Crew chief Walsh resigns from Bernstein Funny Car team
Kenny Bernstein, owner of the Monster Energy Funny Car, has confirmed that crew chief Jimmy Walsh has resigned from the team. Rick Cassel will take over the tuning responsibilities, working with Danny DeGennaro, beginning at this weekend's Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals in Englishtown...
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Tags: Kenny Bernstein, Tommy Johnson JrSummit Racing Equipment, Kenny Bernstein Racing to Team up
by Susie Arnold, Kenny Bernstein Racing
TALLMADGE, Ohio -- Summit Racing Equipment, the world’s largest direct mail and Internet supplier of high performance automotive parts, and Kenny Bernstein Racing have reached a new sponsorship agreement for 2008. Under this agreement, Summit Racing Equipment will become an associate sponsor of Budweiser/Lucas Oil Top Fuel driver Brandon Bernstein and Monster Energy Drink Funny Car driver Tommy Johnson Jr. during the upcoming season.
“Obviously, Kenny Bernstein is a drag racing legend and...
Tags: Bernstein, Brandon Bernstein, drag racing, Funny Car, Johnson, Kenny Bernstein, racing, Tommy Johnson, Top FuelSweetwater native David Densmore earns prestigious public relations honor
January 17, 2008 by Robert
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - David Densmore... recently was presented the 2008 James P. Chapman Award for excellence in motor sports public relations by the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association (AARWBA).
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In his 25 years in the PR business, Densmore has represented nine drag racing world champions including Texans Raymond Beadle, Kenny Bernstein, Richard Tharp and the late Lee Shepherd along with Gary Beck, Mark Oswald, the late Gary Ormsby and Tony Pedregon.
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Tags: Bernstein, drag racing, Kenny Bernstein, Pedregon, racing, Tony PedregonSponsor Hiatus Teams and Drivers Scrambling
January 13, 2008 by Robert
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The surprising withdrawal of Torco Racing Fuels from race team sponsorship for the 2008 season has many high profile teams and drivers scrambling for new sponsors so they can compete this season.
As quoted in the Peoria Journal Star:
Don Prudhomme lost sponsorship for Funny Car driver Tommy Johnson Jr., who moved to Kenny Bernstein's team, so Prudhomme is only running a Top Fuel car for Larry Dixon this season.
Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Matt Smith is looking for work and Pro Stock driver Dave Connolly may start this season on the sidelines, as may Funny Car driver Mike Ashley. (Editor's note, Ashley has since signed a deal with ProCare Rx for 2008.)
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Dale Creasy Jr., Bobby Lagana Jr., Scotty Cannon, Ricky Smith, Matt Hagan and others from the IHRA series are also impacted by the Torco Racing Fuels pullout.
Parks passes, Force wrecks, Greg and Jeg score 50th wins in third … – NHRA.com
After 56 years of leading NHRA Championship Drag Racing from its inception into a sporting entity featuring more than 80,000 members worldwide, founder Wally Parks passes away on Sept. 28 at the age of 94. Parks' death is preceded by a scary accident involving John Force and Kenny Bernstein that hospitalizes 14-time champion Force for 23 days at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas.
NHRA.com is spending the last few days of 2007 revisiting the headlines of the year in quarterly installments. While September seemed to produce the most news, July and August also added to the third quarter with racers scrambling to make the first cut-off to the new Countdown to the Championship. Crew chief Mike "Zippy" Neff also earned the spotlight when he was named the fourth driver at John Force Racing, while Ashley Force was named AOL's Hottest Athlete, which earned her a guest appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno...
Tags: Ashley Force, Bernstein, car, drag racing, Force, Funny Car, John Force, Kenny Bernstein, NHRA, race, racingBrownsburg boasts new drag racing teams
December 7, 2007 by Robert
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With the new David Powers Motorsports headquarters in Brownsburg now open for business, construction is underway nearby on a new facility for Kenny Bernstein Racing.
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Tags: Bernstein, Brown, drag racing, Kenny Bernstein, motorsports, racingNHRA: Kenny Bernstein Retires Again (Speed TV)
December 4, 2007 by Robert
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Six-time NHRA champion and motorsports icon Kenny Bernstein made a surprise announcement that he is stepping out of the cockpit of the Monster Energy/Lucas Oil Funny Car effective immediately and has hired well-known Funny Car shoe Tommy Johnson Jr. as his successor.
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John Force taken to Dallas hospital after top-end accident with Bernstein
September 23, 2007 by Robert
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By Rob Geiger Sr., NHRA.com senior editor
9/23/2007
Drag racing's biggest star, 14-time champion John Force, was alert and conscious after suffering two broken legs and an injured arm in a nasty top-end collision Sunday with fellow straight-line legend Kenny Bernstein in the second round of eliminations at the O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals at Texas Motorplex outside of Dallas. Force has been airlifted to Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas for further treatment. Their Funny Cars got together just as they crossed the finish line after Bernstein clipped the final timing cone. The numbers, although unofficial, showed Force crossing with a 4.863 at 315.34 mph to Bernstein's 4.904 at 312.06 mph.