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CYLINDER HEAD CONTROVERSY,
PART II
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The Agent hears that John Force, who has had
trouble with his fellow Fuel Coupe racers in
the past over unique parts that he runs on his
engines, may decide to get into the cylinder
head business and build his own cylinder heads.
Wonder how the rest of the flopper teams will
react to that news and how long will it take
for them to demand that John make them available
to everyone. The only problem is that, even
if the heads are available to everyone, Austin,
Bernie and the rest of the Force braintrust
don't go along with them. [1-6-2003]
HERBERT PERFORMANCE DRAG RACING
SERIES ADDS NINTH EVENT TO SLATE
The Doug Herbert Performance Parts Carolina
Coalition Drag Racing Series will expand to
nine events in 2003, three of them at Rockingham
Dragway, site of the first and last races in
the regular season as well as of the newly-added
North Carolina State Championship Finals.
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The new North Carolina State Championship Finals,
to be contested Oct. 11-12, will include special
events not part of the standard coalition program
including 32-car "shootouts" in Top Eliminator
(Super Pro), Sportsman (Footbrake) and in the
Trailers of the East Coast Jr. Dragster division.
Otherwise, the format for the bracket series
will remain largely unchanged. Each event will
feature two separate racing programs, one Saturday
and one Sunday, with participants racing for
$5,000 daily winners' shares in Top Eliminator,
$2,500 daily winners' purses in the Sportsman
division and $400 in Jr. Dragster.
A $40,000 year-end bonus fund will pay $10,000
to the Top Eliminator driver accumulating the
most series points with $5,000 to the overall
winner in the Sportsman category and $1,000
to the Jr. Dragster Champion. The remainder
of the bonus fund will be distributed among
other drivers in the "Top 20." The 2003 series
will pay out a whopping $335,000 in cash purses
and bonuses.
The 2003 schedule is: March 8-9 Rockingham
Dragway, Rockingham, NC; April 12-13 Piedmont
Dragway, Greensboro, NC; May 17-18 Farmington
Dragway, Farmington, NC; June 14-15 Mooresville
Dragway, Mooresville, NC; July 5-6 Piedmont
Dragway, Greensboro, NC; July 19-20 Farmington
Dragway, Farmington, NC; Aug. 16-17 Mooresville
Dragway, Mooresville, NC; Sept. 20-21 Rockingham
Dragway, Rockingham, NC; Oct. 11-12 North Carolina
State Championship Finals, Rockingham Dragway.
[1-6-2003]]
PRO SCHEDULE RELEASED
The 2003 PRO-Edelbrock Fastest Street Car Drag
Racing Series Schedule has been released:April
11-13, Bradenton Motorsports Park, Bradenton,
FL; June 6-8, Beech Bend Raceway, Bowling Green,
KY; July 19-20,Cordova Dragway, Cordova, IL;
Aug 22-24, Maple Grove Raceway, Reading, PA;
Sept 12-14, Atlanta Dragway, Atlanta, GA; Oct
3-5, Memphis Motorsports Park, Memphis, TN.
[1-6-2003]
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