POMONA RACEWAY DRAGSTRIP SURFACE RE-PAVED
The racing surface at historic Pomona Raceway has been re-paved. The existing concrete starting line pads on the dragstrip were extended downtrack to the 660-foot mark. In addition to the new concrete, three inches of existing asphalt was removed and replaced from the 660-foot mark to 350 feet past the finish line.

The E.L. Yeager construction company poured the new concrete pads using the latest laser technology, known as the "Superflat System", to create as uniform a plane as possible. The texture applied to the concrete surface, using a technique known as shot-blasting, gives Pomona Raceway a racing surface that matches the majority of concrete slabs currently in place on the NHRA Winston Drag Racing circuit.

PRUDHOMME LOOKING AT IHRA?

Agent 1320 got a call from one of his most reliable sources who told him that Don Prudhomme is a least considering running a few IHRA meets. Seems like the "Snake" is not all that happy with NHRA currently. Our source wasn't sure if Prudhomme was thinking about doing this for the 2001 or 2002 season but that Prudhomme was seriously considering the move. If you combine this rumor (and the Agent stresses that none of the principals have been contacted) and the rumor that SFX has already approached Kenny Bernstein and offered appearance money, there might be reason indeed for NHRA to be a little nervous.

The Agent is sure that SFX/IHRA would love to get Prudhomme and American Tobacco over to IHRA and would probably do whatever necessary to make "Snake" happy.

 

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