TSRA TO HOLD QUICK 8 AT DIV. 2 RACES

The Top Sportsman Racing Association will have a heads-up Quick 8 shootout at each NHRA Division 2 race this year. CSR will be presenting sponsor for the series with TracStar and Davis In-Motion Satellites returning as title sponsors. (Ian Tocher photo) [1-24-2005]

GUAM OPENS NEW DRAGSTRIP

Still trying to put together your race schedule for 2005? If you're headed for the Pacific Ocean rim, here's a new stop for you. Guam International Raceway just opened its 76 Circle K Drag Strip on Jan. 22 with a crowd estimated at more than 5,000 and about 100 racecars. A couple of racers from Saipan even shipped in a '91 Acura Integra to take on the locals. The track will hold night races every other Saturday. Check out www.dragguam.com. [1-24-2005]

RECOVERY FUND ESTABLISHED FOR TRACK WORKER

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David Baldwin, a starting line worker at U.S. 19 Dragway, an eighth-miler near Albany, GA, was seriously burned in a brush fire on Jan. 17. He was taken to the burn center at Doctors Hospital in Augusta, GA, where he is being treated for primarily third-degree burns covering more than 50 percent of his body. Baldwin's hospital stay is expected to last at least two months.

Cards and letters (but no flowers, since he is in a sterile environment) may be sent to: David Baldwin, c/o Doctors Hospital, The Burn Center, Room 10, 3651 Wheeler Rd., Augusta, GA 30909. Also, the Outlaw Racing Street Car Association has established a bank account to accept donations for a recovery fund. Checks made payable to David Baldwin may be sent to: ORSCA, 2732 Oakwood Dr., Loganville, GA 30052. DRO joins the entire drag racing community in wishing Baldwin a speedy recovery. [1-24-2005]