New updates today in our Indy coverage

Jim Head’s Funny Car carries a tribute to the drag racers we have lost over the past years.  (Mark Westfall photo)
DRO’s Gonzo journalist, unabashed leftie, and drag racing historian, Chris Martin, escaped his captors long enough to send us a Martin Chronicles on the U.S. Nationals plus three quizzes regarding the “Big Go.” We printed the first quiz yesterday and the answers for that quiz can be found today in the race report section of the mag in the U.S. Nationals Daily Briefing-Thursday along with today’s new quiz and news and notes from the U.S. Nationals. Plus plenty of photos of all the action from photographers Chris Haverly and Mark Westfall. [8/28/2008]

Moroso Motorsports Park sold

Three local automotive and racing enthusiasts, Raymond Graziotto, Joseph G. Lubeck and J.C. Solomon II, have purchased Moroso Motorsports Park in Jupiter, Fla., from Sue Moroso Strecker. Strecker will serve as a consultant to the new owners. The partnership plans to make a multi-million dollar investment in track and facility upgrades to the legendary track previously owned and operated since 1981 by the Moroso racing family.

Initial changes include all new bathrooms and concessions, and a new track layout that will allow for simultaneous use of the new Road Course and Drag Strip. The “All New Moroso Motorsports Park” will reopen in the fall of 2008.

"We are very proud to have entered into this venture, building upon the legendary foundation that is the Moroso racing family history,” said Joseph G. Lubeck. “As automotive and racing enthusiasts, we know the all new Moroso Motorsports Park to be the ideal motorsports property. We are also proud to announce the Palm Beach Driving Club which will create a Club environment for amateurs and enthusiasts to exercise their cars on a real racetrack.” [8/28/2008]