NHRA: Lowe’s Motor Speedway Added to 2008 POWERade Series Schedule

The Sept. 11-14 national event in this year’s 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule will be held in Charlotte, N.C., at a new state-of-the-art facility, The Dragway @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway, which is being built by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI). The event is the first addition to the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series since … Read more

Summit Racing Equipment, Kenny Bernstein Racing to Team up

by Susie Arnold, Kenny Bernstein Racing TALLMADGE, Ohio — Summit Racing Equipment, the world’s largest direct mail and Internet supplier of high performance automotive parts, and Kenny Bernstein Racing have reached a new sponsorship agreement for 2008. Under this agreement, Summit Racing Equipment will become an associate sponsor of Budweiser/Lucas Oil Top Fuel driver Brandon … Read more

Schumacher adds Funny Car racer Toliver to team roster

Gregarious personality Jerry Toliver will drive the Rockstar Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car for Don Schumacher Racing in the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, beginning Feb. 7-10 at the 48th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals, it was confirmed Monday by team owner Don Schumacher. A native of California, Toliver returns to his first … Read more