George Klass will now have his own monthly column on the
PSCARacing.com website titled "Crossing The Center Line" with George
Klass.

Read his column at www.pscaracing.com/CenterLine.html
 

The
Champion Speed Shop is fine-tuning the Chevrolet-powered Special in
preparation to motor far further south than South San Francisco for the
NHRA Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green Kentucky, June 19-21. Putting
together an all-new race car and getting the fresh clutch and tire
combination to mesh with almost three thousand horsepower can be a
little tricky - especially when races last a mere 5.96 seconds each.

Winning two separate titles at one event, as Brett Nesbitt did in last
April’s IHRA Spring Nationals, is a remarkable feat.  Doing it twice in six months at the same track is the stuff of legend.

Nesbitt has a chance to do just that this on June 19-21 when, after one
false start, the IHRA Summit Pro Am Series returns to Rockingham
Dragway with eight championships up for grabs including Top Sportsman,
Top Dragster and Top Stock.

The McLeansville resident, who, with dad Jeff operates Nesbitt Racing
Engines, Inc., will be bidding for his third straight Rockingham Pro Am
title in Quick Rod; his first in Top Dragster.  Those are the two
categories in which he doubled-up at the Spring Nationals.

If she had found a way to beat Tony Pedregon a little more often,
Ashley Force Hood most certainly would be the Funny Car points leader entering this week's 40th annual United Association SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.
 
As it is, the 26-year-old daughter of drag racing icon John Force, for
whom Pedregon once drove and for whom he won the championship in the
Castrol SYNTEC Ford, rolls into Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in
third place in NHRA Full Throttle points, two behind Pedregon and just
60 back of pacesetting Ron Capps.
 
It's a lofty position for the former high school cheerleader who this
week is competing in just her 55th event in a Castrol GTX Ford Mustang
that, week-in and week-out, has been the performance leader among the
vehicles in the John Force Racing motor pool.

Prior
to the 40th annual United Association NHRA SuperNationals in
Englishtown, New Jersey the drivers of John Force Racing spent Thursday
at Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan. The event was a
comprehensive day of vehicle education, employee interaction and most
important, hands on experience for every Ford driver and team owner
from both NHRA and NASCAR.

In addition to 14-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force, Funny Car
drivers Ashley Force Hood, Robert Hight and Mike Neff from John Force
Racing, Bob Tasca III and Tim Wilkerson also represented NHRA. NASCAR
team owners and drivers Jack Roush, Len and Eddie Wood, Greg Biffle,
Bobby Labonte, Bill Elliott, Max Jones, Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth,
Jamie McMurray, David Ragan, and Paul Menard were also involved.

Tony Pedregon’s Impala Funny Car will have a new look for the United
Association NHRA SuperNationals, June 12-14, at Old Bridge Township
Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J.

The two-time NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Funny Car champion
is teaming with Nitro Fish Wear owner Kenny Koretsky for this event,
and it includes a very colorful paint scheme for Pedregon’s race car.

“We are happy to be working with Tony as an associate sponsor this year
and proud to be the primary sponsor on the car for this race,” said
Koretsky, of Richboro, Pa.  “I’ve always considered Englishtown one of
my two home tracks, and we wanted to give the great fans here a good
show.  Tony has a great team.  They win races and championships.  He
won last Sunday at Joliet (Ill.).”

Scott
Kalitta was scheduled to race Robert Hight (pictured) in the first
round of the 2008 event. Instead of making a full pass, Hight idled
down the track. In tribute of Kalitta, on Friday, Jeff Arend will make
a solo pass.

Scott Kalitta, one of NHRA's greatest
drivers and champions, will be remembered during two special ceremonies
this weekend at the United Association NHRA SuperNationals at Old
Bridge Township Raceway Park. Kalitta died one year ago at this event
as a result of injuries he suffered after a high-speed racing accident.

Pat Musi may not be a regular trailblazer on the NMCA Pro Street tour,
but the cagey veteran warns his detractors this past weekend

Joe
Dunn is a driver who Pat Musi regards as one of the up and comers in
Pro Street. He won Pro Street in his first outing last weekend in
Reading, Pa.

that he’s still capable of winning, inside of the car or out.

Musi, of Carteret, N.J., helped to guide first-time Pro Street racer
Joe Dunne to his first national event victory at the expense of Troy
Coughlin.

Along with exceptional assistance from past Pro Stock racer Joe Lepone
Jr., Musi orchestrated a winning effort with Dunne delivering the goods
at the end of the day.

Gary Courtier and Benny Alfonzo each took delivery of new Pro Mods this month in anticipation of competing at the Inaugural “Rumble in the Grove” presented by the Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association on June 27, 2009.