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celebrate their ten year anniversary by giving back to those who have
made its existence possible – the readers.

CompetitionPlus.com will offer a no-strings-attached giveaway of two
Decade of Thrills Bristol Getaway packages for the NHRA
Thunder Valley Nationals, May 15 - 17.

Piedmont Dragway has a special event scheduled for September 7, Labor Day Monday.
 
Guidelines for the Outlaw Doorslammer Smackdown:
 
*No weight limit
*Must be automatic powerglides or Turbo 350 or 400 transmissions
*No screw blowers
*16 car field
*Entry fee: $100 car and driver
*NOS, blower, turbo and prochargers welcome
 
$5,000 to win
$1,500 runner-up
$800 semis
$500 quarters
$300 9-16 qualifiers

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The 2009 edition of the BTE World Footbrake Challenge comes to Bristol
Dragway (Bristol, TN) July 17-19, 2009. The event, which annually posts
one of the largest purses and greatest race atmospheres for Footbrake
competitors promises to be bigger and better than ever. In an effort to
cater to the average competitor in these tough economic times, the
$50,000-to-win main event (and the large entry fee that accompanied it)
is a thing of the past. In it’s place, the World Footbrake Challenge
will host a trio of $10,000-to-win events, with a weekend entry fee of
just $350 (if pre-entered by June 1). Tech cards will also be available
to participants who are not pre-entered, at a cost of $150 per day.

The “Big Go of Bracket Racing” makes its return to O’Reilly Raceway
Park in Indianapolis next month, as the JEGS U.S. Open Bracket
Championships comes to the illustrious Indiana facility for four days
of the greatest bracket competition on the planet. The event features a
purse of well over $200,000 in cash and prizes to be distributed
throughout the weekend. Presenting sponsors for the event include Auto
Meter, Danny Nelson’s Race Craft Chassis, and Steve Schmidt Competition
Engines. This season’s daily events will be presented by American Race
Cars, DragsterForSale.com, Motorvation, and The Fab Shop.

The same features that have made the JEGS U.S. Open one of the premier
events in sportsman drag racing will remain in place. The 3-day
(Friday-Sunday) weekend entry is just $500; and the three events pay a
whopping $20,000 (Friday and Saturday) and $10,000 (Sunday) to win.
Payback starts with third round winners on each day of competition; so
any competitor that can win third round on each day of the event has
their weekend entry fee covered. There will be no buybacks in the event
as long as the race features over 256 entries (there have been no
buybacks at the JEGS U.S. Open events since the inaugural event five
years ago). As always, the purse for the event is 100% guaranteed; and
special features include one-of-a-kind JEGS trophies for the champions,
in addition to a host of products giveaways and prizes throughout the
weekend.

Four NHRA Drag Racers are proud to announce 'A Day at the Races' to
support breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment. 
Top Dragster driver, Tina Stull, Kate and Diana Harker from the Top
Alcohol Dragster ranks and Peggy Llewellyn of Pro Stock Motorcycle,
will be providing opportunities to various Texas foundations and
including the 1 in 8 Foundation in order to raise awareness of this
life and death issue.  
 
"Breast cancer is a reality for women these days," said Diana Harker.
"When 1 in 8 women will be effected by breast cancer it is easy to say,
'I won't be the 1' . But then if you say "Do I know 8 women?', You
realize this does effect you no matter how you look at it."
 
Betting on the fact that Drag Racing, traditionally a "man's" sport and
breast cancer, a predominately womens issue are a surprising
partnership. These racers are painting the big picture and hoping that
people see, this cancer is highly treatable when detected early and the
days of false modesty are behind us.

Following a two-year hiatus, the National Guard American Drag Racing League (ADRL) is returning to Memphis Motorsports Park May 22-23,
with the Quarter-Max Memphis Drags II, which is shaping up to be
another standing-room only event for the all-eighth-mile drag racing
series.

During its first two national events this year, the National Guard ADRL
set new attendance records at major racing facilities in Houston, TX,
and Valdosta, GA, and series president and co-founder Kenny Nowling
expects that trend to continue.

Indianapolis-area bowling enthusiasts will have a rare opportunity to
bowl with 14 NHRA stars and raise money for Riley Hospital for Children
on Tuesday, May 19, at Brownsburg Bowl in Brownsburg, Ind. NAPA AUTO
PARTS and Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) are organizing the event on
behalf of Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis.

DSR drivers Ron Capps, Tony Schumacher and Cory McClenathan will be
joined by Antron Brown, Morgan Lucas, Cruz Pedregon, Tommy Johnson Jr.,
Melanie Troxel, Andrew Hines, Eddie Krawiec and Shawn Langdon. 

Drivers will rotate lanes so every bowler can share a lane with a different driver for each of three games.

“These drivers are fierce rivals on the track,” said Bob Wildt, Sales
Manager for the NAPA Indianapolis Distribution Center, “but they were
all quick to volunteer their time for the kids at Riley Hospital for
Children.  We hope NHRA fans will come out and join us for an exciting
evening.”

Brent Hajek already has a passion for living, but that passion burns
brightest when he’s talking about racing, racing history and his love
of all things Ford. Fortunately for fans of Ford, Hajek’s passion has
prompted the Ames, Oklahoma native and owner of Hajek Motorsports to
pursue his own place in racing history.

Hajek Motorsports has been around since the 1970s, and over the years
Brent Hajek has amassed an impressive collection of historical race
cars, predominantly Ford, that once carried some of the biggest names
in racing.

Those vehicles include a NHRA Gas Ronda '66 Ford Mustang, Bob Glidden’s
'88 Ford Thunderbird, Parnelli Jones’ '63 NASCAR Mercury Marauder,
David Pearson’s '69 Ford Torino Talladega, and Bill Elliott’s ’87 Ford
Thunderbird, which is the all-time NASCAR speed record holder.

Ron
Capps, the Funny Car points leader in the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag
Racing Series driving the NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge, has accepted his fifth
straight invitation to drive in Tony Stewart's Fifth Annual Prelude to
the Dream at Eldora Speedway in Rossubrg, Ohio, on June 3, 2009. The
event held on the half-mile clay oval will air on HBO Pay-Per-View.

Having finished ninth, fourth, 24th and 17th, respectively, in the
first four events, Capps is ready to improve on his 2006 fourth-place
finish and will take to the Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway this weekend
in a Super Late Model to prepare for the Prelude.

"Honestly, every year to get the phone call from Tony Stewart to be
invited to run in the Prelude to the Dream is an honor," said Capps,
who has won three of the first seven NHRA events of 2009. "And to watch
it unfold the last four years into a high-profile racing event is
incredible. What's also neat is Tony's writing that million-dollar
check last year to Victory Junction Gang Camp II in Kansas City. This
year, four military-themed charities will benefit from the proceeds.
It's a privilege for me to compete in support of our injured and fallen
heroes.

The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) confirmed that the
United States Congress is resuming its pursual of Cash for Clunkers
legislation.