(3-12-2010) CHARLOTTE, NC – DMP Awnings, a division of Minnesota-based Dubbin Racing Products, has teamed up with Charles Carpenter Racing in an associate sponsorship role for the 2010 season. Not only will the DMP logo appear on Carpenter’s unmistakable Pro Nitrous ’55 Chevy, but a new DMP Awning will be outfitted to the Carpenter team’s rig.

The partnership was initially brought to life shortly after Carpenter’s devastating crash at the season-opening ADRL Dragpalooza V a year ago. Dubbin was one of the first to pitch in and offer to help Carpenter get back on track anyway he could, despite having never met him.

Now that Carpenter is back and poised to make a run at the ADRL Pro Nitrous championship in 2010, Dubbin has stepped up his support to help him achieve that

The Buffalo, NY area team has been busy non-stop since the announcement of the NHRA accepting the class.

(3-11-2010) Elma, NY – It’s been over a year since Mike Janis has made a full quarter mile pass in a legal Pro Mod. In that time Janis took home a couple wins on the 1/8 mile outlaw circuit but he’ll be the first to tell you there’s nothing like the quarter mile.

“We had a fantastic time last season. The people over there were the best part. They have a top notch program there and we were proud to be a small part of it but the lure of quarter mile racing always pulled at me. It’s something I’ll never shake I guess,” said Janis.

Not only will Janis

“We are looking for a great start this season with high expectations. I think we can do it.” - Tindle

(3-10-2010) Gainesville, FL – Tim Tindle is more than ready to get behind the wheel of his Promod 1967 Ford Mustang this weekend at the Tire Kingdome NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, FL. A long awaited 2010 season is finally here and the Santa Rosa Beach, FL racer is eager to drop the clutch and make laps in the NHRA Get Screened America Promod Challenge. This weekend's Gatornationals marks Tindle's 4th season start in Promod.

The NHRA Promod class is a promod racer’s dream; featuring a 10-race season with ESPN2 coverage.

“It’s about that time,” Tindle said. “We are looking for a

Last season, Knowles drove his Blown Money '63 Corvette to a first-round finish at the Gatornationals.

(3-10-2010) GAINESVILLE, Fla - Sitting at his desk in Grand Junction, Colo., Pro Mod racer Mike Knowles said he could hardly concentrate on work because of his excitement about the upcoming kick-off of the 2010 Pro Mod season at the NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla. this coming weekend.

"I just keep thinking about dropping the clutch on the car - I can hardly wait," Knowles said. The Colorado-based driver finished 11th overall in the 2009 Pro Mod Challenge and said he has made huge changes in his program to make a bid for the 2010 title, not the least of which is adding World Champion tuner and crew chief Chuck Ford to

Buffalo, New York team to debut Firebird Top Sportsman car for 2010 season

(3-10-2010) BUFFALO, NY – Dan Flanigan will be returning to the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts with a new car for the 2010 season.

The native New Yorker will also be returning with renewed interest for the second season of this popular drag racing series.

“I think it’s a fantastic series,” Flanigan noted. “I was a bit of a rebel at first, but after going to two events I loved it. And the proof of this is we’re back full time again this year.”

Flanigan will debut his new Flanigan Racing Team 2002 Firebird Top Sportsman car in the series, complete with a fresh 540-cubic inch big block, courtesy of Mike

"we know we can run the number – our 5.81 at 251mph yesterday is evidence of that.”

(3-10-2010) LAGUNA HILLS, California – Only days away from what is likely to be one of the most significant events in the history of Pro Modified drag racing, Danny Rowe and the Sterling Bridge Pro Modified team are eager to get back to business on the quarter-mile amongst the best the sport has to offer at the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway in Florida. The annual Pro Mod season-opener has been the talk of the racing world for weeks as 28 of the world’s top teams are entered into the category’s first event as a professional NHRA eliminator.

“Of course, we are all very excited

The changes within the NHRA series this year bring on a added excitement.

(3-10-2010) Bolton, Ontario - Tony Pontieri of Bolton Ontario Canada returns to NHRA competition in the Get Screened America Pro Mod Challenge for the first race of the 2010 season. “We stayed home in 2009, and made some big changes to our car. We now have a 69 Camaro, last time we raced this series we were in a 57 Chevy. “The team had a lot of work ahead of them when they left Las Vegas in 2008 finishing just a few points behind 2008 Champion Josh Hernandez.

Pontieri took the 57 Chassis and had a 69 Camaro body fitted to it by Joe Van Overbeek, “We had such a great finish in 2008, but we came up a little short, we know that this team is