All Drag Racers since the beginning of the sport have set personal goals to achieve, and many work dang hard to get there - if you're reading this you're probably one of them and know exactly what we're talking about. Bob West is one of those hard working racers. He runs some brackets, test n' tunes and works on his car to see just how fast he can run on a limited budget and still keep the car street legal. Bob's goal is a 9 second pass out of his Naturally Aspirated, stock suspension, pump gas, 3680 lb 1972 Chevelle he calls "Green Weenie".

Bob called us up earlier this year and we fixed him up with a new set of springs for the front of his car to help improve it's launch. We hear the new springs are working quite well, as Bob has set a new personal best 60' of 1.325 after installing them. He's been seen carrying the wheels out & putting the fans on their feet a lot here lately. Those big wheelies are a good example of what the right spring for the car weight will do when you pack all that stored energy in there!

As of Mid November Bob's not quite got that 9 second slip...yet! He did just run a 10.077@128.68 into a strong headwind last weekend, so we'll bet that that 9 second pass is just around the corner this year if the weather cooperates. When he does finally collect it we'll be proud to have been a small part of his success on meeting that magical 9 second pass!

(KCIR 11/16/08) - Today Bob got his 9 second pass at KCIR in the cooler Fall air. The Green Weenie went 9.996@130.75 with a 1.457 60' tripping the beams with the back tires.

Congratulations Bob from all the folks here at Santuff!

Customer News - Posted November 17th, 2008

Tony Pontieri has reset the NHRA Pro Mod Record!

Pontieri ran a 5.905@243.99 then backed it up with a 5.94 while racing at Richmond on October 12th and gained an additional 20 points for his performance. This brings him only 20 points away from rival points leader Josh Hernandez who slipped at Richmond with a 1st round loss.

The team was having a great day after setting the record but ran into parts breakage problems during the second round ending their quest for the win. The incrementals on his record breaking run were .991 60', 2.605 330' and 3.888 to the 660' on his way to his record breaking 5.905 pass. We're proud to say that he Pontieri is using Santhuff Aluminum Coil Over Shocks on the rear of his 57 Chevy's record breaking run!

Congratulations on the new Record Tony and the Quality Compressor Team!

Photo Courtesy Racer Chick Pics

Customer News - Posted October 17th, 2008

John Urist won his 4th NMRA Super Street Outlaw Championship after winning the October 4th NMRA Race in Bowling Green!!! Four years in a row spells "total domination" of the class and we're proud to be John's choice in Shocks and Struts!

Not only did John finish his year by winning the Championship and the Bowling Green Race, he also reset the class ET record during qualifying with a 7.361@191.48 pass!

Congratulations John on another amazing year!!

Photo Courtesy StangTV.com

Customer News - Posted October 10th, 2008

Kelly Bluebaugh and Team Autotrader drove their way to the winners circle and their 2nd WCHRA Pro Street Championship last weekend!

Bluebaugh came from behind in points prior to the Sacramento Race October 4th, however the team was able to qualify 2nd with a 6.56@215.95 and tune the car to work with the track conditions a little better than their advisories during eliminations. Team Autotrader defeated Henry in a final round pedalfest with a 6.763@200 vs Henry's 7.444@167 to take the win and grab enough points to put them in the lead!

Congratulations to Bluebaugh Racing and Team Autotrader!!

Customer News - Posted October 10th, 2008

Scotty Cannon Jr. demolished the World Record for a doorslammer October 4th at the Shakedown in Etown Race in Englishtown, New Jersey. Cannon ran a 5.738@252.71 pass during Saturdays qualifying and won $5000 from Lend America for beating the previous 5.891 ET record. WOW!!!

Cannon, who was wearing Santhuff Shocks on all 4 corners, kept the wick turned up during eliminations, beating another Santhuff Customer, Tommy D'Aprile who was running in IHRA trim and had recorded a best of 5.95 during the event. Cannon ran an unreal 5.771@250 beating Tommys 6.002. Despite his awesome quick performances, Cannon ran into problems during the final round against Von Smith and drew a redlight.

Regardless of the final round loss, anytime you can drive away from the track with the title of "The Worlds Fastest Doorslammer" it's a good day at the races!!!

In other news at the Shakedown, Santhuff Customer Ray "Hollywood" Johnson runnered up in Outlaw 10.5 and ran a career best of 6.878@199.08. Johnson, who has been using our rear shocks for a while now, recently replaced his front Struts with Santhuff models. We're happy to see they are working good for him!

And last but not least, Richard Sexton racing in Gil Mobley's Outlaw 10.5 GTO broke the Nitrous Outlaw MPH record when he went 6.767@209.07 mph in the final round of qualifying!

Congratulations Scotty, Ray and Richard!!!

Photo Courtesy CompetitionPlus.com

Customer News - Posted October 7th, 2008

Hi Ron,

We took our brand new SS/AH Hemi Barracuda to the Jegs Sportnationals in Columbus, Ohio for the Mopar Hemi Challenge last weekend. We have the new aluminum shocks front and rear.

First pass off of the trailer, and the 5th full pass on the car, went 8.81@150 with a 1.19 60 foot. Came back during the heat of the day for the second qualifier and the three Hemi cars right in front of us blew the tires off. We went right down the race track with the wheels in the air to an 8.88 150. The three Hemi cars behind us all blew the tires off as well.

The shock graph on our car looked identical to the first run. The consistency and control of these shocks are unmatched. That's why we insist on the best.

P.S. We also won NHRA best engineered car!

Mike Roth
Owner MR2 Performance

Photo Courtesy Auto Imagery

Customer News - Posted September 30, 2008

Richard Sexton and Team Mobley recorded another win September 13th at the 1320x race in Maryland. Sexton recorded a 4.39@170 pass during testing on Friday, the first recorded in the 4.30's for a Nitrous Outlaw 10.5 car! Team Mobley then proceded to mop up the competition during eliminations on Saturday in their 06 GTO. He then defeated Steve Drummond in the final with a 6.807@212.03 vs Drummond's faultering 11.01.

Congratulations on the win and new record pass Team Mobley!

Photo Courtesy Tim Lewis

Customer News - Posted September 17, 2008

Mike Castellana and the Al-Anabi Awesome Motorsports Team won Pro Mod at NHRA's US Nationals in Indy! Castellana defeated heavyweight Josh Hernandez in a tire shaking final round where Castellana was able to recover first and speed away with the prestigious win. Competition was fierce to get to the finals, Mike had to defeat Troy Coughlin, Mike Knowles and Rickie Smith before facing Hernandez in the finals. This win is the first for a Nitrous car in the class this year.

Santhuff's sends our congratulations to our both customers, Mike Castellana and the Al-Anabi Awesome Motorsports Team for your win and Josh Hernandez for your Runner Up finish!

We would also like to wish Steve Engel a speedy recovery from his injurys he received during his wreck in qualifying.

Photo Courtesy www.competitionplus.com

Customer News - Posted September 2, 2008

Nothing like winning three times in a weekend!

That's exactly what Richard and Keith Sexton pulled off Labor Day Weekend at Cecil County's Street Car Shootout. Richard in the Outlaw 10.5 GTO entered in the Big Tire Pro Mod Class while son Keith entred the Mobley Teams Camaro in Outlaw 10.5. The Duo pulled off a clean sweep in both classes and Richard set a new Nitrous Outlaw 10.5 record of 6.745@219.22 running at 3000lbs and on 10.5 tires!!! That's a $5000 win for each class!

To put icing on the cake they then went to US 13 Dragway in Deleware the following day where Keith took the win in Outlaw 10.5 in the Camaro. He defeated Darrin Johnson in the final 5.067@138.34 over Johnson's 5.514@131.57.

Congratulations to both Richard and Keith Sexton and the Mobley Team!

Photo Courtesy Tim Lewis

Customer News - Posted September 3, 2008

Robin Judd set a new ET Record June 5th at Willowbank Raceway in Australia during the Castrol EDGE Winternationals. Judd ran a 5.907@240.66 during the third round of qualifying. incrementals were 1.006 60', 2.620 330', 3.894@194.64 660', 4.981 1000'.

The new record was backed up with a previous 5.947@ 241.54 in the second qualifying round so it's official! We've been working with Robin for several months after switching to Santhuff's in his 59 Studebaker which are now on all four corners.

Congratulations Mr. Judd on your new record!!!

Photo Courtesy Ian MacMaster

Customer News - Posted June 16, 2008

Kenny Lang's been on a roll this year! May 25th at the IHRA Motor City Nationals Lang reset the Low ET Record during qualifying with 5.958 pass, while another Santhuff Customer, Scott Cannon, reset the MPH record with a 240.77 MPH exhibition of Horsepower to claim the #2 qualifying position.

Lang continued on with his blistering runs all the way to the final round where he defeated Mike Castellana 6.021@238.55 to 10.182@80.51

Congratulations Kenny on the new ET Record and Win!

- Also at Milan the records fell twice for Nitrous Pro Mod's...
Mike Castellana broke the record first when he ran a 6.052@236.96, then Pat Stoken answered back with a 6.022@237.13!! Both Stoken and Castellan are Santhuff's customers and we would like to congratulate them on their outstanding performances!

Photo Courtesy www.competitionplus.com

Customer News - Posted May 28, 2008

Steve Kirk Jr. took his new ’63 Vette to South Georgia Motorsports Park ADRL for it's first debut in Extreme 10.5 and found it to be QUICK. Kirk qualified #2 with a very respectible 4.361, not bad for it's first ADRL race! But even more impressive was Kirk's performance during first round of eliminations where he broke the ADRL ET record of Mike Hill's with a 4.266@173.43 blast. To prove it was no fluke, Kirk backed it up in the second round with a 4.281@176.12!!

Kirk went on to the final round match up with Mike Hill, but unfortunately engine problems cost him the win... but regardless it was a great outing for the new car! Steve's running the new Santhuff Aluminum Body shocks all the way around on the new Vette, and we're proud to see him capture the new ADRL Extreme 10.5 record! Way to go Steve!!!

Photo Courtesy www.adrl.us

Pat Stoken has officially ran the quickest Nitrous Pro Mod pass in the world during the 4th round of qualifying at the IHRA Spring Nationals in Rockingham, N.C. April 19th. Stoken put his Pro Mod Camaro into the "Woah... where did that come from????" territory with a blistering 6.066@233.44 pass setting a new record and closing the gap slightly between blower and N2O combos. Who will be the first to the 5's on Nitrous????

Big High Five from the guys at Santhuff's Pat and Team, very impressive!!!

Photo Courtesy www.competitionplus.com