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If you are a diehard front-motored Top Fuel fan you might want to cruise to Cordova Dragway in the Quad Cities area of Illinois this weekend for their annual Slingshot Nationals event. The Agent got a note from them saying that besides the usual lineup of Junior Fuel and other nostalgia type dragsters they've got a pretty stellar field of cars including certified West Coast hitters Jack "The Sherriff" Harris (shown), Frank "Root Beer" Hedge's two-car team and the Midwest's only five-second front motored car of Dale Suhr. There will be at least eight of the Top Fuelers at the one day show. Admission is just $20. The Agent highly recommends this event and especially the Margaritas and Polish dogs served in the concession area. Tell them Agent 1320 sent ya. (Brian Losness photo) [6-24-2005]

FUEL ALTERED OR SPRINT CAR?



The Agent recently received this photo of an MSD test session. Seems like MSD engineer John Clark, who designed MSD's magneto line, wanted a little straight-line testing time for his sprint car/test bed. So he took the Fuel Altered. . .er, we mean sprint car to Houston Raceway Park and did a little testing. The car went a best of 9.33/125. Not
too shabby.

Why does the Agent refer to the Sprinter as a Fuel Altered? Well, let's see: 96-inch wheelbase, alky burning, fuel-injected 360 inch small block sitting way up high in the chassis, big fatties on the back and skinny tires in front, and a big honkin' wing. Now if that isn't an Altered the Agent doesn't know what is. [6-24-2005]