SPORTSMAN RACING FOR DOLLARS

For those racers in the southeastern part of the country, here are a few races in the area that might make the tow worthwhile.

Lake Cumberland Dragway, Jamestown, KY: Nov. 23. No-Box class: $5,000 win; $1,000 r/u; $200-$100 for $80 entry fee. Foot-Brake: $3,000 win; $800 r/u; $200-$100 for $65 entry fee.

Piedmont Dragway: Piedmont, NC: Nov. 29: $20,000 to win; $5,000 r/u; $100 round money for $200 entry fee.

Beech Bend Raceway, Bowling Green, KY: Nov. 28-29-30: Super Pro (with delay): $10,000 to win each day; $100 entry fee daily. Pro (no delay boxes): $1,000 to win each day for only $25 entry fee per day!

Sunshine Dragstrip: Tampa, FL: Nov. 28-29: Super Pro / Pro Combo: $5,000 to win each day for $75 entry fee daily. [11-20-2003]

NHRA CHANGES A COUPLE OF 2004 RACE DATES

Next season, the O'Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals in Memphis will move to Aug. 20-22, one week after the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minn. In addition, the O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals in Dallas will move to Sept. 23-26, one week following the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Reading, Pa. [11-20-2003]

ALBERT SETS UNOFFICIAL RECORD

Jerry Albert's Alcoa-backed Top Sportsman '97 Camaro had an excellent Halloween weekend at the 30th Annual Summit Classic Presented by Dart Machinery at Norwalk (Ohio) Raceway Park. In addition to getting the Super 16 event win over Bill Spangler, Albert took the points championship and set an unofficial record.

On the fourth pass on a new Hemphill Racing Engines powerplant, Albert lit the scoreboard with a 6.758/205.29, crushing Scott Shafiroff's single 4-barrel record of 6.793/203. Albert used a Powerglide transmission with a BTE torque converter and components prepared by Al Gottschling to accomplish the feat. [11-20-2003]

BONIFERRO REPEATS

At the same Norwalk event, Canadian racer Joe Boniferro qualified number one at 6.453/216.83, and went on to win the Oddy's Performance/G-Force Race Cars Frantic 4. After getting the final round win over Rick Sornberger's nitrous-aided Camaro, Boniferro's Koffel's Place-sponsored supercharged Dodge Avenger also took out another vehicle. A little four-wheeler that was sitting in a prohibited area got entangled in the Avenger's chutes and the driver was pulled off his vehicle. He was not injured. [11-20-2003]