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Just getting the chance to compete at the JEGS AllStars event was enough to make just heading to Indy a bucket list item for Allen Firestone.But considering what he had been through to get to the U.S. Nationals this weekend and what followed on Friday, it became even more significant.Firestone hit the wall on the top end in the final round of his Top Sportsman event victory at the NHRA regional event in Topeka in late July, putting a momentary stop on his impressive 2020 season.But Rick Jones an …

When Rick Jones isn’t busy building and tuning Championship-winning NHRA Pro Stock race cars he’s out enjoying his 1949 Chevy Stepside farm truck. He also runs QUARTER-MAX Chassis and Racing Components as well as RJ Race Cars in Galesburg, IL with his son Rickie. He’s a busy man! Jones has lived a full life at speed and it shows in everything he touches. Race fans know him as car builder and crew chief along with his son Rickie for Elite Motorsports – a World Champion NHRA Pro Stock team …

Last month, current NHRA Top Sportsman national points leader, Allen Firestone won Top Sportsman at the NHRA divisional event in Topeka, Kansas. Unfortunately as soon as Firestone won the final round he had an incident in the shut down area, and the car made contact with the wall. Thankfully Allen was uninjured. Immediately the car was rushed to the team at RJ Race Cars for emergency repairs. The car was completely disassembled and thoroughly inspected. Repairs were made to chassis, suspens …

Hometown customer Jimmy O'Brien takes on a project and turns to RJ Race Cars for help. This Top Sportsman car originally started out life as a RJ kit car in the early 2000s with a 638 cid engine. We recently completed fabrication to the engine mounts for Jimmy to install his new 5.300" bore space 872 cid nitrous engine. We also finished the wiring, programming, and testing of his Racepak, MSD Power Grid ignition system, electric shifter, and loaded a baseline nitrous tune up, so that he is race …

This beautiful brand new 67 Mustang Pro Mod for Richard Freeman is the latest creation by the team at RJ Race Cars and Quarter-Max. Built with the same craftsmanship and quality as their reigning World Championship winning Pro Stock and Pro Modified cars. …