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KENJO KELLEY TEXAS DRAG RACING LEAGUE WINNER

Kenjo Kelley is back out ripping up the competition!

Kelley won the Texas Drag Racing League at HMP June 20th proving he knows how to get down a hot 140° track.. He qualified #1 with a 4.79 and consistently pumped out 4.70 passes all through eliminations - not easy to do in this summer heat! Kenjo whupped up on E. Stubbs in the final with another 4.79@160.43 to Stubbs 8.34 aborted pass.

Congratulations Kenjo! You're off to a good start this year!

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FIRST NMRA WIN IN 2009 FOR URIST AT MILAN DRAGWAY

John Urist took home his first win of the season in SSO at the June 13th Milan, Michigan race.

Urist, the 3 time class champion, defeated Don Burton in a close final round which will significantly strengthen his current #2 point position.

Congratulations John!!!

Also at Milan, Neal Racing Transmissions owner Keith Neal qualified a strong #2, one of two cars in the sixes during qualifying. Neal, the current Pro Outlaw points leader, had a solid 90 point lead over Mike Murillo going into Milan.

Unfortunately Keith ran into some tire shake and got loose during the first round ending his day early, but you can bet he'll be back!

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HANCE WINS $10K DRAG RADIAL GRUDGE RACE, GOES 4.67 AT ORTC

$10,000, Mmmmm That's a mighty fine payout for a single grudge race. That's what Dave Hance collected after defeating Eric Dillard at the Outlaw Radial Tire Championship.

Hance ran a 4.67@168.95, very strong numbers on a radial, or even a True 10.5! Funny thing is, he didn't do it with his sponsors transmission, he did it with a Neal Pro Glide.

So happens that Dave's Brand X regular transmission broke at SGMP, Dave didn't have a back up so he borrowed Tommy Rainer's spare Neal Pro Glide. It's not really all that funny as we've all had problems at the track and borrowed something, not to mention Dave's a past customer, all around good guy and wears funny hats... but we just have to mention that it was a NRT Pro Glide Transmission in his car at ORTC, not a Brand X!...

Maybe we'll send him some stickers just in case he has to borrow another working transmission sometime down the road :-)

Congrat's Dave on winning the grudge race!

STRYCH9 RACING WINS AT LITTLE RIVER

Trevor Stripling and the Strych9 Racing Team have taken home another win. This time it was at Little River Dragway's "Little Pooch" race May 9th. In addition to coming away with the win, Stripling beat Kyle Huttel's previous record in the class with a 5.16 pass during eliminations.

Congratulations Trevor and Crew!!!

SZABO LIMITED STREET WINNER AT ORTC EVENT

Keith Szabo grabbed his first Limited Street win of the season at the South Georgia Motorsports Park ORTC race May 10th. Szabo qualified #1 at 4.907 in the heat, then proceeded to dispatch his competitors with consistently fast passes round after round.

Keith continued his domination in the final round against Carlton Thompson who ran a spinning 5.79@112 to Szabo's 4.92@157. He's off to a good start this year!

Congratulations Keith!!!

Photo Courtesy Jason Roberson

TDRL TUFF STREET RECORD BROKEN BY STRYCH9 RACING

Trevor Stripling and the Strych9 Racing Team have launched their racing season right into the record books at the Texas Drag Racing League's "Drag Wars" season opener.

Stripling, competing in the Tuff Street Class, got everyone's attention right away when he blasted out a record setting 5.160@143.36 pass in qualifying - resetting the class record and putting him in the #1 seat.

They then proceeded to pick up the pace on every pass during eliminations. First a 5.092@143.63, then a 5.050@143.40 and followed up in the semifinals with a 5.074@143.22. Regrettably during Pro Outlaw Competition, Todd Moyer lost his ADRL XTF Firebird in a serious wreck, which ended the race day early and the final round in Tuff Street was unable to be completed.

You can be certain though that Strych9 Racing has all their competitors worrying how they are going to catch him to them before the next race!

Congratulations on the new record and race results Trevor and the Strych9 Racing Team!

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Neal Racing Transmissions owner Keith Neal shook off last years bad luck and went straight as an arrow to the winners circle at the NMRA Season Opener in Bradenton, Florida March 8th.

Keith is still wearing a big grin after taking home the winners check to Georgia, and it's an accomplishment to be proud of considering he just got the car back together and had only been out testing the day before the race.

Neal and Crew Chief Rick Irwin dialed in a conservative game plan for the Bradenton Race and it worked. With the big twin Garrett's set at only 28 lbs of boost, the brand new John Urist built engine still pushed the car to 7.20@208! Watch out when they turn that bad boy up!

Neal found some luck that he thought he had lost in the semi-final round where he defeated Mike Murrillo in a double red light .013 for Keith, and .015 for Mike, letting him cruise right into the final round against Ruben Tetsoshvili. The final was his for certain when Ruben smoked the tires at launch putting him in no position to catch Neal - 7.281@199.37 to Ruben's 9.20@147.34.

Keith Neal Racing would like to thank his sponsors for their strong continued support; Garrett Turbochargers , Mickey Thompson Racing Tires, KnKut Drill Bits, AMSOIL Dealer Superior Performance, Straightline Chassis & Neal Chance Racing Converters

Way to go Boss!!!

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Kevin Fiscus and Crew Linda Fiscus, Jason Combs and Josh Klugger

It may be cold in most of the country but this weekend it got RED HOT at South Georgia Motorsports Park. Headliner Kevin Fiscus was there testing his Drag Radial Mustang with a few changes made after the recent Bradenton US Nationals.

The updates worked really well as Fiscus as he laid down TWO 6 second passes making him the fastest turbo small block and THE fastest 1/8 mile bar none!

Kevin's incrementals from his second pass were;

Just how fast will this Drag Radial car go? Stay tuned as we're certain there's a lot more where that came from!

Big Atta Boy from everyone here at Neal Racing Transmissions to Kevin and crew!

Photo Courtesy South Georgia Motorsports Park

Rob Campisi took another trip to the winners circle at the recent Australia Day Event on January 25th.

Rob put his twin turbo small block Ford in the winners circle in Pro Street Blown class.

Johnny Wilson also made a trip to the winners circle after working over the competition in Modified Pro Street. Not only did he win his class, but he also reset the class record with a 7.98@175!

Congratulations Rob and Johnny! Good to hear from you guys...

Kevin Fiscus is out with both twins singing! At the recent US Nationals race in Bradenton Florida he started out the race by qualifying #1 with a 4.681@166.23.

During eliminations there appeared to be a rash of red lights for some unknown reason, causing just concern among many racers.

Kevin even went -.053 red in the 3rd round when he had a bye and he was even trying to cut a slow light. With that red light on his mind, understandably in the final round against Cory Berry he wanted to play it as safe as possible. He ended up playing it too safe and let Berry out early with a .358 light. Even his record breaking pass of 4.66@164.86 wasn't enough to catch Berry who ran a 4.95.

Everyone at Neal Racing Transmissions congratulates Kevin on his R/U and strong performance. We all know just how bad that car is and we can't wait to see the years events unfold!

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