VP Racing Fuels has agreed to enter into a multi-year agreement with
the International Hot Rod Association to serve as the Official Race
Fuel of the sanctioning body. In addition VP will be the presenting
sponsor of IHRA’s seven-event Sportsman Nationals schedule in 2009. The
“Official Race Fuel” agreement extends through the 2011 season.

The deal will be signed in the media center at the Performance Racing Industry Show in Orlando Friday, Dec. 12 at 11:30.

VP will be the exclusive on-site supplier of racing fuels at all IHRA
Nitro Jam national events as well as all IHRA Sportsman Nationals. VP’s
Nitro Race Nitromethane will be designated for use in the Top Fuel
class and C23 the designated spec fuel for Pro Stock. In addition, C23
and VP’s M1 Methanol will also be the spec fuels for IHRA’s Pro
Modified class.

Don Prudhomme Racing announced today that Spencer Massey has been
selected as driver of the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company Top Fuel
dragster for the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.

Snake Racing originally signed Massey, 26, in October with plans to see
him pilot a new, second Top Fuel dragster team to start the 2010 NHRA
season.  Massey’s driving debut for Snake Racing will now be
accelerated as it was announced earlier today that former driver Larry
Dixon bought out the remainder of his employment contract from Don
Prudhomme Racing.

Massey, who won the 2008 Top Fuel Championship in his first full season
of IHRA competition, will immediately become an NHRA Top Fuel
championship contender as crew chiefs Don Bender and Todd Smith look to
improve on the U.S. Smokeless Racing team’s second-place finish in
2008. 

Don Prudhomme Racing announced today that driver Larry Dixon has bought out the remainder of his employment contract
from Don Prudhomme Racing, effective immediately.

Further details regarding plans for Don Prudhomme Racing and the U.S.
Smokeless Tobacco Company Top Fuel dragster team for the 2009 NHRA Full
Throttle Drag Racing Series will be announced soon.

Nitro Team Owner Roger Burgess Writes and Produces “Go Full Throttle”

Roger Burgess is an accomplished businessman, having founded and grown
Pro Care RX into a highly successful national pharmacy benefit
management company.

He’s also an accomplished Fuel team owner and Pro Modified driver.

Burgess hopes his latest venture will generate a modicum of success equal to the aforementioned delivered.

Burgess, along with his brother Stanley and up and coming Atlanta-based
musician Bill Gentry have created a new country-rock themed song
titled Go Full Throttle.

Could a 1970 ½ Camaro body be the next body of choice in Pro Modified?

Cynergy
Composites Inc. in Ontario, Canada recently announced the official
release of this completely original “copyrighted” racing shell. This
body is a fusion of every single racer and builder request over the
past five years submitted to the popular body fabricator.

Chris Jacobs, host on TLC’s Overhaulin’, featuring smokin’ auto
designer Chip Foose, is now riding shotgun with Crash Gladys, Statt
Mann and Kenny Sargent as the newest co-host of the biggest motorsports
radio show in the country, SpeedFreaks.

"I could not me more stoked to be part of the freakin’ pit crew as a
permanent member of the squad," says Jacobs. "I have always loved doing
radio and SpeedFreaks is the perfect outlet for me. Motorsports and
comedy are two of my favorite things, so to combine them and have it as
my job? Freakin’ awesome!"

Former Maple Grove Raceway Starter Mike Summers has been hospitalized
and is in serious condition. Our thoughts and prayers are with Mike and
his family during this tough time. We hope his condition soon improves
and that he will see a full recovery. Cards and well wishes can be sent
to Mike c/o Terry Summers (his wife) at

Get Well Mike
280 Bowmansville Rd
Mohnton, PA 19540

The International Hot Rod Association, a division of Feld Motor Sports,
has entered into an agreement with Boninfante Performance Clutch Parts
to create the “Boninfante Clutches Pro Stock and Pro Mod Top Qualifier”
program for the 2009 IHRA Nitro Jam schedule.

This program will reward each #1 Pro Stock and Pro Modified qualifier
at each Nitro Jam event with a $1,000 credit towards future purchases
at Boninfante Performance Clutch Parts, providing that driver is
utilizing a verified Boninfante Clutch assembly and is running the
correct program decal on both sides of his car as well as making a pass
in each qualifying and eliminations round. If the #1 Qualifier is not
using a Boninfante clutch assembly the bonus will be a $500 credit
towards future purchases with Boninfante Performance Clutch Parts.

In the week leading up to the second annual CompetitionPlus.com War
Stories we will re-publish some of the finest moments from last year's
contest. You'll hear some of the finest stories laid down in
competition. The program works like this: 16 figures within the drag
racing community are voted on by the readers of CompetitionPlus.com to
determine who they feel could tell the best story. From that voting, an
NHRA professional elimination ladder pairs the contestants and they
battle it out until one is left.

Today's story comes from Bob Glidden, the ten-time Pro Stock champion who drove a Pro Stocker like no other back in the day.

Ken Black did his best, earlier this season, to dispel the misnomer
that his pockets were endless, but with little luck. Sometimes actions
speak louder than words.

Black confirmed with CompetitionPlus.com recently that he’s
scaled back personnel and remains 99.9% percent sure that he’ll be
parking the Top Fuel team for 2009 unless funding arrives prior to the
season opener in Pomona come February.

A third Pro Stock for his KB Racing remains possible, but that is
contingent on certain monetary arrangements coming to pass. If that
program comes to pass, the level of personnel could return to
pre-layoff levels.

Black is just one of the many drag racing movers and shakers feeling the pinch of a sluggish U.S. Economy.

“We are just trying to be a little smarter with our money,” Black
added. “We’re trying to get rid of some used parts and others that were
just gathering dust.”