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DAVIS, WELCH HEADLINE WINNERS AT SOUTHEAST GASSERS ASSOCIATION FINALE

 

Steve Davis closed out the 2020 season by driving his "Spinny" Chevy II to the A/Gas title, stopping Leslie Horne's "Chick Magnet" Chevy in the final rounds.

Joining Lee in the winner's circle was Cody Welch (B/Gas), Charlie Lee (C/Gas), and Robert Pelfrey (Super Stock).

DRAG RACING LEGEND BO LAWS PASSES

Drag racing Legend Harold "Bo" Laws passed away on November 21, 2020. 

Laws began business in 1965 as an automotive repair shop named Bo Laws Automotive. By 1970, the small firm grew to five employees successfully tuning and race prepping Corvettes and muscle cars, quickly advancing his expertise to building drag race engines.

In 1973, Laws purchased an old building at 1015 W. Church Street in Orlando, Fla., which had been condemned and was part of an estate sale. The building was later expanded to 15,000 square feet and still serves as company headquarters, manufacturing racing products for customers around the world.

DOM LAGANA STARTS NEW LIFE CHAPTER FROM HOME

Dom Lagana is finally home.

The NHRA tuner/driver was injured in a non-racing automobile accident on August 9, 2020, and has been hospitalized ever since.

"103 days in the hospital since my accident on August 9th, and I'm happy to say that I'm finally back home," Lagana said. "I had severely bad burns to my body, which resulted in my lower legs getting amputated. This hasn't been an easy journey, but I am so lucky to have such an amazing support system around me. I am forever indebted to all the doctors, nurses, and therapists who saved my life.

SCSN 16 ADJUSTS TO THE NEW NORMAL

JUSTIN ASHLEY 2020 NHRA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR REFLECTS ON FIRST SEASON

 

Driver of the Strutmasters.com powered by MANSCAPED™ Top Fuel dragster and 2020 NHRA Rookie of the Year Justin Ashley took some time to reflect on his successful rookie season. The young driver also looked ahead to a longer than usual off-season as well as his plans and goals for the 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season which will begin in March.

4-WIDE FRIDAY CAPS OFF STELLAR DAY AT SCSN 16

Day Two of the COMP Cams Street Car Super Nationals 16 Presented by FuelTech at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was capped off under the lights Friday by a trio of 4-Wide grudge races. Twelve racers were divided into three "quads," each putting $5,000 of their own money on the line with the winner pocketing a cool $20,000 for approximately six seconds of track time.

Each quad consisted of two small-tire cars and two big-tire cars. With LVMS' unique layout of four lanes, a small-tire class can run on one pair of lanes while Jeff Foster's world-class drag crew preps the other two lanes for the next big-tire class.

JOHN COLLINS, FORMER DSR CREW JOIN CRUZ PEDREGON RACING

 

Preparations for the 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season are well underway at Cruz Pedregon Racing (CPR) headquarters as team owner Cruz Pedregon announced the following changes to the CPR team roster today. Accomplished tuner John Collins will be taking over the crew chief duties on the Snap-on Tools Dodge Charger Nitro Funny Car in 2021. Collins most recently led the Make-A-Wish Nitro Funny Car team and driver Tommy Johnson Jr. to a second-place points finish in the 2020 season. Collins will be joined at CPR by the entire crew that powered Johnson Jr. to four final rounds and three wins in 2020. 

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STRANGE ENGINEERING IS OFFERING A BLACK FRIDAY SALE

 

Strange Engineering is kicking off the holiday season with a huge Black Friday Sale. We are offering 10% off and free ground shipping for ONLINE orders placed from November 20th until Midnight CDT November 30th. Go to www.strangeeng.net to build your order and take advantage of this great opportunity. Orders will begin to be processed the following business day. 

KALITTA MOTORSPORTS ADDS IDT AND OUTER CIRCLE AS PREMIER SPONSORS

Kalitta Motorsports has added two premier-level sponsors for the 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season bringing on Ion Defense Technologies (IDT) and Outer Circle Motorsports wear, to the multi-time world championship organization. IDT will be recognized as the premier face-covering sponsor and Outer Circle Motorsports wear will be the premier team apparel provider. Both companies will begin supplying Kalitta Motorsports immediately with products and apparel.

“Our goal is to continue to keep all our team members as safe as possible,” Kalitta Motorsports General Manager Chad Head said. “The addition of IDT and their superior face coverings is an outstanding solution during these unprecedented times with regards to keeping our teams healthy. Outer Circle has a long history of providing great looking apparel for motorsports teams and we are looking forward to wearing their gear in 2021.”

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