DEMAREST SERVICES SCHEDULED

Funeral services for Mike Demarest, who passed away last week, will be held at 7:30 p.m., Monday, June 27 at Annunciation Catholic Church, 1307 E. Longden Avenue in Arcadia, CA. His family has asked that a donation be made to the City of Hope in his name, in lieu of flowers. Mail contributions to City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 E. Duarte Rd., Duarte, CA 91010 or go online at www.cityofhope.org/donate. [6-27-2005]

GOING IN CIRCLES

Who says drag racing is all we do at DRO? West Coast Editor Darr Hawthorne and his photog son Zak took on Ventura Speedway's 1/4 mile dirt track over the weekend. The pair attended Cory Kruseman's Sprint Car diving school to eat a little dirt. Other than a humbling throttle miscue on an early lap for Darr, Zak prevailed as the future star of the sprint cars to go right along side Kruseman's buddies Gary Scelzi and Ron Capps in the "A Main". (Zak Hawthorne photo) [6-27-2005]

POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY?

Nevada Secretary of State Dean Heller (left) and Las Vegas
Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Bill Young drag raced against each other during the June 23rd Thursday Night Street Wars at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Heller defeated the sheriff two-for-two in competition.

Thursday Night Street Wars is a program designed to combat illegal street racing in Las Vegas and southern Nevada. (photo courtesy LVMS) [6-27-2005]

FORCES AT NORWALK

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Not only will John Force and his Funny Car team be competing at Norwalk Raceway Park's "Night Under Fire" on July 2, but his daughter Ashley (shown) will be competing as well for her third year in a row at Norwalk.

With Troy Coughlin reportedly testing this week at Norwalk, will he make some test runs in front of the 30,000+ spectators next Saturday? (Bret Kepner photo) [6-27-2005]