ELKHART, Ind. – Terry McMillen, team owner of the Amalie Oil InstiGator Funny Car and the owner/driver of the Amalie Oil Top Fuel Dragster powered by Torco Race Fuels announced today that Flatout Gaskets and Crane Cams renewed their partnership with the team. Both Flatout and Crane Cams have partnered with McMillen’s funny car team for years and now add McMillen’s top fuel team for the 2008 racing season.
Flatout offers a solid line of high performance gaskets, specializing in Copper Cylinder Head Gaskets and the only maker of Rubber Coated Copper gaskets(RCC). Flatout offers a full line of exhaust, intake, valve cover and oil pan gaskets.
“Mark Adelizzi is a friend to race teams,” McMillen said. “Flatout Gaskets’ have worked flawlessly on our funny car team and now adding quality Flatout Gaskets to our top fuel program will give us the advantage we need to win races.”
Season Starts for New Breed Racing
New Breed Racing’s Alesi and Ayrton Gerthe kicked off the 2008 season at San Antonio Raceway’s Big Money Kick-Off Classic held February 22-24, 2008.
Ayrton began his licensing upgrade on Friday evening and completed the required runs on Sunday to become an IHRA Quick Rod driver.
“I was excited about getting my quick rod license last weekend, but the race was cancelled, so I had to do it this weekend. It was an exhilarating experience and I hope that many wins will follow later on in the year,” said Ayrton.
Alesi went out second round on Saturday going .498 red and went out third round on Sunday when her car unexpectedly picked up several numbers.
“I’m thrilled that Ayrton got his quick rod license because he has been looking forward to it for quite some time. He improved with every pass he made and I was very impressed with how well he did. It was great to get back into my car after what seemed like a long winter. My main focus coming into the weekend was to cut consistent lights and get ready for the upcoming divisionals. We had a minor car problem second round on Sunday, but luckily I had some great people help me out and we think we know what the problem is,” commented Alesi.
The team will compete next at the IHRA Division 4 Summit Pro-Am Tour at San Antonio Raceway on March 14-16, 2008.
Here I am – King of Horsepower!
You have to love this new commercial for the season opening Knoll Gas Nitro Jam event. The Amalie Oil Texas Nationals is getting very close – about 5 weeks until the smell of nitro and VHT in the morning… I digress…
The best part about the new commercial? The opening shot features the Gator himself, T-Mac strapped in to his 330MPH rocket ship. Plus the voice over is great – “Here I am – king of horsepower. Here I am maker of speed. I AM horsepower and this is my home.”
Clevite and Perfect Circle provide bearings and piston rings for McMillen Top Fuel entry
ELKHART, Ind. – Hoosier Thunder Motorsports announced today that the Amalie Oil / Torco Nitro Top Fuel dragster, driven by team owner Terry McMillen, will be outfitted with MAHLE Clevite bearings and Perfect Circle piston rings for the 2008 racing season. Clevite and Perfect Circle will be major associate product sponsors.
“Talk about lucky stars lining up,” McMillen smiled. “In early December I received a phone call from IHRA’s “Texas Tornado” – Tommy Dupree. When Tommy told me that Jack Wyatt (Nitro Funny Car driver) and I had won the MAHLE Clevite / Perfect Circle Nitro Club program sponsorship, I was stunned! MAHLE Clevite and Perfect Circle provide phenomenal parts for the racing industry.”
McMillen is excited about being a part of their program for the 2008 racing season. He sees the product sponsorship as a major advantage for his new team. “I have been working with Doug Foley and Tim Lewis on purchasing the car I drove last year. This is the best gift for someone starting a Top Fuel team. We could only wish for an opportunity to work with a company that has the reputation of Clevite and Perfect Circle,” McMillen added.
McMillen goes “LIVE” on Real Racing USA with Staging Stevie Letempt
ELKHART, Ind. — Oh, Baby… Help me, help me, help me. I need YOU to the staging lanes!
The sound of those words will ring clear in your mind if you’ve ever been to an IHRA race and had the privilege of listening to Staging Stevie Letempt call “play-by-play” for Sportsman Racing. No one does it with more enthusiasm than Steve Letempt.
Putting Staging Steve and the “Gator Man” Terry McMillen on the same radio show this Wednesday night at 8PM EST is something the world may not be ready for yet.
“I would imagine there will be a lot of energy on that show,” McMillen says with a smile. “The first one to take a breath will lose.”
Amalie Oil expands partnership with Terry McMillen
TAMPA — In a press conference earlier today, Andrew Bornstein, Amalie Oil Business Development Manager, announced that Amalie Motor Oil will renew and expand its relationship with Terry McMillen and the Hoosier Thunder Motorsports drag racing team based in Elkhart, Ind. Amalie will continue its primary sponsorship of the Amalie Oil InstiGator Funny Car and become the major associate sponsor of the Amalie Oil Top Fuel Dragster. The team is scheduled to compete in all 11 IHRA races.
The news comes on the heels of yesterday’s announcement that Amalie renewed its relationship with the IHRA, retaining title sponsorship of the Amalie Oil Texas Nationals (San Antonio April 4-6) and the Amalie Oil North American Nationals (Epping, N.H. September 5-7)in a multi-year agreement that will also keep Amalie as the Official Motor Oil of the IHRA.
“We look closely at the sponsor reports every year,” Bornstein said. “The return on investment that Terry provides with his marketing program far outweighs our expectations. Our District Managers and distributors believe strongly in this program. It only makes sense for us to not only renew, but expand our relationship with Terry and Hoosier Thunder Motorsports.”
Happy New Year!
As it seems to be the case this time of year we are running behind. With less than 60 days to the first test session the midnight oil is burning. Seems like the harder you try to keep your time line obstacles get in your way.
Hoosier Thunder plans to making some major announcements in the coming weeks. We have a few things we are waiting on. Hopefully these opportunity come to fruition.
The Alcohol Funny Car is nearing completion of chassis and motor work. The body is undertaking some changes and rendering will be released very soon. We will also be campaigning the Top Fuel car again this year. We will release info on that in the near future.
Doug Foley and Tim Lewis have provide an opportunity that will allow us a chance to compete for the IHRA championship. Evan Knoll of Torco Race Fuels worked with Doug Foley and Tim Lewis last year allowing me an opportunity to drive the full season.
In 2005, I drove Evans personnel car to get my license and compete at the fall race in Rockingham. We were blessed to win 2 National events in 2007. This was my first time winning a national event… ever! Evan, Doug and Tim and my crew – Thank You!
All I can say is hold on we are fixing to Rock and Roll in 2008!
How quick are you?
WARNING – No sheep were harmed in the playing of this game.
Rhonda sent this out today. I thought it fit drag racers to a “T”.
It’s like practicing your reaction time. The best part you ask? Well, you are practicing by shooting sheep with a tranquilizer dart.
Kind of fits right? If you get caught counting sheep at the lights in drag racing – the race is over.
Give it a shot and let us know how you do. You’ll get 5 chances and it will track your reaction time – give you an average – and rate you based on your average.
Sound easy? Well, let me warn you. That one stinking flea bitten sheep near the bottom keeps acting like he’s going to jump. I can’t tell you how many times he caused be to foul.
Running wide open into the holidays
As everyone spends time preparing for the upcoming holidays our race team is running wide open. We have been blessed in so many ways. With all of our marketing partners and our families we enjoy the opportunity of chasing our dreams.
Our race team has taken a page from Evan Knoll, owner of Torco Race Fuels and many other successful companies. Evan taught us how to give back to the sport we love. That’s why we got involved with the Adopt a Jr. Dragster program back in 2005. Our goal is simple, to help youngsters and families get a head start in drag racing. Our plan is to assist with the fundamentals of marketing and the ins and outs of how to get a sponsor and what you have to do to keep one.
As Andrew from Amalie Oil or Mark at Flatout Gaskets can tell you, it is much easier to find a sponsor than it is to keep one. What makes this program a success is the fact that the kids learn how to speak with sponsors. It also assists them in their scholastic abilities such as reading, writing and spelling.
The true benefit to this program is learning how to spend quality time with our families. Just as we all should, especially during the holiday season. Bottom line – when the kids become adults they will know how to approach the Evan Knoll’s of the world with a business and marketing plan that will show him a return on investment.
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