Warning to Larry Dixon: Do not leave Alan Johnson Racing to drive for Brady Kalivoda's team.

(Brian Wood photo)

Kalivoda doesn't own a team right now. He might one
day. But by his own admission, the former Top Fuel hopeful would be
ill-suited to field a hot rod that someone else got to drive.
 
"I
would be constantly trying to position myself to get back in the seat.
Larry Dixon would go into the Sani-Can, and I'd run over and duct-tape
it shut and say, 'Gee, I don't know what happened to Larry. But someone
had to drive the car,' " Kalivoda joked on the eve of the NHRA
Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways.
 

In
a recent interview with CompetitionPlus.com, ADRL Extreme 10.5
pacesetter Billy Glidden said that if he hopes to keep up with the
current pace of the eliminator that he’s going to have to reinvent
himself. Ever since returning from the recently completed ADRL
Independence Drags in Topeka, Kan., the defending world champion has
been busy doing that.

“Since we returned from Topeka, we’ve barely left out of the shop,”
Glidden admitted. “I have been trying to convince my engines that they
are something they’re not. I know I’m going to tear them up in their
current configuration so I am making gigantic redesign changes to my
engine.”

Multiple sources have confirmed with CompetitionPlus.com that
after the NHRA Fram Autolite Nationals in Sonoma, Ca., Professional
Racers Organization leader Ray Alley will no longer serve as the head
of the organization.

Many fans have probably already forgotten what happened during the 29th Mile-High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway.

That event, however, is one of the most memorable of all time.

For the first time, the National Hot Rod Association had both the Top
Fuel Dragster and Top Fuel Funny Cars race to 1000-feet, instead of the
traditional quarter-mile (1,320 feet).

The two classes having been racing to 1,000 feet ever since.

NHRA's actions were brought about as a result of the on-track death of
Scott Kalitta, a two-time NHRA world champion on June 21.

When the Super Chevy Show arrives at Maple Grove Raceway this Friday,
spectators will be treated to everything from nitromethane-powered cars
and jet dragsters, to a car show featuring the pride and joy of
hundreds of Chevrolet aficionados.
 
Friday will feature time trials, with gates opening at 7 a.m.
 
The Show will be in high gear Saturday and Sunday. Gates open at 7 a.m.
and both days will be filled with Danchuk Jet Wars, the Aeromotive
Nitro Coupe Challenge and the Tremec True Street Challenge.

Infineon Raceway has unveiled a “Forceful” addition to its Platinum
Pass lineup for the 2009 motor-racing season. It’s one more chance for
race fans to get closer than ever to their favorite stars on the
NASCAR, NHRA and IndyCar circuits.

John Force and Ashley Force Hood will headline the NHRA Platinum Pass
during the FRAM Autolite NHRA Nationals event weekend, July 24-26.

Race fans that purchase the Platinum Pass will be treated to an
intimate question-and-answer session with both Force and Force Hood on
Saturday of race weekend, and each fan will receive a signed hero card
from either Force or Force Hood. Only 200 Platinum Passes will be sold
to maintain the intimacy of the Q&A for race fans.

The drama and excitement of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series
is coming to living rooms across Ohio and soon may be available across
the country.

Episodes of Full Throttle TV will debut on Time Warner Cable in its
Mid-Ohio Division as part of its Local On Demand offerings available on
Channel 1111 or 1.  The programs are free to the company’s Digital
Cable customers and available for viewing any time, any day. Additional
episodes will be offered to Time Warner Cable Divisions across the
country to include in their Free On Demand offerings.

Full Throttle TV provides an all-access pass to the NHRA through
original programming and content and provides a up close and personal
look at the drivers, crew members, team owners and other personalities
who have made drag racing one of the most exhilarating sports in
America.

In a photo published on ProModifieds.us, apparently Pro Modified
pionner, Lorenzo "Killer" Brooks has stuffed a supercharged engine
between the frame rails of his z-24 Cavalier, the same one he used to
run Pro Mod with in 1990. Brooks was one of the last nitrous stalwarts
from the Class of 1990 to make the switch. He currently competes in
IHRA Top Sportsman.

Ashley Force Hood remembers the out of control feeling she experienced at Pacific Raceways in 2007 as her Castrol GTX Ford 

Brian Losness

Mustang lurched sideways near mid-track during eliminations. The car
impacted the guardwall, blasted a streak of fire and spun around so
hard that the carbon fiber body flipped off the chassis.  She escaped
from the incident without physical injury. However, she emerged with an
edge in the mental category as a more experienced driver of the 7,000
horsepower Funny Car.

What a difference two years can make.

Have you ever wondered how “Flip the Dolphin” or “Grizz the Bear” from Frontier Airlines hitch a ride on those planes?
A gentleman competing in the Super Gas category this past weekend at the
Mopar Mile High Nationals held in Morrison, Co., had a pretty good hand
in giving these marketable animals their ‘wings’.

Super Gas racer Steve Johnson is the operator of Fineline Graphics. The
Lakewood, Colo.-based company began to apply their quality product on
every Frontier plane in 1995.

When Steve’s not adorning 737 jets with animal graphics, he keeps busy racing in the NHRA’s Super Gas division.