WHERE IN THE WORLD WAS ED HOOVER?

Nitrous legend Ed Hoover was scheduled to race at Gainesville, Florida in the NHRA AMS Staff Leasing Pro Mod series. He didn't show at the race and was rumored to be testing his new Tommy Mauney-built, Mike Janis-supercharged wedge-powered '63 at Houston after a miserable showing with his nitrous car at the IHRA event at San Antonio the previous week.

The only question the Agent has is, will NHRA punish Hoover like they did Mike Janis after he failed to attend the NHRA event at Englishtown last year? Janis has been unable to secure an NHRA invitation since. [3-19-2003]

TOM ANDERSON NOT ON HOOVER TEAM YET!

There was a rumor going around the Pro Mod community prior to the Gainesville race that Ed Hoover had signed former Mike Janis tuner Tom Anderson to get his Paul Trussel-backed blown car up to speed. Anderson was tuning his own Alky Funny car at Gainesville and told the Agent that although he had talked with the Hoover team he hadn't signed up to work for them yet. [3-19-2003]

ODDY BECOMES EXCLUSIVE VENEY DISTRIBUTOR

When engine builder Jim Oddy switched over from a wedge engine to a Hemi-headed Chrysler style engine he had Ken Veney make the cylinder heads for his engine design.

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The first weekend out with the new combination at San Antonio, Fred Hahn drove the team's Summit-backed 'Vette to a 6.17. The following week the team set the NHRA Pro Mod record with laps of 6.13 and 6.14.

Oddy and Veney have entered into an exclusive agreement which gives Jim Oddy the exclusive rights to sell the new Hemi cylinder head. The line forms outside Oddy's front door in Elma, NY. [3-19-2003]

 

COMPTON VISITS THE PITS NHRA prez Tom Compton spent Friday in the sportsman pits at Orlando Dragway. Seems like after the "sturm und drang" that came out of the weather-related problems that forced NHRA to move the Gatornationals sportsman racing 130 miles south to Orlando, Compton took it upon himself to go into the pits at Orlando, talk to his customers and try to explain why NHRA did what they did. You may not agree with how NHRA handled the problem but you have to give Mr. Compton high marks for facing the irate racers -- something not many in his position would do. (Jeff Burk photo) [3-19-2003]

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