QUICK 8 PRO MOD EVENT AT GATEWAY

Gateway International Raceway in Madison, IL will host the third of four 1/8-mile Quick 8 Pro Mod Tournaments Aug. 14. Drag Racing Online is posting $100 each for Low E.T. and Top Speed.

Arnold, MO native John Deflorian Jr. holds a slim 5-point lead in the Pro Mod Series over Donnie Little (above) from Columbia, IL. Deflorian used a semi-finals finish in the last event on June 19 to overtake Little.

The first qualifying run for is set for 3:30 p.m. (CT). The Quick 8 Pro Mod program runs throughout the day/night along with the regular bracket racing until 10:30 p.m. Gateway will host the final Quick 8 Pro Mod event on Sept. 25. (Jeff Leonard photo) [8-13-2004]

MORGAN TELLS SCHUMACHER 'NO DEAL'

Agent 1320 heard that the proposed sale of the Larry Morgan Pro Stock team to Don Schumacher's ever-growing stable of professional teams has hit a snag. According to reports, Schumacher and Bob Glidden thought it was a done deal but Morgan said as far back as Sonoma that he hadn't yet received any money from Schumacher. Now the Agent hears that Schumacher/Glidden and Morgan are in some sort of litigation over the deal.

A call to Morgan's Ohio shop got this quote from a team spokesman: "I can't talk about the lawsuit but I can tell you this -- there never was a deal to sell the team and there isn't going to be."

In the meantime, some of the principals are using chat rooms to argue the case. The always classy Morgan just continues to race. Stay tuned. The Agent is sure there will be more installments of this Pro Stock soap opera. (Jeff Burk photo) [8-13-2004]

POLISH-ED ALUMINUM

There seems to be a thriving industry in Poland that manufactures replicars. It was not so long ago that repros of the Carroll Shelby AC Cobras were being built there. Now Agent 1320 gets this photo of an all-aluminum '41 Willys replicar supposedly coming out of that country. The Agent would like to see one of these "real" '41 Willys bodies in Pro Mod trim. [8-13-2004]