COMING TO A PRO STREET RACE NEAR YOU

Mike Castellana is going to take his red and black '69 Camaro that has run as quick as 6.15 in legal IHRA Pro Mod trim and take it over to NMCA and NMSA next year. He will convert the car to legal Pro Street configuration.

Apparently, the New York-based racer feels those venues may be better for him to race and test his Speedtech nitrous systems. The Camaro was always too heavy for IHRA/NHRA Pro Mod racing and Castellana is taking delivery of a new Tim McAmis car soon, so it makes sense for him to take the Camaro to the street. Pro Street that is. (Ron Lewis photo) [12-15-2004]

RIGHT OR WRONG?

The Agent was told yesterday by a good source that there was a good chance that Von Smith was gone at Lipar Racing and that a couple of old pros, Tommy Gray and Mitch Stott, would soon be joining the team. Well, DRO got the list of invitees for the first TLR/AMS Pro Mod race at Gainesville next March and the Agent noticed that Von Smith and TLR public relations man Joshua Hernandez were listed to drive for Lipar racing. So the question is, was the Agent wrong or...? [12-15-2004]

MAKING A LIST, CHECKING IT TWICE

We present the list of invitees to the first NHRA Pro Mod exhibition race of 2005. Agent 13 20 found that list to contain more than a few surprises. Perhaps the biggest was that Mike Ashley team driver Danny Rowe's name didn't appear on the list! Wassup with that? The Agent also noted that Mitch Stott wasn't on the list but his brother Quain was. Then there were the names Cody Barklage, Scott Cannon, Joshua Hernandez, Kirk Kuhns, Shelly

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Payne, Mike Moran and Troy Coughlin, just to name a few, who either have competed on the AMS circuit in a very limited way or never have made a lap. Could it be that finding 20 teams that would commit to all 14 AMS races was harder than thought?

Following is the official list of invited drivers for the 2004 AMS TLR opener in Gainesville: Mike Ashley, Zach Barklage, Cody Barklage, Scott Cannon, Mike Castellana, Troy Critchley, Troy Coughlin, Dale Brinsfield, Joshua Hernandez, Ed Hoover, Shannon Jenkins, Glenn Kerunsky, Chip King, Kirk Kuhns, Mike Moran, Thomas Patterson, Jay Payne, Shelly Payne, Von Smith and Quain Stott.  [12-15-2004]