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LITTON RE-SIGNS WITH LUCAS; ADDS CREW CHIEF

Top Fuel drag racer Bruce Litton has extended his contract with Lucas Oil Products as the major sponsor for the 2003 season. He also announced that Doug Kuch has joined the team in one of the available crew chief positions.

Kuch has worked with Darrell Gwynn and Danny Dunn, among other high profile operations. He will join longtime Litton associate Mike Wolfarth in wrenching the IHRA Top Fuel operation.

Litton, who finished second in the IHRA 2002 final points standings, will contest the entire IHRA schedule and a limited NHRA schedule. [1-7-2003]

DARLINGTON PRO MOD RULES CLARIFICATION

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Due to many calls from racers concerning rules for the upcoming Darlington WinterNationals event and the Pro Modified classes, track manager Larry Hensley issued the following statement: "I want to make this very, very clear. The rules for Pro Modified for this event are as follows: (1) The blower cars will be strictly NHRA-legal with two exceptions: the minimum weight will be reduced to 2,500 lbs and any blower overdrive will be allowed. No screw compressors! No turbochargers! No nitro! Everything on the car with the exception of the weight and blower overdrive will have to be strictly NHRA/AMS legal, period! We aren't going to allow a Top Sportsman car or an NHRA Competition Eliminator-legal Pro Mod car (which use different rules than what is a legal AMS/NHRA Pro Mod car) to compete in the run for the five-second barrier. (2) Nitrous cars will also have to be completely NHRA/AMS legal unless we tell them different. I hope this statement answers any questions racers may have had." [1-6-2003]

WANTED: NEW CARS, NEW TEAMS, NEW PAINT

If you've got a new car, new paint, or a new team the Agent wants the photos or info about your team. In other words get some free PR for your racecar. Drag Racing Online magazine has about 2500 readers a day and last year we averaged about 75,000 readers a month. Do yourself and your sponsors a favor and send us your photos, renderings or info at news@racingnetsource.com. [1-6-2003]

BARKLAGE WINGS IT

The Mark Barklage team, with son Zach driving, campaigned a blown Jerry Bickel-built 2002 Pontiac last season. The trick Grand Am featured a Pro Stock style wing instead of the normal big wing found on most Pro Mods. The team's tuner/advisor Kirk Kuhns told the Agent that the car was spinning the wheels on the back half of the race track almost every lap. In order to try and fix that problem the Bickel shop fabricated this new "trick" wing with more deck area and much bigger spill plates. [1-6-2003]

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