ATLANTA PRO HOT ROD EVENT CANCELLED

With the National Weather Service continuing to predict damaging winds, flooding and possible tornadoes in Northeast Georgia through Sunday, ProMedia officials have cancelled this weekend’s planned Pro Hot Rod and Muscle Car Nationals event at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Ga., the seventh race of the PRO Edelbrock Drag Racing Series. No decision has yet been made about rescheduling the event. [9-17-2004]

MOROSO RESCHEDULES MOPAR SHOW

Although the track has mostly recovered from Hurricane Frances passing through, because of rains from Hurricane Ivan, Moroso Motorsports Park in Jupiter, FL has decided to reschedule the Arrigo Dodgeland Mopar Show to October 23. [9-17-2004]

CAROLINA COALITION FINAL RESCHEDULED

The threat posed by Hurricane Ivan's inland advance has forced the postponement of the final race in the 2004 Doug Herbert Performance Carolina Coalition Drag Racing Series. The season finale, which was to have been contested this week at Rockingham (NC)

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Dragway, has been rescheduled for Oct. 2-3, at which time season champions in Top Eliminator, Footbrake and Jr. Dragster will be crowned. [9-17-2004]

'BLACK SUNDAY' THIS WEEKEND

Gateway International Raceway in Madison, IL will once again be host to the largest African-American motorsports event in the world when the United Black Drag Racers Association puts on the UBDRA Nationals on September 17-19.

In addition, the National Marrow Donor Program will be on hand Saturday and Sunday to register much needed African-American bone marrow donors. Jackie Donahue, sister of St. Louis native hip-hop artist Nelly, is expected to attend the event along with some of St. Louis' hip-hop elite. Friends of Donahue, who is in need of a matching marrow donor herself, set up Jes Us 4 Jackie (www.jesus4jackie.com) to make the public aware of the urgent need for African-American bone marrow donors.

The Black Sunday event began over 20 years ago and now attracts over 30,000 people to Gateway. The event is open to racers of all nationalities and ethnic backgrounds. DRO will have coverage of the event next week.  [9-17-2004]

UNIVERSAL SIGN LANGUAGE

Racers are racers everywhere, and some sentiments transcend the language barrier, as this close-up of Hans Olav Olstad's car from England's Santa Pod Raceway shows. For complete coverage of the FIA and FIM/UEM Championship Finals, see our Special Section. (Ivan Sansom photo)  [9-17-2004]