Pro stock motorcycles karen stoffer not only will race jerry savoies white alligator suzuki this season, but she also plans to debut in sam tech factory stock showdown this season. In tracstar satellite systems top sportsman, ronnie davis of commerce, ga. Race car driver bryan clauson died from injuries he sustained during a crash at the belleville midget nationals in kansas over the weekend, usa today reports. Brittany force wins nhra top fuel finals at reading, pa. Posted by staff feature racing with a new team in 2019, karen stoffer already accomplished one major goal this season qualifying for the mello yello countdown to the championship. Discussion in psi superchargers tech questions started by tol, nov 26, 2007. Oct 23, 2005 sometimes terrible things happen to good people. Karen stoffer has been a remarkable ambassador for geico and we extend our many. Schumacher said, referring to the legendary nhra driver. Karen stouffer stayed consistant and qualified in the top spot at the 2015 summit racing equipment nhra southern nationals in atlanta. Karen took unsers advice, and by the time she was, karen was racing gokarts. Previously cities included panorama city ca, north hollywood ca and minden nv. As you will see in this video karen stoffer is one of the hardest workers, not only in the pro stock motorcycle class, but in all of the nhra.
Right next to the makeshift stage there was a 52 chevy deluxe gasser on display that belongs to gene. Women following in patricks tracks the denver post. Karen stouffer, 41, is fifth in the pro bike standings, two positions. Jul 12, 2014 veteran funny car driver terry haddock s days of having all the fun on a drag strip are about to end, as wife jenna will make her debut in a top fuel dragster at next weekend s 35th mopar mile. Millican gets first career top fuel win in 254 starts. Karen m lindstrand, karen lindstrand and karen m stoffer are some of the alias or nicknames that karen has used. Elite offers a wide variety of semi transporters, motor coaches, gooseneck and stacker trailers, specialty hospitality and point of sale units, and new and used high performance engines, race cars, and racing. Fox sports opens its new television partnership with the national hot rod association nhra with three hours of live sunday finals coverage from the. After his set, i got to sit down and chat with this bit of living nhra history.
Her team made the right adjustments at the fifth annual new england nationals at new england dragway. Fox sports opens its new television partnership with the national hot rod association nhra with three hours of live sunday finals coverage from the 56th annual circle k winternationals in pomona. Celsius and menards announce a partnership with nhra top. As part of the sponsorship, megan will be making appearances at menards locations, signing autographs, and sampling celsius products to menards consumers. Genes got records and titles in nhra competition dating back to the sixties. Antron brown walked out of 2012 with a trophy signifying his first nhra championship and became the first black driver to win a major u. Nov 17, 2017 a driver on the nhra circuit died a day after he was in an apparent freak accident on a track in california.
Nhra top fuel driver brittany force wins her first event of. Endersstevens seeking 100th nhra win by female pro driver. Jenna haddock, wife of veteran nhra funny car racer terry. As one of the womens global gt series newest drivers, karen salvaggio may have recently joined the series, but she is far from new to the world of auto racing. After nearly a decade, pro stock motorcycle star geico and karen stoffer will part ways the end of 2012. Khill motorsports adds to their lineup for 2017 in f2000 championship series december 20, 2016. May 30, 2015 leeza diehl jeff diehl racing, nhra, nitro funny car stay safe and healthy. Karen stoffer wins nhra opener and takes points lead drag. Enders and brittany force put two women on the winners stage at new england. Karen took unser s advice, and by the time she was, karen was racing gokarts.
Stoffer claims the first point lead of her career after an improbable win from the no. Can his earlyseason success produce his second world championship. Daryle motorsports her 41 wins are the most ever for a female driver in nhra history and the. Female race car driver courtney force nhra drag racing race racing top fuel driving force ford drag cars car humor john force didnt plan it this way, but he couldnt be happier when it comes to having his children smack in the middle of the family business and loving every minute. No doctor addressed this hematoma when i was under their care in physical therapy. Veteran funny car driver terry haddocks days of having all the fun on a drag strip are about to end, as wife jenna will make her debut in a. Matt hagan wins funny car final at epping 2017 nhra drag. I want to say it was an esw as i remember it being daytime when it happened.
Originally published in the britannica book of the year. Kyle seipel named sonoma raceway drag racing manager. Jun 18, 2017 the defending nhra funny car world champ 4. Geico executives lauded stoffer for her many accomplishments with the geico brand on her suzuki drag bikes and saluted the rider for her unwavering support and professionalism. Karen stoffer m, 56 smith, nv has court records at. Nhra drivers listing the nhra, the largest auto racing organization in the world. The national hot rod association announced sara slaughter as the new nhra media relations manager for the drag racing organization. Nationally ranked third in the lucas oil drag racing series, nhra top alcohol dragster driver, megan meyer has added celsius holdings inc. Initial year of shirleys kids charity a real triumph for legend shirley muldowney december 21, 2016. The teams cocrew chiefs are tom benkovich and erick cindrich. Karen stoffer m, 56 smith, nv has court records at mylife. Drivers in the pdras five professional classes and four sportsman categories will be under pressure as drag wars is the penultimate race on the alleighthmile series eightrace 2017 tour.
Karen asked unser how she should go about becoming a race car driver. Few could have imagined that when nhra mello yello drag racing. Brittany forces monster energy drink sponsored dragster. The team s cocrew chiefs are tom benkovich and erick cindrich. Joe winnies accident, when he died, happened right in front of me half way down the backstretch. Paul smith runs a top fuel school in fla, for both drivers and tech s. The pain i experienced from this stupid thing when trying to walk was excruciating. As one of the women s global gt series newest drivers, karen salvaggio may have recently joined the series, but she is far from new to the world of auto racing.
Leeza diehl jeff diehl racing, nhra, nitro funny car. Kyle will also serve as liaison with nhra for the facility s nhra division 7 drag races, presented by korbel july 2022, and toyota nhra sonoma nationals july 2729. Nhra national hot rod association mello yello nhra. Karen stoffer wins nhra opener and takes points lead. The mac tools dragster drivers 46th triumph, one he called a thing of. Nhra top fuels leah pruett makes a difference in downtime. Dec 26, 2018 in 2015 she has been the feature broadcast reporter at nhra fox sports just to make sure she was in touch with the sport amanda earned her super comp drivers license at the hawleys drag racing school in tucson dragway in arizona. Brett henry, 50, ran fuel altered cars and was doing so at the auto club famoso raceway in bakersfield, california. Karen i actually had a huge hematoma, on the right side of my buttocks, from my spill onto the rocks from the accident. Karen stoffers birthday is 04211964 and is 56 years old.
Entering this weekends 34th annual summit racing equipment nhra southern nationals riding a streak of four consecutive finalround appearances, topranked pro stock racer erica endersstevens is considered the oddson favorite to capture the muchballyhooed 100th victory by a female competitor. I was thinking of doing the tech course in the coming year. May 14, 2014 entering this weekends 34th annual summit racing equipment nhra southern nationals riding a streak of four consecutive finalround appearances, topranked pro stock racer erica endersstevens is considered the oddson favorite to capture the muchballyhooed 100th victory by a female competitor. Thunder valley racing featured driver karen salvaggio. Races go live on fox, nhra brings production inhouse by jason dachman, chief editor friday, february 12, 2016 4. One of the most successful pro stock motorcycle drivers in nhra history was sixtime champion dave schultz, who died in.
Nhra top fuel driver brittany force wins her first event. The financial challenge proved too much, and dean skuza disappeared from the nhra landscape in 2003. In 2015 she has been the feature broadcast reporter at nhra fox sports just to make sure she was in touch with the sport amanda earned her super comp drivers license at the hawleys drag racing school in tucson dragway in arizona. Karen stalba is the 2011 nhra division 1 top alcohol dragster champion. Brittany force wins nhra top fuel finals at reading, pa maple.
Stoffer recovering from season ending accident drag bike news. Former nhra pro stock driver jeff velde of vero beach, fla. All forms of motorsports are looking to bring in female drivers and put them with sponsors. Mar, 2007 stoffer claims the first point lead of her career after an improbable win from the no. Kyle will also serve as liaison with nhra for the facilitys nhra division 7 drag races, presented by korbel july 2022, and toyota nhra sonoma nationals july 2729. Geicosponsored pro stock motorcycle racer karen stoffer caught a little of that aforementioned madness and engineered one of the greatest underdog wins the c. Gene schwartz meeting an nhra legend and his car hotrod. Hard working female nhra pro stock motorcycle racer karen. Has anyone here taken this course, and if so would you recommend it to someone else. For more information on karen stalba and the aa auto salvage racing team, please visit. Geico ends karen stoffer sponsorship competition plus. Tim and karens motorcycle accident final the new face.
Out of the 20 times that an nhra full throttle drag racing series driver has won both the nhra winternationals and nhra gatornationals in the same year, only 12 have gone on to win the world championship, with the last one being tony schumacher in 2008. Nhra mello yello drag racing series top fuel driver brittany force said she knew her team was close to winning its first race of the season. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. For example, he won his class egas in the nhra nationals in 1965, even though his car was destroyed in a towing accident. A driver on the nhra circuit died a day after he was in an apparent freak accident on a track in california. Top end action during friday qualifying at raceway park, englishtown, new jersey.
Force, millican and kramer victorious at menards heartland nhra nationals. Karen schulz racing career profile driver database. Pro stock motorcycle, formerly known as pro stock bike, is a motorcycle drag racing class that. Gone was the popular driver who borrowed the marketing magic of tom mcewen, the bravado of rebel jerry ruth, the exuberance of jungle jim liberman, cockpit intensity of lee shepherd, imagination of mickey thompson, and vision of billy meyer. Matt hagan beats courtney force in the funny car final at the nhra new england nationals. Such was the case sunday october 23rd, when kindhearted, fanfriendly nhra pro stock bike racer karen stoffer was violently driven into the ground by the top of her transporters heavy back door, which struck her in the head. Get nhra driver karen stoffers career highlights, bio, stats and latest news. Starting with the seasonopening nhra winternationals, brother shane will compete at eight of the 24 nhra mello yello drag racing series events in 2014, after transitioning from junior dragsters to pro stock in 2005 and competing in the australia national drag racing association andra and spending the last two years as a development driver. Courtney force captured her first career backtoback funny car victories last monday afternoon at the 30th annual menards nhra heartland nationals presented by minties at heartland motorsports park. Sara slaughter named new nhra media relations manager. Paul smith runs a top fuel school in fla, for both drivers and techs. Karen stoffer s birthday is 04211964 and is 56 years old. Intense championship points battles will heat up this weekend as the professional drag racers association heads to galot motorsports park for the pdra drag wars, sept. He found another 52 deluxe and transplanted everything in it, gave it a beatlesinspired paint job and went on to win his class at the.
I am very excited to take over for my mom as drag strip manager, said kyle, who resides in pleasanton with his wife and two children. Karen presented her hero with a four leaf clover she had found in a nearby field. Apr 26, 2014 starting with the seasonopening nhra winternationals, brother shane will compete at eight of the 24 nhra mello yello drag racing series events in 2014, after transitioning from junior dragsters to pro stock in 2005 and competing in the australia national drag racing association andra and spending the last two years as a development driver. Santucci 103 bill flynn 103 ron leaf 104 al graeber 104 bob barry 170 105 al hanna 106 kosty ivanof 101 106 al segrini 107 mel perry. Stoffer recovering from season ending accident drag bike. Thunder valley racing featured driver karen schulz. Aug 14, 20 antron brown walked out of 2012 with a trophy signifying his first nhra championship and became the first black driver to win a major u.
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