The nitrous Pro Modified powerhouse known as Al-Anabi Racing has quickly made their presence in the
Get Screened America NHRA Pro Mod Challenge known, racking up two wins in the first 5 events of the
2009 series and have been able to maintain the No. 1 and 2 positions in the championship points. At
the halfway point in the season, it's time for two of Pro Modified's best ever to put some distance
on the field in Topeka.
Leading the charge at the NHRA O'Reilly Auto Parts Summer Nationals will be none other than Shannon
"The Iceman" Jenkins, who will serve as crew chief once again for the baddest nitrous cars on
earth. Having recently returned from the Arabian Gulf Region after tuning the Al-Anabi Racing's
stable of cars in Qatar, Jenkins is excited showcase his abilities, the power of the SPEEDTECH
Nitrous/Reher-Morrison Racing Engines combination and the driving prowess of Castellana and Auxier
in his home country.
"We've got two real good hot rods right now," said Jenkins, checking in by cell phone while making
the trek from the race team's home base in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. "With a little bit of luck, I think
we've got all that it takes to win this thing."
Jenkins continued, "For us, the NHRA Pro Mod Challenge and the quarter-mile format is a good
opportunity for us to flex our muscles and show what we've got with this SPEEDTECH
Nitrous/Reher-Morrison Racing Engine program. Sometimes in the eighth-mile format you don't really
get to use all that you've got, but here we get to come and let it all hang out."
Throughout the entire 2009 season, performance has never come into question for the Al-Anabi Racing
team as Mike Castellana earned rights to the NHRA Pro Mod Challenge elapsed time record for a
nitrous-assisted entry with a 5.969-second blast at Gateway Raceway earlier this month, and has
recorded 5-second elapsed times at three of the last 5 races - a feat that has, in the past, been
reserved for the cool weather conditions provided by the fall season.
With two wins to their credit, Castellana took the first event of the season in Gainesville while
Auxier took his shot in Bristol just weeks ago; the Al-Anabi Racing team have Heartland Park Topeka
to use as the perfect stage for their championship run in 2009. A solid outing in the Midwest this
weekend could prove to be the nail in the coffin for the supercharged contingent and put Castellana
and Auxier one step closer to a historic one-and-two finish in the Get Screened America NHRA Pro
Mod Challenge.
Log onto http://www.dragracecentral.com or ProModChallenge.com to follow the action
round-by-round.
ABOUT AL-ANABI RACING/QATAR
A result of drag racing's continually increasing popularity abroad, Al-Anabi Racing is based out of
the country of Qatar. Qatar is widely-known for working with the United States military forces to
build one of the premier U.S. air bases in the Arabian Gulf Region at Al-Udeid. The Qatari
philosophy was to obtain the best defense by providing the best facilities for U.S. and coalition
forces. At the heart of the Al-Anabi Racing program is His Highness Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al
Thani, a member of the ruling family of Qatar, who set a goal of promoting the domestic and
international awareness of motorsports in the nation of Qatar through multiple racing teams
competing within the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.
Al-Anabi Racing recently completed construction and held its first events at the new Qatar Race
Club (QRC), a state of the art drag strip outside the city of Doha in the nation of Qatar.
