Craig Treble Wins O’Reilly Mid-South Nationals in Memphis

Craig Treble wins at the NHRA POWERade 21st annual O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals presented by Pennzoil in Memphis, TN on Sunday. Treble took his Pro Stock Motorcycle race win with a solid weekend on his Albrecht's Fast Track Suzuki. Treble qualified eighth for the Mid-South Nationals, but found that the bike had more speed when he needed it. Treble came into this race ninth in Countdown to One championship points, and leaves Memphis eighth in points.

Treble's first round match-up was against Michael Phillips on his Phillips Racing Suzuki. Phillips had great reaction time of 0.012 and a 7.097 second E.T. at 190.46 MPH, but it wasn't enough to make up for Treble's 7.034 E.T. at 187.00 MPH. Treble's next challenger was GT Tonglet and his GT Motorsports Buell. Tonglet won his first round against top qualifier Chip Ellis, when Ellis left early and took a red light. Tonglet also had a great reaction time of 0.015, but it couldn't make up for his 7.105 E.T. at 185.43 MPH against Treble's 7 .061 E.T. at 184.60 MPH.
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Chris Rivas Wins at the NHRA Fall Nationals in Texas

Chris Rivas rode his Drag Specialties / S&S / G2 Buell to victory at the 23rd Annual O’Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals in Ennis, Texas on Sunday. Rivas’ win moves him up from 8th in the Countdown to One points to third. Rivas beat Matt Smith’s NitroFish Torco Buell in the final round with a 7.024 second elapsed time (E.T.) at 183.97 MPH to Smith’s 7.098 second E.T. at 187.00 MPH. Smith came into the Texas race number one in the points and still remains on top.

Angie McBride made a great showing this weekend on her Indicom Electric Buell by defeating Andrew Hines in the first round of eliminations. Hines left early and took a redlight handing the win to McBride, who ran a 7.121 E.T. at 182.53 MPH. McBride won the second round against Angelle Sampey, when Sampey also redlighted. McBride’s run was a 7.103 E.T. at 184.42 MPH to Sampey’s 7.176 E.T. at 178.92 MPH. McBride’s reaction time of 0.037 was consistent with her 0.020 to 0.043 reaction times this weekend. Chris Rivas beat McBride in the semi-final round when he ran a 7.075 E.T. at 184.14 MPH against her 8.523 E.T. at 108.95 MPH.

Peggy Llewellyn made another race appearance this weekend. Llewellyn was eliminated in the first round by points leader Matt Smith. Llewellyn’s 7.154 E.T. at 183.07 MPH was enough to beat Smith’s 7.020 E.T. at 188.38 MPH, despite her 0.022 reaction time. Smith’s reaction time was 0.072, 0.050 seconds slower than Llewellyn’s. Smith went on to beat Chip Ellis and Eddie Krawiec to get to the final round.
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Angie McBride secures new sponsor for Carolinas Nationals

NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Angie McBride has a new sponsor, just in time for the Carolinas Nationals. The Charlotte based Carolina Speed indoor football team will be the primary sponsor for McBride’s Smith Racing Buell. The sponsorship comes just in time for the inaugural race at the new zMax Dragway at Lowes Motor Speedway, September 11th through 14th. The race will introduce the Charlotte area to the NHRA POWERade Racing series.

The new sponsorship comes on the heels of McBride’s greatly improved performance at the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis nine days ago. With only nine race entries so far this season, McBride found some extra speed in her Buell and qualified eleventh out of a field of 27 entries. After surviving the five qualifying rounds, McBride defeated Angelle Sampey in the first round of eliminations on race day. McBride was eliminated by Andrew Hines, who is currently second in Championship points, during the second round of eliminations. McBride currently sits 15th in NHRA POWERade Championship Points.

The Carolina Speed will host a meet and greet at Carolina Autosports in Concord on Wednesday September 10th, where fans can meet Angie McBride and teammate Matt Smith, who is the defending NHRA Pro Stock motorcycle champion. Fans are encouraged to come out to the Carolina Autosports location at 829 Church St. in Concord from 11-6pm to meet with the two drivers where they will be on hand signing autographs with their bikes on display.

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Matt Smith and Angie McBride in Charlotte to promote new dragway

Matt Smith and Angie McBride were at the Coca-Cola 600 today to help promote the new dragstrip next to Lowes Motor Speedway, newly named as zMAX Dragway. McBride and Smith were joined by John Force, Mike Neff, Jeg Coughlin, Antron Brown, Hillary Will, and Doug Herbert reaching to NASCAR and generating interest in the NHRA Carolinas Nationals to be held in Concord (Charlotte) this September. John Force also received special recognition at the track, as he saw the main grandstand that has been named in his honor. Force was extremely appreciative of the recognition by Bruton Smith, owner of Lowes Motor Speedway and zMax Dragway.

The debut NHRA Carolinas Nationals are scheduled for September 11 - 14 and will include the Pro Stock Motorcycle class.

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McBride gets deal for the next three races

NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle rookie Angie McBride and Indicom Electric have signed a sponsorship deal for the next three NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series races. McBride, who sits seventh in the POWERade Championship point standings, has been searching for a sponsor for the 2008 season in an effort to continue her first full season in the NHRA.

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McBride hopes unique chance turns into full-time deal

Angie McBride went to the Auto Club NHRA Finals as a spectator and ended up qualifying Matt Smith Racing's second bike in one session when the team parted ways with former rider Chris Rivas mid-race. Now she's ...

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