QUARTER-MAX CAMPAIGNS CHEVY COBALT

Quarter-Max Racing -- Jones, Stockseth and White, will campaign for the Hooters Drag Racing Series IHRA Pro Stock World Championship with this new 2005 Chevy Cobalt.

Underneath the hood of the Quarter-Max Chassis & Racing Components Cobalt flagship is a brand new Sonny Leonard (Sonny's) Racing Engines 816 cid mountain motor. The chassis was built by Jones's RJ Race Cars.
Quarter-Max Racing has added a new associate sponsor, RacingJunk.com for the 2005 season. [2-1-2005]

SNIPPET FROM DOWN UNDER

DRO European correspondent Ivan Sansom, on a busman's holiday in Australia, forwarded a few photos of Terry Sainty driving the family-built Gulf Western Oils fueler. Virtually everything except the mags and wheels and tires has been produced in their Sydney workshop.

The unique Sainty three valve billet motor produced the fastest and quickest pass by a non-Hemi based powerplant in qualifying Jan. 28 at the Quit Motorplex, Kwinana just outside of Perth in Western Australia.

Previous best passes for the Sainty car were in the 5-oh's. Terry's 4.873 at 298.01 represents a remarkable leap in performance, but one that is the culmination of over a decade of development of the Sainty motor. (Ivan Sansom photos) [2-1-2005]