CAR CRAFT ALL-STAR TEAM CANCELLED FOR 2003

The Car Craft Magazine All-Star Drag Racing Awards Program and Banquet will not take place this year.

"Due to overall economic conditions and the reduction of promotional spending the last couple of years, it's been very difficult to find the necessary sponsors to continue the program," said Car Craft Magazine Publisher, Jim Adolph. "We've lost a large number of individual brand sponsors due to major acquisitions within our industry and in the tobacco and beer categories as well."

The Car Craft sales team is working to secure sponsors for next year. "This is a tremendous racing tradition and we're very hopeful that there will be a 36th annual All-Star Drag Racing Program in 2004," said Adolph. The All-Star Team program was begun in 1967. [3-19-2003]

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A NEW TEAM FOR DA GRUMP?

Pro Stock legend Bill Jenkins started out the season with a motor in Mark Pawuk's Summit-backed Pro Stocker. Now apparently another Pro Stock legend Bob Glidden is running the motor program for that team, but don't feel too bad for Jenkins. One of the Agent's most reliable operatives let him know that Jenkins is very close to signing a seven figure deal with a two-car Pro Stock team to develop and supply engines for this season. [3-19-2003]

AN UPDATE FROM MR. LUCKY

The Agent got a note from Mike (Lucky) Gebus to let say that the fuel car that he has is the original Kenny Bernstein 314-mph car that was front and back halved by Ty Baumgartner and ran as an A/FD for a year and a half. He also let us know that he plans to go Top Fuel racing sometime in the future and that veteran fuel wrench Terry Manzer would be turning the screws when the car gets to the track. [3-19-2003]

FASHION POLICE ARREST FAMOUS EX-PHOTOGRAHER

Jim Kelly, who, along with the late Leslie Lovett and a few others, were drag racing's original touring freelance photographers for Super Stock & Drag Illustrated as well as other early drag mags, was dragged kicking and screaming from the podium after being inducted into Don Garlits' International Drag Racing Hall of Fame. Seems like the tuxedo Kelly wore for the induction ceremony had come up missing from the Liberace estate and they sent the Gainesville, Florida Fashion Police to recover it. They let Kelly keep his ring and trophy but stripped him of this violet-colored tux on the spot. Kelly was last seen wearing jeans and a Hawaiian shirt on a bus headed for Disneyland. (Jeff Burk photo) [3-19-2003]

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