UTTER-LY FANTASTIC AT SOUTHEASTERN

This just in from the Agent's Georgia operatives. The booked-in field for Southeastern Dragway's 50th Anniversary show is shaping up nicely. Seven nitro burning nostalgia funny cars are in the fold, with more expected. The show will be headlined by Virgil and Richard Hartman's Mustang, but they will have plenty of competition.

The California Kids, Utterback and Gaynor (shown) will be on hand, as will Georgia nostalgia nitro magnate Donnie Reeves. Rob Bruce will have his Zombie act in gear, and Texas Transformer shoe Mitch King will also be in the pits. Steve Nichols and Rick Stambaugh complete the list of entries, to date. Jet funny cars will also be part of the fun at Dallas, GA. Gary Fore is the only name the Agent has right now -- maybe track operator Gene Fuller will match him up with one of the nitro burners! Sounds like fun! For more info call Fuller at 770-445-2183. (Gil Rebilas photo) [4-14-2005]

BY THE NUMBERS

Earlier this week, DRO ran a feature by Jim Hawkins about the drag stats after the first four races of the season. For those of you who just can't get enough number crunching, here are the tables that Jim based his graphs on. [4-14-2005]

Top Fuel
Number of Unique Drivers	Year	Average Top Speed
35	1987	260.60
36	1988	266.49
32	1989	273.85
38	1990	270.82
34	1991	275.65
36	1992	283.33
29	1993	286.70
28	1994	289.91
29	1995	290.67
32	1996	292.92
29	1997	296.72
34	1998	301.24
29	1999	303.71
33	2000	299.85
41	2001	301.97
37	2002	302.15
39	2003	306.38
41	2004	308.90
20	2005	317.79

Funny Car
Number of Unique Drivers	Year	Average Top Speed
38	1987	249.74
38	1988	257.23
36	1989	261.81
36	1990	262.3
35	1991	265.39
37	1992	268.91
34	1993	273.07
32	1994	278.63
26	1995	280.04
31	1996	281.2
30	1997	288.96
33	1998	289.84
32	1999	289.75
28	2000	295.27
23	2001	303.59
26	2002	299.33
26	2003	304.56
24	2004	307.65
20	2005	312.01