Prestolite Wire Corporation announced today their acquisition of the well-known
Mr. Gasket Performance Group.  

Mr. Gasket will become a division of
Prestolite, and will continue to  operate the entire Mr. Gasket family of high
performance and racing  brands.

Veteran Gary Scelzi had a scary moment last week, and it had nothing to do with his Oakley Dodge Charger.

Scelzi was racing his son, Dominic, at the go-kart track at Infineon
Raceway earlier in the week when the two drivers bumped into each other.

At the beginning of this season, Geno Scali
was the development rider for Vance & Hines Motorsports' Suzuki
fuel injection system, as he's using one of their bikes, built at the
VHM skunkworks in Brownsburg, Ind. and owned by the company. As the
Suzuki runners begin to move into the 21st century with fuel delivery
systems already used by their Buell and V-Rod competitiors, Scali, the
2003 Pro Stock Motorcycle champion, became the test bed for VHM's EFI.

A close look at Scali['s positioning in the Countdown for the
Championship (11th coming into Sonoma) tells the tale of the tape. "I
changed back to carburetion a few races ago," Geno said. "Can't you
tell by the results?"

Racers For Christ, Tony Schumacher and the
U.S. Army Racing Team will provide the opportunity for a lucky fan to win a
helmet worn by Tony Schumacher as well as two full event tickets to any of the
remaining events after the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minn.

In addition to those
incredible prizes, the lucky winner will also receive two weekend passes to the
U.S. Army Racing Hospitality Area; an opportunity to stand on the starting line
while Tony is wearing your helmet in a qualifying run; Be transported to the top end of the track where Tony will remove the
helmet, autograph it for you, and present it to you and a personalized
Hero Card including you, Tony and the US Army Dragster will be provided by
professional photographer Richard Shute.

Top Alcohol Dragster driver Jared Dreher, who recently won the Valdosta Division
2 event, is in the hospital battling an unknown sickness. Please keep Dreher in your thoughts and
prayers.

"Fast" Jack Beckman, who most recently drove the Mail Terminal Services Dodge
Charger R/T to two back-to-back victories in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing
Series Western Swing in his first full season in the Funny Car class, will guest
live on Speed Channel's "Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain" on Sunday, Aug.
5.

Beckman, 41, joined Don Schumacher Racing for the last five events of
the 2006 NHRA season as a Funny Car rookie, and stunned the world by qualifying
No. 1 once, setting both the elapsed-time and top speed national records, and
winning once in two final-round appearances.

Ashley Force has reached the second round in AOL's hottest athletes
on-line voting contest which operates just like a drag racing bracket.