![]() ![]() This weekend, l will be getting backed up by the Queen of BUGs, the one and only Leeza Diehl. ![]() “I do know I will be in a car next year, whether it’s for a few races or possibly the entire season, we will just have to wait and see. ![]() "I'm extremely excited to join Jeff and Leeza Diehl and the entire JDR team for the Denso Nationals this weekend at Sonoma and will see how it goes and take it from there,” said Gibbons. They’re from Anderson, Calif., and are looking to enter into the Sacramento and Napa areas in the near future, and what better way to introduce their brand than on a 300-mph nitro Funny Car? Roger Lawson of Premier Brands Meat Company gladly came on board."Īll of Jeff Diehl Racing’s sponsors will also be represented on the car in Sonoma, including So-Cal Speed Shop, Borrmann's Steel Co., Red Line Oil, So-Cal Speed Shop of Upland, Calif., Nitro*A*gogo!, CP Carrillo, Excel Drywall, Central Valley Auto Haus, Shirt Lizard, ARP, BR Motorsports, Spell Paving, Nitro Barry, Woody's Custom Headers, JS Solutions, The Real Deal Pepper Sauce, Thalia Surf Shop, and Shorty's Oil Pans, as well as new sponsors Top Fuel Records and Wildwood Express. Mike and Bekki Bullert of Big Time Pest Control came on board as the title sponsor. I called Jeff and told him I had a sponsor for Sonoma, and the deal was made. Over the winter we talked and he said that if the timing was right for both of us I could drive his car. “I have known Jeff and Leeza for a few years now as we have raced against one another quite a bit in years past. “Sonoma has always been a home track for me, and I have always loved racing there,” said Gibbons. “While it would have been great to drive it again this weekend in Sonoma, Tim had this opportunity and I wanted to help him and help the Funny Car class, because we always need more cars, and the funds that it will generate for my team will mean that I can continue to improve our own team when I get back behind the wheel in Topeka. “We had a great hot rod last weekend in Seattle, and I feel like we would have won our first-round race, but we had an issue with the wheelie bar,” said Diehl. The partnership will meet goals for both, as Diehl will reap some financial benefits for his team and Gibbons will get back behind the wheel and introduce a new sponsor to the sport. Their bikes are started before they get on top of them because of the violent nature of the 1,500-hp, fire-breathing machines.After a five-year absence, Funny Car racer Tim Gibbons will return to the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series at the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals in Jeff and Leeza Diehl’s entry with backing from Big Time Pest Control. These riders traverse the quarter-mile at breathtaking speeds of well more than 200 mph. Nitro-burning motorcycles that must retain features of the Harley-Davidson engine (a pushrod V-Twin). Competition is run heads-up, first one to the finish line wins in a true display of bragging rights for today's domestic factory hot rods Top Fuel Harley Showroom-ready Chevrolet Camaros, Ford Mustangs, and Dodge Challengers face off in heads-up battles quicker than eight seconds and faster than 170 mph. Pro Mod drivers compete at 10 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series events. The engine choices are equally as diverse competitors can use superchargers, turbochargers, or nitrous-oxide injection and can run into the high-five-second zone at speeds of more than 250 mph. The NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series features an eclectic mix of vehicles that range from ’41 Willys coupes to ’63 Corvettes to late-model Ford Mustangs and Dodge Vipers, and few classes offer as much diversity and excitement. ![]()
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