Martin A. Brown - better known as Marty, and one of the founders of Quick Fuel Technology, lost his courageous battle with cancer this past weekend.

A devoted family man, a fierce competitor on the drag strip, and savvy
businessman, Brown will be greatly missed by his loving family,
friends, and colleagues.

The Carolina Speed is getting in the fast lane of National Hot Rod Association Pro Stock Motorcycle racing this year.

The Charlotte-based Arena Football team will be an associate sponsor on
Angie McBride’s Nitro Fish Pro Stock Buell for her Full Throttle Drag
Series events, the team announced.

McBride, a King, N.C. resident, will be competing in select NHRA
races.  She is a rising star in the sport and looking forward to having
the Speed football team on her side

When Jeg Coughlin surveys the Pro Stock landscape in 2009, he sees several improved teams and an increased level of competition overall.

That just makes the two-time defending NHRA Pro Stock world champ
hungrier to secure his third consecutive NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing
Series crown. It is a feat that only three drivers have been able to
accomplish in the history of the 200-mph category: Bob Glidden, the
late Lee Shepherd and Greg Anderson.

However, Coughlin knows that in order to join that elite group of
drivers in the NHRA record books, he’s going to have his work cut out
for him. He understands the quickest way to win a championship is to
win a bunch of races.

After Alan Johnson Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel driver Larry Dixon won the 40th annual AC Delco NHRA Gatornationals
in Gainesville, Fla. on March 15, team owner Alan Johnson traveled to
Doha, Qatar to deliver the race-winner’s trophy.

The trip was planned before the team won at Gainesville, but with
Dixon’s Top Fuel win, the trip became the perfect opportunity to
deliver to trophy to team partner Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Thani. 
Johnson returned to the United States late Saturday night.

“It was cool to be able to give him the trophy in person,” Johnson
said.  “He came to the hotel the first night we were there, and we gave
him the trophy; it was great!  He was definitely excited that we won a
race in our third attempt because he knows how this sport works. 
Starting a team is one thing, but being competitive is completely
different.  We knew we could do it, but we didn’t know how long it
might take.”

Eighteen Pioneers of Drag Racing will be receiving Legion of Honor
awards presented annually by the National Nostalgia Drag Racing
Association at the 8th Annual Musclecar Madness at the York Reunion
which will be presented at the York Expo Center, York Fairgrounds, 334
Carlisle Ave. on July 10-11, 2009.
 
For the first time in the history of the awards presentations two teams
will be receiving awards during the popular awards ceremony which is
presented on Friday, July 10th at 6 p.m.
 

Tommy Phillips of Forney, Texas accomplished a rare feat by winning the Super Comp and Super Gas titles during this weekend’s sixth annual JEGS NHRA Cajun SPORTSnationals, held at No Problem Raceway Park in Belle Rose, La.

Picture perfect weather and more than 500 racers treated the fans to an unforgettable 6th Annual

Tommy Phillips led the way to winner’s circle with wins in both the Super Comp and the Super Gas.

JEGS
Cajun Sportsnationals this weekend at No Problem Raceway in Belle Rose,
La., with Tommy Phillips leading the way to winner’s circle with wins
in both the Super Comp and the Super Gas.

Phillips of Forney, Texas, held off Scooter Choate, Hubbard, Texas, in
the Super Comp final and former National Champion Sherman Adcock of
Fortson, Ga., in Super Gas.

They say history tends to repeat itself.

Chris Graves Photo

Top Fuel driver Del Cox hopes that statement one day rings true.

Following an almost identical path to the Top Fuel ranks as good friend
Spencer Massey, Cox takes over the same Mitch King backed dragaster
that Massey drove to four victories and an IHRA Top Fuel World
Championship in his rookie season just last year.

Now Cox hopes it is his turn in the spotlight.

The Defending Top Fuel Champion Enters This Weekend as Points Leader …

Who would have thunk it?

A freshman Top Fuel driver enters Houston Raceway Park hoping to
qualify and run well. Instead, he exits as the event champion and
continues forward to finish in the top ten in his rookie nitro season.

That was the life of Antron Brown as he departed the 2008 NHRA O’Reilly Spring Nationals in Baytown, Tex.

Few drivers make an impact on drag racing like a soft-spoken, determined
individual named Lee Shepherd of Arlington,
Texas did. When teamed with the
formidable duo of fellow Texans David Reher and the late Buddy Morrison,
Shepherd became a dominant force in a short span of time. His talent behind the
wheel, combined with a non-confrontational personality and a sincere dedication
to the Chevrolet brand, soon earned Shepherd the admiration of race fans young
and old. He gained a huge amount of respect from fellow racers as well.

It's pretty safe to say that many
teams underestimated the triumvirate from the Lone Star State, which formed under unusual
circumstances. Shepherd first joined Reher-Morrison through necessity, and the
relationship blossomed from there. The talented driver headed up a team that
had developed a reputation in Division 4, and when Shepherd blew the engine in
his ride and Reher and Morrison found themselves with an engine and no car, the
forces morphed into one. They found success with a few national event wins, and
in 1976 they made the huge leap into Pro Stock. The foundation had actually
been laid many years before, however.