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» Roger Bateman- IHRA Rocky Mountain Nats Preview |
Friesen Motorsports shifts into high gear for Edmonton’s Rocky Mountain Nationals
WINNIPEG — Canada’s leanest, meanest quarter-mile team is ready to hit the high revs on home turf.
The Winnipeg-based Doc’s Holiday top alcohol funny car (TAFC) team will be making a triumphant homecoming during the River Cree Rocky Mountain Nationals, the sixth event on the International Hot Rod Association’s national Nitro Jam schedule, at Edmonton’s Castrol Raceway from Thursday, July 3 through Sunday, July 5.
It’s been two years — the 2007 Rocky Mountain Nationals, to be exact — since driver Roger Bateman of Calgary launched the Friesen Motorsports Ford Mustang-skinned funny car on Canadian soil. Since then, the team has transformed itself into one of the National Hot Rod Association’s most feared TAFC outfits . . . and, remarkably, done it all on the financial straight and narrow.
“With an unsponsored car, it’s... [Read More]
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» Tony Bartone- Norwalk Wrap Up |
Gremlins Halt Jackson Racing Progress in Norwalk
Photo provided by Auto Imagery
Norwalk, Ohio- In the sport of NHRA Drag Racing, a victory or loss can often come down to who has the most consistent race-car during eliminations. The performance of every part on a very expensive machine can also impact success. This past weekend at the Summit Equipment Nationals held at Summit Raceway Park in Norwalk, Ohio, the Rick Jackson Racing Top Alcohol Funny Car team experienced both sides of this equation.
The Santa Clarita, Calif. based group entered final eliminations with an incredibly consistent race car. After qualifying in the third position with 5.663-second elapsed time, the Steve Boggs lead crew and... [Read More]
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» Kenny Buzdas- TEW Race 2 Wrap-Up |
Lessons Learned for Buzdas and Crew
Sacramento, Calif. - Kenny Buzdas is known for being a very quick and consistent reacting driver. However, as the old saying goes, “if you live by the sword, you can die by it as well.” Truer words were never spoken in description of the self-induced schooling Buzdas and the J. Ray concrete sponsored team received this past weekend during the 33rd Annual Nitro Night of Fire, at Sacramento Raceway in Sacramento, Calif.
On the first run down the temperamental Sacramento quarter mile, the twenty-year-old driver of James Ray’s Top Eliminator West Blown Alcohol Dragster encountered sever tire spin. Buzdas recorded a solid 0.005 second reaction time and ‘pedaled’ the car to an off pace 6.80-second elapsed time. “The track... [Read More]
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» Roger Bateman- LODRS D-5 Great Bend Wrap Up |
Bateman & Crew Drive Through Debris for Kansas Runner-Up
Great Bend, Kan- Rain delays are never enjoyable for racers, the fans or the racing series as usually the day can become longer than expected. A rain postponement, however can totally mess up things for everyone, as schedules and work have to be arranged to accommodate the date. For Roger Bateman and the Friesen Motorsports Top Alcohol Funny Car racing team the situation was no different. They had hoped to rest as next weekend they are racing in Roger’s home province of Alberta. The good news was that Roger was the number one qualifier back in April was carried over to the re-run of the date. With only seven cars in the program, Roger’s 5.420/ 248.25 qualifying pass gave him a first round bye.
Roger ran a solid 5.821-second pass at 243.77 mph in the quarterfinals to take lane choice over Firestone, Colorado resident Paul Anderson in the semi-finals. “Considering we... [Read More]
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» Todd Odom and Kebin Kinsely Norwalk Preview |
Tigerflow Racing's Todd Odom and Kebin Kinsley Ready to Compete In Norwalk
Norwalk, Ohio -- Todd Odom and Kebin "Wild Child" Kinsley are traveling from the scorching weather of Texas to the Northern Ohio region this weekend to compete at the 3rd Annual NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Nationals. This is the 12th Event for the 2009 Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.
Odom's last outing found him the recipient of his very first Wally and career best numbers at the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events in Houston. In the final round of that race, he and his team put together a stellar 5.294 pass at almost 270 miles per hour. This came after he qualified in the number 3 position.
"We're pretty excited to get back out to the track" Odom said. "I've been sharing seat time back and forth with Shayne Lawson this season and we both have a divisional win. We've never raced at Norwalk, but from what we've heard it's an... [Read More]
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» Tony Bartone- NHRA Norwalk Preview |
Bartone Plans for Success in Norwalk
Photo provided by Auto Imagery
Norwalk, Ohio- Top Alcohol Funny Car driver Tony Bartone breeds success in many facets of life. Whether it’s with his New York construction-industry based business, spending time with his family in Florida, or on the track, Bartone usually finds himself on the winning end of the stick.
As the driver of Rick Jackson’s Santa Clarita, Calif. based ‘Flopper’, Bartone will look to notch another victory this weekend at the NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Nationals held at Bill Bader’s Summit Raceway Park in Norwalk, OH.
Driving for Jackson, the owner of Centre Pointe Collision Center and legendary Top Alcohol tuner Steve... [Read More]
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» Jim Whiteley- LODRS D-5 Bandimere Wrap-Up |
Whiteley wins fourth straight in Denver
MORRISON, Colo. – The month of June has been kind to defending NHRA Division 7 Top Alcohol Dragster Champion Jim Whiteley and his YNot Racing team. Whiteley put a punctuation mark on a perfect month of racing by winning his fourth straight race in as many weeks during this past weekend’s Division 5 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Bandimere Speedway just outside of Denver. The win also gave Whiteley the national points lead.
Whiteley, a Colorado native from Grand Junction, came into the event on the heels of wins at the O’Reilly Summer Nationals in Topeka, Kan., the United Association Route 66 Nationals in Chicago and the Division 3 Lucas Oil Series event in Chicago the following week. Whiteley also won this... [Read More]
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» Kenny Buzdas- T.E.W. Race 2 Preview |
Kenny Buzdas Looking for Return to Winning Ways
Sacramento, CA- Winning is nothing new for twenty-year-old Blown Alcohol Dragster driver, Kenny Buzdas.
The former two-time Western Conference Jr Dragster and 2007 Top Eliminator West Series Champion and the J. Ray Concrete sponsored team, look to establish some winning momentum this weekend at 33rd annual Nitro Night of Fire held at Sacramento Raceway in Sacramento, CA.
The event, which will feature Nostalgia Nitro Funny Cars, Pro Modified Cars, the West Coast Top Sportsman and Jet Cars, is also the second of a six race schedule featuring the Top Eliminator West category.
Formally known as Top Gas West, this exciting Advanced ET category is a Pro Comp style class where funny... [Read More]
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» Roger Bateman- LODRS D-5 Bandimere Wrap-Up |
Bateman Goes Two for Two in the West Central Division.
Morrison, CO- Roger Bateman and the Docsholiday.com sponsored Top Alcohol Funny Car team took the victory this past weekend at the Division Five Lucas Oil Divisional Racing Series event contested at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, CO. Bateman has gone two-for-two in LODRS competition, adding this win to his previous Division Five victory last month.
The Friesen Motorsports Top Alcohol Funny Car team traveled to the ‘rare air’ of the Mile High city to compete on one of the nicest racing surfaces in drag racing. Bandimere’s all concrete quarter mile also includes a temperature controlling device under the starting line which keeps the track as cool as possible. After two weeks off the team was ready to do battle with their peers and show that what happened in Joliet was just a fluke and was not the norm. Bateman put the car in the number one spot on the ladder with... [Read More]
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» Mick Snyder Joliet Divisional Wrap-up |
Snyder Earns Runner-up Finish in Joliet
Second #1 Qualifier Award
Last weekend, for the second time in two weeks, the Snyder Motorsports Race Team was in Joliet, Illinois, this time for the Lucas Oil divisional series event. Although they would have liked to have ended up in the winner’s circle, the Team had a successful weekend, earning their 2nd number one qualifier award of the season and another final round appearance.
Snyder qualified #1 for the event with a 5.55 second pass down the quarter mile at 258 mph. In the first round, he ran a 5.70 to take the win light. The Powersource Transportation Team crossed the stripe first in the semi-finals, but a parts failure resulted in a wounded a motor, so they were forced to change motors in-between rounds. The Team pulled together, and with some help from Ethan Brown and Fred, the Team’s truck driver, they were able to make it back for the finals... [Read More]
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