At the recent NMCA event at Maple Grove Pennsylvania the nitrous racer’s fear that turbocharged cars would dominate the class seem to be proven, when the turbocharged cars won again. Bob Rieger set low E.T at 6.806 and beat fellow turbo car Rod Saboury in the final with a 6.808. Rieger also took the E.T. record away from Christian with a 6.792.

SUMMERS GOES 211 IN PRO STREET!

Former Pro Street World Champ Annette Summer recently got a 211mph time slip at an NSCA race held at Bowling Green, Kentucky. It is reported that Summer now has a five inch bore center, Gene Fulton-built bullet between the rails and that IHRA Pro Mod star Shannon Jenkins was working on the car that weekend. Summers backed up the 211 with a 210 and change lap during eliminations. Congratulations from the boys ar Drag Racing Online. Sorry for the delay in posting this information.

BILLY GlIDDEN ASKED TO MOVE

NMCA officials verified that they have talked to Super Street star Billy Glidden about moving up in class to either Pro Street or Outlaw Street for the 2000 season. It is rumored that Glidden has no interest in moving to another class because he can race his world beater Mustang at so many events. Never the less, his dominance in Super Street is causing NMCA to get a lot of flack from other racers. As one NMCA official was heard to say, "It would sure make my life easier if he would get out of the class."

PRO STREET RULES RUMORS

It isn't a sure thing but Agent 1320 was told by a high ranking NMCA official that he was tired of seeing late model body styles in the final rounds of Pro Street and that if he were to make rules changes for 2000 they might be to make it more attractive for fifties and sixties body styles to be built for Pro Street competition.

Are you listening Tony and Pat?

S/S 'STANGS GET SLAMMED BY BODY RULES

In an effort to slow down NMCA's Super Street cars (more specifically the Mustangs) NMCA is rumored to be considering implementing the following: Not allowing the Mustangs to have forward facing scoops; not allowing dry sump oil systems which would get the cars off of the ground; and removing some of the ground effects body panels. Agent 1320 also hears that carbon fiber body parts will be outlawed because of cost. These actions might be a tad late.

MOYERS NEW '57 PRO MOD

Carl Moyer tested his brand new Rick Jones-built '57 Chevy Pro Modified recently and Agent 1320 just happened to be on site. The ultra-sleek '57 is the product of many hours of work by Moyer's crewchief Dave Carnack

Carnack built the plug that the '57 body was built with. The body itself is highly modified with the roof being moved back on the body, the body narrowed, and it doesn't have any wheel tub bubbles. The car weighs 2404 with Moyer in the car and in the initial tests it went a couple of 6.50+ laps at over 210. Moyer was all smiles and remember -- Agent 1320 brought you the first pictures of the ride.

.WILL CHRISTIAN GET BLOWN?

Tony Christian has managed to win a least a piece of every NMCA Pro Street World Championship in recent memory driving a series of doorslammers powered by Nitrous Oxide Systems-equipped Reher-Morrison rat motors. This year turbocharging has become the dominant powerplant in Pro Street, winning all but one race. Christian is making noise about building a turbocharged entry of his own if NMCA doesn't give the nitrous contingent rules that would make them competitive.

"I'll build a turbo car that will make the rest of them sick," Christian said. "My guys (Reher-Morrison) built the V-6 in Buddy Ingersoll's Buick and it went almost 200mph ten years ago."

With the current NMCA turbo cars going 6.70's and winning everything in sight Christian may be building one right now.

SIGHTUMS

Agent 1320 saw this new IHRA Pro Mod after it was unloaded at a remote track in Arkansas. Unfortunately, the armed and unfriendly driver wouldn't let us hang around for the test session

HAGERTY SURFACES

West Coast Pro Mod maven Randy Hagerty, whose AHRA Pro Stock World Championship is just a golden memory, recently resurfaced on the West Coast Pro Mod tour. Hagerty, who until recently had been campaigning his former Carl Moyer 'Vette, showed at Boise, Idaho driving the former Mike Castellana '63 split window 'Vette. Hagerty drove the Vette to a 6.80/198 in its first outing to qualify for the 12-car program.

SPY PHOTO

While visiting Nitrous Guru Dave Koehler's Illinois shop we snapped this photo of his experimental T/D intake manifold. Don't ask us, ask him.

photos by Jeff Burk and Tim Marshall