JOHN LINGENFELTER DIES

Legendary American drag racer John Lingenfelter passed away Dec 25th after a long illness resulting from an accident occurred while driving a Pro class truck in an Import drag race being held on the NHRA

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track in Pomona CA in 2002. Lingenfelter had a long and highly successful career as a NHRA Sportsman and Professional class racer including driving stints in dragsters, Pro Stock Trucks. He was the first sportsman racer in the 6's and won thirteen NHRA National Events as a Professional driver finished second in Winston World Championship points in the Pro Stock truck division in 1998. Lingenfelter also was world renowned as a builder of Chevy engines and some of the fastest Corvettes ever built. Condolences to the Lingenfelter family from the staff of DRO. [1/2/2004]

CHEVROLET'S 2005 PRO STOCKER!?

Between Christmas and the New Years celebrations the Agent winged his way tothe Left Coast for a preview of new vehicles unveiled at the LA Auto Show,first auto show of the new year. Sandwiched between the Champaign sippingand jumbo shrimp platters, the agent spoke with Detroit big-wigs about theirplans for the future. Chevrolet will introduce 10 new products in the next20 months among them is the 2005 Cobalt.

According to one GM suit, this new coupe will replace the Cavalier body style for the 2005 NHRA Pro Stock wars. When the Cobalt hits your dealer's floor in the Fall of 2004 you'll be able to from three ECOTEC engines of 2.2L, 2.4L or a 2.0L supercharged unit. The Cobalt also features a new aerodynamic design with a sleeker windshield arrangement that should help give Chevy an aerodynamic edge on the back half of the track.

While wandering over to the Ford and grabbing another glass of the bubbly the Agent got a glimpse of the new 2005 Ford GT.This little beauty isn't designed for the drag strip, but will be available in late 2004. The Agent isn't expecting he'll find one under the tree next winter because it's carrying a suggested price tag of $139,995. Well maybe he can borrow one for a test drive in the New year. [1/2/2004]