Mark Niver services set
The celebration of Mark Niver's life will take place Friday, July 30, at 7 p.m. at Scottsdale Airpark, 15100 N. 78th Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85260. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Racers For Christ (P.O. Box 1208, Gilbert, AZ 85299-1208) or The Phoenix Rescue Mission (P.O. Box 63005, Phoenix, AZ 85082-3005).
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60+ year drag racing veteran Ora Vasquez celebrates 80th birthday
 ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. – There’s a very short list of people in the world that can say they have drag raced for over 60 years, especially considering NHRA celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2001. Ora Vasquez, a member of that elite club, will celebrate his 80th birthday this Friday.
Vasquez, who many know as one of the top tuners/innovators in the alcohol classes, cut his teeth driving before moving to the ‘Crew Chief’ role. He started racing street cars in 1949, working his way up through the ranks eventually to the Pro Comp category, where he made his final pass as a driver in 1975, running a best elapsed time of 7.17 seconds at 198.67 mph. He continued to campaign his own car with his son Mark driving until 1990.
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Mark niver tribute stickers available online
 Sandy, Utah – The employees of Combustion Technologies USA were life-long fans of NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster racer Mark Niver. His dedication to the sport and his creative, quality driven craftsmanship is an instrumental part of our business philosophy. Tragically, Niver lost his life due to injuries suffered in a racing accident this past Sunday during the running of the NHRA Northwest Nationals. On behalf of the staff at Combustion Technologies USA, we would like to offer our heart-felt condolences to the Niver family for their loss.
As NHRA Sportsman racers ourselves, we believe Niver, a machinist by trade was one of the best examples of ‘Ingenuity in Action’, a phrase which is a fundamental principle which created the National Hot Rod Association.... [Read More]
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KON RODZ RACING MAKES CHANGES TO TAFC TEAM
 Barrie, ONT – Spiro Kontos’ Kon Rodz Racing Ontario, Canada based Top Alcohol Funny Car team will race the remainder of their 2010 NHRA schedule focusing on the development their rookie driver Cassie Simonton and are returning to a one-car team for the remainder of this season.
Following the recently completed Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals contested in Norwalk, Ohio, Kontos’ met with his team to announce a restructuring in order to focus on building a winning one-car operation and provide Simonton with a good training vehicle in which to learn. Team driver Jason McKnight and Kontos mutually agreed to part ways, allowing McKnight a chance to explore future employment opportunities.
“We’d like to thank Jason for the time and... [Read More]
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AHTEN RACING PARTERS WITH CLEANBOOST PERFORMANCE MOTOR OIL
 Sandy, Utah – The Ahten Racing A/Fuel Dragster team based in Santa Clarita, Calif. is proud to announce a major associate marketing partnership with CleanBoost® PERFORMANCE MOTOR OIL for the remainder of the 2010 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. The partnership will debut July 23rd during the NHRA Division 7 LODRS event contested at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.
“We are very pleased to have the guys from CleanBoost® PERFORMANCE MOTOR OIL join our A/Fuel Dragster team for the remainder of 2010 and beyond,” noted Johnny Ahten, the driver of the Ahten Racing Cleanboostoil.com/Island Renovations A/Fuel Dragster. “We have tested both their CleanBoost® 70 wt Racing Oil and their Z-Alt 10X Oil Booster with amazing results and have noticed... [Read More]
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Clint Thompson Runs Well in Norwalk
Clint Thompson made the long trip from his home base in Klamath Falls Oregon to Norwalk Ohio in search of another national event win in the Top Alcohol Funny Car class, this time at the Fourth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals.
Thompson qualified his Cascade Auto Group Monte Carlo in the middle of the pack with a 5.69 at 255 MPH for the eighth position. This set upa first round match up with Jason McKnight who qualified in the 9th spot. As it would turn out McKnight went up in smoke at the touch of the throttle while Thompson thundered to an impressive first round win and had one of the quickest runs of the first round with a sizzling 5.64 at 256 MPH, which was an improvement from his best qualifying time.
This would set up a second round marquee match up with the reining NHRA Champion Frank Manzo. Manzo shut down early but still won in the first round which gave... [Read More]
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CENTRE POINTE TEAM LOOKING FOR D-4 THREE-PEAT IN TULSA
 Tulsa, Ok. – They say bad things often happen in three’s. If the Santa Clarita, Calif. based Rick Jackson Racing Top Alcohol Funny Car team continues their winning ways at this weekend’s NHRA Division 4 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Event contested at Tulsa Raceway Park it could be bad news for those also competing for the coveted D-4 title.
The Centre Pointe Collision Center / FireIce.com sponsored Mustang TAFC enters this event after capturing a wire-to-wire win at the previous D-4 event in Houston, Texas in May. It was the second Divisional victory for the Southern California based team and provided them with a solid lead in the NHRA Division 4 point standings. However, the So Cal invaders and their 31-time NHRA National Event Championship... [Read More]
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HOT TEMPS, QUICK TIMES ON WOOTTON’S WEEKEND AGENDA
 Tulsa, Ok – It’s going to be hot on and off the track this weekend, as several of NHRA’s premier Top Alcohol Dragsters compete at the third race of the Division 4 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Tulsa Raceway Park. And Magnolia, Texas resident and driver of the CleanBoost Performance Motor Oil sponsored A/Fuel Dragster Kristen Wootton, is hoping to cool down the competition with consistency provided by tuner Joe Monden.
Wootton enters this weekend’s event after a lack-luster showing at her home town race in Houston a few weeks ago, where the CleanBoostoil.com A/Fuel dragster laid three consecutive tire-smoking laps in route to a round one exit. For the 32-year old mother of two, the race weekend was one she’d rather forget.
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Team Patron heading into the heat
Norwalk, OH (June 23, 2010) – Wrapping up a hectic month of races, Alexis De Joria, driver of the Patron Tequila Top Alcohol Funny Car is looking to finish on a high note at this weekend’s Summit Racing Equipment Nationals in Norwalk, OH. “Our Patron Tequila team has shown flashes of success at a couple of the past races and we plan on putting together a great effort this weekend” said De Joria. “We had an electrical gremlin at Englishtown that prevented us from making it to the final round and as we roll into Norwalk everything on our Patron Mustang is 100% ready to race”.
The dog days of summer are here and with temperatures expected to be in the 90’s, Alexis and the Patron team are preparing for challenging track conditions and their hot weather tune-up. “Crew Chief Nick Bastiao and my Patron guys are looking forward to returning to Norwalk. Nick ran really well here a couple of years... [Read More]
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Foster looking to bounce back in Tulsa with Safety Tech
 TULSA, Okla. – Defending NHRA Division 3 Top Alcohol Funny Car Champ Chris Foster will be looking to return to championship-form during this weekend’s Division 4 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Tulsa Raceway Park. Foster, who is currently third in Division 4 standings, will fly the colors of Safety Tech, Inc., as the team’s primary sponsor for the event.
The event was originally scheduled for May, but was postponed due to an onslaught of severe weather in the area that week. The team was entered for this weekend’s Summit Racing Equipment Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio, but decided to come to Tulsa instead.
“Safety Tech decided to support Foster Racing, so we made the decision to support them, and come back to the Tulsa... [Read More]
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