Holley/Hilborn EFI Dragster to Display at 2011 PRI Show

PRESS RELEASE


(Canton, Ga., 11/28/2011) – In conjunction with Holley Performance Products and Hilborn Fuel Injection, Trevor Wiggins’ EFI Super Comp dragster will be featured at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show, Dec. 1-3 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.


Earlier this year, Wiggins created quite a buzz in drag racing when he converted his 602-Steve Schmidt engine to electronic fuel injection (EFI), thanks to support from Holley Performance Products and Hilborn Fuel Injection.


"It’s an honor to be a part of the PRI Show with Holley Performance Products and Hilborn Fuel Injection – two great companies synonymous with fuel injection,” Wiggins comments.


“This year we proved that EFI on a dragster is possible – it’s super consistent and easy to dial,” Wiggins adds. “Hopefully all our hard work will payoff by getting to the Winner’s Circle in 2012…EFI is the next level of drag racing.”

Look for Wiggins’ EFI silver dragster as part of the PRI Vehicle Display, located near the Media Center at the West Side of the convention center. In addition, be sure to stop by the Holley Performance Products Booth (#3769) and the Hilborn Fuel Injection Booth (#3912). Both booths will be located in the East Side of the Orange County Convention Center.

About Trevor Wiggins

Trevor Wiggins is well known throughout the automotive and racing industries, having been involved with both since a young age. He has raced shifter carts, Formula Ford, Formula Mazda and Toyota Atlantic, and participated in NTPA truck and tractor pulling before getting involved with NHRA Super Comp drag racing. In his second year drag racing, Wiggins was runner-up at the Division 2 Cecil, Ga. race, finishing the 2009 season ranked seventh in his home division and 40^th nationally. In 2010, Wiggins was runner-up in Super Comp at the NHRA 41^st Annual Gator Nationals. Despite changing his motor set-up mid-season, Wiggins finished the 2011 season ranked 11^th in NHRA Division 2.

In addition, Wiggins also has become a fan of “the Salt,” annually racing Speed Weeks at the Bonneville Salt Flats. In 2010 Wiggins’ drove a 1932 Ford C-Gas Roadster with a down the Salt Flats to a top speed of 209 m.p.h.

Wiggins thanks sponsors Holley Performance Products, Hilborn Fuel Injection, Steve Schmidt Racing Engines and DART Machinery, for their support in this venture.

For more information on Wiggins’ racing endeavors, follow his blog at http://wigginsracing.blogspot.com.

About the PRI Show
The PRI Show is the annual epicenter for new racing technology, and the centerpiece event for Race Industry Week 2011. More than 40,000 racing business people will converge on Orlando to buy the latest advances in racing products, machining equipment, motorsports engineering and more by over 1000 displaying companies. It’s the world’s largest racing trade show, requiring 700,000 square feet to house displays and exhibitor booths.

Show hours are Thursday, Dec. 1, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 2, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Saturday, Dec. 3, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information on the tradeshow, please visit http://www.performanceracing.com/.

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V-V-P Pomona Wrap Up: Second Round Again!

The V-V-P trip was definitely an incredible adventure that we won't forget. Rich in NHRA history and located in sunny (most of the time) California, racing Pomona should be on every racer's "bucket list".


Like the two Vegas races, we clinched a round one victory over M. Henderson with a 8.991 and a .054 light -- certainly nothing to write home about. In round two, we lost to Cameron Ferre on a red light start, -0.008. To add to the pain, the car was super consistent, going 8.906 at 178.38 m.p.h. Just never thought we'd see red this weekend.


After a great trip, it's time to load up, head home, and get ready for Thanksgiving and the PRI Show.

V-V-P Las Vegas Divisional Race Wrap Up

While Trevor worked SEMA during the day, Jami and the kids explored Vegas...from the M&M Store and a walk down The Strip to a chocolate factory and a 115,000-gallon aquarium tank. The kids loved watching the hand feeding of the sting rays and sharks. On Halloween the family ventured down to Fremont Street with our friends Wayne and Debbie Bogle....thank goodness we had our neighborhood "Halloween" before we left on the trip!

After the week at SEMA it felt good to get back to the track and racing.

Thanks to help from Doug at Holley, we made some adjustments to the EFI that seem to be working.

The weather has been up and down, warm then chilly and windy.

Once again, we won round one with a 9.063 and a much better reaction time: .010. With the weather and track conditions deteriorating, we lost round two to Brock Green who went on to win the event (which concluded Monday due to weather). When the car came off the stop, it was sideways and squirrelly. The car just lost too much momentum to get down the track.

Now it's on the Pomona, a trip to the Santa Monica Pier and maybe even some fun at Disneyland...oh and let's not forget some racing, too!

V-V-P Racing Las Vegas National Event Wrap Up

We finally made it to Las Vegas on Tuesday night and it was so windy!

Parking and tech on Wednesday with time trials on Thursday.

It was a smart move converting to a Holley EFI/Hilborn set-up earlier this year, but we have had some struggles getting all the components to work in harmony. Each track poses new challenges, but with each race we are getting smarter and closer to where we want to be.

On the 9.05 index, Trevor won first round off a red light before losing round two. The car went dead on 9.053, but we had a .035 light.

We'll spend the week at SEMA before next weekend's Las Vegas divisional race.

V-V-P Travel Update

We finally made it into Arizona and pulled in for the night in Flagstaff. Other than some rough roads at times along Interstate 40, the trip has gone smoothly (maybe TOO smooth!).

After two days of driving, we took a side trip to the Grand Canyon before heading on to Vegas.

In one word the Grand Canyon is AMAZING. Yeah, it is just a hole in the earth, but it is just absolutely breath taking. Everyone should see it.

You would think that after two days of riding in the motorhome that our two boys would be just itching to run around. So, we took a short hike along the Grand Canyon. We encountered a determined tarantula along the path. He didn't even flinch when he saw us!

Our boys were unimpressed. All we heard was "I want to go back to our motorhome." Jeez.

Back at the motorhome Trevor had some fixing to do (the trip had gone TOO smooth!). Just before we headed out we spotted a herd of elk right in front of our motorhome. Impressive!

Back on the road and on to Vegas....

V-V-P

For more than a year we have talked about racing V-V-P, a three-week (plus) trip that would take this East Coast racing family west to Las Vegas and Pomona. "V-V-P" translates to the fall NHRA Las Vegas national race, followed by the Las Vegas divisional race and then on to the NHRA national race (and Finals) in Pomona, California.

On Sunday, Oct. 23 we embarked on this incredible family adventure. Combining resources with Eddie and Tyler Caheely, we loaded up their stacker trainer behind our motorhome and headed west!

After getting a late start (it took a while to get the trailer brakes hooked up -- definitely essential!), we made great time traveling through Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma and into the Texas panhandle.

You always here that it takes so long to travel through Texas. For us, it was New Mexico. It seemed like we would never make it to Arizona!

But what a beautiful country we live in. The landscape is so diverse and when you get out west, it really is barren.