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ERBACHER SET FOR VEGAS REALITY
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2007 FIA European Top Fuel Dragster Champion Urs Erbacher has come all the way from Switzerland to compete in Las Vegas this weekend and then in Pomona.
Urs’s rig arrived in the USA last Wednesday and his crew and an accompanying Reality TV crew arrived on Friday.
The Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas is hosting a publicity event for Urs at midday on Tuesday, Oct. 23. (Ivan Sansom photos) [10/22/2007]
BAXTER BREAKS THROUGH IN ALABAMA
After running in ORSCA EZ Street last season, Paul Baxter moved to the 5.30 index class this year and on Oct. 21, he picked up his first win in the Southern Truck Parts Monte Carlo. Baxter, from Canton, GA, finished on top of 18 entries after beating local driver Jeremy Ellis in a double-breakout final at Phenix City (AL) Dragstrip. Also scoring wins at the unsanctioned event were Buddy Baggett in the 6.0 class and Robert Hindman in 7.0 action. (DRO file photo by Ian Tocher) [10/22/2007]
THEY DON'T REMEMBER OR DON'T CARE?
The Agent is still dumbfounded over the IHRA's insistence that their 2008 season opener at San Antonio will be, as stated in their press releases, "the site of a historical season opener for IHRA as for the first time in history a major drag racing sanctioning body will host a scheduled eighth-mile national event.”
History: An original, mint condition, non-faded bright red, wool, moth-less Lions Drag Strip AA/Gas Supercharged class record holder jacket. This is not some recreation, but the Real McCoy in perfect condition! A 1968 coat awarded to members of "Big John" Mazmanian’s team and that "Little Richard" on the right breast is Richard Siroonian. Suffice to say, there are precious few in existence and this particular sweetie has been worn less than a half dozen times (all by Chris Martin). The late Steve Evans found it on a coat hanger in the Lion's Tower just before the wrecking ball splintered the joint in the 1970s and took it home. Years later, he was cleaning out his closet, saw it, didn't want it, offered to me (Chris Martin), and I took it. He’s passed away and I'm broke, so it's being offered to you ... at a price. |
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Along with "scheduled" eighth-mile national events in the 1970s that included all nitro-burning categories, the IHRA produced their well-known "Nitrous Nationals" series slightly over a decade ago at sites including Jackson (SC), North Wilkesboro (NC), and Louisville (KY). Just because the current IHRA staff is unaware these races ever took place doesn't mean the rest of the world forgot about them, too.
Oh yeah, and what about the ADRL? They have been running all eighth-mile events for four seasons. [10/22/2007]
WHITENEACK DIES AFTER HIGHWAY ACCIDENT
Jason Whiteneack, of Boulder City, Nev., passed away Saturday, Oct. 20, as a result of injuries sustained in a highway accident. Jason was a regular competitor at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and finished third in the 2007 Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series in the Motorcycle class. He most recently competed for Team Las Vegas as part of the NHRA E.T. Finals. Jason was a representative of The Strip at LVMS in the Race of Champions and also won the Motorcycle class at the Sport Compact Nationals to claim an NHRA Championship Wally trophy.
Additional information will be released as soon as it becomes available. [10/22/2007]
DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS #1
Virtually every member of the ADRL Pro Extreme car “The Widowmaker” driven by Bubba Stanton has written to say they aren’t using nitrous. Jeff Burk was told at the Dallas ADRL World Finals by a usually reliable source that the car was running the gas and, since it is perfectly legal in the ADRL Pro Extreme class to run any fuel, supercharger, power-adder or combination of the three known to man, Burk didn’t think it was a big deal and merely mentioned it in passing in the race report.. So we are setting the record straight for all of those that wrote including Roger Henson whose note said, “The Widowmaker never had and unless it gets out of hand will never have nitrous oxide.” So they might use nitrous in the future? [10/22/2007]
DEPT OF CORRECTIONS #2
In Susan Wade’s report of the Shakedown at E-Town, she reported that John Nobile’s Mustang was nitrous-injected. The Agent got a call from Nobile who wanted to make sure that everyone knows his Mustang is NOT nitrous injected. [10/22/2007]