Infineon Raceway will step up to the plate to help the North Vallejo
Little League, which was vandalized by burglars this week.The raceway
will donate $5,000 to cover the cost of the equipment, uniforms, and
computers stolen during the robbery. The monies for the donation will
come from a 3J’s Motorcycle Track Days charity event to be held at
Infineon Raceway April 22. Vallejo is approximately 10 miles west of
Infineon Raceway.
 
Thieves broke into the league’s concessions and storage building and
stole all of the uniforms and equipment as well as $600 worth of candy.
The burglars also ransacked the building and left behind broken
computer equipment and trophies.

Discount tickets for the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals, April 2-5 at
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, will be available to race fans
for a limited time. Single-day, general-admission tickets for the NHRA
Full Throttle Drag Racing Series national event will be priced at just
$19 each. The sale runs through Monday, March 23. After March 23,
ticket prices will revert to normal rates: $32 for Friday, $51 for
Saturday, and $55 for Sunday.

From the wild Super Stock and A/FX cars of the 1960s through the factory hot rods of today, NHRA Drag
Racing’s Pro Stock category has always been known as a “driver’s
class,” complex at times but always packed with performance and
thrilling to watch. Now, straight from the legendary photo files of the
National Hot Rod Association and National DRAGSTER, NHRA presents The
History of NHRA Pro Stock, the third in a collection of specialty photo
books aimed at the NHRA Drag Racing fan.

Pro Modified teams are known for their practical jokes and in many
circles Tim Tindle crewman Marcus Sewell is among the best in the prankster business.

During the recently completed NHRA ACDelco Gatornationals in
Gainesville, Fla., Sewell’s teammates reportedly arranged one of the
greatest instances of payback. The teammate arranged with the local
authorities providing security at the event to arrest Sewell on bogus
traffic violations as he drove to the event.

Capps' effort will benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation

Ron
Capps will compete against football coaches and players, TV/radio
personalities and other race-car drivers in celebrity heat races as
part of Scotts Saturday Night Special, March 21, at Bristol (Tenn.)
Motor Speedway.

Paired with celebrity partners, Capps and legendary racers such as
Junior Johnson, Harry Gant, Cale Yarborough, Jack Ingram, David Green,
Terry Labonte, Sterling Marlin, L.D. Ottinger, Phil Parsons, David
Pearson, Jimmy Spencer and Rusty Wallace, will run 35 circuits of a
50-lap event to benefit their favorite charities.

Capps, the NHRA Funny Car points leader after winning the first two of
three season events in 2009, has named the Susan G. Komen Foundation as
his charity on behalf of NAPA AUTO PARTS.

It takes a lot of time to develop a new vehicle from concept to
assembly line. In the case of the ROUSH® 2010 Mustang, that timeline was just 11-months.

“It was last April that the conceptual drawings for the ROUSH 2010
Mustang were approved. That kicked off everything that needed to be
done in order to get this vehicle ready for production. We wanted to be
as close to having our car available to the same time that the dealers
would start to get their inventory of the stock Ford 2010 Mustang, so
there were a lot of people at ROUSH working under a very tight
deadline. I’m proud to say that we accomplished everything that needed
to be done in 11-months, a record development curve for a ROUSH
vehicle,” stated Jack Roush.

Dave Wallace has penned a masterpiece in the May 2009 issue of Hot Rod on the first Funny Cars, the Super F/X Dodge Chargers.

CompetitionPlus.com's Director of Photography Roger Richards was presented with the honor of shooting a photo layout of the original Jimmy Nix Charger purchased and restored by reknowned musclecar collector Frank Spittle. 

Before a crowd of enthusiastic fans holding their breath, and media with cameras focused and ready, Jack Roush unveiled the new ROUSH®
2010 Mustang, the fifth generation high-performance pony car to bear
his name. The debut took place at the Livonia, Mich., vehicle assembly
plant, just yards away from where the new ROUSH 2010 Mustangs will be
built when production begins in early April.

“This is a very exciting day for me and for ROUSH Performance,” Jack
Roush said. “The very first ROUSH Mustang was built in 1994 and we have
come a long way since that day in terms of performance, styling, and
handling. And, this ROUSH 2010 Mustang is a prime example of our
results-oriented program team working together under a tight deadline
to be as close to the Ford factory Job One launch as possible.”

In addition to the car, ROUSH now has more than 150 different parts
which fit the 2010 Ford Mustang and allow owners to personalize their
own vehicle.

NHRA Top Fuel Driver Doug Herbert will participate in activities surrounding the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
races held at Bristol Motor Speedway, March 21-22.  Herbert will
compete in a celebrity amateur race as part of the Scotts Saturday
Night Special Charity Event, and will start his dragster in front of
nearly 160,000 spectators during the pre-race ceremonies prior to
Sunday’s Food City 500.

Herbert’s Top Fuel Dragster will be on display outside Bristol Motor
Speedway throughout the weekend, beginning Friday for Food City Race
Night, but will be moved inside the .533-mile oval Sunday morning, when
he will start the 8,000-horsepower machine on the track’s frontstretch.

“Bristol is one of my favorite races,” said Herbert, who scored his
first Top Fuel victory at Thunder Valley in 1992.  “Before they built
zMAX Dragway in Charlotte last year, Bristol was my home track.  I like
going up there so I was excited when they asked me to be at the circle
track.  When we start the dragster for all the NASCAR fans I’m sure
they’ll love it!”

Father-Son Duo to Join Benny Alfonse in 2009 … 
 
When your credentials feature seven world championships, numerous world
records and a penchant for success, the odds of your remaining
unemployed for very long are usually slim to none. 
 
Long Island-based Pro Modified team owner Benny Alfonse confirmed today
that he has purchased the equipment and services of father-son team
Scotty and Scott Cannon to tune and if necessary, drive for his
doorslammer operation. Also joining the team will be painter
extraordinaire Barney Squires as a fill-in driver. 
 
“Yes, I purchased Scotty and all of his stuff. I bought Scotty, I bought
Scott, I bought Barney,” Alfonse confirmed. “I bought everything I could
possibly buy to help me go faster and possibly win something.”