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B & B Race Cars 2011 Customer News Archive
August & September B & B News Update Chuck Haubiel Wins NHRA Lucas Oil Michigan Sportsman Challenge
Chuck defeated Rick Brown with his 09' B & B Built Cobalt, and ran 8.268@162.51. Congratulations Chuck!! NMCA & Ford Cobra Jet Showdown
Anthony Bongiovanni had both of his Stock & Super Stock Mustangs there, and Gary Richards had his Stock & Super Stocker on hand as well. The Bongiovanni Team with Anthony driving his Super Stocker runnered up, and Evan Smith, editor of Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords Magazine was driving his Stocker. Evan went on to win Stock Class and also was the Overall Event Winner aka "King of the Cobra Jets"... Woo hoo!!! Congratulations Evan & Anthony!!! What a great weekend! Anthony's Cars were featured in Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords August Edition - pick it up and check out the big photo spread. Gary Richards was also at Milan testing for Indy and went a few rounds in Stock. He also put Darren in the drivers seat of the Super Stocker so he could do some testing to get things ready for the big race, and that worked out real well. In the NMCA Muscle Car Nationals race, Don Baskin had his cars running and Darren gave them a hand with the New 2010 Camaro which is running in the very competitive NPS class. The new Camaro is improving and getting up to speed. NHRA U.S. Nationals 2011Right after the Milan race B & B was back on the road to Indy for the U.S. Nationals and once again we were well represented by our customers.  
Congratulations to all B & B Customers and Friends on your outstanding success at Indy!!! In the Shop Justin Jenkins  Drag Paks ready to ship  John McDonald's Camaro We've been real busy in the shop over the last few months, with no slow down in sight anytime soon. Recently Phil Unruh and Justin Jenkins both had their Cobalts in for a freshen up. We shipped out several Drag Pack Challengers, the Blue & Yellow is Joe Garbarine's from New Jersey. It's painted to match his B & B Cobalt. The White V10 Drag Pak got a roll bar added and was sold to Robert Tyler in Kansas. Robert's got an amazing collection of cars! Kelvin Brown has us working on his 66 Nova, it's on the Jig for some chassis & body repair work. John McDonald from Tennessee has us working on his Top Sportsman Camaro. We're changing the motor combo over and some other misc. work for John. Bongiovanni Runners up In Englishtown
June & July B & B News UpdateChuck Haubiel sets C/SM Record
Congratulations Chuck! Baskin New GTO Owner
B & B is now taking deposits for the 2012 Season and sales are already GREAT! We have a full shop of Record Setting and Award Winning NHRA and Outlaw Cars to build, but there's still room for yours if you hurry and get your order in soon... Thanks to all our great customers 2012 looks to be a record year for B & B Race Cars! May B & B UpdateBaskin Picks up 2nd 2010 Camaro
Caro also got some ink in National Dragster recently along with Wofford's SS/IA 2010 Drag Pak Challenger! It's really cool seeing our customers in the headlines - congrat's on the R/U at Atlanta and the article James and Lloyd! Jenkins Wins at BrainerdJustin Jenkins won Super Stock at Brainerd, MN May 29th at the West Central Division, Thunder at the Lakes Race. Jenkins was the #6 Qualifier in Super Stock and went on to beat Tim Mosbeck in the final round. Congratulations Justin!! Rest in Peace Herb GeblerHeader Builder Extraordinare Herb Gebler passed away May 10th much to our sadness. Herb, who was the owner of Gebler Headers in Beltsville, Maryland built a lot of headers for our customers over the years and we all loved him. He will be sadly missed by all here at B & B Race Cars.
Spring at B & B - April UpdateHendrick's 2011 Camaro gets Shakedown at Zmax
We're happy to report that unlike the other cars in the Hendrick Motorsports shop, the new Camaro does NOT want to turn left at the end of the strip! Thanks to Gary Richards for loaning out the trailer and equipment during the test session. Wofford Picks up 2010 Drag Pak Super Stocker
The new Drag Pak is somewhat versatile in it's setup allowing it to run in GT/FA or GT/GA, or in SS/IA or SS/JA, but regardless of what class it shows up to run in, you can bet it'll be competitive! Jones wins TT5 at Hub City
Congratulations Mike! Jeff Lopez wins NHRA Super Gas at Ennis
It looks like it's time to expand the trophy shelf... Congratulations Jeff!!! March Madness at B & BWofford Records First win in 68' Cuda
The big story was Mr. Lloyd Wofford from Jonesboro, Arkansas who took home his first win in 30 some years in his "new" 1968 Barracuda running in SS/AH. Lloyd ran a 8.620@156.23 in the final round of the Super Stock Hemi Class beating Steven Kent in yet another 68 Cuda. Lloyd was chopping the tree down pretty good recording a .027 light in the final...Woooohooo!!! His incrementals on that pass were 1.235, 3.541, 5.492@125.60, the car was certainly running hard! It was a very emotional win for Lloyd, everyone got lots of hugs and attaboys - we're very happy for him.... We bet Lloyd won't be able to stand still for a week! February News from B & BLamb Wins Phoenix
That makes three race wins already in the 2011 season! Wow, he's on a roll this year already!! Richard Qualifies #1 at Gainesville in A/Stock Automatic
Mr. Richard also brought his 2010 Cobra Jet Super Stocker to Gainesville so Darren could get some shake down runs on it. While they were making some test passes, Pro Stock Legend Bob Glidden stopped by to see what they were up to. We think Bob would look pretty good behind the wheel of one of these new Cobra Jets, don't you? Darren says the Super Stocker is all ready to rock n' roll for it's debut at the NHRA Cajun Sports Nationals at No Problem Raceway in Super Stock E/Automatic. More pictures from Gainesville... Teuton #1 Qualifier in Louisiana
Jeff Teuton had his new Challenger launching hard at the IHRA race in Baton Rouge, Louisinna February 20th. Jeff qualified #1 at this race in D/FIA running 10.495 on a 12.20 index, -1.705 under - that's hauling the mail! Congrat's Jeff!!! January B & B UpdateHendrick Motorsports 2011 Camaro Ships  The 2011 Camaro B & B has been working on for Hendrick Motorsports has been delivered. While 2011 Camaro's are rare drag cars at this time, this one is even rarer... This one was built from a body in white and painted to match the very first 2010 Street Camaro off the Chevrolet Assembly Line, and both have serial number #01. Powered by a big nasty 762 cubic inch Fulton Big Block, it's got some nasty motivation under the hood for sure. Darren delivered the car in person to Hendrick Motorsports and the guys there gave him the full shop tour. He said "Hendrick Motorsports has an amazing facility and look forward to working with the Nascar Group on other projects in the near future!!" and was really impressed with the shop and the folks he met there. We think the Hendrick's Group liked the car a lot, they said "The craftsmanship is second to none and its too nice to race!" which certainly made us proud... Everyone at B & B had a great time working with Hendrick Motorsports on this project and we're looking forward to working with them again in the future. Wofford's Cuda featured in March 2011 Drag Racer Magazine 
Lloyd Wofford and his B & B Built 68 Cuda are featured in the March 2011 edition of Drag Racer Magazine. Pete Ward from the magazine did a great interview and took some nice photos on Llyod's Wescott Powered Hemi Cuda. The Cuda will be switching to a Liberty four speed for the 2011 season to take advantage of a new weight break for manual transmissions in SS/AH. We're sure Lloyd will have a blast rowing the gears behind the Hemi this season! Congratulations Lloyd on the great write up, the Cuda looks GREAT on the cover! Moran's 69 Camaro Enrolls in B & B Weight Loss Program
On a more serious note, Moran's evil Camaro will soon be sporting new quarters and a fresh B & B paint job here in the near future, and be substantially lighter for the 2011 season!
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Chuck Haubiel from Cahanna, Ohio won his second race of the year in Comp Eliminator at the July 31st NHRA Sportsman Challenge race in Stanton, Michigan.
The combined NMCA Muscle Car Nationals & Ford Cobra Jet Showdown in Milan, Michigan August 26 through the 28th had a strong line up of B & B Customer Cars participating in both events.
After his Super Stock R/U at Indy, Anthony Bongiovanni went on to Englishtown to runner up to Peter Biondo!
Chuck Haubiel set a new NHRA National Record in Comp Eliminator C/SM class May 1st at Indy. He went 8.150 during Friday qualifying landing him a new class record and we all know those don't come easy in Comp! Chuck also got to the Semi's in Joliet at the Route 66 Nationals on July 10th, earning him 95 more points for the season.
Don Baskin is the proud
new owner of the B & B GTO, which is now running pretty darn good. It took home a win at the Jackson Dragway June 12th Outlaw True 10.5 Race, and was the fastest NOS powered car at the recent PURS Race in Steele, AL where it went 4.69@169. Darren made it down to the semis before he ran into a minor parts malfunction ending our fun early... Darren is going to continue to drive the GTO the rest of this season for Don and will likely be behind the wheel in 2012 as well.
B & B is now doing updates to Factory Mustangs so that they will work just like B & B built Mustangs. We have 3 more scheduled to upgrade this month and we'd like to do yours too! If you would like to get the very latest updates to your Mustang too, give us a call today!
Mike Jones won his first race with his new combo at Hub City April 20th where he was running the True Ten Five class. The new car was consistently laying down passes in the 4.60 range, and we hear there is plenty more where that came from!
Jeff Lopez took home a win in Super Gas at the NHRA South Central Division Race at Texas Motorplex April 17th. Lopez defeated Chris Burrell in the final round with a .026 RT 9.917@153.67 over Burell's .033 RT 9.951@146.35 and was awarded a Wally for his efforts! 
The NHRA Jegs Cajun Sports Nationals at No Problem Raceway in Belle Rose, La. had a cluster of B & B Customers in attendance, some as far away as Kansas, Texas and the East Coast made the long haul. All of our customers did well, with everyone qualifying very well, most notably Jeff Teuton from Houma, LA who was #1 qualifier in Stock Eliminator in his 2009 Dodge Challenger. Jeff ran 10.846 on a 12.15 index, -1.304 under!! Anthony Bongiovanni captured top speed in Stock Eliminator, running 136.37 and James Caro won class in the Volare - congratulations guys!
Justin Lamb took home the win at the NHRA Division 7 race at Firebird International in Chandler, Arizona February 20th. Lamb, who was running defeated Mike DePalma in Competition Eliminator (G/SMA) with his B & B '09 Cobalt.
Jackie Moran's Limited Street Camaro is learning what the true meaning of the words "Weight Loss" is all about here at B & B. Moran's Camaro was left a little too long in the "metal mite" room, and when we opened the doors this is what we found!
