The financial challenge proved too much, and dean skuza disappeared from the nhra landscape in 2003. 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. 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. 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. Endersstevens seeking 100th nhra win by female pro driver. Previously cities included panorama city ca, north hollywood ca and minden nv. Brittany force wins nhra top fuel finals at reading, pa maple. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Hard working female nhra pro stock motorcycle racer karen.
Karen asked unser how she should go about becoming a race car driver. Kyle seipel named sonoma raceway drag racing manager. In tracstar satellite systems top sportsman, ronnie davis of commerce, ga. Karen m lindstrand, karen lindstrand and karen m stoffer are some of the alias or nicknames that karen has used. Joe winnies accident, when he died, happened right in front of me half way down the backstretch. 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. Nhra top fuel driver brittany force wins her first event of. Gene schwartz meeting an nhra legend and his car hotrod. May 30, 2015 leeza diehl jeff diehl racing, nhra, nitro funny car stay safe and healthy. 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.
A driver on the nhra circuit died a day after he was in an apparent freak accident on a track in california. 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. No doctor addressed this hematoma when i was under their care in physical therapy. Discussion in psi superchargers tech questions started by tol, nov 26, 2007. Can his earlyseason success produce his second world championship. Joe lease for technical questions, call 6262533294, see hours at bottom of page email. Schumacher said, referring to the legendary nhra driver. 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.
Geico ends karen stoffer sponsorship competition plus. Right next to the makeshift stage there was a 52 chevy deluxe gasser on display that belongs to gene. The pain i experienced from this stupid thing when trying to walk was excruciating. Pictured top is amandas qualifying run, below a super comp dragster. The team s cocrew chiefs are tom benkovich and erick cindrich. Tim and karens motorcycle accident final the new face. After his set, i got to sit down and chat with this bit of living nhra history.
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. Karen stoffer wins nhra opener and takes points lead. Brittany force wins nhra top fuel finals at reading, pa. I hustled on over to where the music was coming from and was given the pleasure of meeting one of the musicians, gene schwartz, who was playing the bass guitar. Few could have imagined that when nhra mello yello drag racing. For more information on karen stalba and the aa auto salvage racing team, please visit.
Nhra top fuel driver brittany force wins her first event. 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. Women following in patricks tracks the denver post. Pro stock motorcycle, formerly known as pro stock bike, is a motorcycle drag racing class that. Karen stoffer m, 56 smith, nv has court records at mylife. Karen stoffer s birthday is 04211964 and is 56 years old. Mar, 2007 stoffer claims the first point lead of her career after an improbable win from the no. The mac tools dragster drivers 46th triumph, one he called a thing of. 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. Jenna haddock, wife of veteran nhra funny car racer terry. I want to say it was an esw as i remember it being daytime when it happened. 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. 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.
Karen i actually had a huge hematoma, on the right side of my buttocks, from my spill onto the rocks from the accident. Get nhra driver karen stoffers career highlights, bio, stats and latest news. 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. Races go live on fox, nhra brings production inhouse by jason dachman, chief editor friday, february 12, 2016 4. Karen stouffer stayed consistant and qualified in the top spot at the 2015 summit racing equipment nhra southern nationals in atlanta. Former nhra pro stock driver jeff velde of vero beach, fla. 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. 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. Jun 18, 2017 the defending nhra funny car world champ 4. Karen stoffer wins nhra opener and takes points lead drag. 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. 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.
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. I was thinking of doing the tech course in the coming year. Karen took unsers advice, and by the time she was, karen was racing gokarts. Paul smith runs a top fuel school in fla, for both drivers and tech s. Thunder valley racing featured driver karen salvaggio. Karen took unser s advice, and by the time she was, karen was racing gokarts. Initial year of shirleys kids charity a real triumph for legend shirley muldowney december 21, 2016. Her team made the right adjustments at the fifth annual new england nationals at new england dragway. Oct 23, 2005 sometimes terrible things happen to good people. Brittany forces monster energy drink sponsored dragster.
Karen presented her hero with a four leaf clover she had found in a nearby field. Enders and brittany force put two women on the winners stage at new england. As part of the sponsorship, megan will be making appearances at menards locations, signing autographs, and sampling celsius products to menards consumers. Nhra drivers listing the nhra, the largest auto racing organization in the world. Karen stalba is the 2011 nhra division 1 top alcohol dragster champion. Thunder valley racing featured driver karen schulz. Karen schulz racing career profile driver database. Stoffer claims the first point lead of her career after an improbable win from the no. Matt hagan wins funny car final at epping 2017 nhra drag. Nhra national hot rod association mello yello nhra. Nationally ranked third in the lucas oil drag racing series, nhra top alcohol dragster driver, megan meyer has added celsius holdings inc. Karen stouffer, 41, is fifth in the pro bike standings, two positions. Nhra top fuels leah pruett makes a difference in downtime.
Has anyone here taken this course, and if so would you recommend it to someone else. For example, he won his class egas in the nhra nationals in 1965, even though his car was destroyed in a towing accident. Karen stoffer m, 56 smith, nv has court records at. One of the most successful pro stock motorcycle drivers in nhra history was sixtime champion dave schultz, who died in. Leeza diehl jeff diehl racing, nhra, nitro funny car. The teams cocrew chiefs are tom benkovich and erick cindrich. Stoffer recovering from season ending accident drag bike. Originally published in the britannica book of the year. 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. 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. All forms of motorsports are looking to bring in female drivers and put them with sponsors. Karen stouffer nhra bike rider bike rider, bike, drag bike. Brett henry, 50, ran fuel altered cars and was doing so at the auto club famoso raceway in bakersfield, california.
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. Matt hagan beats courtney force in the funny car final at the nhra new england nationals. The national hot rod association announced sara slaughter as the new nhra media relations manager for the drag racing organization. Geiger media global for the best in media and sponsor. Stoffer recovering from season ending accident drag bike news. Karen stoffers birthday is 04211964 and is 56 years old. Force, millican and kramer victorious at menards heartland nhra nationals. 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.
Clay millican top fuel and deric kramer pro stock were also victorious in their. Paul smith runs a top fuel school in fla, for both drivers and techs. Genes got records and titles in nhra competition dating back to the sixties. Geicosponsored pro stock motorcycle racer karen stoffer caught a little of that aforementioned madness and engineered one of the greatest underdog wins the c. 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. Sara slaughter named new nhra media relations manager. 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. 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. Millican gets first career top fuel win in 254 starts. Karen stoffer has been a remarkable ambassador for geico and we extend our many.
Celsius and menards announce a partnership with nhra top. Geicosponsored pro stock motorcycle racer karen stoffer caught a little of that aforementioned madness and engineered one of the greatest underdog wins the class has ever seen at the seasonopening nhra gatornationals. 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. Top end action during friday qualifying at raceway park, englishtown, new jersey. Daryle motorsports her 41 wins are the most ever for a female driver in nhra history and the. 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. 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. She drives the aa auto salvagelucas oil afuel dragster in the nhra lucas oil drag racing series. Fox sports opens its new television partnership with the national hot rod association nhra with three hours of live sunday finals coverage from the.