ROMINE SHOULD EARN FREQUENT FLYER MILES COMPETING BOTH NHRA AND IHRA

Racing two different drag racing sanctioning bodies is almost impossible, but the CARQUEST Auto Parts Top Fuel team is one team that does it, competing part-time in the NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series while racing full-time in the IHRA series.

This week the CARQUEST team leaves its Indianapolis base and travels 1,867 miles to Kent, Washington for the Prolong Super Lubricant Northwest Nationals. Once the Prolong Northwest Nationals are completed, the CARQUEST team will pack up and travel 1,814 back east next week to compete at the IHRA CARQUEST Auto Parts Northern Nationals in Stanton, Michigan, before finally making the short trip home, 249 mile back to Indianapolis, a roundtrip total of 3,930 miles over a two-week span.

"Some people will say we're crazy, but we've got a great crew and sponsors, including event sponsor Prolong, who believe in covering all markets with us," Paul Romine said. "It is nearly impossible to run both NHRA and IHRA because of scheduling conflicts and different rules, but our team is proud to be competitive in both series and I'm not sure how many teams could do this, it's definitely a marathon of nitro."

NHRA GOES HOLLYWOOD; TO STAGE ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY AT UNIVERSAL AMPHITHEATRE
The National Hot Rod Association will host its annual awards ceremony for the first time ever at the Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif. For the last five years, the NHRA awards ceremony took place at the Cerritos Performing Arts Center in Cerritos, Calif.

"Southern California was the birthplace of modern drag racing. There is no question that Hollywood was the birthplace of the entertainment industry," said Tom Compton, president of the NHRA. "It is natural, then, to move the world's largest motorsports sanctioning body's annual award show to the spotlight of the world's premier entertainment complex."

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