PRO MOD PLANS

After just one year on the NMCA Pro Outlaw trail, Belleville, NJ's Eddie Cassatt plans to make the full-time switch to IHRA Pro Mod competition in 2004. The bright red '57 was built to Pro Mod specs by LJ Chassis, so all it needs is a new manual clutch and exhaust system to become IHRA legal.

Veteran blower guru Daren Mayer will handle the car's transformation over the winter and will provide tuning advice for the 526 c.i. Thundercraft engine at the track next season.

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"We're not going to Pro Mod to say we're going to be bad right away; we're just looking to qualify," Cassatt said. "If we could qualify three times next year, I'd consider that a home run."

NMCA GETS TITLE SPONSOR

The National Muscle Car Association has secured Corteco, the aftermarket division of Freudenberg-NOK, a multinational corporation that supplies OEM parts to most major automobile manufacturers, as its title sponsor for 2004 through 2006. The deal was announced Sept. 27, at the NMCA's season-ending event in Columbus, OH.

Corteco Manager of Product Marketing Pat Lynch (l) and Vice President of
Marketing Greg Eisert (r) will be backing up NMCA President Tony
DePillo for the next three years.

Corteco's Newport, TN plant specializes in making gaskets for high-performance street car and racing applications. Freudenberg-NOK has total global sales over $7.5 billion and more than 30,000 employees.