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PONTIAC AWARDS GRAND PRIX GTP TO HORTON

Chip Horton now has to make room in his garage for a brand-new, 40th anniversary Pontiac Grand Prix GTP as the Jesup, Ga., resident won the limited-edition automobile after being crowned overall IHRA Sportsman champion in the inaugural Summit SuperSeries presented by Pontiac. GM Racing's Fred Simmonds presented the 40th anniversary Grand Prix to Horton at the 32nd annual Hooters IHRA Championship Awards Banquet.

Horton, who lost his left leg in an accident when he was 17, has won over 700 races and 22 track championships during his career - all without hand controls or special equipment.

"Pontiac wanted to offer the Sportsman competitors a high-performance automobile that embodied the spirit of the IHRA Summit SuperSeries," said Simmonds. "The 40th anniversary Grand Prix was the perfect car and really something very, very special. We're happy for Chip and know that he'll make a great champion."

DRO ran a ProFile of Horton, written by Dale Wilson, in our November 2002 issue. Check our archive. (1-22-2003)

FIRST LOOK FROM FIREBIRD

Veteran lensman and DRO Nostalgia Editor, Tim Marshall, sent these photos from the NHRA test session at Firebird Raceway in Phoenix. Above is Gary Scelzi's new ride, looking amazingly like Scotty Cannon's. Guess the drivers will have to take their helmets off so we can tell them apart by their haircuts - unless Scelzi starts sporting a Mohawk.

Whit Bazemore is at the helm of his new Dodge Stratus.

Force's race car is green, a color long believed to be unlucky in the racing community. Guess with 11 championships, he can afford to tempt fate just a bit. [1-17-2003]

FREY LOOKING FOR DRAGSTERS

National Dragsters that is. Agent 1320 has learned that NHRA announcer, PR person extraordinaire and connoisseur of fine old Chrysler Dart sedans Bob Frey is trying to put together a compete collection of National Dragsters. Bob let the Agent know that he would even be willing to get off of some of the large cash reserves he has accumulated while working as an NHRA announcer to purchase copies that he is missing. If you have some old National Dragsters that you would like to sell to Bob email us here at response@racingnetsource.com (put 'National Dragsters' in the subject line) and we will pass your contact info on to Bob. [1-17-2003]

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