Schererville, IN- The Illiana Motor Speedway an ASA member track have announced the New Generation Hoosier F-40 left and F-50 right as the tire compound for the Late Model division in 2010. A two week tire test was conducted by Hoosier tire at the speedway with veteran driver David Weltmeyer and track champion Jeff Cannon. Hoosier tire specialists Irish Saunders and Craig Cowan simulated a night’s amount of racing laps the first week, and then came back a week later with the same tires and ran the same amount of laps under different weather conditions and the tires performance and times were identical. Weltmeyer stated “The tire makes the car much more stable and consistent” “They (Hoosier) really designed a great tire” Cannon replied with a smile “I cant believe the side bite and grip, we may have to beef up my head rest”. The new ‘Ribbed” Hoosier 800 was also tested and will replace the F-75 in the Schepel performance limited late model division for 2010

NHRA Media Photoby Phil Burgess, National DRAGSTER Editor
Tony Schumacher won Top Fuel at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals for a class-record-tying eighth time, Ashley Force Hood became just the third female Pro winner at Indy by scoring in Funny Car, Pro Stock victor Jeg Coughlin won The Big Go for the fourth time, and Hector Arana scored his first Indy win by capturing Pro Stock Motorcycle to seal an amazing day of racing at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis.

With all of the last-second Countdown to 1 shuffling – which extended all the way into the semifinals – heated emotions, and renewed rivalries, this year's 55th annual Big Go will go into the history books as one of the most dramatic in history, going into the history books with the likes of the legendary 1967, 1982, 1996, and 2004 events. The world's oldest, biggest, richest, and most prestigious drag race lived up to its reputation in spades, and then some. It was that good.

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As NHRA celebrates the 55th anniversary of the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil, the world’s most prestigious drag race is set to provide its traditional offering of the very best in speed and high performance for countless thousands of hot rodding enthusiasts. More than 1,000 competitors in 12 different racing categories will perform in front of the standing-room only crowd during the much-anticipated Labor Day classic.

The Super Bowl of drag racing takes place at revered O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, Sept. 2-7. It is the 18th of 24 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series for 2009 and will be showcased nationwide on ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD, which will televise more than 10 hours of coverage of drag racing’s marquee spectacle.

Grand Marshall Tyler Hansbrough waves the green flag to kick off the Allstate 400 at The Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images)Jimmie Johnson might not have had the fastest car here Sunday for most of the race. Nonetheless, his car was fastest when it counted the most-- the last 25 laps of the Allstate 400 at The Brickyard.

Johnson ran behind race leader Juan Pablo Montoya and Mark Martin until Montoya received a pass-through speeding penalty during a late race pit stop.

That put Montoya back in the pack and another caution a few laps after a restart compounded things for the man who led 118 of the 160-lap distance. Starting from 12th, Montoya improved his position by one spot to finish 11th.

The race was left for Martin, who took the lead shortly after the final restart with 25 laps to go. Johnson, however, had other ideas and zipped past his Hendrick Motorsports teammate a lap later and held Martin off to the end. It made it back to back wins for Johnson and his No. 48 Lowe's team, a first for this race.

By Tony Baranek
SCHERERVILLE, Ind. - Jeff Cannon won Saturday night's late-model feature at the ASA-sponsored Illiana Speedway in a car that he pronounced as "mediocre."