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Monster Trucks Coming to Holly, MI - August 17th & 18th

 

Holly, Mich. (Aug. 12, 2010) — Two car-crushing, wheelie-popping, racing monster trucks are coming to Holly, Mich., August 17-18! The Bar’s Leaks Eliminator and Rislone Defender, along with father-son drivers Greg and Zach Adams, will appear at CARQUEST Auto Parts at 515 N. Saginaw Street in Holly from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17. At 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 18, they will drive from CARQUEST to downtown Holly where they will participate in the Holly Car Show Super Cruise from 5 to 8 p.m.

Stop by CARQUEST to see these massive monster trucks up close. Meet the drivers, get an autograph and take some photos. The team is sponsored by Bar’s Products, manufacturer of Bar’s Leaks and Rislone automotive chemicals, which is headquartered in Holly. The appearance is free.

The Holly Car Show is held Wednesday nights from May 5 through Oct. 3 in downtown Holly. Admission and parking are free. There are no entry fees for participants. The Aug. 18 Super Cruise will feature several race cars sponsored by Bar’s Products.
For more information about the free monster truck appearance at CARQUEST, call (248) 634-9091. For more information about the Holly Car Show, call (248) 634-0270. For more information about Bar’s Products, call (800) 345-6572, e-mail info@barsproducts.com or visit the Web site at www.barsproducts.com.

You can also follow Bar’s Products on Twitter at http://twitter.com/barsproducts, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/barsproducts, on YouTube at www.youtube.com/barsproducts and through its blog at http://barsproducts.tumblr.com/.

 

Bill Reichert Racing News - August 8th, 2010

 

(Owosso, MI) As the NHRA event trail barrels through the heat and humidity of the summer, one driver in the ultra-competitive Top Alcohol class stands out head and shoulders above the rest as the hottest driver on the tour.

Owosso, Michigan’s Bill Reichert, driver of the Rislone Engine Treatment Top Alcohol Dragster, heads into the NHRA’s next national event at Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, MN on top of both the national and Division 3 points standings.  Reichert, who is the defending NHRA Top Alcohol champion, looks to extend his lead heading into the remaining six races of the national event season.

“We’ve been having a fantastic year thus far,” said Reichert.  “It hasn’t been without its rough spots, but this Rislone Engine Treatment team always seems to have what it takes to pull through in the clutch and make a win happen.”

On July 25th, Reichert and his team pulled off their most recent win at an NHRA Division 3 event at National Trail Raceway in Columbus, OH.  Reichert (who builds his own engines and serves as his own crew chief/tuner) qualified number one against a stacked field of competitors.
Qualifying atop a 8-car field that isn’t short on talent is no easy task, but Reichert backed that impressive feat up three rounds later during the final round of eliminations as he rocketed his black and yellow dragster across the finish line first and into victory lane.

“What a weekend we had in Columbus!  The track itself tried to throw a couple curve balls at us,” Reichert explained. “But with as many runs as we’ve made down that track over the years, we were able to make the right changes to our setup and sneak right past the rest of this field.”
He added that “Having a great sponsor like Rislone on board with us for all these years has been a critical ingredient in the recipe for success that we’ve been able to develop. 

From our friends Bob and Clay and Shelly at the top, right down to the Rislone Engine Treatment product itself, everything Rislone does for us plays a huge role in what we’ve been able to accomplish.”

So with all of that momentum heading into the last several races of the season, is it safe to say Reichert is optimistic about his team’s chances to bring home yet another Top Alcohol title?
“We aren’t willing to settle for anything less, so that’s what we’re aiming for.”

The first of three Top Alcohol qualifying sessions kicks off Friday, August 13th in Brainerd at 1:30PM CST, while eliminations begin in earnest at 4:15PM CST on Saturday the 14th.  For more information on the event, visit the National Hot Rod Association’s website at www.NHRA.com.

 

Despite Dial-In Error - Ledford Scores Win at Mid Michigan

 (Stanton, MI) Bar’s Leaks Rear Main Seal Repair Jr. Dragster driver Libby Ledford learned an important lesson about resetting her dial-in time this past weekend while racing at Mid-Michigan Motorplex and, it could be argued, she is a subscriber to the theory that truth is stranger than fiction. 

On the heels of achieving a runner-up finish on Saturday, nine-year-old Libby (whose father and brother both compete in Bar’s Leaks/Rislone backed dragsters, SuperComp and Jr. Dragsters respectively) made a change to her bracket racing dial-in time for the final round of eliminations.  After dialing in at 13.03 and making a perfect run in the semis, Libby chose to dial in a hair quicker for the finals at 12.95, considering how well her Bar’s Leaks Jr. Dragster was running.  However, as she began her pre-race burnout, Libby realized she had just made a critical error while changing her dial-in time, a change that per the competition rules could not be altered at this point.  

Libby had made a mistake that even veteran bracket racers had been known to make;  she had changed the “.03” to “.95”, but had not dropped the 13-second mark down to the 12-second mark.  Her dial-in time was now 13.95, a full second more than what she was preparing to run for, and nearly a full second slower than what she had ran in the previous round.  

“She was just about in tears,” said Denise Ledford, Libby’s mom and crew chief.  “I knew there was nothing we could do about it, so I told her to do the best she could do, and we’d make the most of it.” 

As it turns out, fate intended to help the Ledfords make the most of it indeed.  As the Christmas tree dropped, much to the shock and delight of both Denise and especially Libby, Libby’s opponent red-lit, automatically deferring the win to Libby regardless of her time.  Her time, which would end up being 13.00 flat on a 13.95 dial-in, normally would have resulted in a break-out and near guaranteed loss. 

“I never in my wildest dreams would have thought that would happen!” said an ecstatic Denise Ledford.