NHRA South Florida Test and Tune 01/2010

The 2010 NHRA season is close enough to its beginning for the best teams in Top Fuel dragster and Nitro Fuel Funny cars to go down to South Florida for some test and tune runs. The biggest news coming out of the practice is Larry Dixon's 3.76, 322.22mph at the 1000' stripe, making it the fastest recorded run within the new 1000' track length.

The Al-Anabi dragster tuned by Alan Johnson, formerly of Schumacher, looks to be on top this year if anyone can catch them then maybe Schumacher and Brown can. This year look for faster runs but also some bigger problems when these teams reach their limit on their way to the championship of 2010.

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2010 NHRA Schedule

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2010 Full Throttle Drag Series
2010 Lucas Oil Series
2010 Hot Rod Heritage Series
2010 NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Series
Summit E.T. Finals
2009 Sportsman Class Schedule
2009 Online Registration Schedule
National DRAGSTER Challenge
King of the Track
Jr. Drag Racing League Challenge
National Hot Rod Reunion
California Hot Rod Reunion

Houston Raceway Park 2010 Racing Schedule

Houston Raceway Park

2010 RACING SCHEDULE

JANUARY

Fri                    Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29         AAA of Texas Friday Safe Street Night

Sun                  Jan. 17                        NOS Import Face Off

FEBRUARY

Fri                    Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26        AAA of Texas Friday Safe Street Night

Fri-Sat              Feb. 19-20                  USMTS Modified National Event (Speedway)

Sat.                 Feb. 20                        Hurricane Alley Motorcycle Drag Racing Series

MARCH

Thurs.              Mar. 4                        "Tower Club" Open House 

Fri-Sun            Mar. 5-7                      2^nd annual DragRaceHose.com Spring Warm-up presented by GoodRidge USA (Open Dragstrip Test Session) 

Fri-Sat             Mar. 12-13                  ADRL Safety-Kleen Dragpalooza VI

Fri                   Mar. 19, 26                AAA of Texas Friday Safe Street Night

Sat-Sun           Mar. 27-28                  O'Reilly Auto Parts E.T. Bracket Racing Series               

APRIL

Fri                   Apr. 2, 16, 23, 30        AAA of Texas Friday Safe Street Night

Sat                  Apr. 3                        ASCS Gulf South Sprint Car Series (Speedway)

Fri-Sun            Apr. 9-11                     23^rd Annual NHRA O'Reilly Spring Nationals

MAY

Sat-Sun           May 1-2                       O'Reilly Auto Parts E.T. Bracket Racing Series

Sat                  May 1                         ASCS Wingless Sprint Bandits (Speedway)

Fri                   May 7, 14, 21, 28        AAA of Texas Friday Safe Street Night

Sat-Sun           May 22-23                   O'Reilly Auto Parts E.T. Bracket Racing Series

JUNE

Fri                    Jun. 4, 18, 25               AAA of Texas Friday Safe Street Night

Fri-Sat             Jun. 11-12                   NHRA Lucas Oil Texas Sportsman Challenge

Sat-Sun           Jun. 19-20                   O'Reilly Auto Parts E.T. Bracket Racing Series

Sat                  Jun. 19                        ASCS Gulf South Sprint Car Series (Speedway)

JULY

Fri                    Jul. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30      AAA of Texas Friday Safe Street Night

Sat                   Jul. 10                         Mean Street Events Car/Drift Show

Sat                   Jul. 17                        ASCS Gulf South Sprint Car Series (Speedway)

Sat                   Jul. 17                        Houston All Motorcycle Championships

Sat                   Jul. 31                        O'Reilly Auto Parts E.T. Bracket Racing Series

AUGUST

Fri                    Aug. 6, 13, 20, 27       AAA of Texas Friday Safe Street Night

Sat-Sun           Aug. 28-29                  O'Reilly Auto Parts E.T. Bracket Racing Series

SEPTEMBER

Fri                    Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24       AAA of Texas Friday Safe Street Night       

Sat-Sun           Sept. 11-12                  O'Reilly Auto Parts E.T. Bracket Racing Series

Sat                   Sept. 18                     ASCS Gulf South Sprint Car Series (Speedway)                                         

OCTOBER

Fri-Sun            Oct. 1-3                       3^rd Annual Texas National Motorcycle Rally

Fri                    Oct. 8, 22, 29              AAA of Texas Friday Street Night

Fri-Sat             Oct. 15-16                    PINKS ALL OUT

NOVEMBER

Fri                    Nov. 5, 12, 19             AAA of Texas Friday Safe Street Night       

Sat-Sun           Nov. 13-14                  2^nd Annual NMRA/NMCA Lone Star Shootout

Thurs-Sat         Nov. 18-20                  4^th USMTS Texas Winter Nationals (Speedway)

DECEMBER

Fri                    Dec. 3, 10, 17              AAA of Texas Friday Safe Street Night

Houston Raceway Park to Hold March Test Session

Houston Raceway Park will be offering a March Test and Tune session for NHRA, ADRL, and IHRA teams. The track has been using the off season to make the facility even bigger and better than before. While some improvements to the streets and highways surrounding the track are still being worked out, the owners have announced the addition of it's new media facility and convention type meeting amenities. Now that more sponsors can find a reason to bring clients and fans of their company out to the track to see the competitions, more and more local and national companies will be searching for an opportunity to place their name on some of the best teams in the region.

Look for B&D Racing to bring their team out to the track for a weekend of Top Sportsman and Top Dragster time trials and tuning for the up-coming NHRA national season which will feature the addition of Top Sportsman and Top Dragster into the national event lineup in Houston and Dallas this year.

Hot Under the Collar

It's not just the heat of competition, but the heat of the season. Summer for the NHRA Division 4 drag racers is always hot. Southern states have to perform high quality passes under the high demand of slippy tracks and timing programs gone awry. The story of how one gets through the summer months of racing down South is to go with the flow and bring along a couple of pop-up shelters to keep the sun off the back of your neck.

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Nitrousfitz Racing has been performing well under the pressure. If it not for the great driving of our 4550 Super Pro dragster the season might seem to be slipping away. But that's just because it's Summer down here and the long break from the heat is about to commence. With a third of the season behind us, here's where the competitors stand.

Next weekend will be the third bracket race for the Super Pro dragster. Having gone three rounds in both races at the last meet, R. Walsh maintains her second point ranking for the Houston Raceway Park bracket team. The upcoming race could easily be won by this consistent package of car, engine, and driver.

TS46 has had the motor and transmission out now for 3 weeks. Sending the motor in after the last competition has meant that the crew has been busy revamping the second stage of nitrous. A poor transmission tail housing created a crack that lead to a loss of vacuum in the engine and a lean condition developed into blown head gaskets. The transmission is back and we wait for the engine to be deliver in the coming days. July 25th will be the next divisional race in Baytown, Texas where both sportsman entrants will be ready to take the win light from start to finish.

TD4200 also has has problems related to the Powerglide transmission. The talk around the shop has been whether to have a long time friend begin to do the rebuild instead of the current vendor. Looks like we'll be getting the extra special treatment for a while as that decision has been made and it is hoped that those problems are behind us.

So, this season is much like any other. While last year saw a big win in the beginning of the year, it looks like all the stars will be aligned for Team Nitrousfitz Racing once the cooler weather sets in and we get to take a July win into the second half of the season.

Who's hot under the collar? Not me. Just keep the this Texas summer sun from baking my neck and everything will be fine.

P.S.

Thanks to Ashley Force and Robert Hight for taking a moment to sign our stuff.