McBRIDE FASTEST ON TWO WHEELS

Larry "Spiderman" McBride made the quickest and fastest motorcycle pass in history with his 5.876/244.74-mph pass at the AMA Prostar race at Virginia Motorsports Park in Richmond, VA. The Top Fuel Motorcycle is powered by a supercharged 1400 cc Puma/Kawasaki engine. The wheelbase is 100 inches from center axle to center axle.

Pretty impressive run, Webslinger, but was that web-assisted? (Tracy Waters photo)
[5-13-2004]

NHRA ATLANTA TV TIME CHANGE

The time slot and network for the qualifying show for this weekend's Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway has changed. The two-hour show will start at 8 p.m. (ET) on Saturday, May 15 and will air on ESPN. Eliminations will be shown as scheduled, 7-10 p.m. (ET) on ESPN2 on Sunday, May 16. [5-13-2004]

NHRA BLOWN PRO MODS RULE CHANGE

DRO has been informed that NHRA has decided to allow the supercharged teams that compete in the NHRA AMS Staff Leasing Pro Mod Challenge at the upcoming NHRA national event at Joliet, IL to compete at that event using 25 percent overdrive on the

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blower instead of the 20 percent overdrive just mandated by IHRA for Pro Mod cars effective at their national event in Richmond, VA at the end of this month.

NHRA was going to enforce that rule change at Joliet next week, but found out that the manufacturers of the pulleys don't have them available to the racers and won't have for about 30 days. Which means the AMS Pro Mods won't have to go to 20 percent overdrive until June 17-20 at the NHRA event at Englishtown.
[5-13-2004]

CRUISE SCHEDULE FOR THE GREEK FLEET

As you all know, the DRO staff are unabashed fans of Chris Karamesines so we're happy to pass along the date for one of his infrequent match races. The legendary "Greek" will be match racing with almost 20-year-old driver Josh Starcher at Cordova Dragway, Saturday June 26 for that track's "Slingshot Nationals" which features nostalgia front-motored fuel cars. That appearance is smack in the middle of the NHRA St. Louis national event. Friday night qualifying at St. Louis, then a blast to Cordova for Nostalgia front-motored cars under the lights, and then back to St. Louis for eliminations on Sunday! Can you say road trip? (Jeff Burk photo) [5-13-2004]