Capps, Burkster to join Knight on the radio July 8

Funny Car driver Ron Capps will be Newsmaker of the Week on The Race Reporters radio show Wednesday, July 8, 7 p.m. (EDT) on www.PowerUpChannel.com.  

Host of The Race Reporters is Michael Knight, a 40-year motorsports industry insider, award-winning publicist and journalist, and All Business columnist for Drag Racing Online. The one-hour show’s format is a “good, hard, honest, Constitutionally-protected conversation on the issues of the day.”
     
Joining Knight as media roundtable panelists will be Jeff Burk, editor of DragRacingOnline.com; Jim Pedley, managing editor of RacinToday.com; and NHRA announcer Alan Reinhart.

The Race Reporters can be heard “live,” downloaded into an iPod, or accessed for listening on a delayed basis by clicking on the show icon at www.PowerUpChannel.com. Listeners can bookmark the show and sign-up to receive a free “E card” with news on upcoming guests, at the show’s page, http://www.modavox.com/voiceamerica/vshow.aspx?sid=1549 . The show also will re-air several times later in the week (check PowerUp’s daily programming listing.)

PowerUpChannel.com was launched last month by VoiceAmerica.com, the country’s leading producer and distributor of Internet radio programming. [7/6/2009]

Racin’ and rasslin’ at the Rock

That’s Terry Rosberg in the helmet with his father, Dick. The photo was taken by Terry’s wife, also named Terry.

Last Friday night's "Freedom Drag Fest" at Rockingham had something for everybody. Track owner Steve Earwood had an action-packed show all day and evening with the "Gear Jammers" circuit, a wheelstander, extreme street cars, motorcycle stunt riders, a car show, a Christian band, fireworks and rasslin'. Not to mention two beers for five bucks.

In racing action rookie driver Terry Rosberg, Dick's son, made his competition debut after just receiving both his NHRA and IHRA Jet Dragster licenses a few weeks ago. After making over 40 license and testing runs, he lined up against Ernie Bogue's "Beast from the East" car in the first round, put a holeshot on him and got his first win on his first try. Bogue evened the score in the second round. [7/6/2009]