VOLUME XX,  NUMBER 3 - MARCH,  2018

Race reports aplenty

Jody Austin drives the “BushWhacker” in OFAA competition. 

 

We got a bit behind last week but we’ve caught up on our race coverage now that everyone is back at 100%. The sportsman report from the NHRA Gatornationals is at here.

 

The Southwest Heritage Racing Association and Outlaw Fuel Altered Association both raced at San Antonio Raceway. The SHRA report by JM Hallas is here while the OFAA report by Chris Graves is here.

 

The SHRA next races Saturday, March 31, at Northstar Dragway in Denton, TX, while the OFAA heads for Thunder Valley Raceway Park in Noble, OK, on April 14.  

Morgan builds motorcycle engines for Sampey and Reed

The Agent was chatting with former Pro Stock driver and current ADRL president Larry Morgan today and Morgan mentioned that his Larry Morgan Racing company in Ohio is building engines for Pro Stock Motorcycle teammates Angelle Sampey (shown) and Cory Reed.

Hanna Jets add Jet Hot Coatings as associate sponsor

It seems fitting that a company called Jet Hot should be an associate sponsor on Al Hanna’s trio of jet vehicles. Sarah Edwards drives the “Queen of Diamonds II”, Rich Hanna drives the “First Strike” Firebird, and Ken Hall drives the “Top Secret” Firebird.

 

“We’re the technological leader in the jet car category,” Al Hanna said. “Putting a program together with Jet Hot has us excited. Many years ago we attempted coatings to improve performance of our jet cars but we didn’t have the data to analyze changes. Today we have on-board computers that allow us to understand every update and change we make.

 

“We are racers in the jet car category and running faster and quicker is always our goal. Jet Hot is an ace in the hole we expect will help us achieve higher goals both on and off the track.”

 

The first event of the season for the Hanna Motorsports Jets will be April 6-8 at the Memphis Super Chevy Show.  

LODRS winners take honors at Houston

Craig Bourgeois, Metairie, LA, and Craig Gualtiere, Amarillo, TX, took home the wins in Comp Eliminator and Super Stock respectively at Royal Purple Raceway in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series.

Bourgeois, worked his way through the field in his ’05 Nostalgia Dragster and ran 7.422 seconds at 130.57 mph in his final round victory over Raymond Martin, Mt. Belvieu, TX, who red-lighted at the starting line.

 

Gualtiere faced off against Pete Perry, Bowie, TX, and posted a winning run of 9.625 seconds, 135.55 mph in his ’67 Chevy II. Perry left early and fouled at the starting line.

 

STOCK ELIMINATOR: Slate Cummings, Hammond, LA, '00 Corvette, B/SA, 10.236, 130.64 def. James Carter, Forney, TX, '17 COPO Camaro, FS/B, 9.449, 134.18.

 

SUPER COMP: Koy Collier, Benton, LA, '07 Mullis, 8.892, 167.66 def. Steve Collier, Benton, LA, '06 Undercover, foul.

 

SUPER GAS: Val Harmon, Luling, LA, '69 Camaro SS, 9.897, 165.80 def. Gary Mitchell, Ennis, TX, '77 Pinto, 9.851, 135.70.

 

SUPER STREET: Ray Dew, League City, TX, '70 Nova, 10.865, 142.48 def. Joey Cram, Galveston, TX, '72 Nova, foul.

 

TOP SPORTSMAN: Earl Folse, Raceland, LA, '86 Camaro, 6.631, 209.95 def. Kirk Piepke, Pauls Valley, OK, '07 GTO, foul.

 

TOP DRAGSTER: Mark Jones, Marrero, A., '09 Spitzer, 6.305, 220.12 def. Aaron Stanfield, Bossier City, LA, '17 Miller, 6.244, 216.69.

 

SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE: Robert Sanders, Cypress, TX, '82 Suzuki, 8.882, 144.03 def. William Keele Jr., San Antonio, TX, dragster, 9.117, 140.36.

 

NHRA South Central Division racers head to Texas Motorplex for a double header in the next NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event, April 12-15.

ADRL schedules all 2018 events at South Carolina Motorplex

The Agent got a phone call over the weekend saying that the reincarnated ADRL had folded, but a check of their website shows that they are still on for the first race of this season, the Spring Drags at South Carolina Motorplex on April 13-14. There will be free testing on Friday, April 13, only for preregistered racers.

 

All 2018 events will be held at the Orangeburg, SC, track: April 13-14, May 11-12, July 13-14 and Oct. 12-13. Tickets are still free to the ADRL events but need to be downloaded from the website.

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