For a few weeks at least, the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports  Museum,
presented by Automobile Club of Southern California, will say goodbye
to one of its most famous cars, the Mickey Thompson Challenger, the
first American automobile to go 400 mph. It sails for England and the
Goodwood Festival of Speed, June 22-24.     

"Taking the car to
England for Goodwood is just the first leg of a multi-year celebration
of both land speed racing and Mickey Thompson's Challenger," said Tony
Thacker, executive director of the Parks Museum. "And now that his
murder case is resolved the family can move on and celebrate Mickey's
achievements. The timing is perfect."    

Beyond taking the car to Goodwood, where it will be the highlight of a
display of Bonneville vehicles on the cricket pitch, Thacker said they
hope to fire the car up in 2008 at Bonneville for the first time in
almost 40 years. "With four supercharged 415-cubic-inch Pontiac motors,
four 1937 Cadillac Le Salle transmissions, four Cyclone quick-change
axles and many miles of plumbing, cables and wire – but no starter,
firing this beast is going to be a major operation. However, I'm
confident that we'll hear it roar again."

Advance tickets for the ADRL's Eastern Race Fuels Dragstock IV, the event that
last year attracted more than 100 Outlaw Pro Mod race cars and the largest
single-day crowd in Rockingham Dragway history, are on sale now at the main
ticket office.

This year's event, part of the Flowmaster ADRL
national-event series, will be contested Sept. 14-15, with champions crowned in
all four ADRL pro categories: Pro Extreme, Pro Nitrous, Extreme 10.5, and Pro
Extreme Motorcycle.

Rockingham Dragway owner Steve Earwood says he can't
wait to get the show back on a high-performance racetrack that last year yielded
the quickest and fastest eighth-mile runs in history (3.813 seconds at 198.44
mph by Jason Scruggs of Saltillo, Miss.).

The Torco’s
CompetitionPlus.com Iraq
correspondent Lee McKinney reports that it has reached the cooler months with
an average temperature of 120-plus degrees. Imagine the tough time a tuner
would have over there?

Lee reports the
troops are having a tough time over there.

“You guys watch
the news and you see how bad it is ... well magnify a hundred times over and
that is really how it is,” Lee said. “You all have helped me in the past send
items over to the troops in fact in 3 years together we sent over 317 care
boxes . I just came back from Camp
Victory today via Route Irish
which is the most dangerous stretch of road in the world and the
folks there are kicking ass and taking names.

Cagnazzi Racing will open its doors to race fans and the media on Thursday,
May 24 as part of SpeedWeek in Mooresville, North Carolina. Home to one of
the nation's premier Pro Stockdrag racing teams, this is a rare opportunity
for race fans to see what it takes to successfully compete on the 23-event
NHRA POWERade circuit.

Cagnazzi Racing will also make a very important
announcement at 10:30 amregarding future plans for the championship
contending team of Jeg CoughlinJr. and Dave Connolly. Both drivers will be
in attendance at the event alongwith the team's racing support vehicles, and
the Speedco / JEGS midway trailer.

J.W. Performance Transmissions to sponsor “Happy Hour” with a  live DJ
and Pit Pro Golf Cart Challenge during the JEG’S US Open Bracket
Championship presented by Racecraft Chassis and LB Trailers.

During the year 2007 J.W. Performance Transmissions will celebrate
their 31st year in business.  As part of the celebration the 31st entry
each day will receive a free J.W. Performance Transmissions log book
and hat courtesy of J.W. Performance Transmissions.  For details on
J.W. Performance Transmissions log onto www.racewithjw.com or call
321-632-6205.

JEGS Automotive, Inc. and the NHRA North Central Division have announced a
unique special 2007 year-end event for the new NHRA Spitzer Race Cars Top
Dragster Series. 

The inaugural Top Dragster JEGS Shootout event will be held in conjunction
with the NHRA JEGS Northern SPORTSnationals at National Trail Raceway, Sept.
29.

Bristol Dragway has wasted no time in preparing for the rescheduled O'Reilly
NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Q. July 6 - 8. The 700-foot
launch pad has been removed and preparing for tomorrow's new concrete
pour.

Racing has concluded at the inaugural running of the Budweiser/Ohio
Lottery NHRA Lucas Oil “Cavalcade of Stars”.  Top Alcohol Dragster
pilot Bill Reichert and Top Alcohol Funny Driver Frank Manzo clinched
victories and took home their share of cash and contingency awards
worth more than $200,000.

After clinching the No. 1 position on Saturday it was smooth sailing
for defending Lucas Oil National Champion Reichert of Owosso, Mich.,
during eliminations on Sunday.  In the Semifinal, Reichert ran a top
speed of 274.33 with a pass of 5.256 seconds defeating Dave Hirata of
Lowell, Ind.  Reichert then came back in the final and took on Dave
Hedges Jr. of Plainwell, Mich.  There was no chance for Hedges as
Reichert pulled off the line and ran another impressive pass finishing
with a time of 5.268 seconds at 275.73 mph.  This is Reichert’s second
win of the season having clinched a victory at the O’Reilly NHRA Spring
Nationals earlier this year.

The
Bear's Performance Products Dodge Pro Stock Team has been a stable in IHRA Pro
Stock for a number of years. The world’s quickest and fastest Dodge powered Pro
Stocker has been headed by the O’Brien Brothers from the beginning, Larry
drives and Wayne
is the Crew Chief. With recent developments off the track the team will not be
attending the upcoming Skull Shine Sooner Nationals in Tulsa, OK
and has decided to park the race program for the immediate future.

The Pro Modified Racing Association season opener was an interesting event with
several firsts.
A record number of Pro Modifieds were entered for the first
race of the 2007 PMRA tour, held over the Victoria Day weekend racing at Toronto
Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario.