WHO SAYS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DRAGSTER?

The Agent has heard from many bracket racers that you can't win with a door car running against dragsters in any of the .90 classes. Someone forgot to tell Greg Venture. He won the largest 8.90 Super Comp race in the history of The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway earlier this year when he drove his 1966 Nova to the winners circle over some of the best
dragster drivers in the sport. [12-21-2004]

LYNCH, PETTY RECEIVE TURBO AWARD

The race team of driver Tim Lynch and Steve Petty received Precision Turbo & Engine's first ever Customer Achievement award at the PRI Show in Indianapolis for being the first team to break the 6-second barrier for ten-wide cars with a 6.96/207.43 mph lap at E-town earlier this year. Their "Shredder II" Mustang runs twin Precision turbos. A tip of the Agent's fedora and congratulations from the DRO staff to the Lynch Mob for making a sub-seven-second run on 10.5 wide tires. [12-21-2004]

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A FIVE WILL COME IN '05

Don't think you'll see a five-second blown Pro Mod at the first AMS/TLR
race of the season at Gainesville? Well, if Troy Coughlin is right, you will. During recent testing at Bradenton, Coughlin said, "We figured we picked up 300 horsepower at least, so we had some work to do to figure out the new combination." Troy also mentioned that his car would run a hundred pounds lighter than it did last year.

Let's see, Al Billes ran a 6.10 at 20 percent overdrive and 2700 lbs at Rockingham at the last IHRA race of the season. How quick and fast would he have gone one hundred pounds lighter and with 300 more hp? Can you say 5.80's at 240? [12-21-2004]

JEG AND BOB ARE PLAYING NICE

Under the guidance of 10-time world titleholder Bob Glidden, who will serve as his crew chief in 2005 and beyond, Jeg Coughlin got acquainted with his Schumacher Racing stable mates and the subtleties of his new car with several test squirts at Bradenton. Mixing in a healthy dose of burnouts and half-track runs, Coughlin took his ride to the other end six times, logging several low-6.7 second passes, including a pair of 6.70s at 205 mph.

"We're very pleased with the car and how it responded," Jeg said. "The conditions were nearly perfect, especially the first few days, and some other teams ran astronomical numbers, but we weren't really trying to do that. Probably the thing I'm most pumped up about is how we all got along as a team. Working with Bob Glidden is almost an unreal experience. I mean, I grew up admiring the man and it's hard to comprehend that we'll be working together as teammates now. I feel very fortunate to have him in our corner." [12-21-2004]