NEW CLASSES FOR FASTEST STREET CAR SERIES

ProMedia Events announced a couple of new classes for their fastest street car events for 2004: Mean Street and Super Truck. The addition of these new classes brings the class count to eleven for 2004. Mean Street is very similar to Cheap Street but with no power adders and no claim rule. Super Truck is an index bracket class for trucks only. [1-21-2004]

A 'LITTLE' PRO MOD NOTE

Donnie Little, former IHRA Pro Modified speed record holder and current bad boy on the Midwest Outlaw Pro Modified Series, dropped the Agent a note and photo about his new car, a Terry Murphy-built '68 Camaro that has a Tim McAmis composite body and a Charlie Buck nitrous motor under the hood. Little plans to run at a few IHRA Pro Modified events this season. Little, 53, has been racing only in the Midwest for the past three years, and 2004 marks his return to IHRA competition. He set the Pro Modified speed record in the early '90s with a mark of 212.86 mph, at Epping, NH and is one of the original members of the Sonny's Automotive Racing 200-mph club. [1-21-2004]

MIDWEST OUTLAW PRO MOD SERIES GETS SPONSORED

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Donnie Little also told the Agent that he has organized a four-race series that will be contested at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, IL, just east of downtown St. Louis, MO.

"The Country Motors Trailer Sales Outlaw Pro Mod Series is exactly what it says -- outlaw racing," Little said. "Rules are few. Bring your nitrous or blower car (no nitro) and race. This is a four-race series with a points championship and fund. The only rule is that competitors must enter and attend all four races of the Country Motors Trailer Sales Outlaw Pro Mod Series to be eligible for the points championship and money. We are proud to host the series at a national event track." For more info contact Donnie Little at 217-623-4429. [1-21-2004]

DALY AND KAMPETER HIRED AT GATEWAY DRAGSTRIP

Gateway International Raceway announced the hiring of Patrick Daly as Drag Strip Manager and Lisa Kampeter as Advertising and Promotions Manager. Daly will be responsible for the event management and marketing at Gateway's Championship Drag Racing Facility. He joins Gateway after spending this past year as the General Manager of the Missouri River Otters of the United Hockey League. Prior to that Daly worked in baseball for the past 17 years and spent the last five as the General Manager of the River City Rascals of the Frontier League. [1-21-2004]