NEW CLASS FOR DOORSLAMMERS IN
GOODGUYS? PT II

File this under de-bunked rumors. The one the Agent heard concerning a new doorslammer class Goodguys that supposedly was going to be a Pro Street type turns out to be absolutely false according to Goodguy's Marc Meadors, who told us, "We've got more cars and classes than we need now!" [6-14-2004]

JUNE ISSUE CORRECTIONS / IDENTIFICATIONS

Jeff Burk mistakenly referenced the championship-winning Fuel Funny Car for the 1992 NHRA season in his current Burk's Blast as being backed by Joe Gibbs. The fact is the Cruz Pedregon-driven McDonald's-backed car was owned by Larry Minor. In that same column Burk also stated that the last 32-car field was at the 1979 25th U.S. Nationals. The fact is the 1980 U.S. Nationals also had a 32-car field. The Burkster wishes to thank noted

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drag racing historian Bret Kepner, among others, for setting him straight on those two errors.

We also had incorrect info under some of the U.S. Nats coverage from the 1955 race. We now have the right info as well as better info on the Perryville, Arizona finals and what turned out to be the Arizona State Chanpionships. Thanks go to Mr. Potvin, Mr. Kepner and others for that help.

From reader Dale Epp comes the identification for the unknown photo in Tom Schiltz's U.S. Nationals photo essay: "The dragster is the 'Dailey & Johnson' TF car out of Washington state. 'Gentleman' Hank Johnson was the driver/owner and it was sponsored by a milk/dairy company if I recall. This Don Long car was one of the last front engined cars to be competitive with the RE cars. The photo was taken at Indy in 1972 at the race that fellow Canuck Gary Beck beat Jerry Ruth in the final. Most of the fuel teams had already converted to the rear engined configuration." [6-14-2004]