ANOTHER
CHARGER IN THE NEWS
Mark
Stuckey, from Northern California's Cameron Park, is busy
with his crew preparing the "Nitro Charger"
Dodge Daytona for 2006 Goodguys Nitro Funny Car competition.
Stuckey will race the flopper with crew chief Stephen
Knight tuning the de-stroked Keith Black Stage III Hemi.
The car was previously owned and driven
by Rocky Pirrone, but its history goes back to Nelson
Carter and Martin Broeders who raced the Dodge in Canada.
The chassis was used for a Jungle Jim Liberman Monza tribute
car in 1997. The pipe was originally built by Jerry Rightsell
in Texas. [9-27-2005]
LEGENDARY TEXAS TRACKS CLOSING;
NEW ONES OPENING
One of the Agent’s old buddies from Texas called
to say that a couple of old dragstrips in the Lone Star
state are closing including the track at Sealy, which
is close to Houston, and the legendary Temple Academy
Dragway in Temple. Almost all of the stars of Texas drag
racing have made a lap at Temple Academy Dragway at sometime
in their careers.
Our source also told us that the recently
opened quarter-mile track at Lufkin is doing well and
that he believes that an individual is currently building
a new, all-concrete quarter-mile facility in the Dallas
area, supposedly pretty close to Billy Meyer’s Motorplex.
Rumors are that some racers are trying to find someone
to re-open Temple Academy, but our source doesn’t
think it will happen. Including the infamous “Yellow
Belly” dragstrip between Dallas and Ft. Worth, there
are almost 30 operating dragstrips in the state of Texas!
[9-27-2005]
OH, YOU MEAN IT’S
THAT BLUE MAX
The photo we ran yesterday in 1320 notes isn’t the
Worsham family’s version of the famed Raymond Beadle
flopper. The photo we ran is of the 1975-76 car. Evidently
Worsham’s is a latter version but the Boisvert car
is an original body. The Agent simply doesn’t care
about the Blue Max deal any longer. Unveil them, run them,
park them or burn them, but the Agent is done with the
Blue Max drama until one of them makes a pass under power,
burning nitro for 1320 feet. Case closed. [9-27-2005]
VON
SMITH UPDATE
Rumor has it (and we stress the word rumor
here) that one of the Agent’s favorite drivers,
Von Smith, could be coming back next season if he can
get the funding and team together and, if he does, he
will be re-united with old crew chief Howard Moon. It's
another rumor that makes only a little sense since Howard
Moon (the Agent thinks) is under contract to Tommy Lipar
Racing. The Agent believes the part about Smith coming
back, but Moon leaving TLR doesn’t make a lot of
sense. (Ron Lewis photo)
[9-27-2005]
