THREE FINALISTS CHOSEN IN HERBERT'S 'WIN THIS CAR' CONTEST

Will Greg Scott, John Herring or Emil Dusek be an NHRA Top Fuel rookie of the year candidate in the near future? That's uncertain. What is a fact is one of them will soon own a ready-to-run Top Fuel dragster, thanks to Doug Herbert's season-long "Win This Car" promotion that has him giving away his Snap-on racecar Nov. 9 at Pomona, Calif.

Scott, El Cajon, Calif.; Herring, Elizabeth City, N.C.; and Dusek, Katy, Texas, are the finalists named by Herbert, and one will soon be a Top Fuel car owner.

"We had thousands of entrants in the contest and we thank all of them for participating," said Herbert, from Cherryville, N.C. "The three finalists will receive expense-paid trips to Pomona and will be guests in Snap-on's VIP hospitality area at the track for the race.

"The car will be race-ready," he continued. "We plan to start the car for the winner. We will deliver it to his house or he can take it home himself."

The dragster is 25 feet long and weighs 2175 pounds. It's built for one, costs approximately $200,000 new, has run speeds in excess of 320 mph in about 4.5 seconds, uses approximately 45 gallons of high-priced nitromethane fuel per mile, and would be a great conversation piece parked in the winner's living room, garage or front yard. [11-04-2003]

HAHN, ODDY MAKE HISTORY

When Fred Hahn and Jim Oddy (photo, left to right) won the DRO/NMM Cup and the AMS Staff Leasing Pro Mod Challenge Championship, they became the only team to have won

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one in every sanctioning body that offers a World Championship for Pro Modified race cars.

The duo, who have been racing together for 15 years, got their first championship in 1991, competing on the United Super Series Circuit. They repeated with USSC titles in 1992, 1994 and 1995. They added Super Chevy Series titles in 1995 and 1996. In 1997 they won the Super Chevy Nitro Coupe World Championship, and they were IHRA Pro Mod champs in 2000.

In addition, Hahn was named Car Craft All-Star Pro Modified Driver of the Year in 2000 and 2002. He has recorded the quickest E.T. in IHRA history at 6.11, and at the NHRA race in Englishtown this year he turned in a 6.07, giving the Summit Racing Equipment-backed Corvette the two quickest legal Pro Mod passes in history.

The Agent can't wait to see what happens next year. (Jeff Burk photo) [10-31-2003]