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MILLICAN RE-SIGNS
WITH 104+
Just a week before the season-opening NHRA
Winternationals, Top Fuel driver Clay Millican
and team owner Peter Lehman have re-signed with
104+ Performance  Additives
as a primary sponsor for at least eight NHRA
national events in 2004. The Chicago-based company
was a primary sponsor for nine of the 12 NHRA
events in which Lehman Racing competed in 2003.
Millican, the three-time defending IHRA Top
Fuel champion, will continue with longtime sponsor
Werner Enterprises as his primary sponsor in
that series, and as a major associate sponsor
in the NHRA. The team expects to race in up
to four additional NHRA events, but will make
the final determination as the season progresses.
[2-12-2004]
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BASEBALL
BEEN BERRY BERRY GOOD TO ME. . .
Rob Brender has been named media relations
manager for the NHRA, it was announced by NHRA
Director of Media Relations Anthony Vestal.
Brender, 26, comes to the NHRA with a wealth
of minor league baseball experience. He was
the media relations coordinator and radio broadcaster
for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes the past two
years. He spent a year in a very similar capacity
with the Pioneer League's Billings Mustangs
and also worked for the double-A Akron Aeros
for two seasons.
"I am excited and looking forward to working
with such a wonderful and knowledgeable staff
here at the NHRA," Brender said. [2-12-2004]
WINTERS DIES UNEXPECTEDLY
Mickey Winters, long-time tuner, crew chief
and well-known Texas drag racer, was found dead
of an apparent heart attack at his home in Hurst,
Texas on Feb. 8. Winters, 65, had tuned for
Top Fuel and alcohol Funny Car teams such as
the Stidham Brothers, Frank Cook's Drag-On Vega,
and the Bad Moon Rising Funny Car. He leaves
a son, Cody, age 13, seen here with his father
in a 1998 file photo by Jeff Burk.
The viewing for Mickey will be Thursday, February
12th, 6:00-8:00 at Lucas Funeral Home in Hurst,
Texas. It is located at the corner of Bedford
Uless Rd and Precinct Line Rd in Hurst. The
funeral will be on Friday at 2:00. [2-10-2004]
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