SUPER CHEVY SHOW CHANGES GAINESVILLE SCHEDULE

Due to the possible course of Hurricane Wilma, AutoStar Productions has announced schedule modifications for the AutoZone Super Chevy Show event at Gainesville Raceway this weekend. Fans will be able to see the WorkMat.net Nitro Coupes, dueling jet dragsters, wheelstander legend Bob Hall, Top Sportsman and the Flowmaster Bracket Racing Series on Saturday, October 22. Gates will be open at 7am with action planned all day long.

"We're taking our normal two day Super Chevy Show and compressing it into an incredible Saturday event," said AutoStar Productions President Roger Gustin. [10-20-2005]

'CIVIL WARS' THIS WEEKEND AT ROCKINGHAM

Defending event champion Steve Kirk of Monroe, GA, and spring event winner Chuck Ulsch of

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Clarksville, MD, are expected to compete at the Oct. 21-23 Holcomb Motorsports fall Civil Wars showdown at Rockingham (NC) Dragway. Open to all makes and models, the Outlaw 10.5 competition will award $10,000 to the winner.

Also expected to attend are Terry Robbins (shown), whose Camaro set a record for the eighth mile at 4.530 seconds in the spring, 2004 spring event winner Marcus Birt, and Ford driver Michael Hill. (Bret Kepner photo) [10-20-2005]

WILL VEGAS 'SUPER NATIONALS' SEE 200-MPH PASS?

And speaking of Steve Kirk Jr. (shown), he will also be at the Street Car Super Nationals held at Las Vegas on Nov. 4-6, along with Rich Zehring. Zehring's nitrous-aided '70 Nova SS holds the PSCA Outlaw Street record at 7.207. Former AA Altered Fuel car owner/driver Steve Zehring Sr. has joined Team AutoLine bringing a new Gene Fulton engine which should be in place for the Las Vegas race. Will it be Kirk's quickest East Coast car or the fastest West Coast car of Zehring which will break the seven-second, 200-mph barrier out West? Or somebody else? We'll let you know. (Ian Tocher photo) [10-20-2005]

DIESEL RECORD SET

Darren Morrison of Cairo, GA, set a new ET record of 10.509 in his 1997 3/4 ton Cummins turbo diesel-powered Dodge Ram on Oct. 15 at Virginia Motorsports Park during the Diesel Hot Rod Association's Pro Street Shootout. Morrison ran an all time best of 10.320 in the finals to clinch the victory, which moved him into first in points for the series. Morrison looks to better his new record in the 5600 lb. twin-turbo, truck stop fueled Dodge during the DHRA Nowel Thomas Finals in Houston, TX on November 12. [10-20-2005]