ENNIS, Texas (Sept. 21, 2012) – Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Jerry Savoie has been absent from the NHRA Full Throttle Series tour for the past three races, but this weekend he has returned to competition aboard the White Alligator Racing Suzuki for the AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals at Texas Motorplex and is ready to get right back in the saddle. “We made the decision not to spend the money and go all the way to Brainerd with just one engine,”... 

  CHARLOTTE (Sept. 16) – Lucas Oil Buell rider Hector Arana Sr. raced to another semifinal, but he overpowered the track in falling to eventual race winner Andrew Hines at the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals on Sunday. Arana Sr. has reached the semis in seven of the last nine races, including the finals of the 58th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Auto-Plus at Lucas Oil Raceway last weekend. But despite losing an engine... 

  CHARLOTTE (Sept. 16) – Lucas Oil Buell rider Hector Arana Jr. endured a wild day in the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals on Sunday that ended with another semifinal appearance by the second-year rider. Arana Jr. needed to be restarted after his Pro Stock Motorcycle stalled before his first-round pass, and then he survived a close call in the second round. But Arana Jr. fouled out in the semifinals before aborting his run when... 

  INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 5) – GEICO Suzuki rider Karen Stoffer is tentatively set in the No. 6 position for the 58th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Auto-Plus at Lucas Oil Raceway but that could change this weekend. “I think some things are going to change up,” Stoffer said. “We hope that we can do that. We’re not testing. I know some teams are testing, but we don’t have a heck of a lot to test.... 

  INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 5) – Lucas Oil Buell riders Hector Arana Sr. and Hector Arana Jr. will look to improve on their two impressive qualifying streaks in this weekend’s rain-delayed 58th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Auto-Plus at Lucas Oil Raceway. Arana Sr. has qualified fourth or better in 15 consecutive Pro Stock Motorcycle races, while Arana Jr. has qualified third or better in 14 in a row. Both streaks are tops... 

  HICKORY, North Carolina (August 27, 2012) – - Officials from Hickory, North Carolina-based ZLOOP™ Computer And Electronic Recycling Centers announced today the marketing partnership agreement with GT Motorsports and rider L.E. Tonglet for the remainder of the 2012 National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Pro Stock Motorcycle racing season. The alignment with GT Motorsports is the first in the Motorsports sector for ZLOOP in NHRA, but also... 

For a team that didn’t find out until last week that it would be competing at the Tire Kingdom Gatornationals this week, LE Tonglet and the Nitro Fish/Tonglet Racing Suzuki GSXR crew answered the call with a strong opening-day performance. Tonglet peeled off an impressive 6.894-second quarter-mile time at 192.93 mph on his first attempt to claim the third provisional Pro Stock Motorcycle starting position for Sunday’s race at Auto-Plus Raceway... 

LE Tonglet’s Suzuki GSXR will have a different look for the 24th-annual FRAM/Autolite NHRA Nationals, July 29-31, at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. Instead of the familiar Nitro Fish blue, the Pro Stock Motorcycle will be orange to coincide with a one-race sponsorship from Autolite. “I am excited to be representing Autolite at their race,” said Tonglet, the reigning Full Throttle Series champion. “I’m really happy they chose our team... 

  DENVER (July 24) – After finishing runner-up three times this season, Karen Stoffer is finally Queen of the Mountain. Stoffer and the GEICO Suzuki knocked out Shawn Gann, Gerald Savoie, Eddie Krawiec and Michael Phillips on the way to victory Sunday at the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals at Bandimere Speedway. “Hats off to the GEICO Powersports crew,” Stoffer said. “We’ve been struggling with mechanical problems the... 

  MORRISON, Colo. – It was nail-biting time Saturday for LE Tonglet in his final qualifying attempt to bump his way into Sunday’s Mopar Mile-High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway. And he answered in championship fashion, recording his quickest elapsed time of the weekend, 7.302 at 181.60 mph. The Nitro Fish/Tonglet Racing Suzuki GSXR’s performance boosted him from 17th to 11th place and into a first-round match against Andrew Hines (No....