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GALESBURG — RJ Race Cars Inc./Quarter-Max Chassis and Racing Components is on North Linwood Road in a nondescript building.The company’s owners don’t mind being under the radar, but Rick and Rickie Jones are top chassis builders.Their customers have won races and championships on the National Hot Rod Association Mello Yellow Drag Racing Series, International Hot Rod Association and Professional Drag Racers Association tours.“This place has built a lot of high-quality cars and it’s because of our …

The highly anticipated “Black Friday Sale” is back at Quarter-Max! Take advantage of our biggest sale of the year!Shop online at quartermax.com and use promo code (BLACK19) during checkout to get 5% OFF your entire order + FREE shipping on orders over $99!*. Online sale begins Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28th and ends Sunday, December 1st.You can SAVE 10% OFF on all Quarter-Max brand products on Friday, November 29th when you call 309-343-7575 (phone orders only). This means you ge …

For a third time, Erica Enders is a Pro Stock world champion in her RJ Race Cars built Elite Performance-powered Chevy Camaro.This one – claimed on Sunday during the NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona – was special, both in how Enders succeeded on this day in eliminations, and how the champ and her team have battled back from adversity the last three seasons.In the end, Enders triumphed in a possible career-defining performance on Sunday against Greg Anderson, clinching a third champions …

Las Vegas continues to be very good to Erica Enders and now she’s on the verge of a third Pro Stock world championship.Enders came up aces on every front on Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, beating Elite Motorsports teammate Jeg Coughlin Jr. in the final round of the Dodge NHRA Nationals with a run of 6.617-seconds at 208.04 mph in her Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro.This one was steeped in significance, too.Not only was it Enders’ 25th career win – and her …

Congratulations to Stevie Fast & his team on winning Radial vs the World in their RJ Race Cars built Camaro at No Mercy 10!Steve Jackson scored his second major triumph in the last six days on Sunday when he outlasted a field of 32 radial versus The World competitors on his way to winning No Mercy 10 and the $50,000 that went with it. Jackson, who qualified No. 1 with a 3.60, defeated Tim Slavens in the finale with 3.69 to a tire-spinning 5.43. Jackson is fresh off of winning the NHRA Pro Mo …