Driver Jerry Toliver and Jon Dunn pointed out the difference between the “wickerbill” used on Jim Dunn’s Canidae Pet Foods/Lucas Oil-sponsored Funny Car and the Force Racing wind tunnel-engineered piece.  NHRA Tech wanted Dunn’s diverter to be adjusted to a 45-degree angle as well, rather than the angled slope he used last season.

Look for a new sponsor to Force Racing, and as John Force has shown before it’s another one from outside the automotive and racing industry.  We’ve been asked to keep the corporate name private, but the new-to-motorsports company signage will be in drag racing, NASCAR and the Indy Racing League.  Once the deal is finished the new sponsor will reportedly replace the Ford blue oval on the side of Mike Neff’s Mustang.

Although he tested it in the pre-season Tim Wilkerson won’t be racing with the new McKinney coil-over chassis at Pomona, Wilk hadn’t planned on using the new design at Pomona anyway on his Levi, Ray & Shoup-sponsored Mustang.  The new chassis design is based upon 70’s funny car technology and may help to correct issues with the “slip-joint” chassis currently in use in floppers, once it is approved for competition use by the NHRA Tech Department.

Warren Johnson and his K&N Filters-backed Pontiac (Left) rolled through Tech.  It’s a major sponsorship change for WJ, but good to see him and son Kurt back among the twenty-one Pro Stockers here at Pomona.