Two-time Pro Modified champion Mike Janis plans to “Drive One” in 2010.

Janis, of Lancaster, NY, confirmed his intentions to debut a 2010 Ford Mustang as early as the NHRA Midwest Nationals in St. Louis, April 30 – May 2. This will be his first experience racing a Pro Modified Ford.

“It wasn’t supposed to be a big secret, but we’ve been so busy working that we haven’t even had time to do a proper press release,” said Janis, who plans to run the full ten-race NHRA GSA Pro Modified tour.

Wow!  That’s really the first thing to say about the season-opening Nitto Tire NMRA Ford Nationals Spring Break Shootout, because the race action was hot and heavy all weekend long.  Wheelstands, crashes, record-setting performances, and the most incredible True Street field that the NMRA has ever seen highlighted the action.

In the headline class, Turbonetics Pro Outlaw 10.5, six cars showed up to do battle on the sticky Bradenton 1320’.  Once qualifying was complete, 2008 class Champion Conrad Scarry took the top spot with a stout 6.78 at nearly 215 MPH, right off the trailer.  Jim Blair, who had qualified with a 6.94 on Friday, loaded up and went home, as he had broken some parts during that passes, which took him out of competition.  Mike Murillo’s 7.11 put him third, but he too left and went home early after damaging a cylinder head beyond repair.  Dwayne James, Billy Driscoll, and Jim Brown rounded out the field heading into eliminations.  With two racers out of the mix before the hit, there were two single passes, taken by Driscoll and James, sending them to round two.  Scarry had to face off against Jim Brown, and Brown got out of shape, handing Scarry the win with a 6.81.  Driscoll and James faced off in round two, with James hitting the tires hard on the hit and getting wildly out of shape, sending Driscoll on to his first NMRA final against Scarry, who wisely took it easy on his bye run.  The big-block power of Scarry was simply too much for Driscoll to overcome, as Scarry scored a 6.80 and a half-track wheelie for the win.

Three different winners pulled into victory lane Sunday at the IHRA Mardi Gras Nitro Jam as Bruce Litton (Top Fuel) finally hit his stride with a victory over Bobby Lagana Jr., while Bill Evans (Pro Fuel) and Peter Gallen (Prostalgia NFC) also claimed wins in their respective classes.

In exhibition action Joseph Palmisano bested a field of eight to win the Outlaw Pro Modified shootout.

Joining the quartet of professional winners were the duo of Chris Gulitti (Top Sportsman) and Sheldon Bissessar (Top Dragster) who won in the second ever Harland Sharp Elite 8 Shootout. Gulitti bested a packed field to win for the first time this year while Bissessar continued his domination of the class with his second straight Harland Sharp Elite 8 win.

This 41-year old video focuses on Mickey Thompson's classic 1969 Mustang Funny Car powered by a nitro-burning 427 SOHC Ford. A large majority of the footage was shot at the 1969 AHRA Springnationals in Bristol, Tenn. There's a neat collection of other race cars in this video as well as a few nostalgic hair styles. This five-and-half minute video is well worth the investment of your time.

Nitro was in the air and three new champions were crowned during the third straight sold out Nitro Jam event Saturday night at State Capitol Raceway in Louisiana.

Reigning Top Fuel World Champion Del Cox rebounded from a late arrival to the track to win his first race of the season while Mike McIntire (Prostalgia) and newcomer Buddy Dominigue (Pro Fuel) bested defending race winners to claim their first wins of the year.

Cox, who missed his flight to Louisiana the night before, arrived at the Baton Rouge airport roughly an hour before his run on Saturday. Once at the track Cox had just enough time to throw on his suit and jump in the dragster as the pair in front of him were warming up.

Modern day Funny Car legend Ron Capps and Nostalgia Top Fuel barnstormer Jim Murphy head into Sunday's eliminations as the No. 1 qualifiers of the premiere nitro divisions at the 52nd annual Bakersfield March Meet in Bakersfield, Ca.

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Radio Nitro with Will Hanna and the Harker Twins will feature another great lineup for show No. 2 this Monday night at 8 PM EST on RaceFanRadio.com. 

The guest line-up for Monday's show will include Tim Wilkerson, driver of the Levi, Ray & Shoup Nitro Funny Car along with Todd Veney, the new driver of Jay Blake's Permatex/Follow A Dream Top Alcohol Funny Car.  Capping the show off is one of the greatest sportsman racers of all-time, David Rampy.

Listen to the show at RaceFanRadio.com.

Angie Smith’s first full season of NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racing will include a marketing partnership with Doc’s Harley Davidson in Kirkwood, Mo., near St. Louis

Smith has been impressive while riding in selected races over the last two seasons.  She was a semifinalist twice in only seven events a year ago and made the semifinals twice in 2008.   She has qualified for her last 14 races in the Full Throttle Drag Racing Series – including the final seven outings in 2008.

“This is our second year with Doc’s as a marketing partner,” said team owner Karl Klement.  “We feel very fortunate to have them on board with us.  They are one of the top Harley Davidson dealers in the United States and have been involved in drag racing and flat-track racing.  Patty Bush of Doc’s has even drag raced motorcycles.”