The Agent found out that they're going to have a match race this Wednesday night at Kansas City International Raceway. DRO-backed Donnie Little (shown) and his nitrous Camaro will square off against one of the Lake Ozark, MO Barklage brothers' supercharged GTO. It should be a classic Midwest match race. (Bret Kepner photo) [8-16-2005]

$50,000-TO-WIN TEN-WIDE RACE COMING IN 2006

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Drag Racing Online and George Howard evidently didn't learn their lesson at the Huntsville $101,000-to-win Top Fuel race and are going to join forces again. This time the pair will be putting on a race for "Outlaw" Ten-wide doorslammers that pays the winner 50 large (or for those of you who don't gamble $50,000!). The race will be held in April of 2006 but that is all the information that George has given DRO so far.

Stay tuned for more information on what promises to be the highest paying ten-wide race in drag racing history. What else would you expect from George and DRO? [8-16-2005]

GOT MILK?

After totaling a couple of race cars and suffering through other dramas, Jim Oddy returned to competition with his interim driver, Steve Bareman, at the IHRA event at Martin, MI. Bareman, who owns one of the largest dairies in the Midwest, has been an engine customer of Jim Oddy's for many years and graciously offered the Summit Racing Equipment-sponsored team his '53 'Vette to finish out the 2005 season. After a two-week thrash to install Oddy's engine and drivetrain into the Bareman 'Vette, the team attempted to qualify at the Martin event but only ran good enough for 17th. They did get a break and came in on Sunday as an alternate but burned some pistons in a losing effort in the first round.

According to Oddy the car had a problem somewhere in the fuel tank or fuel lines which caused the engine to go lean and burn pistons and rods on every pass. "We looked like a Top Fuel team putting a rack of rods and pistons in the engine after every lap!" said Oddy.

The Agent hears the team will be ready for Norwalk but will skip the AMS/TLR event at the U.S. Nationals and return at the IHRA event in Epping, NH on Sept. 9-11. (Bob Johnson photo) [8-16-2005]