Pair of Grand Storytellers Paired in Second Round …

Gary
Scelzi and Chris Kaufmann placed more than a few proverbial body
lengths on the competition as they won their respective matches the
first round of the second annual CompetitionPlus.com War Stories
Showdown.

Scelzi scored a convincing 19.72% share of the votes to defeat Steve
Earwood in the first round. The four-time champion used a tale of being
on the road broke during his years in the Top Alcohol Dragster
division. The clincher for Scelzi was that alcohol was involved.

The second day of round one voting for the second annual CompetitionPlus.com War Stories competition is scheduled to

close on December 25, 2008 at 5 PM, EST.

Four-time NHRA champion Gary Scelzi holds a commanding 19.24% lead over
former NHRA Publicist turned drag strip owner Steve Earwood. You’ll
quickly wonder how Scelzi survived a week during his Top Alcohol
Dragster days and if you’re a doorslammer fan, Earwood will transport
you back to the days of the Southern Style touring Pro Stockers. Yes,
that includes Roy Hill.

He's the guy who challenged for the IHRA Pro Stock Championship with very little budget and nearly took home the championship.

He's also the guy who dressed the part of cartoon character Underdog in jest of his team's monetary shortcomings.

Past Multi-time World Champions Meet in the Second Round …

The battle went down to the final second for John Force but he pulled
out the closest victories by repelling an upset-minded Don Gillespie in
the first round of the second annual CompetitionPlus.com War Stories
Showdown.

For his efforts, Force will meet one of the fiercest competitors on and
off of the track – four-time Top Fuel Champion Shirley Muldowney. She
easily defeated form

Carl Robinson has more questions than answers this morning.

The Motorsports Manager for Mickey Thompson Tires learned the NHRA has
made Goodyear the spec tire for its Pro Stock car division. How he
learned of the news remains an issue for Robinson.

Someone sent him a link to a posting hidden within the NHRA’s website,
a rules amendment which would require some digging to locate.

Once Robinson clicked on the link, he saw the following:

Cancer
survivor and NHRA announcer Lynn Nickerson was recently awarded a
donated trip through Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School in order to
fulfill a lifelong dream of becoming a licensed drag racer.

Andy McCoy Race Cars (AMRC) has reached an agreement with Denmark’s
Henrik Pedersen to make the popular 1970 Plymouth Duster body available
for drag racers in Europe exclusively through Pedersen’s All-In
Racecars. Specializing in the fabrication of high-performance Pro Mod
and Top Sportsman drag racing components from chassis to
competition-ready vehicles, Andy McCoy Race Cars designed the
nostalgic-looking race car body that made its competition debut in
September.

“We have received a tremendous amount of interest in the Duster since
its release, not only here, but abroad,” McCoy said. “We’re excited to
now have a presence in Europe and are happy to team up with Henrik
because of his reputation for excellent workmanship.”

Ajax-based Custodio racing to run new nitrous-powered Camaro in 2009
 
The
Pro Modified Racing Association is pleased to announce that well-known
10.5 Super Street Outlaws racer Luis Custodio will be racing with the
PMRA for the upcoming 2009 season.
 
Lou Custodio“We’re jumping in,” said Custodio, who has raced since the
early 1980s, and has been campaigning a 1969 Camaro in the popular 10.5
Super Street Outlaws class for the past several years.
 
“I’ve watched the series (PMRA) grow over the past four years, and it
has done a fabulous job,” he commented. “We’re getting together with
the Pro Modified teams, and whether we race with them or enough of the
10.5 guys come in and we run together, I think it will open up a whole
new field.”
 

Auto Imagery Commemorates NHRA Top Ten Finishers …

Auto
Imagery, the leading commercial photographers for the NHRA, has
developed a special edition print commemorating the top ten point
earners in each of the NHRA POWERade categories.

These 20 X 24 prints are printed on glossy photo paper and are perfect
for autographs and/or framing. Adding to the quality of this product is
the fact that less than 50 of each will be printed.

Package pricing is available. One print sells for $49.95. Three prints for $129.95. All four can be purchased for $159.95.

Keep in mind that 2008 was the final year for POWERade as series
sponsor. If you have the final Winston poster, the final POWERade
champions poster will be a must have item.

ORDER YOURS TODAY

Eliminations are underway for the second annual CompetitionPlus.com War Stories Showdown, a competition which places sixteen of drag racing's personalities head-to-head in storytelling competition. Over the next four days, you will be presented with the first round strories of each respective contestants. They are paired on an NHRA eliminations ladder seeded by reader vote last week.

Today's competition features the #4 qualifier Gary Scelzi versus #13 Steve Earwood as well as #5 Bob & Etta Glidden versus #12 Chris Kaufmann. Voting concludes on December 25th at 5 PM.