The car, with which Klugger won the 2017 NMCA Radial Wars championship and got a win in Pro 275 at No Mercy 8, is for sale. The Fox body with a Racecraft chassis is powered by a Pro Line Racing 481X with twin Garrett turbos. (DRO file photo)  [01/25/18]

Andy Robinson will defend his Pro Mod MSA British Drag Racing Championship.  (Ivan Sansom photo)

Santa Pod Raceway’s season-opening Festival of Power over the March 30-April 1 Easter weekend will open a new chapter in the annals of British drag racing. After 52 years as an asphalt racetrack, Santa Pod goes all-concrete for the new season. Far more than a mere re-surfacing, the track will have undergone an entire new construction to match the standards of the finest dragstrips in America.

The Festival of Power will see the new quarter-mile put to the test as drag racers on two and four wheels subject it to serious competition for the first time. The event combines more than 20 classes of national championship racing with a full program of family entertainment.  [01/25/18]

Rockingham Dragway will be the site for three days of $20,000-to-win racing at the Top ET Challenge on March 22-25.

Door cars and dragsters will run separately until one is left in each category or to the eighth round of competition. The event will be run on the eighth mile. Entry cost is $650 at the gate or save $200 and pre-enter by March 9 by making a $100 deposit at www.rockinghamdragway.com.   [01/25/18]

After a successful inaugural season, Summit Racing Equipment again will be the title rights sponsor of the ANDRA’s Queensland Championship.

The events take place at three drag racing tracks. The series will begin March 31-April 1 at Ironbark Raceway, then June 29-30 at Palmyra Dragway, and conclude Sept. 22 at Benaraby Raceway.

“The inaugural Summit Racing Queensland Championship was a great success and so we are very pleased to be able to continue our support of this concept in 2018,” said Jim Greeenleaf, Summit Motorsports and Event Manager.

“Regional tracks are very important in the fabric of our drag racing community, so we are very excited to be able to continue to support this championship which brings together Queensland’s drag racers.”   [01/25/18]

The Agent notes that IndyCar officials are looking for a replacement for Verizon, which is exiting as title sponsor at the end of this year. Reported price of the series sponsorship for one year? How about $30 million.  [01/25/18]

News has reached the Agent of the deaths of Dee Gantt and Raymond Godman.

Gantt, 72, was a crewman and crew chief most famous for working on Raymond Beadle’s “Blue Max” Funny Car during the championship years.

Godman, 89, died on Jan. 1. Serving in the Marines during the Korean War, his legs were paralyzed by a sniper’s bullet and he received a Purple Heart. That didn’t stop his love of racing however. He was a charter member of the Memphis Rodders Club and the owner of the “Tennessee Bo Weevil” Top Fuel dragster and Funny Car. He raced on the NHRA circuit until 1979 and was inducted in the inaugural class of the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame in 1991.  [01/25/18]

NHRA officials announced that Numidia Dragway will host an NHRA Northeast Division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event on June 15-17, 2018. This event replaces the originally scheduled event at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park and marks the first return to the Numidia Dragway since 2004.

The event will be the third in the Northeast division, and will follow events at Virginia Motorsports Park and Maple Grove Raceway that kick off the season. The track will host a test and tune on Thursday, June 14. More info on the event, including the event schedule, will be announced soon.   [01/25/18]