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THE RETURN (AGAIN) OF FLOYD LIPPENCOTT JR Agent 1320 has learned that Bob Muravez (aka Floyd Lippencott Jr.) is going to get into a modern Top Fuel car, one with the engine behind his face instead of in front of it, after a long career of shoeing a variety of dragsters with one or even two engines in front of him. For our younger readers, Muravez drove (under his alias)the famous twin-engined Top Gas dragster "The Freight Train." The Agent's sources tell him that Muravez has worked out a lease agreement with the Stevens family of Oblong, Illinois for their Top Fuel car that was driven at the U.S. Nationals by Tim Gibson to respectable time on its only lap. The 62-year-old So-Cal driving legend will make laps in the car at the Phoenix test sessions in January and make a decision about the season after that according to the Agent's sources. BIG BERTHA'S BACK?
Remember this car? It was the premier shoebox in the legal doorslammer classes when the class first started in the early 1990's. All steel, licensed, correct VIN numbers, and bad fast. Owner-driver Monty Berney called the Agent to say that he and his former crew chief on the car were returning with another Fat Broad race car. Unfortunately, he didn't leave a phone number. Monty, would you please call the Agent again and this time leave a working phone number. THE PARKING LOT IS GETTING FULL According to the Agent's sources, the New York Yankees-backed Darrell Gwynn Top Fuel operation is going to be parked until or unless a sponsor steps forward soon. This isn't a surprise to most, as the Gwynn team's situation was the subject of many pit rumors toward the end of the 2002 season. The Agent also hears that the rumored Fuel Coupe program being put together by Alan Johnson and former WWF/WWE hitter Jerry Toliver evidently didn't get done. Seems that (like Gwynn) if Johnson doesn't get an influx of sponsorship cash his nitro program will also be parked for the 2003 season. The Agent, however, wouldn't bet any large cash that Johnson's Fuel Coupe won't make laps at Pomona in February. CORDOVA'S HANGOVER FEST PART II Just when the wife and kids thought they could finally put the family car away and get a little quality time with ol' Dad, Cordova Dragway's Scott Gardner and the rest of his "crew" have decided they just had to smell burning rubber or the equivalent to start the new year. So on January 1, 2003 they'll open the gates at the home of the World Series of Drag Racing (that's Cordova, Illinois) and let everyone in for just a thin, tin er ten bucks for grudge racing, tuning or watching. If you're sitting in the stands and you're over 21 and not racing, they'll be dispatching Bloody Mary's for a buck and giving aspirin away for free. The Agent says, "Be there or be somewhere."
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