THIS AIN'T YOUR FATHER'S DRAG RACING, GEEZER

It was a different world when the Agent got his first whiff of nitro back in the 1960s. He's just feeling his age a bit today after reading about the debut of the "NWE" at the NDRA race at Virginia Motorsports Park. What, you ask, is that? That would be NOPI Wrestling Entertainment professional female jello wrestling.

When the Agent thinks of everything women in drag racing have gone through to be taken seriously as competitors, he shudders at this turn of events. Although, thinking about Linda Vaughn and Jungle Pam and a vat of strawberry gelatin. . . . [5-7-2004]

DRAG STRIP RIOT

Need some drag racing color in your shop or living room? Then the new Drag Strip Riot poster is for you.

Renowned drag photographers Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian & Mark Hovsepian have compiled a 100-shot collection of their Goodguys VRA photos with a wild cross section of Nostalgia Nitro diggers and floppers, Jr. Fuelers, wheel standing gassers, parachutes, blown doorslammers and coupes & sedans launching down the quarter mile.

This printing is on 80-lb. cover stock, suitable for framing and is the first of a series priced at $20. You can almost smell the tire smoke! Check it out at www.maziracing.com/2004poster [5-7-2004]

'MOM' JOHNSON ON NHRA 2DAY

Arlene Johnson, wife of six-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Warren Johnson and mother of Pro Stock standout Kurt Johnson will be a guest on this weekend's "Mother's Day"

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edition of NHRA2Day.

In an interview taped in the GM Performance Parts pit area during last weekend's POWERade Drag Racing Series event in Bristol, TN, the woman behind the most successful father-and-son combination in the history of the NHRA talks about her life with "The Professor," as well as her role in the teams' successes. This weekend's show is scheduled to air at its normal time on Sunday morning from 11:30 a.m. - 12 noon (ET) on ESPN2. [5-7-2004]