DRO IS REALLY NOSTALGIC FOR HORAN

The fans were on their feet for Drag Racing Online's Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car warm-up at SoCal's Irwindale Dragstrip on June 17. In the photo, crew chief Dale Pulde for Dan Horan Jr. lines up the sleek Carter-painted Mustang flopper for the first of his passes. Horan charged down the 1/8-mile, running a stout track-record 4.253/175.98.

On his second pass Dan was asked by Irwindale track manager Bob Klein to "slow it down a little" and ran an early shut-off 4.158/158.78. There's no doubt the car hooked-up with a 1.024 60-foot time. www.IrwindaleDragstrip.com. (Zak Hawthorne photo) [6-18-2004]

NEW RIDE FOR ANDERSON

The Agent received this exclusive spy photo of the arrival of a brand-new Jerry Haas-built car at Greg Anderson's shop near Mooresville, NC. With the announcement of Summit Racing Equipment coming on board as the new primary sponsor for Anderson, it looks like a trip to the paint shop is in order before this one hits the strip. [6-18-2004]

PULDE RETURNING?

One of the Agent's West Coast operative's carrier pigeons just landed at the DRO World Headquarters with a note attached to his leg that said Dale Pulde, who has been spending a lot of time recently in the Nostalgia Funny Car ranks, possibly could return to NHRA Fuel Coupe racing during NHRA's "western swing." The word is that Pulde will drive Steve Pluger's single pump/single mag car at Seattle. Al Segrini was the first shoe in this car and they struggled with it. If anyone can make that car run well enough to qualify it would be Pulde. [6-18-2004]