Terry McMillen, the 2018 U.S. Nationals Top Fuel champion, is offering fans the opportunity to have him send a special message to their mom this Mother’s Day. Through the CAMEO™ Marketplace, which lets fans book a personalized video shout-out from their favorite athlete, celebrity or entertainment personality, McMillen will make himself available starting today. Understanding many people may not be able to get out and see their mothers this Mother’s Day McMillen wanted to offer a unique gift to his NHRA fans.

“I know a lot of our fans might not be able to take their moms to lunch this year or even see them if they are a first responder,” said McMillen. “I wanted to offer them the chance to send a personal message from me to their moms. NHRA is one big family and our AMALIEⓇ Motor Oil team is privileged to be a part of that family as well.”

Leave it to Donald Long to spin a negative situation into a positive.

The often brash, and outspoken drag radial promoter didn't have a race planned until October, when his postponed Sweet 16 event, along with No Mercy 11 will run back-to-back.

With many drag radial racers displaced by a multitude of postponed events, Long wanted to ease the pain of stay safer at home orders throughout the United States.

As Long sees it, nothing soothes the soul like a record-setting event.

If the third time is the charm, Quain Stott isn't feeling so charmed these days.

The past Pro Modified champion turned period-correct promoter says the forced postponement of his Southeast Gassers Association Lassiter Mountain Dragway event scheduled for May 9, is the third time he's had the rug pulled out from him.

Stott watches as other states are loosening restrictions, and opening public establishments and yet drag strips, possibly the largest of all venues remain closed.

"We're spending promoting the races and then getting rugs jerked out from us," Stott said. "It's just freaking unbelievable. And to think Trump's opening everything up May 1. So, at this point, we're like, 'Hey, we're good to go now, for sure."

Dickie Venables cannot help it. The multi-time championship tuner has self-diagnosed himself.

"I'm definitely a tinkerer," Venables admitted.

Venables during the pandemic definitely doesn't have idle hands, as he's crafting himself a devil of a workshop behind his house. Shortly after drag racing became suspended on March 12, 2020, Venables went to work on crafting a 1,500 square shop into the image in his mind which never happened because 24-races annually never afforded much time or energy to do anything else.

Don Schumacher Racing, a leader in motorsports cause-related marketing programs, has joined more than 100 professional athletes and sports organizations to support the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) by participating in the Athletes for COVID-19 Relief campaign. The team-wide initiative, in which all drivers on DSR’s current roster have committed to raising funds at www.athletesrelief.org, will include authentic team-used gear to generate fundraising dollars.
 
Since the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season came to a screeching halt last month, drag racing’s winningest organization has made a series of efforts in the fight against the global COVID-19 crisis. It was announced in late March that DSR’s manufacturing arm, Don Schumacher Motorsports, had converted its two Stratasys 3D printers, which are typically used for race-related projects, to manufacture the headband components of medical face shields. Individually, several DSR drivers have gotten involved in relief efforts of their own, including most notably Top Fuel driver Leah Pruett’s recent ‘Cameo request’ program, which enabled her to raise more than $2,000 for her local food bank in Lake Havasu City, Ariz.

Dean Skuza is over drag racing. And, that's not a knock on the sport.

Skuza, 53, has settled into the simpler life of enjoying his family and a life where he's not chasing the NHRA drag racing tour from coast to coast. A day of babysitting his grandson Theodore, 2, is more gratifying anyway.

Skuza made a lot of ground with limited resources, winning two national events in his career. He finished in the top ten every season he raced from 1994 through 2003.

He never considered himself a "rockstar" although his tendency to not walk the corporate line made him a people's champion. Skuza's pit area was a favorite destination for the rock and roll icons who often visited the NHRA events.

CompetitionPlus.com Editor Bobby Bennett caught up with Skuza to discuss his time as a people's champion. His outlook on his career and most importantly would he consider a return.

Bob Glidden’s Undefeated 1978 Fairmont Was Ugly, But A Perfect Transition

Ask ten-time world champion Bob Glidden what he remembers about the only known undefeated Pro Stock car in drag racing history and he’ll tell you it had an appearance that only a mother could love.

And, yes, Glidden was a mother with his 1978 Ford Fairmont, which never lost a round of competition, national, regional or match race.

“It was ugly but looks never won races,” Glidden admitted. “We were just battling the NHRA with the rule deals. They kind of had a rule for me and then a rule for everyone else. That car got a little bit of a weight break.”

Tulsa Raceway Park's Todd Martin said his facility plans to open soon, but it won't be business as usual. He's outlined a plan for the track to reopen, although there is no date set.

"Tulsa Raceway Park will have a solid personal protection plan in place as it relates directly to facility and Racers," Martin said. "We encourage everyone to follow the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines regarding how you conduct your daily lives so that life can quickly return to normal."

Martin said his staffers would be donning masks and using hand sanitizer regularly.

Stevie "Fast" Jackson has made a career of going quick and fast whether it's been behind the wheel of championship-winning Pro Mod or his challenging radial-tire equipped Shadow 2.0, a car built specifically for Donald Long's Radial vs. The World class.

The quarantine has taken its toll on drag racing, but for Stevie Fast, the toll ends on this day, as he and Phil Shuler head out to the track for a private test session.

On this day, Stevie Fast goes where no man has gone in his bid to become the quickest in radial tire racing.