ODDY'S STRATUS IN BICKEL'S SHOP

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Jim Oddy delivered his Dodge Stratus that was damaged in a crash at Milan, MI, a couple of weeks back to Jerry Bickel's Troy, MO shop to be repaired. According to the folks at Bickel's, if the car is repairable it won't take more than a couple of weeks for the chassis to be repaired. In the meantime, the Bareman brothers have delivered their '53 Vette to Oddy's shop in Elma, NY with fresh Summit livery on the car. The team will debut the newly painted 'Vette with Steve Bareman between the pipes will return to IHRA action Aug. 12-14 at Martin, MI. [8-1-2005]

Morgan Lucas and Ron Capps jumped into the digital battle showing off the new NHRA Championship Drag Racing game for the PlayStation®2 platform. Capps was part of the development team for ValueSoft’s VSE Games during the production and the more realistic images have come quite a distance from previous drag racing simulation games. The game also contains most of the current Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock teams. DRO’s crack team will be testing the new game as soon as a review copy becomes available, the game will be shipped to retailers in mid-August.

From what we saw of the game, every racetrack looks like standing room only crowds -- if only real dragstrip grandstands were this easy to fill. (Darr Hawthorne photo) [8-1-2005]