Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Career-Best E.T. Advances Lee to Quarterfinals at NHRA Summer Nationals

In his only visit to Heartland Park Topeka in 2004, Funny Car driver Paul Lee took home a ‘Wally,’ albeit in the Top Alcohol Funny Car class, giving him positive expectations for his Jim Dunn-tuned CANIDAE Pet Foods/Lucas Oil/WileyX Funny Car heading into this weekend’s 22nd annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Summer Nationals at HPT. Lee was unable to repeat his ‘Wally’ win in ’04, but he’ll take his advancing to the quarterfinals of today’s Funny Car eliminations by defeating No. 2 qualifier Tim Wilkerson in the first round before bowing out to Jim Head. Robert Hight defeated Jeff Arend in the finals to take the Summer Nationals crown.

“We’ve been struggling and haven’t had the best of racing luck,” Lee said, “but Big Jim (team owner/crew chief Dunn) and the guys have been working hard and we’ve slowly been sneaking up on this CANIDAE car. Right off the truck on Friday we made a good, solid pass and we made full pulls every time down the track this weekend. Big Jim put a brand new blower on the car before today’s eliminations and said, ‘Let’s go for it.’ He said it was going to run a .14 and he didn’t miss by much.” (read more)

Monday, May 24, 2010

CANIDAE Racing Trophy Truck Team Ready to Take on Baja!

The CANIDAE Pet Foods Trophy Truck team heads into their 5th race of the season, ready to tackle the Baja 500; websites offer live tracking, blogging, and photos directly from the race.

When the CANIDAE Pet Foods Off Road team decided to compete in the Trophy Truck class for 2010, they built their tough as nails new truck with one track in mind... Baja! The Tecate SCORE Baja 500 is a magical place where legends are made and hearts are broken (along with expensive machinery).

LIVE BLOGGING ANNOUNCEMENT: Race fans can visit www.canidaeracing.com during the race to follow the CANIDAE Trophy Truck Team's progress with live reports and photos coming in from the field. Don’t miss a second of the action! Fans can also follow the team's progress in real-time by visiting www.ionearth.com. After clicking on the “Race Tracking” tab on the main page one can then click directly onto the CANIDAE Racing tracking page where fans will see the speed and position of the Trophy Truck during the race.

Coming off a solid performance at the Mint 400, the CANIDAE Team has enjoyed their longest break between races to prepare for this event which runs for three days beginning June 4, 2010. They will need every moment as this course will take them over 500 miles of the roughest terrain that Baja has to offer. Starting in Ensenada... (read more)

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Lee’s Lone Trip to Heartland Park a Successful One

Funny Car veteran Paul Lee will be making only his second trip to Heartland Park Topeka for this weekend’s 22nd annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Summer Nationals, but he wouldn’t mind a repeat of the performance he had the first time in 2004. Lee was competing in the Top Alcohol Funny Car class and had a near-perfect race weekend by winning the race as the No. 1 qualifier and also posting the top speed for the event. This year the New Jersey native will be looking for similar success in the CANIDAE/Lucas Oil/WileyX Chevy as he competes against the world’s best in Nitro Funny Car.

“I’ve only raced at Topeka one time, but it was just about a perfect weekend,” Lee said. “I was running in Top Alcohol Funny Car and we were coming off a win at Atlanta just a few weeks before. We pretty much made a clean sweep of the race weekend by qualifying No. 1, winning the race and posting top speed of the meet – not a bad weekend. Needless to say, I like Heartland Park. It’s a great facility.”

LIVE BLOGGING ANNOUNCEMENT: NHRA race fans can catch all the action live as it happens from Heartland Park Topeka by visiting www.CanidaeRacing.com to follow the CANIDAE Pet Foods/Lucas Oil/WileyX Funny Car throughout qualifying and eliminations. Log in to view reports and photos direct from the Jim Dunn crew and driver Paul Lee... Don’t miss a second of the action!

Lee and the Jim Dunn Racing team will be looking to rebound from their performance at last weekend’s NHRA Southern Nationals where they narrowly missed the field by two thousandths of a second... (read more)

Friday, May 14, 2010

Lee Has Fond Memories of Atlanta Dragway

When Funny Car veteran Paul Lee drives through the gates at Atlanta Dragway for this weekend’s 30th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals, he can be excused if he stops for just a moment and reminisces about this race in 2004. That season the New Jersey native was driving the Allied Machine & Equipment Pontiac Top Alcohol Funny Car against class stalwarts like Frank Manzo, Bob Newberry and Jay Payne, and for that weekend he was the best of the bunch as he took home his first career ‘Wally’ by defeating Newberry in the finals. He now pilots the CANIDAE/Lucas Oil/WileyX Chevy in NHRA’s premier Nitro Funny Car class and will be looking to carry some of that positive performance with him for this weekend’s contest.

LIVE BLOGGING ANNOUNCEMENTS: NHRA race fans can catch all the action live as it happens from Atlanta Dragway by visiting www.CanidaeRacing.com to follow the CANIDAE Pet Foods/Lucas Oil/WileyX Funny Car throughout qualifying and eliminations. Log in to view reports and photos direct from the Jim Dunn crew and driver Paul Lee. And don't miss the CANIDAE Sand Team's live blogging action as well, coming to you live this Friday through Sunday from Lake Elsinore. Live updates coming from both teams all weekend. Don't miss it!

“Yea, I’ve got good thoughts when I think about Atlanta Dragway,” Lee said. “I got my first ‘Wally’ there so it’s a pretty special place to me. And now we’ve got a little bit of momentum coming off of our weekend at St. Louis so hopefully we can carry that over to this weekend.” (read more)

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

2010 AMA Supercross Season Comes to an End for Canidae Riders

The Rockstar Energy, Suzuki, Canidae All Natural Pet Foods team looks back on a tremendous season and prepares for the Outdoor Nationals in two weeks.

The 2010 Rockstar Energy, Suzuki, Canidae All Natural Pet Foods Supercross team had a tremendous season, enjoying some major accomplishments during this year's grueling campaign.

Coming off such a great outdoor season in 2009, the bar was set high for 450 rider Tommy Hahn. Hahn would battle injuries from a pre season crash and would not be 100% until almost halfway through the season. Once healthy, Hahn looked more consistent and would finish inside the top 10 in 12 out of 17 starts. Hahn would break through in Seattle where he would earn a career best 2nd place finish. Tommy looks forward to a new start when the outdoor season begins in 2 weeks.

Hunter Hewitt rode the West Coast Lites class this year and made huge strides in his sophomore year of Lites racing. Hewitt would finish inside the top 10 twice this year and finish the year in 13th place in points... (read more)

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

World Record Holding Canidae Sand Drag Team Heads to Walt's RV Summer Nationals at Lake Elsinore

CANIDAE Pet Foods Top Fuel Team will defend their world record and NSDA championship title at Lake Elsinore Motorsports Complex and the 2010 Walt's RV Summer Nationals.

Last time out, at the NSDA Canidae Pet Foods Nationals in April, Team Canidae crushed their own world record by turning in a series of 2.2 passes culminating in a 2.221 ET at 172.79 MPH in the finals for the win. At this weekend's Walt's RV Summer Nationals, the team hopes to continue their impressive performance in the Top Fuel class by shooting for another victory.

The new home base for the sport of sand drag racing, the Lake Elsinore Motorsports Complex in Southern California will again play host to this third race of the NSDA 2010 season, with qualifying runs starting this Friday, May 14th leading up to the finals on Sunday the 16th.

LIVE BLOGGING ANNOUNCEMENT: Race fans can visit www.canidaeracing.com Friday through Sunday to follow the Canidae Sand Drag Team's progress with live reports and photos coming in from the field. Don’t miss a second of the action!

Driver Scott Whipple, master engine tuner and builder "Famous" Amos Satterlee and the entire Canidae T/F racing team will defend their title and continue to promote the Canidae Pet Foods message of Responsible Pet Ownership to race fans and pet owners... (read more)

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series to Make CBS Debut Saturday


Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series to Make CBS Debut – This Saturday – 5pm Eastern / 2pm Pacific

This Saturday, May 8th, the door to door, fender mashing action of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series is making its CBS debut at 5pm Eastern Time (2pm Pacific). This premier national short course off road racing organization features eight hundred horse powered, purpose built trucks racing door to door on motocross style tracks. Highlighting action from Round Four of the Magnaflow Exhaust Off Road Nationals in Surprise, Arizona, the mile long course at the Speedworld facility features challenging terrain and action at every turn.... (read more)

About the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series
The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series is the evolution of the long standing support of short course racing by Forrest Lucas and Lucas Oil Products. Steeped in the Midwest tradition of short course off road racing infused with a West Coast influence, Lucas Oil Off Road Racing brings intense four wheel door to door action to challenging, fan friendly tracks. Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series: This is Short Course. For more information please visit LucasOilOffRoadRacing.com