ESPN2, MOTEL 6 EXTEND CONTRACTS
WITH NHRA
ESPN2 will remain the television home for NHRA POWERade
and Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events through 2011.
As part of the deal, all 23-NHRA POWERade Series events
will be televised on a same-day basis. The 16 Lucas Oil
Drag Racing Series events that feature TAD and TAFC will
be aired a week after the event. The NHRA began an exclusive
agreement with ESPN in 2001, with the coverage moving
to ESPN2 in 2005.
Motel 6, the "Official Motel of NHRA," will
extend its partnership with the sanctioning body through
2007. In addition, for the 2006 season Motel 6 will be
an associate sponsor of Kenny Koretsky's Pro Stock car
and Clay Millican's Top Fuel dragster. [11-03-2005]
HILL SCHOOL DATES
The dates for Roy Hill's Drag Racing School at Valdosta,
GA are November 14-16, November 17-19, and December 8-10.
DRO's Ian Tocher will attend one session, but hasn't decided
which as of yet. Editor Jeff Burk went through Hill's
school many years ago and the video tape is buried somewhere
in the DRO library. Perhaps we have found the entertainment
for this year's DRO Christmas party, hmmm? [11-03-2005]
SFI & NHRA MAKE TOP FUEL,
ALCOHOL SPEC UPDATES
NHRA has sent the following update to affected participants.
"Recently, the SFI Foundation changed the SFI Specification
for a Top Fuel chassis to the SFI 2.3M Specification.
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As a result, NHRA has updated its accepted specification
for all Top Fuel chassis with the following guidelines:
All new chassis constructed on or after November 1, 2005
must meet SFI Specification 2.3M. For all other chassis,
even if the chassis certification is current, the chassis
must comply with SFI Specification 2.3M by April 1, 2006.
"As part of the revision to SFI Specification 2.3M,
SFI has separated the chassis information that relates
to an alcohol chassis into a new section, SFI Specification
2.1. This alcohol chassis change is only a reference change
and does not affect the technical requirements for alcohol
chassis."
A check of www.sfifoundation.com, however, shows no mention
of specification 2.3M as of this date, so the Agent still
doesn't know exactly what is changed.
The NHRA has made other changes to their 2006 rules as
noted by Bret Kepner in our News & Analysis section.
[11-03-2005]
S&W CONTEST BEGINS
If you're planning to build a new race car or redo your
current one, then S&W Race Cars "Build a Winner-Be
a Winner Feature Build Off" contest may be of special
interest. Participants must start their project with at
least two of S&W's three base items — a fully
welded rear frame package, front frame package or complete
roll cage kit — to qualify for the contest, which
runs through April 1, 2006. The prize is a car feature
in Drag Racing Action magazine (not affiliated with Drag
Racing Online). Each week S&W will have a Featured
Product and you will earn one entry for each product you
purchase. You do not need to purchase the Featured Product
at that time, although there will be a special sale price
for that week only. For the compete rules, go to www.swracecars.com.
[11-03-2005]
