BARRY GRANT RESTRUCTURES RACE TEAM

Barry Grant, president of Barry Grant Inc and owner/driver of the Barry Grant Pro Stock Racing Team, has announced an immediate restructuring of the team's operations. Terry Adams has been released as the team crew chief and as the driver of the second Barry Grant Cavalier. Also leaving the team are Debbie Adams, Chris Bell and Kenny Tom.

The team will campaign only one Chevrolet Cavalier with Grant at the wheel for the remainder of the season, beginning with the resumption of qualifying at the US Nationals on September 5. Longtime racer-tuner Buddy Ingersoll will assume the duties of crew chief, assisted by crew members Billy Wallick and Kenny Lee.

"Buddy Ingersoll has had a great career as a driver and has served with Warren Johnson as well as other leading Pro Stock teams. I feel this combination will help bring my goals for the team into sharper focus." Grant continued, "Our engine program from Frank Iaconio has been excellent and this strong relationship will be completely unaffected by this change.

"Additionally, I have purchased and taken delivery of a brand-new Jerry Haas car, and the initial testing runs have proven it to be very fast. I cannot wait to get it into competition." (Jeff Burk photo) [9-4-2003]

NHRA ANNOUNCES '04 SCHEDULE

Get out your calendars and start booking those flights now. NHRA has released the schedule for next year with just a few date changes. Highlighting the 2004 schedule is a move to a later opening date. The K&N Filters Winternationals will launch the season Feb. 19-22, at Pomona (Calif.) Raceway.

Another change on the schedule is the K&N Filters NHRA SuperNationals at Englishtown, N.J., which moves from its current mid-May date to June 17- 20.

"The biggest change in the 2004 NHRA POWERade Series schedule is the move of the opening race weekend to the middle of February," said Tom Compton, NHRA president. "By doing this, it will allow the teams more time during the off-season to prepare for the NHRA POWERade championship chase."

2004 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule:

44th annual K&N Filters Winternationals, Feb. 19-22, Pomona, Calif. 20th annual Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals,March 5-7, Phoenix 35th annual Mac Tools NHRA Gatornationals, March 18-21, Gainesville (PSB) 5th annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals, April 1-4, Las Vegas 17th annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals, April 15-18, Houston (PSB) 4th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, April 30-May 2, Bristol, 24th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals, May 13-16, Commerce, Ga. (PSB) 7th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Route 66 Nationals, May 20-23, Chicago (PSB) 16th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals, May 27-30, Topeka, Kan. 40th annual Pontiac Excitement NHRA Nationals, June 10-13, Columbus (PSB) 35th annual K&N Filters NHRA SuperNationals, June 17-20,Englishtown (PSB) 8th annual Sears Craftsman NHRA Nationals, June 25-27, St. Louis (PSB) 25th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals, July 16-18,Denver (PSB) 17th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals, July 23-25, Seattle 17th annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals, July 30-Aug. 1, Sonoma (PSB) 23rd annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals, Aug. 12-15, Brainerd, Minn. (PSB) 50th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, Sept. 1-6, Indianapolis (PSB) 20th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals, Sept. 16-19, Reading, Pa. (PSB) 17th annual O'Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals, Sept. 24-26, Memphis (PSB) 4th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals, Sept. 30-Oct. 3, Chicago 19th annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals, Oct. 14-17, Dallas 4th annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals, Oct. 28-31, Las Vegas, (PSB) 40th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals, Nov. 11-14, Pomona, Calif. (PSB) (PSB) - Event will include Pro Stock Bike. [9-4-2003]