NORWALK RACEWAY PARK YET TO COMMIT TO IHRA

DRO confirmed with IHRA president Aaron Polburn at Rockingham that as of this weekend the management at NRP

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has yet to sign a contract with the International Hot Rod Association/Clear Channel Entertainment to hold a 2006 IHRA national event at the track. Since IHRA doesn’t have a contract with NRP that means it legally could change its sanctioning affiliation to the NHRA and host an NHRA national event.

The Agent hears that the negotiations aren’t going so well and the IHRA is reviewing its options. Say, didn’t Dragway 42 in Ohio use to host AHRA Grand American events? Stay tuned, this could become very entertaining. [10-31-2005]

HILL, BEADLE AND A NEW TOP FUEL TEAM?

One rumor the Agent keeps hearing is that Roy Hill and Raymond Beadle are going to bring out a Top Fuel team in 2006. The Agent puts the odds at this happening at 100-1! One thing the Agent does know for sure is that Hill is having a new doorslammer built by Jerry Haas Race Cars. It was verified to the Agent by both Haas and Hill themselves. [10-31-2005]

TOCHER TAKING LESSONS

DRO Senior Editor Ian Tocher has decided that if he is going to continue to write about, criticize, and observe the sport of drag racing he needs to get some real seat time in a fast race car. When he toiled as the editor of a magazine devoted to the airline industry he obtained his pilot's license. With that in mind, he will be attending the Roy Hill Drag Racing School next month at the Valdosta, GA track.

Those of you who have an axe to grind with our Senior Editor are encouraged to attend the school, sit in the stands, and report back to the Agent as to Mr. Tocher’s expertise or lack there off. We’ll put the dates and times of that school in a coming 1320 note! (Bret Kepner photo) [10-31-2005]

75-80 DRAGWAY CLOSES

In an all too frequent scenario these days, the housing developers are closing another dragstrip. The 75-80 Dragway, opened in 1960 among pastures and cornfields near the intersection of Routes 75 and 80 near Monrovia, Maryland, is under a $3 million contract. As many as 1,600 houses could be built. [10-31-2005]

RACER FATALLY INJURED AT FAMOSO

Ray Moore, a Sportsman racer from Santa Paula, CA, was critically injured Oct. 29 during the Goodguys Fuel and Gas Championships. Moore, 76, was driving his '67 Camaro in C/Gas qualifications when his car suddenly veered to the right, bounced off the concrete retaining wall and spun down the track. Moore was cut from the car by the track safety crew and then flown by helicopter to Kern Medical Center where he died later that night. [10-31-2005]