacher Racing, was not injured in the crash.

During Brown’s run, his dragster experienced severe tire shake, and the circumstances that led to the tragedy are being investigated by the NHRA, Don Schumacher Racing and local Gila Reservation authorities.

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 is unveiled on Saturday, Mar. 20, during the ADRL Dragpalooza in Houston, Texas.

Attitude’s CompetitionPlus.com narrowed the list from hundreds of drivers down to 20. Today, we reveal No. 7 on the list.