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BERT'S "BUBBLETOP" CHEVY IS
READY...FINALLY
Swedish racer and chassis builder Bert Olofsson,
who has also spent some time in the G-Force
Race Cars shop in upstate New York, recently
forwarded us these photos of his ultra trick
'63 Pro Mod bubbletop Impala. It has a full-booger
526 wedge under the hood and should be a stormer
when the Swedish drag season gets started. The
Agent will keep you informed.
[1-6-2003]]
GARLITS GETS A DEAL WITH SUMMIT
RACING EQUIPMENT
 Summit
Racing Equipment and Don Garlits have entered
into an agreement that will see the Top Fuel
legend carry the Summit colors on his Top Fuel
car for four races during the 2003 NHRA season.
Garlits will compete at the three Summit-backed
NHRA events: Las Vegas, Columbus and Atlanta.
He will also compete at the U.S. Nationals.
DRO is going to get in touch with Garlits to
try and get more details. When we get them so
will you. [1-6-2003]
NEW CHEVY HEMI HEAD FROM SONNY'S
AUTOMOTIVE
Agent 1320 hears that renowned mega-inch Chevy
engine builder Sonny Leonard, who pioneered
the designing and building of the five-inch
bore center "Chevy" blocks used in the 800+
cubic inch IHRA Pro Stock motors, has come up
with a new cylinder head to try and get the
Chevy racers in IHRA Pro Mod closer in performance
to those racers using the Kaase 800+ inch Ford
Hemi.
A source of one of the Agent's operatives has
said that the new Chevy cylinder head's combustion
chamber looks much like the Ford Hemi head chamber.
Not surprising considering the Fords have won
something like 23 of the last 27 or so IHRA
national events.
Here are the questions the Agent has: (1) Do
any of these parts used in IHRA's "factory hot
rods" (with perhaps the exception of the wedge
Mopar cars) have real factory part numbers?
(2) Does anyone care and (3) Aren't these cars
really just Pro Mods that don't have blowers
or Nitrous? The Agent is just asking.
[1-6-2003]]
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