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JUNIOR'S JR DRAGSTER ON 'MONSTER GARAGE'

The Agent has been informed that Troy Coughlin Jr. and his Jr. Dragster are going to be involved in a future segment of the Jesse James "Monster Garage" television series. No details have yet been released as to time and date but the Agent is sure that Jesse will come up with some radical Jr. Dragster. Let’s just hope that since it’s a Monster Garage deal the Jr’s will be running nitro through those honkin’ one-lungers. [1-11-2006]

PELTZ REPLACING GLICK AS L.A. TIMES MOTORSPORTS REPORTER

You may not have heard of him, but for almost a half-century Shav Glick (shown) has been reporting on motorsports for the L.A. Times. During his career Mr. Glick was a huge fan of NHRA drag racing and gave so much coverage of NHRA events and races in the 1,000,000 circulation paper that when NHRA built the new tower at the L.A. County fairgrounds they named the press room facilities after Glick. At 85, Glick has taken retirement from the paper and has been replaced by a former business writer Jim Peltz. According to Glick, Peltz is a big NASCAR fan. Not a real good sign for future drag racing coverage in that newspaper. [1-11-2006]

PONTIAC PRO STOCK SHOWDOWN SET FOR THE STRIP

The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be the site of the 2006 Pontiac Pro Stock Showdown on Feb. 4. A long list of drivers have been invited to compete at the event and those already confirmed include Warren Johnson, Greg Anderson, Jim Yates, Kurt Johnson, Erica Enders, Mark Pawuk, Mike Edwards, Ron Krisher and Dave Connolly. The winner will receive $5,000.

Qualifying for the Pro Stock Showdown will begin at 9:30 a.m. and eliminations for the 16-car field will begin at 12:30 p.m. In addition, Pro and Sportman testing will be going on all weekend, the last chance for testing before the season kicks off with the NHRA Winternationals in Pomona. [1-11-2006]