Terry and Austin did some TV interviews for the IHRA Northern Nationals.
Here they are – thanks to Fox 17 and Emily for covering this:
There’s no place like home for McMillen
ELKHART, Ind. – In most sporting events it’s known as the home field advantage. When Terry McMillen brings his Amalie Oil / Wolverine Boots and Apparel Top Fuel Dragster to the U.S. 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan it will be the closest thing to home field advantage that a drag racer can hop for.
“We’ve been busy preparing for the IHRA North American Nationals,” McMillen said. “It’s not every day that we get to race this close to home. We’ll have so many friends and family here visiting and supporting our team. It’s just awesome to have that much hometown support. Jason and Stephanie Peterson (track owners) do such a great job making this place feel like home for all the teams. It’s just great to race here.”
McMillen will be looking for a little redemption to his final round loss at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park to Spencer Massey. “The key to our success this weekend will be to stay focused,” McMillen added. “With all of our friends here it can be easy to get distracted.”
New driver takes the wheel of InstiGator Funny Car at IHRA Northern Nationals
ELKHART, Ind. — Austin “Coil” Lambright will make his second start this weekend behind the wheel of the Hoosier Thunder Motorsports Alcohol Funny Car know as the Amalie Oil InstiGator. It will be Lambright’s first professional appearance at a national event. The IHRA Northern Nationals begin this weekend at the U.S. 131 Motorsports Park in Martin Michigan.
“Austin has worked extremely hard to earn this opportunity,” team owner Terry McMillen said from his Indiana race shop. “He came up through the junior ranks and was very competitive at the sportsman level. He’s been with our team for three years now, I’m excited to see how he does.”
Lambright will pull double duty this weekend. He’ll drive the team Funny Car and continue his duties on McMillen’s Amalie Oil / Wolverine Boots and Apparel Top Fuel Dragster. While Lambright is just 22-years-old, he already has 12 years of drag racing experience. “I’m really thankful for Rhonda and Terry McMillen’s support,” Lambright said. “This is a great opportunity and I want to make the most of it.” Woodland Park has been a proud sponsor of Lambright’s racing career and will continue with him at this weekend’s national event.
Alesi Gerthe receives Project Podium Grant at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
ROCKDALE, Texas – Alesi Gerthe, of New Breed Racing, joined fellow female racing veteran Lyn St. James for her foundations Women in the Winner’s Circle Awards Ceremony on Thursday, July 23, 2009. Gerthe and a select few accomplished female racers were recognized at the seventh annual ceremony held at the Plaza Village Pavilion at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. St. James emceed the event alongside ESPN/ABC reporter Jamie Little.
“It was an honor to be among such an elite group of women,” said Alesi. “To personally meet Ms. St. James and be around driver’s like Sarah Fisher and Melanie Troxel, being able to celebrate those who have helped pave the way for women like me to excel in a male-dominated sport such as drag racing, was awesome. Not to mention being able to meet other women racers from different forms of motorsports who are involved in racing today and realizing we make up the future of women in motorsports…it was truly a special day.”
During the ceremony, Project Podium partners awarded grants totaling $27,500 to distribute between six skilled drivers, including Gerthe. Grant applications were reviewed by a panel of motorsports professionals and then distributed on a matching-fund basis to qualified women drivers.
Lil Gator still strong at mid-season
Hoosier Thunder Motorsports’ youngest teammate Spencer Lacy is still strong as mid season comes to a close. Spencer races out of Summit Motorsports Park and Dragway 42.
Recently Spencer and his family made the trip to Bristol Tennessee for the National Hot Rod Association Junior Drag Racing League Eastern Conference Finals at Bristol Dragway. His team finished fifth out of 25 teams.
Spencer took home “COOLEST CAR AWARD” of the 650 entries for Best Appearing and Engineered and All around Appearance of racing gear and crew.
Alesi Gerthe to attend Women in the Winner’s Circle Awards Ceremony
INDIANAPOLIS – The Women in the Winner’s Circle Foundation recently announced Thursday July 23, 2009 as the date for its 7th Annual Women in the Winner’s Circle Awards Ceremony, hosted by the Indianapolis Motor Speedy and held at The Plaza Village Pavilion in Indianapolis, Indiana.
New Breed Racing’s Alesi Gerthe has been invited to attend and join Lyn St. James in celebrating the diversity and successes for women in motorsports during the centennial anniversary of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at their VIP reception, followed by the awards ceremony.
“This is such an awesome opportunity that has been extended to me and I am looking forward to being there with Ms. St. James, along with other invited drivers such as Janet Guthrie, Sarah Fisher, Melanie Troxel, and many other talented racers,” commented Alesi. “Being a part of this event and organization has been a goal of mine for some time and I appreciate all of the help I received from those who wrote letters of recommendation to accompany my application earlier this year. I would also like to say a special ‘thank you’ to my Mom who helped me put together my application. I would not be where I am today without the support and guidance of so many.
McMillen captures top spot in qualifying and semi-final finish
EDMONTON, Alberta – The River Cree Resort and Casino IHRA Rocky Mountain Nationals provided several bright spots for Terry McMillen, driver of the Amalie Oil / Wolverine Boots and Apparel Top Fuel Dragster, including the top spot in qualifying and a semi-final finish.
McMillen captured the top spot in qualifying during the rain shortened second session. McMillen’s 4.834 second pass provided plenty of excitement and fireworks for the Canadian fans in attendance. The aggressive tune-up the team chose for the run would push the head gasket and torch the engine block and head, providing the Canadians with an American style nitro 4th of July fireworks show.
“We wanted to put up a big number for Jet Label and Northern Provincial Pipelines”, McMillen said. “Darrell and Rob from Jet Label and Dwight from Northern Provincial give us so much support here in Alberta we wanted to do well for them.”
While McMillen’s number one qualifying effort won’t go down in the record books, the incremental numbers would prove to be a stronger performance than recorded.
“We dropped a hole early in that run and then pushed out the head gasket around the 660 foot mark,” McMillen explained. “We thought if we could run on seven cylinders and run the last 300 feet with one of the head gaskets out, we would have something to work with in the last session.”
In preparation of the final qualifying run, the Indiana based Hoosier Thunder team put in a new motor during a brief rain storm. With a cooler track and temperature, McMillen’s team tuned-up the Nitro “InstiGator” for another run. “We just couldn’t figure out how much horsepower that track wanted,” McMillen said about his final attempt. The 4.834 second elapsed time from earlier in the day would be enough to hold off Bruce Litton’s 4.848 second pass.
Comp2Kids auction winners spend weekend in Dallas
For the second season in a row, Terry McMillen and the Hoosier Thunder Motorsports team have donated a weekend racing trip to the Comp2Kids organization.
For the second year in a row Greg Tusar of Goldman Sachs has been the winning bidder. Greg has generously donated his auction item to Adrian and Alex Brown of Houston Texas.
“We consider Adrian and Alex a lucky charm,” McMillen said. McMillen has piloted the Amalie Oil / Wolverine Boots and Apparel dragster to runner-up finishes in both the events that the Brown’s have attended.
Adrian and Alex forwarded this letter to our team:
Castrol Raceway teams up with Paradise RV and SMS Equipment for Rocky Mountain Nationals
EDMONTON, Alta. – IHRA has announced that Paradise RV and SMS Equipment have teamed up with Castrol Raceway as partners for the upcoming River Cree Resort and Casino Rocky Mountain Nationals in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Paradise RV will serve as the presenting sponsor for the upcoming Nitro Jam race at Castrol Raceway while SMS Equipment will sponsor Saturday’s “Night of Fire” show. The River Cree Resort and Casino Rocky Mountain Nationals presented by Paradise RV will be held July 3-5 at Castrol Raceway.
“We are excited to have Paradise RV and SMS Equipment come onboard for the Rocky Mountain Nationals. It is always one of the biggest drag racing events of the year and we look forward to working together to put on a great show for the Edmonton race fans,” said Castrol Raceway owner Kimberly Reeves.
Rain delays first round loss – Gerthe still optimistic
TULSA. Okla. – New Breed Racing’s Alesi Gerthe competed at her third IHRA national event of the season at Tulsa Raceway Park, June 13-14, 2009.
The weekend began with a display for Wolverine at a Tulsa area Academy.
“We had a great time at the Wolverine Boots and Apparel/Academy Sports and Outdoors display. It is always fun to introduce potential fans to the sport of drag racing. Wolverine’s Jeremy Pevehouse brought all kinds of goodies for the display and fans had the opportunity to win a free pair of Wolverine boots. We would like to extend our thanks to Wolverine, Academy and Harmony from IHRA for putting together an awesome display,” said Alesi.
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