CYLINDER HEAD CONTROVERSY, PART II

The Agent hears that John Force, who has had trouble with his fellow Fuel Coupe racers in the past over unique parts that he runs on his engines, may decide to get into the cylinder head business and build his own cylinder heads. Wonder how the rest of the flopper teams will react to that news and how long will it take for them to demand that John make them available to everyone. The only problem is that, even if the heads are available to everyone, Austin, Bernie and the rest of the Force braintrust don't go along with them. [1-6-2003]

HERBERT PERFORMANCE DRAG RACING SERIES ADDS NINTH EVENT TO SLATE

The Doug Herbert Performance Parts Carolina Coalition Drag Racing Series will expand to nine events in 2003, three of them at Rockingham Dragway, site of the first and last races in the regular season as well as of the newly-added North Carolina State Championship Finals.

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The new North Carolina State Championship Finals, to be contested Oct. 11-12, will include special events not part of the standard coalition program including 32-car "shootouts" in Top Eliminator (Super Pro), Sportsman (Footbrake) and in the Trailers of the East Coast Jr. Dragster division. Otherwise, the format for the bracket series will remain largely unchanged. Each event will feature two separate racing programs, one Saturday and one Sunday, with participants racing for $5,000 daily winners' shares in Top Eliminator, $2,500 daily winners' purses in the Sportsman division and $400 in Jr. Dragster.

A $40,000 year-end bonus fund will pay $10,000 to the Top Eliminator driver accumulating the most series points with $5,000 to the overall winner in the Sportsman category and $1,000 to the Jr. Dragster Champion. The remainder of the bonus fund will be distributed among other drivers in the "Top 20." The 2003 series will pay out a whopping $335,000 in cash purses and bonuses.

The 2003 schedule is: March 8-9 Rockingham Dragway, Rockingham, NC; April 12-13 Piedmont Dragway, Greensboro, NC; May 17-18 Farmington Dragway, Farmington, NC; June 14-15 Mooresville Dragway, Mooresville, NC; July 5-6 Piedmont Dragway, Greensboro, NC; July 19-20 Farmington Dragway, Farmington, NC; Aug. 16-17 Mooresville Dragway, Mooresville, NC; Sept. 20-21 Rockingham Dragway, Rockingham, NC; Oct. 11-12 North Carolina State Championship Finals, Rockingham Dragway. [1-6-2003]

PRO SCHEDULE RELEASED

The 2003 PRO-Edelbrock Fastest Street Car Drag Racing Series Schedule has been released:April 11-13, Bradenton Motorsports Park, Bradenton, FL; June 6-8, Beech Bend Raceway, Bowling Green, KY; July 19-20,Cordova Dragway, Cordova, IL; Aug 22-24, Maple Grove Raceway, Reading, PA; Sept 12-14, Atlanta Dragway, Atlanta, GA; Oct 3-5, Memphis Motorsports Park, Memphis, TN. [1-6-2003]

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