SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Two-time Bonneville land speed record holder and current Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Valerie Thompson has announced a partnership agreement with Team Marines Racing (TMR).
The deal struck with Team Marines will help generate additional marketing value for Thompson’s sponsors by providing associations with active duty, retired and future Marines and their families. The agreement will also help to generate revenues for the Wounded Warrior Project and the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund, two programs that exist to provide support to those who serve and preserve our freedoms.
“I could not be more excited about joining Team Marines Racing,” said Thompson, who competed in four NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events in 2008. “Our team has been looking for ways to give back to the Military and their families, which makes this a perfect fit. Their dedication and service to our country speaks for itself. We are proud to support the Wounded Warrior Project and the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund.”
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Virginia Beach, VA – The Kalbones Grill’n Sauce Alcohol Funny Car Team took the field by storm over the weekend during the first event on the 2008 IHRA Knoll Gas Nitro Jam Tour. Spectators were kept on the edge of their seats as driver Laurie Cannister of Johnstown, Ohio smashed record after record on her way to her third career IHRA AFC event win with the victory at the Amalie Oil Texas Nationals at San Antonio Raceway.
With what could be considered to be a racer’s dream weekend, the Kalbones team literally grilled just about every thing in sight from the first fire of the engine starting with grabbing the number one qualifying spot during the Friday night session. The team posted a strong 3.842 pass at 196.85 and never looked back.
Saturday’s weather was absolutely fantastic, which would make one think that the Kalbones team would be thrilled preparing the car’s set up for the afternoon pass. This was not necessarily so, as Tuner Dale Cannister does not have a plethora of information on this car’s combination just yet.
The sun blasted down on the event during the second session making it very difficult for teams to figure out just what the track would hold. In typical “Cannister Styleâ€, Dale used his common sense approach to tune the car again to another superb run, clocking a 3.788 at 197.62. Not only did this keep the team provisionally in the number one spot, but it also would give them the World Speed record and a pending World ET record for the 1/8-mile. With the weather forecast for race day being very similar to this session, this run also proved to be quite a good bit of information for the Kalbones team’s arsenal.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Two-time Bonneville land speed record holder and current Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Valerie Thompson has announced a partnership agreement with Team Marines Racing (TMR).
