Courtesy of the NHRA LAS VEGAS – Five-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr., driver of the Magneti Marelli by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart, has been selected by the fans as the K&N Horsepower Challenge Fan Vote winner and will fill the No. 8 starting spot in the lucrative Pro Stock bonus event. The 32nd annual K&N Horsepower Challenge will be conducted during the DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals on Saturday, April 2 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The event will be televised by FOX Sports 1. Coughlin is a three-time winner of the K&N Horsepower…
Author: Mike Haag
Mike Haag
Mike Haag has covered motorsports in San Antonio and South Texas for more than 39 years. In addition to covering motorsports for the San Antonio Express-News for nearly 28 years, Mike also has co-hosted TrackSmack with Dawn Murphy for 19 race seasons. In addition to being a writer, Mike taught high school English and Journalism for 30 years before retiring in May, 2020.
Courtesy of Texas Motor Speedway FORT WORTH – Texas Motor Speedway is having a casting call during next week’s Duck Commander 500 NASCAR doubleheader that will give fans of Blake Shelton the opportunity to take part in a national television commercial featuring the country music superstar. NBC and NBC Sports have selected Texas Motor Speedway as the backdrop for the broadcast partner’s opening theme video for its 2016 NASCAR coverage of the season’s final half, which includes November’s AAA Texas 500, and will film the segment on Friday, April 8, in the south paddock area of the speedway infield. The…
Courtesy of the NHRA GLENDORA, Calif. (March 28, 2016) – With great sadness, NHRA reported today that Mark Lyle, NHRA’S Chief Starter, passed away unexpectedly this past Sunday. On behalf of NHRA and the entire drag racing community, we offer our condolences to all of Lyle’s family and friends. Lyle had been Chief Starter for the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series since 2012. He was only the third Chief Starter in NHRA history, along with the late Buster Couch (1955-1996) and Rick Stewart (1996-2011). Before becoming the pro series Chief Starter, Lyle was the official starter at Pacific Raceways…
Courtesy of the Verizon IndyCar Series Desert Diamond West Valley named Phoenix race title sponsor: Desert Diamond West Valley, a new gaming casino in suburban Phoenix, has been named title sponsor of the upcoming Verizon IndyCar Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. The Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix will take place under the lights April 2 (8:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN) on the 1.022-mile oval in nearby Avondale, Ariz. It will mark the first Verizon IndyCar Series race since 2005 at the track bathed in Indy car history. “We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Desert Diamond West…
Courtesy of the NHRA BAYTOWN, Texas (March 25, 2016) – This one is for the ladies. In honor of all the great performances showcased on the track by female drivers throughout NHRA history – including memorable early season victories this year by first-time Top Fuel winners Brittany Force and Leah Pritchett – Royal Purple Raceway is offering a special promotion during its NHRA SpringNationals Friday night qualifying session on April 29 where all female spectators will receive free admission with a reserved seat on the spectator side of the track. This offer is available for walk-up ticket purchases only. A…
Courtesy of the NHRA LAS VEGAS — The popular NHRA FanFest, Las Vegas style, will return to the New York-New York Hotel & Casino on Thursday, March 31, in advance of the DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The two-hour event, which begins at 6 p.m. on the hotel’s Brooklyn Bridge Plaza, will be highlighted by a driver Q&A and autograph session from 7-8 p.m. featuring many of the stars of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. The following NHRA drivers are scheduled to attend the FanFest: Antron Brown, Del Worsham, Erica…
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Courtesy of the NHRA LAS VEGAS – With Leah Pritchett and Brittany Force claiming the last two NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series victories, fans have witnessed the very rare occurrence of having back-to-back first-time winners in the 10,000 horsepower Top Fuel category. Clay Millican would be more than happy to extend that statistic to three in a row, and on the strength of an impressive start to his 2016 season, his first NHRA Top Fuel victory doesn’t seem far off. It could be next week when the NHRA powers back to Las Vegas, April 1-3, for the 17th annual…
Courtesy of the NHRA LAS VEGAS – The fan voting process is heating up to determine the final driver who will be racing for a $50,000 payday during the K&N Horsepower Challenge on Saturday, April 2 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The lucrative event, held during the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals, April 1-3, is open to eight drivers, seven of whom have already guaranteed their starting spots by qualifying points earned at NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events. The eighth spot will be decided by the fan vote, which ends this Sunday night, March 27,…
Courtesy of Jennifer Chapple, JTG Daugherty Racing Public Relations Director CLEVELAND – MacroPoint, creators of patented freight tracking software designed to give third party visibility into load status by tracking the location of a driver’s mobile phone, including flip phones, or existing in-cab ELD/GPS devices, today announced it will be the Official Logistics Track & Trace Provider of the No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team, tracking the trucks that haul for the Harrisburg, N.C. racing organization all over the country weekly until the season-finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway in November. “MacroPoint tracks freight for shippers who take supply chain visibility…