ROMINE'S GONE TWO-WHEELIN'
The formerly attractive Paul Romine, who is currently unemployed
as a Top Fuel driver, has turned his interests to other
forms of fast vehicles to get his thrills. He sent us this
photo of a trick Harley Davidson tourer that he is having
built at Mike Spitzer's Indianapolis fabrication facility.
You can't tell it from the photo but the HD has a swing
arm rear suspension and other tricks. The Agent especially
likes the "old school" wire wheels front and rear.
And you thought Spitzer was just a race car builder and
Romine was just a hot-shot pilot and Top Fuel driver. Nice
"putt", guys. [6-22-2005]
YET ANOTHER BRUTON SMITH/NHRA RUMOR
The
Agent got a call from one of his sources in Charlotte. According
to the source, Mr. Smith has evidently decided that NHRA
isn’t going to sell to his SMI company. Supposedly
Smith is going to do the next best thing and start his own
sanctioning body and offer racers and fans a ten-race series
with six of the races being staged at the tracks he currently
owns -- Bristol, Sonoma and Las Vegas -- and put on four
more races at other venues.
The rumor also has him significantly increasing the payout
and purse for the pros. Sounds pretty far-fetched to the
Agent until you consider three significant items (1) Mr.
Smith’s SMI corp has to expand and grow to satisfy
his investors. (2) SMI is probably not going to get any
more NASCAR tracks or events from the France family who
controls NASCAR. And (3) There are plenty or race tracks
and track operators who need more events for their yearly
race event calendar. More rumors when the Agent gets them.
[6-22-2005]
PEDEN BUYS A 747
No, Super Comp/Top Sportsman racer and Country
Motor Trailer Sales owner, Don Peden, isn't buying one of
Boeing's Jumbo jets to transport his racing rig. What he
should be getting soon though is a 747 cubic inch rat motor
from Reher-Morrison for his new Jerry Bickel Race Cars'
Cobalt. Peden would like to be the first Super Comp doorslammer
to run 200 mph in the quarter mile. (Jeff
Burk photo) [6-22-2005]
