What is this? Have they gone country? Who are these people? I thought for a minute they could be the Lone Ranger and maybe Tonto… but didn’t the Loan Ranger have a white hat?
Maybe we should check in over at Race Pages to see what these desperadoes have been up to.
Pro-Am Division 4 next stop for new Breed Racing
Rockdale, TX — New Breed Racing, Ayrton & Alesi Gerthe, will attend the IHRA Division 4 Pro-Am when it makes its second stop at Tulsa Raceway Park this weekend.
After the Amalie Oil Texas Nationals, the team has made some minor adjustments and is ready for the upcoming event.
“We have Alesi’s car set and have only made a few adjustments, and its helped with setting Ayrton’s car up this season,” said Duane. “After San Antonio we’ve made more adjustments to Ayrton’s and we feel it will help with consistency and trying to hit that magic Index number of 8.90.”
New Breed Racing is proud to partner with Torco Race Fuels, Amalie Oil, Flatout Gaskets, NGK Spark Plugs, Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels, Go Graphix, Vickery’s Speed Shop, Auto Meter Products, Harwood Industries, Parsley’s Chicken Express, Biondo Racing Products, and Doug Foley’s Drag Racing School.
InstiGator looking for more bite
‘No more Mr. Nice Gator’
ROCKINGHAM, NC (April 17, 2008) — The Amalie Oil InstiGator Funny Car, powered by Torco Race Fuels, makes its way to the IHRA Spring Nationals in Rockingham this weekend looking to put a little more bite on its opponents when qualifying begins tomorrow.
While the team did well at the season opening race in San Antonio, (qualifying in the fifth position) the opening round match up with eventual event winner Laurie Cannister ended their chances early for a win.
While the Hoosier Thunder Motorsports team car sports a new crew, crew chief and driver, team owner McMillen is confident this will be the best year ever for the team’s signature ride. “I have all the confidence in the world with Les Mellows tuning and Paul Noakes driving that car,” McMillen said.
The car has long been associate with Amalie Oil and has been a friendly draw for fans of all ages. This season the team went back to an original concept drawing of the car and Michelle Barkett of the Amalie Oil marketing department had Gonzalo Jarmillo redesign the InstiGator to give it a slightly ‘meaner’ look with more realistic teeth and eyes. This prompted the team to adopt the slogan ‘No more Mr. Nice Gator’, not only for the new look but also for the new attitude towards getting the fan favorite to the winner’s circle for the first time.
Les Mellows is confident the InstiGator can be a dominant force in the class.
Round two for McMillen’s Top Fuel Crew
ROCKINGHAM, NC. (April 17, 2008) — After a successful season opening race that found the Amalie Oil Top Fuel dragster in the final round, Terry McMillen and his crew roll into Rockingham with high expectations when qualifying begins this Friday, April 18th, for the second stop on the Nitro Jam Drag Racing series. Like a heavy weight fight, this is just round two of a scheduled 11 round bout.
“I’m very happy with how San Antonio turned out,” McMillen said as he unloaded his car in sunny Rockingham. “Certainly we would have loved to win the race. But with a everything being new on this car and no chance to test it before getting to San Antonio, I think John Smith (crew chief) and my guys did an outstanding job. It was better than I had hoped for.”
The Smith led crew put McMillen in the final round with an opportunity for his third carreer win in Top Fuel. Looking forward to this weekend’s Rockingham race McMillen finds himself optimistic.
“Our guys worked through a lot to get us to the final round. I think we grew a little tighter as a team through all of that. It’s going to get tougher from here on out. There’s a lot of racing left to do and a lot of good teams that will be fighting all year long for a chance at a world championship. I believe we have an opportunity to be one of those teams fighting in the end if we stay on our toes.”
McMillen makes final round appearance in Texas
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (April 10, 2008) – The Amalie Oil Top Fuel Dragster, powered by Torco Race Fuels and driven by Terry McMillen, made its Nitro Jam debut during the season opening event hosted at the San Antonio Raceway. The newly assembled team, led by crew chef John Smith, made the most of their opportunities, finishing the event with a final round appearance. A broken throttle cable would end McMillen’s hopes of capturing his third career Iron Man.
“We can’t be disappointed,” McMillen said after the race. “I would have loved to been in the winners circle at an Amalie race to collect a trophy, but this was a great weekend for our team. We had basically a brand new car and a brand new crew. These guys worked hard and did a great job to get us to the final round.”
While John Smith was disappointed with the finish, he felt the weekend was a success. He spoke with CompetitionPlus.com shortly after the race. “That was really the first mistake [throttle cable] that we made all weekend so we put a good effort up for Terry, Amalie Oil and NAPA Auto Parts,†Smith added. “Terry has worked really hard to put the deal together. We made it to the final round so it was a pretty good weekend all in all. We’ve got a good baseline. All the guys were working well together and little things like this will happen. You win as a team and you lose as a team so that’s what it’s about.”
Home track is friendly for Gerthe’s
Rockdale, TX – New Breed Racing’s Alesi & Ayrton Gerthe competed in the IHRA Knoll-Gas Motorsports Nitro Jam this past weekend when it made its first stop of the season at San Antonio Raceway for the Amalie Oil Texas Nationals.
Alesi and Ayrton both competed in Quick Rod, the 8.90 Index class, and qualified in the number 10 and 11 position. In the Sportsman National event held Friday and Saturday, Alesi made it to the third round and down to nine cars, while younger brother Ayrton went out early. In the main event on Sunday, Alesi lined up against last year’s event winner in round one and advanced to the next round with the win, but bowed out on a double break out pass in round two. Ayrton went out in round one on a break out pass as well.
New Breed Racing opens up season at Division 4 Pro-Am Tour
The 2008 IHRA Division 4 Pro-Am Tour made its first stop at San Antonio Raceway on March 14-16, 2008, and Alesi & Ayrton Gerthe of New Breed Racing were excited to officially get this season started.
Alesi and Ayrton competed in Quick Rod, an 8.90 Index class. Ayrton made his debut and is doing really well adjusting to the many different things about his move to a full size dragster. Although he ended each day after first round, the knowledge he gained will prepare him for upcoming races.
Alesi is much more comfortable this year in her dragster and on Saturday she went out first round, but on Saturday went out second round.
Next stop for the team is the upcoming Amalie Oil Texas Nationals at San Antonio Raceway, April 3-6, 2008.
March Madness for Hoosier Thunder
Some might think about ‘March Madness’ as a term associated with college basketball. Well, for Hoosier Thunder Motorsports is the last minute mad dash to get ready for San Antonio.
In just six days the big rigs will be pulling out of Elkhart and heading towards Texas. But it’s never too late to add to the good news.
Late last week the London Free Press (London, Ontario) did a story on Paul Noakes and Les Mellows joining Hoosier Thunder (I guess that’s the “I” in IHRA – for International.). You can read the story here – Drag Racer realizes dream. Jim Cressman did a nice article on those guys.
NAPA Auto Parts opens store on IHRA Midway
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – NAPA Auto Parts, presenting sponsor of the Amalie Oil Texas Nationals (April 4-6), will expand its race presence when it opens shop on the IHRA midway for the upcoming national event. NAPA will be on the midway with a fan friendly display and they will also provide support to the professional and sportsman racers competing at the event. For racers who want to “Get the Good Stuff” – life just got a little easier.
McMillen makes move to put Amalie Oil InstiGator in winner’s circle
Mellows and Noakes join Hoosier Thunder Motorsports
ELKHART, Ind. – Terry McMillen, Hoosier Thunder Motorsports team owner announced changes today to his long-time ride, the Amalie Oil InstiGator Funny Car, powered by Torco Race Fuels. McMillen will turn over tuning and driving duties on the Amalie Oil InstiGator to concentrate on the Amalie Oil Top Fuel Dragster. The move will strengthen both the Top Fuel and Funny Car teams.
McMillen will rely on the championship tuning abilities of veteran Les Mellows while driving duties will rest on the shoulders of Paul Noakes. Both Mellows and Noakes reside in Ontario.
“Last season I drove both the Top Fuel and Funny Car,” McMillen explained. “Last season the Top Fuel car was owned by Foley and Lewis and this season it will be out of the Hoosier Thunder stable. We’re excited about having two top professional cars on our team. I’m confident that Les and Paul can take that car to the next level and represent Amalie and all of our associate sponsors well.”
McMillen drove the Amalie Oil InstiGator for seven seasons with a career best third place finish in 2004. The winner’s circle eluded McMillen until last season, when he captured his first Iron Man behind the wheel of his Top Fuel Dragster. “It’s a hard decision to take yourself out of the drivers seat,” McMillen said. “But Amalie deserves the best on both of these cars. I can’t think of anything that would make me happier than to have both cars in the winner’s circle before the season is over.”
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