ILLEGAL HEADS IN COMP ELIMINATOR?

One of the Agent's sportsman spies called to say there is a serious brouhaha going on in the Econo-altered classes. Seems like in this class a stock GM part numbered head has to be used without porting. Also seems like someone supposedly has got some kind of bogus GM head that has been ported, supposedly at the factory. Riiight! NHRA must have really upped the purses in Comp since DRO ran their B/EA in the eliminator last year to warrant people to spend this kind of time and money to cheat! (3-24-2004)

HOLESHOT STAT

Jim Hawkins, DRO statistician, offers this bit of trivia after the Gators. Del Worsham evened his holeshot career record with John Force 4-4 and, despite an overall record of 13-36 versus John, Del owns a 5-4 record in the final round with Force. Also, this was only the third time Force has lost on a holeshot in the fourth round. (Steve Gruenwald photo) (3-24-2004)

DRO, NII TO SPONSOR MILLICAN AT SAN ANTONIO

When three-time IHRA Top Fuel champion Clay Millican takes his Team Werner/Lehman Racing dragster to the track at San Antonio Raceway this coming weekend, he'll have a little local help. Associate sponsors for the IHRA Amalie Motor Oil Texas Nationals on March 26-28 will be nii communications, inc., a San Antonio telecom company, and (ta-da!) DragRacingOnline.com.

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The president and CEO of nii is Richard Burk and his brother, Jeff, is the publisher of DragRacingOnline.com. Both Burk brothers have been drag racing fans andparticipants since their high school days in Amarillo, Texas.

"DragRacingOnline.com covers racing at the speed of the Internet," said Jeff Burk, "so it's natural for us to be associated with the fastest car in the fastest class."

Last year at the inaugural Texas Nationals, Millican set the IHRA Top Fuel record for elapsed time with a 4.591-second pass down the quarter-mile strip.

"We think drag racing is a great way to showcase the rapid growth of nii communications and the services that it provides. Clay Millican and his team owner Peter Lehman are great people. Plus," Richard Burk added, "it's just a lot of fun."

Based in San Antonio, nii communications, inc. (www.niicommunications.com) specializes in providing telecommunication services to the small business community. It offers an integrated set of products and services including local exchange, domestic and international long distance, enhanced voice, data and a full suite of Internet services. They provide services to customers in Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois and California.

The Agent asks, if you can't promote yourself on your own magazine, what's the use of having one? Besides, it's bad enough having one Burk brother ticked at you, let alone two of 'em. (And there's a third one, yet.)(3-24-2004)