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THORNTON STARTS ’07 PSCA SEASON QUICK AND FAST
Perennial favorite Ed Thornton of Chino Hills, Calif., won the Pro Street finale during the Pacific Street Car Association Winter Nationals Sunday, Feb. 11, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Thornton’s 1957 Chevrolet faced Mary Baltzell of Rancho Mirage, Calif., in the final round, but Baltzell red-lit on the starting line to surrender the victory. Thornton, who also set Low E.T. and Top Speed of the meet (6.474 sec./224.66 mph), ran 6.474 /224.47 on his winning pass in the heads-up final. On Friday night, Thornton made an exhibition pass during BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem and exceeded 225 mph.
Other final-round winners included: Super Street: Bart Smith; Outlaw Street: Ron Weems; X-Treeme Street: Roger Holder; Real Street: Rich Hoyle;
Hot Street: Don Bevers; True Street: Lonnie Patrick; Wild Street: David Bowman; Limited Street: Gary Brandt; Mean Street: Leonard Massey; Open Comp: Michael Nossett; Trophy: Sterling Cargill; Bracket 1: Jeff Strunk; Quick Street: Fred Caulfield. (Rich Carlson photo)[2/12/2007]
EVIDENTALLY YOU CAN BE A MONSTER, BUT NOT A ROCKSTAR
The always colorful Jerry Toliver announced Saturday that he was returning to the tour with an energy drink sponsor, RockStar. The real news was that the legendary Dale Armstrong would be calling the tuning shots for the team. Somehow that announcement got little attention from the ESPN broadcast crew or the NHRA PR machine. Is the there a two energy drink maximum when it comes to hyping a new Funny Car team?
It's interesting to note that reporters and photographers were barred from opening or consuming the RockStar energy product on the Fairplex premises by the NHRA media department because of Coca-Cola's Full Throttle product.The Agent wonders if you can drink Monster energy drink in the Kenny Bernstein pits? (James Drew photo) [2/12/2007]