BURK ALERT!

He can't keep to a weekly schedule, but he writes more than one column a month, so the Agent will start warning you when DRO editor, Jeff Burk lets off one of his Blasts. What is he writing about this time? [6-24-2005]

MILLICAN/KLOEBER DROPPING IHRA IN 2006?

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The Agent hears that Ken Koretsky and his partners will be concentrating on NHRA events next season after concentrating that team's efforts over at rival IHRA for the last five years or so. This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone but the Agent has always been told that the reason the Werner Enterprises Top Fueler hadn't raced more was because Werner didn't want to.

If the rumors are true, this could represent a pretty serious blow to IHRA as the Werner backed team and Millican are really the last nationally recognized Top Fuel team regularly competing on the IHRA circuit. [6-24-2005]

FIVE PSCA EVENT AT LVMS IN 2006

The Pacific Street Car Association will present five events at Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2006. Four of the five events will be included in the PSCA's 2006 points chase. The fifth PSCA event at The Strip at LVMS will be the world's largest Pro Street event, the 2006 PSCA Street Car Super Nationals.

The 2006 PSCA schedule for The Strip at LVMS: February 18-19
(PSCA Icebreaker Season Kick-Off); April 22-23 (PSCA Spring Sizzle);
June 23-24 (PSCA Summer Nationals); September 2-3 (PSCA Labor Day
Showdown) and November 17-19 (Inaugural PSCA Street Car Super Nationals).

"Pro street drag racing has evolved into one of the most fun and entertaining forms of motorsports and we're excited to expand our involvement in the program," said Chris Blair, LVMS' senior director of drag racing operations. "This series is all about taking a stock-appearing race car, shoehorning a huge motor under the hood, feeding it with racing fuel and nitrous oxide and holding on as it makes a 220-mph trip down the quarter mile. The cars are entertaining because they are so scary to watch."

The PSCA series consists of nine different heads-up categories designed
for every type of car, racer skill level and car owner's budget.
Participating cars range from project muscle cars to former NHRA Pro
Stock and Pro Mod category racers. You've got plenty of advance notice, so get busy building those cars. For more info go to www.pscaracing.com. (photo of Ed Thornton courtesy LVMS) [6-24-2005]