Midwest Super Stock Series gets sponsorship from Victory Performance Parts and Mickey Thompson Tires

Chris Schneider, part of the group of Mopar racers that promote Nostalgia races yearly at St. Louis in May and Kansas City in September, has announced that the four-race series that ran last year has been expanded to five races for 2010 with races at St. Louis, Kansas City, Cordova, IL (2), and Eddyville, IA.

We again will give extensive coverage to the races in both Mopar Max and Drag Racing Online. For more information regarding rules and points payout contact Chris Schneider at 573-291-0999. (Jeff Burk photo) [11/24/2009]

New Super Chevy Show group should know what they are doing

The Agent has received word that the partners who recently bought the Super Chevy Shows from Roger Gustin include some of the best-known names in the racing promotion business.

John Bandimere Jr. (Bandimere Speedway) is President of SCSW, Inc.; Lex Dudas (Maple Grove Raceway) is Executive VP; Bill Bader (Summit Motorsports Park), Charlie Allen (Firebird International Raceway) and Bryan Pierce (Virginia Motorsports Park) are Vice Presidents; and Billy Meyer (Texas Motorplex) is Secretary-Treasurer.

The group plans to hire a competition director soon. The events for 2010 are as follows:

Event Date Host Track March 20-21 The Strip at Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
April 17-18 Virginia Motorsports Park, Petersburg, VA
May 22-23 Texas Motorplex, Dallas, TX
June 12-13 Summit Motorsports Park, Norwalk, OH
July 17-18 Maple Grove Raceway, Reading, PA
*August 14-15 Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, IL
August 21-22 Bandimere Speedway, Denver, CO
Sept. 25-26 Bristol Dragway, Bristol, TN
*Oct. 9 - 10 Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA
Oct. 16-17 Firebird Raceway, Phoenix, AZ

*Date is tentative [11/24/2009]

Wins bookend season for Fernandez

John Fernandez got a win at the AMA Dragbike Finals in Valdosta, Ga., putting a nice touch to the season for the Florida-based Jones Performance Cycles Kawasaki ZX14.

“We experimented at the last couple of races trying to get into the 7.70s and got nowhere but sent to the trailer when the front wheel went flying toward the sky,” said Chris Jones, builder and tuner of the bike. “I decided Sunday morning in Valdosta to set the bike back up exactly like is was when we were running consistent .80s and winning.”

“Our plans for next year are to defend the Super Street championship—or whatever class it becomes or not—along with running a Pro Street bike owned by my long-term friend, Bobby Fisher of Roaring Toyz,” explained Jones. (photo courtesy Acme Racing) [11/24/2009]