ADRL President Kenny Nowling might not be enthused about reducing
the nitro percentage for his injected-nitro, Pro Extreme entries, but
on Wednesday evening he said he will enforce the spirit of the rule for
anyone that chooses to run the combination.

"We will run our event this weekend as always, with a strict
adherence to the ADRL rule book which has been amended to reflect that
the maximum percentage of nitromethane used by any competitor in Pro
Extreme shall be no higher than 50%," Nowling said in a prepared
statement.
 

"Our tech staff, along with representatives from National Guard
ADRL official fuel supplier VP Race Fuels, will work throughout the
weekend to verify that no competitor is in violation of this rule.

A couple of surprise leaders are out of the gate early in the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.

While much of the pre-season predictions about who would contend in Top
Fuel revolved around a potential season-long rivalry with Tony
Schumacher and Larry Dixon, Antron Brown’s Matco Tools dragster has
been impressive in advancing to the final round in each of the opening
two races. In Funny Car, last season’s eighth-place points finisher,
Ron Capps, who failed to win a race in ‘08, has quickly erased those
memories with back-to-back wins and a top qualifying position in his
NAPA Dodge Charger.

Capps and Brown will try to increase their respective leads in the NHRA
Full Throttle Drag Racing Series points standings at the tradition-rich
ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals, March 12-15 at historic Gainesville
Raceway. The race, which will be televised on ESPN and ESPN2, is the
third of 24 in the NHRA Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship.
Defending race winners include Tony Schumacher, Tony Pedregon, Jeg
Coughlin and Matt Guidera.

The NHRA has apparently won the first battle of wills in the skirmish
against the ADRL in regards to injected nitro doorslammers competing
this weekend ADRL Saftey-Kleen Dragpalooza 5 at Houston Raceway Park in
Houston, Tex.

Don Wooten has said he will compete at 50% nitro if that's what it takes to get to race.

“If they [NHRA] say we have to knock the nitro out of it, then that’s
what we gotta do,” Wooten told CompetitionPlus.com. “We’re going to
show up and be there and this is nothing more than the NHRA flexing
their muscles. I don’t know what this has to do with the NHRA but that
is what this is all about.

Karen Stoffer and Morgan Lucas visited South Georgia Motorsports Park in Cecil
Georgia on March 2 and 3 to film a new Geico television commercial.  Watch for
it on a NHRA telecast near you.  Karen Stoffer is sporting wild new yellow
colors this year.   Look for her debut at the Gatornationals.

The American Drag Racing League races will be featured on the Versus
Network, a station known primarily for its coverage of Indy Racing
League, National Hockey League and Professional Bull Riding events. The
shows will be in-house within the ADRL’s St. Louis-based offices and
will air on Sunday afternoons 3:00 – 4:00 PM, two weeks after each
event.

NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car driver Sean O’Bannon and the Jack O’Bannon Racing/Forest River RV’s
team scored their first win in the Top Alcohol Funny Car class at this
past weekend’s Division 7 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series opener at
Firebird Raceway just outside of Phoenix.  O’Bannon was the picture of
consistency on race day as he set low elapsed time of every round.

Edelbrock is excited to announce the release of their E-Force Supercharger
systems. Available for carbureted and fuel injected applications, these all-new
designs are engineered and manufactured by Edelbrock and feature an Eaton® rotor
assembly. Complete kits are available for small-block Chevrolet carbureted
applications and 2005-09 Ford Mustang fuel injected applications.

The JEGS Foundation's Racing For Cancer Research program will celebrate it's sixth anniversary at the
upcoming 40th annual ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville
Raceway. It will mark a special moment for the entire JEGS Mail Order
organization as they take time to reflect on the success of the project.

It’s a tradition as old as the class itself. Since it became a professional category in 1987, the Pro

Steve Johnson has been burning the midnight oil preparing a new bike to compete in 2009.

Stock Motorcycle class has begun each season under the warm
Florida sun at the historic Gainesville Raceway. The 2009 Full Throttle
Drag Racing season will be no exception as the 190 mph class prepares
to officially kick off the season at the 40th annual ACDelco NHRA
Gatornationals, March 12-15 in Gainesville, Fla.

Typically the third stop for Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock drivers,
Pro Stock Motorcycle riders spend the entire three month offseason
tuning, testing, and prepping for the historic and revered stop on the
Full Throttle circuit.

He was a no-show for the first two NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series races this season, but popular Pro Stock driver/team owner/entrepreneur Kenny Koretsky will be at the ACDelco Gatornationals, March 13-15, at Gainesville, Fla.

While he won’t be racing, Koretsky will be following the performances of his expanding Nitro Fish Wear race team.

He added Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Angie McBride and Pro Stock driver Dave Northrop for selected races.  McBride joins Matt Smith, her fiancé, on the team.  She will be aboard the Buell that Smith rode to four wins and third place in 2008.  He now rides a Suzuki for Don Schumacher Racing.