The invitation-only field for the $10,000-to- win "Outlaw" Pro Mod race at Huntsville Dragway to be held July 1-3 has been filled, says Huntsville track owner George Howard. "We've invited 26 of the best Pro Mod racers and teams to try a qualify for the 16-car field." Among the touring pros who have accepted an invitation are current IHRA Pro Mod points leader and nitrous guru Shannon Jenkins (shown), nitrous racers Billy Harper and Charles Carpenter, supercharger racers Ed Hoover, Bill Hill and the Roy Hill two-car team. Huntsville hitters that will be going after the traveling pros include Bil Clanton, Buck Gardner, and Ron Stokes. For the complete payout and a schedule for the race, click on the Rocket City Nationals icon on the upper right-hand corner of the table of contents page. The race will also feature a $101,000-to-win eight-car Top Fuel race, plus a ten-wide class and two $5,000-to-win bracket races.  (Ian Tocher photo) [6-1-2005]

FORMER DRO STAFFER GETS MAJOR AWARD

All-star freelancer, CompetitionPlus editor, and former DRO staffer, Susan Wade, entered an interview she penned for DRO with Ford legend Carroll Shelby and it received a second place award at the annual AARWBA awards. Magazines or their writers are

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required to pay to join the AARWBA, then go through a submission sequence and learn the secret handshake to be considered for one of these awards. You know how we at DRO feel about joining the mainstream media, so we've never submitted. Congratulations to Susan Wade for winning the prestigious award, which we believe is voted on by a pretty exclusive panel of our peers.

And by the way, Mr. Editor of CompetitionPlus, remember this, in the words of the great Rick Flair concerning Ms. Elizabeth and Randy "Macho Man" Savage, "She was mine before she was yours!"  [6-1-2005]

PRUDHOMME SAYS NO TO PRO STOCK

The agent heard that there is a rumor going around (that started when someone saw Don Prudhomme and Bill Jenkins exchanging phone numbers) that the Snake was interested in adding a Pro Stock operation to his stable and that it would be the Dave Connolly/Bullet Motorsports team. A call to the team to check out the rumor got a resounding, "I'm not interested in a Pro Stock team," quote from Prudhomme.

Additionally, the Agent's sources close to the team say that the Carrier brothers look good to keep the team going and that GM may help a little just to keep Mr. Connolly in the car. Makes sense since the factories don't seem to have trouble supporting young racers' careers over in NASCAR.  [6-1-2005]