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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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.

The Powerfitz.com Power Letter November 2008

The Powerfitz.com Power Letter November 2008

TEAM NITROUSFITZ NEWS * Release Immediately *

Drag racing is about going to the track for some real competitive horsepower showdowns in the NHRA division 4, South Central regional circuits of the United States. As the curtain closes on the NHRA 2008 season, only a bracket bash event will put the period on the sentence of 2008 drag race season for Team Nitrousfitz and that’s exactly what we plan on doing next weekend at Raceway Park in Baytown Texas.

It’s domestic bliss. Our family of drag racers has been building and tuning competitive power-plants stuffed inside custom tube frames for over 19 years. 2008 marks the 19th invitation to the NHRA bracket finals for division 4. More than a milestone, this year’s race was run by 2nd generation drag racer Robin Fitzhenry, who carried on the tradition of getting off first and ending on time. In only her second year racing in the bracket series from Raceway Park in Baytown Texas, she was able to stay in the top 20 of her track, and completed a first round win at the division 4 bracket finals at the Motorplex in Ennis Texas. The torch has been passed. Now we look forward to next year’s schedule which will be more about ratcheting up the horsepower in the Top Sportsman and Top Dragster classes with customized nitrous oxide multi-staged systems that are computer controlled to bring the team’s engines up to speed.

2008 was ultimately a “test and tune” kind of year for Team Nitrousfitz. Though you might not be able to tell by the final point’s standings, what with a division 4 top 10 in Top Sportsman, and an invitation to the bracket finals, all three classes were performing harder and faster than in previous years AND without actually running their engines where they will be next year. Team top speed during 2008 competitions was 197mph for Top Dragster, and 204mph for Top Sportsman. Outside of some minor issues with system performance, the 2008 race season has been damage free, and a winter refresh and testing session will be all that’s needed to get into the 2009 season. Look for the addition of stage three in Top Sportsman and Top Dragster in 2009, the continuing bracket challenges, and by the end of 2009, a Jr. Dragster for 2010. This will be the 3rd generation for Team Nitrousfitz which will carry the progressive championship spirit with it well into the future of division 4 NHRA, sportsman drag racing.

Bitch Slapped

Can they really do that in 2008?

The NHRA boasts the newest opportunities for athlete to achieve the highest goals of their sport. Drag racing as a sport has some of the most dedicated fans and players. In 2008, the cream of the crop is rising to the top, and as the year progresses towards the Chase for the championships, th NHRA divisions and pros are getting ready to make a break for the lead.

We all need a #1

This year may bring a first to the NHRA. There have been a few already this year with Ashley Force qualifying #1 in Team Force's Nitro Funny Car. She's one of the new leading players in the sport of high-speed, high-risk motorsports where the sky's the limit in more ways than one.

She ain't no regular lady

Let's mention that Ashley Force is female, and there won't be any eyebrows raised because Team Force has been preparing the world for a whole new breed of Drag Race fan and competititor. The Ladies are back in town, just not in the back of the house. More and more women and girls are pushing pedals to the metals that make up their high-speed driving machines.

How did they do that?

Getting on the track is easy for anyone, but for those who are able to bring something to the tree, how the women get there and how the men who got them there got there are two totally different paths.

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What a Hurricane will do, it will do.

The NHRA Division 4 race in Shreveport Louisiana was cancelled over the September 12th, 2008 weekend. The arrival of Hurrican Ike into the Houston Ship Channel caused major damage the to core competitors who run the sportsman class of NHRA Drag Racing. Team Nitrousfitz was contained at home in Tomball Texas as Hurrican Ike struck the Gulf Coast a mere 55 miles away. With the core race team together in one place, support member who live in Houston hunkered down to weather the storm.

Robin Fitzhenry looks to run the the Bracket Series Finals at Baytown texas if she can turn a first alternate bubble seat into a place at the starting line with her SUper Comp Dragster. The team is completely behind this new generation Bracket racer from an established team of drag racing competitors. Husband and wife team Bob and Debbie Fitzhenry look forward to the rescheduled Division 4 race that was cancelled due to Ike, but be sure that the whole team will be present when the Dicvision 4 Nhra Sportsmen drag racers hit the lines in Louisiana.

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Training tools to build better power with Nitrous Oxide

Here's the first in a series of easy-to-use competition Nitrous Oxide training books. Finding the best way to imrove your vehicle's performance should include the benefits of a great Nitrous Oxide sytem. This book covers the essentials plus the basics in tracking and tuning the systems you want to use under your hood. Great advice and information for enthusiasts young and old, experienced and unexperienced power hounds can benefit from the information located inside the cover of this great Nitrous Oxide training book. Powerfitz is located in Houston, TX.

And the year picks up the pace.

The best way to describe the Drag Race season is quite the same as explaning what happens when you drag race. "You pick up enough speed to make it to the end quickly."

All of our efforts have been to drive the team forward. Months and months of preparations are bringing us closer to the prizes we are wanting to get from the grasps of the other competitors in the NHRA Division 4 South Central Region .

We have already taken Top Sportsman Division meet 1st place with Team Nitrousfitz Leader taking home the win in March 2008 at the Bella Rose No Problems Raceway in Bella rose, LA.

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Learn to run with the fast ones on Nitrous Oxide. Get the Nitrous Boost you need to win more Drag Races from Powerfitz and Team Nitrousfitz.

Houston Motorsport Park Results for Sept. 8th 2007

Houston Motorsports ParkDrag Race ResultsMaximum Impact September 8thOutlaw 10.5Quarterfinals: Jeff Naiser, 4.568, 161.58, def. LaWayne Brown, 4.715, 156.63;Darrin Wade, 4.607, 161.75, def. Keith DeCuir, 4.633, 166.85; Grant McCrary, 4.598, 161.12, def. Billy Martone, 4.600, 159.07.Semifinals: Grant McCrary, 4.606, 162.57, def. Darrin Wade, 5.090, 108.04; Jeff Naiser, 4.588, 166.42, BYE.Finals: Jeff Naiser, 4.583, 162.51, def. Grant McCrary, 4.605, 159.35.
5.00 IndexQuarterfinals: Richard Gonzales, 11.107, 35.61, def. David Sangster, 4.929, 138.67; Rodney Delker, 5.045, 136.78, def. Mark Jenkins, 4.995, 144.56; AJ Ashe, 5.335, 102.02, BYE.Semifinals: AJ Ashe, 5.064, 129.76, def. Rodney Delker, 6.756, 63.10; Richard Gonzales, 14.456, 37.38, BYE.Finals: AJ Ashe, 4.725, 148.47, def. Richard Gonzales, DNS.
5.40 IndexSemifinals: Steve Freeman, 5.417, 127.19, def. Jesse Real Jr., 5.419, 129.65; Bengt Blomberg, 5.462, 119.43, def. Bryan Marshall, FOUL.Finals: Bengt Blomberg, 5.410, 126.12, def. Steve Freeman, 5.407, 124.97.
5.80 IndexQuarterfinals: Rene Garza, 5.803, 119.90, def. Donald Diffey, 5.806, 122.75; Greg Bagwell, 5.870, 115.92, def. Trent Wilson, 5.798, 108.70; Tim Ortiz, 5.834, 107.53, def. Chuck Reneau, 5.933, 116.37.Semifinals: Tim Ortiz, 5.879, 108.07, def. Greg Bagwell, 5.855, 116.31; Rene Garza, 6.686, 80.39, BYEFinals: Tim Ortiz, 5.805, 116.01, def. Rene Garza, 5.822, 119.65.
6.20 IndexQuarterfinals: Daniel Burks, 6.228, 111.06, def. Tim Taylor, 6.257, 102.55; Ryan Miller, 6.214, 107.55, def. Isaac Caswell, 6.166, 110.73; Billy Dempsey, 6.212, 111.03, BYE.Semifinals: Daniel Burks, 6.234, 111.00, def. Billy Dempsey, 6.213, 110.97; Ryan Miller, 6.137, 113.46, BYE.Finals: Daniel Burks, 6.254, 111.55, def. Ryan Miller, 6.283, 110.65.
6.60 IndexQuarterfinals: Herberto Perez, 6.765, 102.30, def. Chad Baker, 6.615, 104.65; Daniel Cross, 6.705, 101.47, def. Buddy Ridings, 6.618, 97.49; Kevin Rucker, 6.609, 98.21, def. Nick Delker, 6.703, 102.09; Dan Brodahl, 6.641, 103.73, BYE.Semifinals: Daniel Cross, 6.695, 101.47, def. Herberto Perez, 6.783, 102.20; Dan Brodahl, 6.660, 94.06, def. Kevin Rucker, 6.685, 99.01.Finals: Daniel Cross, 6.715, 101.76, def. Dan Brodahl, 6.557, 101.99.
7.00 IndexQuarterfinals: Trent Wilson, 6.908, 90.82, def. Peyton Chambers, 6.829, 87.57; Chanse Bullock, 7.005, 99.34, def. Carl Smith, 6.829, 87.57; Joseph Phillips, 7.408, 68.86, def. Chuck Hoekstra, 12.229, 49.81; Kenny Rodriguez, 6.883, 99.40, BYE.Semifinals: Kenny Rodriguez, 6.907, 94.90, def. Joseph Phillips, 10.809, 37.60; Chanse Bullock, 6.986, 99.21, def. Trent Wilson, 6.938, 96.59.Finals: Chanse Bullock, 7.026, 99.12, def. Kenny Rodriguez, 6.938, 96.86.