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…
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 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…
Courtesy of the NHRA LAS VEGAS – The carryover of strong momentum and performances from the end of one year and into the beginning of the next can be a difficult thing to master when competitors are dealing with 10,000-horsepower Funny Cars. But class standout Ron Capps and his NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger R/T team seems to have found the formula so far in 2016. Coming off a string of five straight semifinal appearances to end 2015, Capps has kept that groove and then some to open the new NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. Capps won the…
Courtesy of Jeremy Troiano, Team Penske SPEEDWAY, Ind. – Team Penske announced today that Menards, the industry-leading home improvement store company with locations throughout the Midwest, will sponsor the No. 22 car and driver Simon Pagenaud for two races during the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series, including this year’s 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 29th. Menards will adorn the side of the No. 22 Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet both at the Indy 500 as well as the series’ return to Road America in June. The company will also be an associate sponsor on the No. 22 Team Penske car for the balance…
Courtesy of the Verizon IndyCar Series 1. Hunter-Reay, Borg-Warner Trophy tour nation’s capital: Verizon IndyCar Series driver Ryan Hunter-Reay made the rounds at Capitol Hill with a close friend on March 22 – the Borg-Warner Trophy. Hunter-Reay, the 2012 series champion and 2014 Indianapolis 500 winner, toured the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., with the iconic trophy featuring bas relief sculptures of every Indianapolis 500 winner. Hunter-Reay met with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan from Wisconsin and several other members of Congress during the morning. “It was a huge honor,” Hunter-Reay said. “It was something new to me. I…
Courtesy of Ed Carpenter Racing SPEEDWAY, Ind. – Preferred Freezer Services (PFS), a global leader in advanced design and engineered temperature-controlled warehouses, announced today an expansion of their partnership with Ed Carpenter Racing (ECR).JR Hildebrand will return to the team for the Month of May, joining Josef Newgarden in carrying the blue and white Preferred Freezer Services colors at the Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis and the historic 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500. Additionally, PFS will be the primary partner on Newgarden’s No. 21 at the Grand Prix of Boston and the Honda Indy Toronto, site of his second win in…