FIRST TO THE 4.40s!

In this second-round pairing at Huntsville Dragway against Tim Lynch (near lane), Terry Robbins set the Outlaw 10.5 world on fire with a 4.496-second pass at 162.05 mph, marking the first sub-4.50 run in class history. The run also backed up the 4.502 that Robbins went in qualifying number one to secure the official ORSCA E.T. record. Lynch, who went 4.504 in the opening round of eliminations, put together a 4.519/164.29 lap against Robbins, making it the quickest and fastest side-by-side Outlaw 10.5 race ever. A tip of the Agent's cap to Robbins, who also sewed up the 2005 ORSCA championship at the race. Watch for full race coverage coming shortly to DragRacingOnline.com. (Ian Tocher photos) [10-10-2005]

AN AGELESS BEAUTY AND 3 GUYS

We recognize photog and Hall of Famer Dave Wallace Sr. as the happy guy just to the right of Linda Vaughn in this photo, but have no idea who those white-haired geezers acting as bookends are. Congrats from the staff of DRO to Wallace Sr., but DRO Editor Jeff Burk reminds Mr. Wallace that he's busted the deadline on a long overdue feature that was assigned several years ago at another magazine. Wonder what Doris Herbert would've done? [10-10-2005]

THE AGENT MISSED IT BY 'THIS MUCH'

Just before last weekend's Pro Mod races at the IHRA's Rockingham race and the NHRA AMS Pro Mod race at the Texas Motorplex,

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the Agent went out on a limb and predicted that a Pro Mod would have its first "legal" five-second lap in the U.S. (John Zappia already did that in Australia in his Top Doorslammer).

Well, Rockingham was rained out, but Jay Payne drove Brad Anderson's Dodge Stratus to a 6.000/239.23 on his last qualifying lap and a 6.010/238.38 in the first round of eliminations of the AMS/TLR event at Dallas, re-setting the NHRA legal Pro Mod record at 6.000/239.28. The Agent was wrong in his prediction by just a lousy one-thousandth of second. To quote one of the Agent's favorite agents, the late Maxwell Smart (Don Adams), "Missed it by that much!" [10-10-2005]