A REAL FUEL COUPE?

Two-time NHRA national event winner John Spar and Ed Heystee, CEO/C.A.R.E Inc., have formed a new Nostalgia racing team. The new venture for Spar and Heystee is scheduled to make its debut at the 2004 Goodguys March Meet at Bakersfield, CA. The trick CARE/B&M candy red 1923 "T" roadster was assembled by Dave Tuttle of California Chassis. The car will wear the famous nostalgic B&M Hydro Stick logo to commemorate B&M's 50th anniversary. It will have an experimental crate based GM Performance Parts blown 502 cu in big-block power plant.

Apparently the roadster is going to burn alky but the Agent would surely pay to see this car make a pass with a load in the fuel tank. (Tim Marshall photo) [12-18-2003]

AS THE FORCE SQUIRMS...UPDATE

A lot of rumors have been going around the John Force soap opera concerning who will and won't be driving the Force Mustangs in 2004. The Agent has kind of stayed mum but he now has a little info to share. Excellent sources confirm that Himself will return in the Castrol/Ford Mustang and that Gary Densham will return in a Mustang backed by AAA. The

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driver of the third car has yet to be determined but one of the Agent's sources says that while it is about 50/50 that John Medlen's son will drive the third car, Force is still agonizing over his choice and at least a half-dozen drivers besides Medlen are still in the running.

Team Force is also in the running for an AT&T sponsorship and that situation has also caused major drama for Force. Seems like AT&T has decided that they will only sponsor a dragster. If Team Force were to secure the AT&T sponsorship then Gary Densham's crew chief, Jimmy Prock, would tune the dragster, which only makes good sense. Except that Densham has made it known to his boss that if Prock isn't tuning his car he might choose to take a pass on driving at all. After all that Force has done for Densham that attitude seems a little ungrateful. The Agent will bet that there are times that Force wishes he was back to just a one car team. [12-18-2003]

COLE NEW EDITOR OF 'DRAG REVIEW'

Steve Cole, former Communications Director for Barry Grant, Inc., will become editor of the IHRA's house publication, Drag Review, effective January 5, 2004. [12-18-2003]