Columns - Agent 1320

BOB GLIDDEN BACK IN PRO STOCK...AGAIN

Agent 1320 received this shot of Bob Glidden working with Pro Stock veteran Mark Pawuk during NHRA pre-season testing in Tucson. Pawuk made a best run of 7.07/194, which was the quickest and fastest Pro Stock at Tucson.

"Mad Dog" made an attempt to return the driver's seat at last year's Winternationals driving a Larry Morgan car, but gave that up after a couple of races. He made a few appearances on the NMRA tour with son Billy and actually drove a Mustang at one race. The Agent hopes that Glidden has found a niche with the Pawuk camp. Pro Stock needs personalities like Gliddenís. (Photo by James Drew) [1-30-2003]

DRAZY'S NEW BLOWER

Norm Drazy is known for his work developing and manufacturing screw- compressor type superchargers for alcohol engines under the name PSI. The agent heard last year that he was working on a standard Roots type 14-71 supercharger for Top Fuel cars. Rumor has it that John Force, Cruz Pedregon and Tony Schumacher all tried the new unit during testing at Phoenix and Tucson. (Photo by James Drew) [ 1-30-2003]

Agent 1320 has heard from a reliable source that two and maybe three NHRA touring Top Fuel teams will make IHRA's opening race at San Antonio which is scheduled for the last weekend in February. The Agent's opinion is that despite the fact that those teams will have to pay an entry fee, the possible race payday and the IHRA points fund may attract more NHRA teams to the IHRA circuit. If the NHRA Top Fuel teams do well at San Antonio, the Agent figures the chances are good that they may attend the IHRA event at Rockingham the week after Gainesville and then decide if they will run the rest of the IHRA tour. [1-30-2003]

Jimmy Rector, the 2002 IHRA Funny Car champion, has decided he likes working a race car from the outside better than the driver's seat. Last year, in addition to driving his own Holbrook Performance Parts-backed car to five consecutive event wins and his second championship, Rector also set up driver Mitch Stott's Pro Mod.

This year instead of driving, Rector will become crew chief on the Ethanol Performs Funny Car team of Mark Thomas in addition to wrenching for Stott's Radiac Corvette. [1-30-2003]

Darlington International Dragway, Coastal Plains Raceway and Fayetteville Motorsports Park will host a 6-race series available to all bracket racers. The Atlantic Coast Bracket Series (ACBS) will pay the winner in the electronics class $5,000 to win per day and the non-electronics class $1,000 to win each day. All races are two-day races and each track will host two races.

Points will be kept by Div. 2 director Bill Holt. Points leaders at the end of the year will share a $9,650 points fund and the two champions will receive a "Wally" at the Div. 2 points championship awards banquet.