MILLICAN SEEKS RECORD WIN

Clay Millican, the 2001 and 2002 IHRA World Top Fuel champion, will go after yet another of "Big Daddy" Don Garlits' records this weekend at the IHRA ACDelco Canadian Nationals at Toronto Motorsports Park. Millican, the current IHRA Top Fuel points leader, will be going for his fifth victory of the season and his 25th career win, which would put him in a first-place tie on the IHRA career Top Fuel wins list alongside Garlits, who got his 25th victory in 1979. [7-25-2003]

FOUR JOIN SEMA HALL OF FAME

The four newest members of the SEMA Hall of Fame are Brian Appelgate, Bob McJannett, Marvin Rifchin, and Robert Vandergriff, Sr.

Appelgate, president of B&M Racing and Performance Products, was SEMA chairman from 1997 to 1999 and was named their Person of the Year in 1995. He was a main force in the creation of SEMA's Motorsports Parts Manufacturers Council.

McJannett, another SEMA Person of the Year (1990) and a three-term member of the Board of Directors, is president of Performance Improvements, one of Canada's largest

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independent retail store chains. He was also a director of the Performance Warehouse Association for several years.

Marvin Rifchin and his father, henry, began H&M Tire Co. in the 1930s, first producing retreads for use by midgets and stock cars. In the early 1950s the company began making new tires and moved into manufacturing drag race tires. Among their first drag racer converts was Don Garlits, who earned top eliminator honors the first weekend he ran on Rifchin's prototype new tires.

Robert Vandergriff, Sr., began his career in car sales and then moved to advertising sales, working for Petersen Publishing Co., NHRA, and McMullen Publishing. He purchased Hedman Hedders and later added Beeline Engineering (JR Headers) and accessory firm Trans-Dapt. He served three terms on the SEMA Board of Directors and was their Person of the Year in 1989. [7-25-2003]