Santhuff customer Ed Hoover and crew didn't know what they were getting into when they arrived at the gates during IHRA's Texas Nationals at San Antonio Raceway, but they sure drove out those gates happy.

Track officials discovered problems with the track in the right lane after Fridays qualifying which required them to put together an all night asphalt resurfacing project to repair the damage. Eventually IHRA officials had to limit the race to 1/8th mile for safety, the first time since 1974.

Ed didn't let the change affect their teams game plan, they dialed the car in and blasted right through the pack with a performance that would make a bracket racer jealous. Hoover cleanly defeated Mike Castellana, Kenny Lang and Quain Stott in the semifinal round. In the final round Hoover went up against Danny Rowe who he easily defeated with a 4.041@183.39 to Rowe's aborted 4.597@120.17 pass. Santhuff Engineering would like to congratulate Mr. Hoover and team on their win and outstandingly consistent performance at this race.

We would also like to congratulate customer Ray Commisso on qualifying #1 with a 3.962@188.41 in his 67 Camaro. It appears all that off season testing has begun to pay off!

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Charlie Carpenter is off to a good start this season with his first win of the season at the ADRL Dragpalooza III on March 3rd. Carpenter had his work cut out for him as he made his way through the tough ladder. He worked his way past Radford, Hancock and Pilcher on his way to the final round were he lined up against Tom Myers.

Myers had just KO'd Shannon Jenkins who had already laid down one of the two 3 second passes at the event, but Myer's put the new GTO on the trailer. In the final round luck was on Carpenter's side as Myers was not able to stage handing him the win. Carpenter's performance proves consistency and hard work wins rounds. Congratulations Charlie on your well deserved win!

Santhuff Engineering would also like to congratulate Doug Riesterer on cracking the 3 second barrier at the same race. Doug laid down a 3.99@178 with a 2.62 330' and a .988 60' in the first round of eliminations! Remember that's with a 10 year old 706, that's what you call getting it done. The Santhuff gang was glad to see the "Home Built Hot Rod" put down the number!

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Tom Yancer from Chandler, Arizona has captured his first Super Comp win at the Pomona NHRA Winternationals. Tom defeated Justine Jeffery for a well deserved S/C class win.

Congratulations Tom!!!

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Justin Lamb tried out his new 07 Cobalt for the first time at the NHRA Division 7 National Open in his hometown of Las Vegas January 28th. Now everyone knows that you should be ready to spend some time sorting out a brand new car, right? Not this time... Justin found out quickly how good the car was when he runnered up in SS/BS class right out of the gate.

That sounds pretty good till you learn that this car was rolled out of the trailer and with NO CHASSIS ADJUSTMENTS AT ALL ran a tenth faster than his best time in the previous chassis! Wow - now that's a clear testament to the quality construction and talent of his chassis builder, Darren Breaud of B & B Fabrication in Hohenwald, Tennessee. Look for more from this car as they say she's got at least another tenth in her yet to be unleashed...

Congratulations Justin and Darren on the new car, looks like it's going to be a great season!

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Santhuff Engineering would like to congratulate Cameron Coble on his first NMCA Xtreme Street Championship. Coble locked down the points lead with his win in Memphis where he defeated Michael Alwardt with an 8.18 blast over Alwardt's 9.02.

Coble's victory at Memphis put a screeching halt to close rival Tony Orts chances for a third potential championship after a year long points battle.

Cameron's Nitrous BBC powered Mustang uses Santhuff Shocks and Struts on all 4 corners.

Texas Outlaw Racer Doug Riesterer is one of our favorite examples that hard work and lots of thinking can still rival megadollar spending. At ADRL's Dragstock III he qualified #1 with a 4.007 and instantly got the undivided attention of every Pro Mod team in the country. It wasn't that he made the fastest pass ever, other Nitrous Pro-Mod's have been in the high 3's and low low 4's... it's not like it was a new record, it's what this man achieved with the limited equipment he had to work with that shocked everyone.

Doug ran that ET (which wasn't his first time in the low 4.0's) with a 4 year old, wet sump, 4.840 based 706 on only TWO stages AND this is a car he built himself based on a Tim McAmis Kit!

In addition, Mr. Riesterer set the TOPMA low ET record in 2006 with a 4.05 during the August 26 race at Redline and he was featured in the December 2006 RPM Magazine. There is no doubt that many will be watching this man's racing program very closely in 2007 as he continues to pursue his dream. Competitors had better watch out next year...he's talking about putting a third stage on ol' Blue!

Everyone here at Santuff Engineering would like to congratulate Doug on a job well done, we're quite proud to be a part of his racing success.

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Gil Mobley and Chuck Ulsch took home the win in Outlaw 10.5 at the prestigious Orlando World Street Nationals with their 2002 Vanishing Point built Camaro. The team played their cards perfectly, putting just enough power down to generate consistent high 6 second passes but not getting greedy and overpowering the track. They not only waded through a field of the baddest Outlaw 10.5 cars in the country, but they did it consistantly with a NITROUS powered car in a race where the Turbo powered cars were favored to win.

Mobley also previously won Outlaw 10.5 at the Shakedown at E-Town where he reset the world record for Nitrous Powered Outlaw 10.5 cars at 6.80@207. Congratulations to Gil & Chuck for a spectacular month of wins and record setting!

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Josh Hernadez has become the first to run a 5 second IHRA legal pass in history. Hernandez set the new record of 5.990@236.80 during the second round of eliminations in Rockingham, North Carolina. The incrementals for the pass were .996 at the 60', 2.608 330', 3.928 1/8th and 5.046 1000'. This pass was also the quickest ever IHRA Pro Mod side by side pass with Tony Pontieri in the other lane running a 6.048@234.49!

There have only been 2 other Doorslammers in the 5 second zone before him, John Zappia went 5.967@241.97 on Sept. 5th, 2005 in Australia and Mitch Stott went 5.985@231.42 in Outlaw Pro Mod Feb. 14th 2003.

There is at least one thing these cars and records have in common... Every 5 second pass in Pro Mod History has been on Santhuff Shocks.

Congratulations to Josh and the entire Tommy Lipar Racing Team on your new IHRA Record!

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The Rockingham IHRA race is very likely a day Quain Stott will never forget... First of all he captured the IHRA Pro Modified points battle which was extremely close between him and 5 other teams. Not qualifying would have given the championship to one of the others, and the field had 35 cars trying to qualify for a 16 car field, talk about pressure! To add fuel to the fire, it was the fastest field in IHRA history, the bump was a crazy 6.016 anchored by Danny Rowe. So the pressure was on for everyone just to make the cut, but Stott pulled it off qualifying 13th.

In eliminations Stott defeated Troy Critchley in round 1, but lost to Russo in the quarterfinals. At the same time, Scotty Cannon Jr. did him a big favor and knocked out Danny Rowe from eliminations, allowing Stott to fulfill an 11 year long dream of winning the championship. To cap off an already unforgettable day, Stott asked his Team Manager, Cynthia to marry him just after winning the title. Now that's one heck of a day in anyone's book! Congratulations Quain, Cynthia and your team on a great year filled with success!

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Scotty Cannon Jr. won his first IHRA Pro Modified event at Rockingham. He defeated Josh Hernandez 7.619@161.75 with a 6.537@207.85 in the quarterfinals, then defeated a fouling Raymond Commisso with a 6.051@226.16.

Not only is his first win a great achievement, but the Cannons did it on the back of three week thrash to rebuild the car after a qualifying accident in San Antonio. Thanks to a lot of hard work by the Cannon team, Vanishing Point Race Cars, and others they were able to get the car back together and win a race that was one of the fastest in the history books!

Look for more to come from Scotty Cannon Jr. in the near future!

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John Russo was the #1 Qualifier during the IHRA World Finals and for a brief time, he held the IHRA Pro Modified Record with a 6.012@234.09 which was reset the next day by Josh Hernadez. John got to the semi finals in the toughest field in IHRA history, no easy feat at all. Now that he's known the feeling of owning the record even for just a while, you can bet John will be working hard to take it back. Congratulations John!

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Santhuff customers Mike Janis and Dan Rowe both made it to the final round at the IHRA Suzuki Motor City Nationals in Milan Michigan. Janis, driving the Eaton sponsored Chevy Cobalt qualified #2 with a 6.111@232.95 pass. Danny Rowe of Rossville, Georgia, the #3 qualifier, defeated Quain Stott, Shannon Jenkins and Scotty Cannon to get to the final round to challange Janis, the 2004 World Champion. Janis who had to knock out Castellana, Bareman and Kenrusky (no easy task) kept right on trucking and laid down a 6.181@231.20 overpowering Rowe's 6.20@231.48.

Kudo's to Janis and Rowe for a job well done.

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North Carolina's Quain Stott defeated hometown Racer Kenny Lang in the final round of IHRA Pro Modified competition in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. Stott and Lang both fought through a very tough 16 car field to make their way to the final round. Lang cut a little better light than Stott (.041/.067), but not quick enough to prevent Stott from overtaking him at the 660 mark with a 6.271@228.19 to Lang's 6.323@227.00. Stott now has moved up to #2 in IHRA Pro Modified points trailing another Santhuff customer, Glen Kerunsky.

Congratulations to both Santhuff Engineering Customers on a good race!

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Once again two of our customers ended up facing each other in a close final round of Torco Pro Modified competition. Alan Pittman from Greenville, SC the #9 qualifier matched up against Calgary's Glen Kerunsky at the IHRA Mopar Canadian Nationals. Pittman in his bright red 62 Bubbletop Bel Air put down a 6.243 @ 227.10 against Kerunskys 6.849 @ 210.77.

Kerunsky definitely had the HP to defeat Pittman, as he posted several 6.19's in earlier rounds...but Pittman was on a roll, finally shaking off new car gremlins they've been fighting since last fall. Congratulations to both men from Santhuff Engineering!

Also we'd like to congratulate customer Tommy D'Aprile for being the #1 Qualifier with a 6.08!

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Steve Vick qualifed #2 for his first ADLR race at Memphis and proceded to stay in the hunt all the way through eliminations. Steve meet up with Billy Harper in the final round and dispatched him with a 4.09 to Harpers loosing 4.11

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Congratulations to Bad Billy Stockin for setting low qualifier and winning the Texas King of the Hill Sudden Impact Outlaw 10.5 race at Houston Motorsports Park in May.

Billy defeated another of our customers, Brian Herzog, in the final round with a 4.568@159.52 to Herzog's 4.696@156.96 to take home the win.

Both cars use Santhuff Shocks all around and we're proud to see them both in the final rounds!

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It's great to see a pair of our customers in the final rounds at a National event. At the IHRA Amalie Oil Texas Nationals in San Antonio, Glen Kerunsky of Priddis, Alberta Canada went home $10,000 richer after defeating Tommy D'Aprile of Port Charlotte, Florida in the final round with a 6.191 @ 230.69 mph pass. Kerunsky and D'Aprile both ran consistently all weekend but Kerunsky's more conservative setup proved the way to go in the final round.

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Congratulations to John Zappia for running the World's Fastest 5 Second Doorslammer pass - 5.967@241.97!!! Not only was this a new world record but it was also all ANDRA class legal and at weight!

John's first 5 second pass was September 5th, 2005 at Western Sydney International Dragway in Australia when running the opening round of the Top Doorslammer Championship. Santhuff Engineering is proud to be a part of his winning combination.