RICKIE GOES INTO TEEN CLUB AT THE ROCK, MARTIN GOES WITH HIM!

Rickie Smith may be struggling a little with his driving recently, but his race car is certainly not. At the recently completed IHRA race at Rockingham Dragway Smith recorded the quickest ever pass for a nitrous Pro Mod car. On his last qualifying lap he improved from a best of 6.25 and change to a 6.155.

Harold Martin (photo) also joined the nitrous Pro Mod club with a 6.19 on his last lap picking up a half-tenth on his previous best that day. Congrats from DRO to both of these nitrous racers and a tip of the Agent's fedora to track owner Steve Earwood for stepping up and spending the big bucks to fix his racetrack surface. (Jeff Burk photo) [10-21-2003]

NHRA MODIFIES SPORTSMAN PARTICIPATION AT 2004 NATIONAL EVENTS

NHRA announced Oct. 20 that the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series categories of Comp, Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp and Super Gas will compete at 19 national events per

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season beginning in 2004. While the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series sportsman categories will be represented at all 23 events, each category will not compete at a national event every fifth year.

NHRA says the move was made to enhance the experience for sportsman teams attending national events, allowing for more participants in competing categories, in many cases more qualifying runs, in some cases lower grading requirements, and an improved schedule for run times.

For a complete schedule and the entire press release from NHRA click here. [10-21-2003]