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NHRA PRO MOD NEWS
Mike Ashley called editor Jeff Burk yesterday just to update
his on-going efforts to bring a Pro Mod series to NHRA in
2006 and clarify a few things. He wanted to make it very
clear that his current sponsors would support his Pro Mod
team regardless of with which sanctioning body it runs and
that his sponsorship money wasn’t going to back the
series.
"He also gave me some off the record information regarding
the series that solidifies my belief there indeed will be
an NHRA Pro Mod series in 2006 as stated in the News and
Analysis piece than ran on Dec. 20," Burk said. "You’ll
have to wait for Ashley’s PR folks to release the
official who, what, and where info on the series but based
upon what I was told I’m still confident that a series
will happen." (Jeff Burk photo)
[12-22-2005]
THE UNDERTAKER RETURNS!
Agent 1320 got the news that veteran driver Tommy Gray,
who was last seen on the Pro Mod scene on a full time basis
driving his “Grave
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digger”
supercharged ’41 Willys, will be returning to Pro
Mod competition full time in 2006. The Agent’s Carolina
operative reports that Roy Hill and Gray have teamed up
for the coming season.
Since Roy Hill’s school is the official drag racing
school for the ADRL, the Agent assumes that (ala WWE) “Finally
the 'Gravedigger' has come back to the ADRL. Can you smell
the rotting flesh of his opponents?” Cue the flash-pots
and music! [12-22-2005]
CARLSON, SCHUMACHER DENY PRO STOCK
RUMORS
Evidently
everyone except Shaun Carlson and Don Schumacher have heard
that the Sport Compact star has signed a deal to drive for
Team Schumacher in 2006. The Agent has been hearing the
rumor for some time and evidently so has everyone else.
Word has it Carlson (above, left) even got a call from NHRA’s
National Dragster about his "deal."
The Agent called both Carlson and Schumacher directly and
was told by both that there was no deal. Then one of the
Agent's operatives called to say that Roy Hill had tried
to hire Carlson to drive his Pro Mod and was told that he
was under contract to Schumacher. The Agent’s West
Coast operative called Carlson again about the rumor. His
answer was "My heart is with MOPAR and wherever Kevin
Miller (Mopar Senior Brand Manager Performance Parts) wants
to steer me is where I want to go."
Well now, that certainly clears up everything for the Agent.
(Zak Hawthorne photo) [12-22-2005]
HILLARY WILL FEATURED IN 'CAR
AND DRIVER'
Hillary Will, who will drive the KB Racing-owned, Kalitta
Motorsports-managed Top Fuel Dragster on the NHRA POWERade
Drag Racing Series in 2006, is featured in the January 2006
issue of Car and Driver magazine. The article is entitled
“Sports: Fast Women: Racing’s raciest women
and where to meet them. Take a number- No crowding.”
by Ted West. Will is highlighted along with six other women
drivers – Erin Crocker, Sarah Fisher, Deborah Renshaw,
Allison Duncan, Allison MacLeod and Katherine Legge. Car
and Driver link: http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=4&article_id=10402
[12-22-2005]
IHRA APPROVES JEFFERS’ PRO
MOD 'CUDA BODY
Okay,
okay, we know you're sick of looking at the body, but since
it has been approved for IHRA by Mike Baker, according to
builder Larry Jeffers, the Agent is going to run one more
picture. And in the interest of complete disclosure, Jeffers
doesn’t advertise with DRO other than a Speed Connection
ad. [12-22-2005]
LOOK IT UP!
With all of the drag racer blogs being added to various
websites recently, the Agent can't help but point out that
a new word has entered the official vocabulary. The online
version of the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines blogorrhea:
pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) blogging.
[12-22-2005]
