NEW LOOK FOR ROBBINS

Longtime Outlaw 10.5 driver Terry Robbins said goodbye to the old and hello to the new at the recently completed ORSCA event at Atlanta Dragway. Robbins is about to give up his familiar 1967 Nova for this brand-new 2002 Camaro built by The Race Factory in

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Hampton, GA.

Robbins, from Mooresville, NC, had the new car with him to have it certified by NHRA inspectors at the track. He says it has

"the latest of everything," including trick titanium parts wherever possible and complete carbon-fiber nose and doors. Robbins plans to transplant the three-stage nitrous-equipped Fulton 686 engine from the Nova to this car, which should be ready in time for the next ORSCA race. (Ian Tocher photo) [4-1-2004]

SMITH GETS LICENSED

Lloyd Smith also debuted this new '67 'Vette at the Atlanta ORSCA race, making several passes to earn his NHRA Super Comp license. Sporting brown primer and a naturally aspirated 540 c.i. Reher-Morrison up front, the car's best effort came on Smith's final lap, when he went 8.86 seconds at 152 mph. He plans to race it in Quick 8 and bracket races throughout the Southeast. Smith put the car together at his Sharpsburg, GA, home from a Level Three chassis kit offered by Richard Earle at Suncoast Race Cars in Homosassa, FL. (Ian Tocher photo) [4-1-2004]