Growing up outside of New York City, both Doug Foley and Bobby Lagana knew all too well the concept of racing for “pink slips”. Two people race and the loser hands over the ownership of his vehicle to the winner.

Foley, a native of Mamaroneck, NY; now living in New Jersey; and Lagana, a resident of Scarsdale, NY, also understood that street racing is not drag racing. The two have grown up to earn their livings as professional drag racers on the NHRA/POWERade and IHRA/eMAX Drag Racing tours. Success has found both, as Foley was poised to win the IHRA Torco Pro Nitro Top Fuel Dragster championship last year after finishing No. 2 in 2005. An unfortunate on-track accident in September sidelined him for the final two races, but for 2007, he’s back with a new car and a new ultimatum: Beat Bobby Lagana! Growing up outside of New York City, both Doug Foley and Bobby Lagana knew all too well the concept of racing for “pink slips”. Two people race and the loser hands over the ownership of his vehicle to the winner.

Foley, a native of Mamaroneck, NY; now living in New Jersey; and Lagana, a resident of Scarsdale, NY, also understood that street racing is not drag racing. The two have grown up to earn their livings as professional drag racers on the NHRA/POWERade and IHRA/eMAX Drag Racing tours. Success has found both, as Foley was poised to win the IHRA Torco Pro Nitro Top Fuel Dragster championship last year after finishing No. 2 in 2005. An unfortunate on-track accident in September sidelined him for the final two races, but for 2007, he’s back with a new car and a new ultimatum: Beat Bobby Lagana!

The two are prepared to battle each other in the ultimate “Lose The Race, Lose Your Ride” concept made popular by the Speed Channel’s most watched series, PINKS. It’s the ultimate drag race where two competitors race title for title in a best three-out-of-five competition as only PINKS can do it. On Wednesday nights at 9:00, the show has taken on a life all its own.

This past December, Foley and his partner, Tim Lewis, announced that, with their Torco Mach Series Accelerator-sponsored Top Fuel team, they will now be raising the PINKS’ bar to a whole new level.

Foley said, “We’ve signed a deal with Rich Christensen and his PINKS show to race Bobby Lagana and his Top Fuel team for the ultimate Top Fuel PINKS show.”

Possibly the highest value car that’s ever been raced for on PINKS has been in the $70,000 range. Double that and you might come close to what a Top Fuel dragster is worth. Yet either Doug Foley or Bobby Lagana is going to walk away with an extra car in their trailer come mid-summer of 2007.

Lagana was recently crowned the 2006 IHRA Sportsman of the Year at their year-end banquet and is confident of his chances. Lagana said, “I’ve been racing without a major sponsor for so long and just decided that this is it. It’s either win or go home, and I don’t plan to go down easy.”

Foley said, “As a team owner, we’re always competing for exposure for our sponsors, and in this case, Evan Knoll and Torco Race Fuels. This is probably the biggest risk anyone could take in order to accomplish that, but we’re doing it.”

The details of the actual date and place haven’t been determined yet but an expected east coast location is being discussed. In any event, this WILL take place.

“Both Bobby and I have been around the northeast racing scene for a long time, where we’ve seen enough ‘title racing’ to know how it works,” Foley says. “But nobody’s seen something like this ever! Title for title, we’re both going to go at it! And if nothing else, we’re going to scare the pants off of Rich [Christensen] when he stands out in the middle of the track to start this race!”

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