ONE MORE CHASSIS BUILDER IN MISSOURI

Ty Baumgartner bought all of the late Al Swindahl's Top Fuel dragster chassis jigs and moved them to Hallsville, Missouri where he has a chassis shop. He recently built a fueler for "Pontiac" Jack Ostrander and Lucky Gebus and also builds doorslammer and bracket dragster chassis. [3-10-2003]

DRO MAGAZINE SPONSORS TOP GAS WEST AT VEGAS

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The California based Top Gas West series (which will send two cars to the DRO Magazine Quick Eight extravaganza held annually during the Aug. 22-23 World Series of Drag Racing at Cordova Dragway Park) is making a trip to Las Vegas March 22-23.

DRO Magazine is going to post a crisp Benjamin Franklin, a C-note, a one hundred dollar bill (pick one) to the driver of the fastest car in the Top Gas West program whether it qualifies or not. Ace DRO correspondent Tim Marshall will be on hand to pass the bucks and cover the event. [3-10-2003]

DRO COMP ELIMINATOR PROJECT UPDATE

Here are a couple of photos of Kenny Nowling's DRO Magazine project car. The Jerry Bickel Firebird, which was updated at the Tim McAmis shops in Hawk Point, MO, just got out of the paint shop. It was scheduled to compete at Gainesville but we just flat ran out of time. The team plans to test the car after Gainesville in order to get used to the prototype Barry Grant, 750 cfm carb we bolted on the Patterson small block. The team will also test their new Scott McClay trans and TCI converter combo. Now the national event debut for the car will be at the O'Reilly Spring Nationals in Houston April 10-13. [3-10-2003]

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