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CABO SAN LUCAS, B.C., Mexico - Their ride was short-lived, but young NHRA upstarts Morgan Lucas and J.R. Todd’s first attempt at the 40th annual SCORE Tecate Baja 1000, the world’s most famous desert race, still ended up being the thrill of a lifetime.  Driving the Class 1 Lucas Oil Products/Torco Race Fuels Diablo Penhall/Chevy off-road vehicle with teammates Ed Hullinger and fellow drag racer John Spar, the Top Fuel tandem gained a whole new respect for the event and ...

POMONA, Calif. – Melanie Troxel’s departure from Top Fuel competition came much earlier than she had predicted in the first round of eliminations at the Auto Club NHRA Finals against formidable foe, David Grubnic.POMONA, Calif. – Melanie Troxel’s departure from Top Fuel competition came much earlier than she had predicted in the first round of eliminations at the Auto Club NHRA Finals against formidable foe, David Grubnic.He just outdistanced the Avon, Ind., resident by just a couple of feet turning ...

POMONA, Calif. – Shawn Langdon clinched the National Hot Rod Association’s Super Comp Lucas Oil National Championship on Saturday during eliminations at the running of the 43rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals.  Langdon, driving the Lucas Oil Products Super Comp dragster in the 8.90-class completed his mission of making more rounds than his main adversary for the title, Anthony Castillo for this sportsman division title.  When he first heard his name mentioned as champion from acclaimed NHRA public address announcer, ...

POMONA, Calif. – Morgan Lucas completed his 2007 POWERade Top Fuel season with a quarterfinal finish at the 43rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals at Pomona Raceway. POMONA, Calif. – Morgan Lucas completed his 2007 POWERade Top Fuel season with a quarterfinal finish at the 43rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals at Pomona Raceway.In the first round of Sunday eliminations, Lucas won his opening stanza after posting a time of 4.562 seconds, 322.04 mph against Doug Foley, who ran a ...

POMONA, Calif. – Before her exit from the Top Fuel division, Vietnam Veterans POW/MIA dragster driver, Melanie Troxel has been so consistent reeling off times of 4.579, 4.525, 4.553 and 4.561 seconds that you have to put her down as one of the favorites to win the 43rd annual NHRA Auto Club Finals at Pomona Raceway.  Of course, Troxel thoroughly enjoys her 330-mph ride and would like nothing more than rewarding the hard work of her crew by taking them ...

POMONA, Calif. – Saturday being the last qualifying session of the 2007 hot rod season, all the drag racing teams at the 43rd annual NHRA Auto Club Nationals had nothing to hold back, but what was witnessed at the Auto Club Raceway at Pomona has to be one 23-year old, Morgan Lucas will never forget.POMONA, Calif. – Saturday being the last qualifying session of the 2007 hot rod season, all the drag racing teams at the 43rd annual NHRA Auto ...

POMONA, Calif. – With the way crew chief, John Stewart has the Vietnam Veterans POW/MIA Top Fuel dragster running lately, there’s nothing better than a easy stroll down the quarter-mile at over 300 mph for driver, Melanie Troxel. POMONA, Calif. – With the way crew chief, John Stewart has the Vietnam Veterans POW/MIA Top Fuel dragster running lately, there’s nothing better than a easy stroll down the quarter-mile at over 300 mph for driver, Melanie Troxel.She roared down the Auto ...

POMONA, Calif. – Morgan Lucas piloted his Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster into the No. 13 position with a good, steady pass in Friday’s qualifying for the Auto Club NHRA Finals at the Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.. POMONA, Calif. – Morgan Lucas piloted his Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster into the No. 13 position with a good, steady pass in Friday’s qualifying for the Auto Club NHRA Finals at the Auto Club Raceway at Pomona..“It’s Pomona and Pomona is ...

CORONA, Calif. – NHRA Top Fuel racers, Morgan Lucas and J.R. Todd will team up along with John Spar and Ed Hullinger to compete in the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race, driving the Lucas Oil/Torco Race Fuels Class 1 Chevy-powered Penhall open-wheel desert race car in a grueling non-stop dash over Mother Nature’s toughest territory.CORONA, Calif. – NHRA Top Fuel racers, Morgan Lucas and J.R. Todd will team up along with John Spar and Ed Hullinger to compete in ...

POMONA, Calif. - The Lucas Oil NHRA Top Fuel racing team with driver, Morgan Lucas will be doing their best in securing the 23-year old driver his first professional win and it couldn’t happen in a better place than in the 43rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals at Pomona Raceway in the backyard of Lucas Oil Products corporate headquarters, which is based in nearby Corona. POMONA, Calif. - The Lucas Oil NHRA Top Fuel racing team with driver, Morgan Lucas ...

POMONA, Calif. – The 43rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals at the Auto Club Raceway at Pomona will be the site of Melanie Troxel’s last Top Fuel race in a career that has spanned since 2000 and encompassed 82 starts with four victories out of 15 final rounds, but leaving Pomona, she would like that record to read 5 wins in 16 final rounds before departing onward to the NHRA Funny Car division next season.“That would be the ...

LAS VEGAS – Morgan Lucas, driving his Lucas Oil dragster, marveled the capacity crowd on the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with his excellent run to the semi-finals before being eliminated by Rod Fuller.His first round match up against Vandergriff was over rather quickly as Lucas powered his Lucas Oil dragster away from the starting line running his best time of the weekend with an elapsed time of 4.517 seconds, 326.87 mph to Vandergriff’s tire-smoking time of ...

LAS VEGAS – The driver of the Vietnam Veterans POW/MIA Top Fuel dragster, Melanie Troxel is quickly getting the reputation of a speed demon with her third consecutive race where the young lady from Avon, Indiana, has recorded Top Speed of the Meet.  She again flew the speed traps with another top-end charge of 331.53 mph this weekend’s running of the seventh annual ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals on the Strip at Las Vegas Motor SpeedwayAs all drag racers ...

LAS VEGAS – Morgan Lucas will again be going for the Gold in the third annual Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge at the Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid, N.Y. against some of motorsports’ greatest drivers on January 3–5, 2008.After finishing second to seemingly perennial Bodine Bobsled champion, Boris Said last year, Lucas is excited about re-sharpening his runners and honing his skills for the second time of his young racing career attacking the 18-turn tricky course.“It’s ...

LAS VEGAS – Morgan Lucas heads into the ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals on the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with plenty of positive Vegas vibes going for him.  After upsetting the No. 1 qualifier in Richmond in NHRA’s last race with his solid run of 4.57 seconds, he feels that what he’s been saying all along about how capable and close his Lucas Oil team is to winning could be proven this weekend in the ‘City of Lights’.
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LAS VEGAS – All eyes will be on Melanie Troxel and her Vietnam Veterans team going into seventh annual ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals on the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  With only races remaining on the drag racing calendar, she’s been NHRA’s hottest driver with more round wins than any of the contenders in the Top Fuel Countdown to the Championship.  She has participated in 12 rounds of competition since Indy and title leading, Larry Dixon only 11.  If ...

PETERSBURG, Va. – Upset minded, Morgan Lucas drove his Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster into the quarter-finals of the second annual Torco Racing Fuels Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park before bowing out of the event against Doug Herbert.Lucas took care of business from his No. 16 starting position after astonishing the capacity crowd by knocking out the No. 1 qualifier, Tony Schumacher. Although it was only his third win against Schumacher out of their previous 16 match ups, ...

PETERSBURG, Va. – Melanie Troxel and the Vietnam Veterans POW/MIA Top Fuel dragster team came oh-so close in snagging all the riches at Richmond for the running of the Torco Racing Fuels Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park marking her third final round appearance of the season. Troxel cultivated her trip to the finals with race day wins over Whit Bazemore, Cory McClenathan, and Doug Herbert before racing Doug Kalitta in the money round.After qualifying in the No. 13 ...

PETERSBURG, Va – For Morgan Lucas, it appears that qualifying in the No. 16 and final position in the Top Fuel lineup for Sunday’s Torco Racing Fuels Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park would be an overwhelming assignment in racing the No. 1 Qualifier.That’s not the case for Lucas.He will face Tony Schumacher in the first round of eliminations and the 23-year old driver from Brownsburg, Indiana is feeling optimistic about his chances.“They’re calling for the temperatures ...

PETERSBURG, Va. – With all things being considered, Vietnam Veterans POW/MIA Top Fuel driver, Melanie Troxel is actually looking forward to race day in the Torco Racing Fuels Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park despite qualifying in the lucky No. 13 position.She will be racing Whit Bazemore for only the second time of her career with their last meeting being the first round of this year’s Mile-High Nationals in Troxel’s hometown of Denver.“We ended up in the bottom ...