For 2009, the Fifth Annual Champions Banquet to honor the drivers and teams of the Pro Modified Racing Association was held in conjunction with the First Annual Champions Night for the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts.
 
Master of ceremonies Larry Satchell guided the sold out, full-to-capacity room at the Best Western Cairn Croft Hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario through the proceedings, which was highlighted by the recognition of the Top Five finishers in each series.

The Winter Rod and Speed Benefit Car Show is slated for Saturday, January 23 at the Linn County Expo Center in Albany, Oregon.

This year’s beneficiary is Cherokee Pizano. Cherokee is a 14 year old girl from Salem, Oregon that has Osteo Sarcoma, a form of bone cancer and is currently getting radiation treatments at Dornbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland. Cherokee along with her mother is also homeless.

The show could be the biggest in its three year history with the original cars from the movie American Graffiti, the $100,000 “Judge” GTO, the classic Veney’s Vega funny car, and the debut of the new Ashwell Racing Mustang funny car. In addition, there will musclecars, street rods, custom trucks and classics.

A month after capturing the world title in the National Muscle Car Association, Pro Street driver Troy Coughlin is ready to race for big bucks and bragging rights at this weekend's Street Car Super Nationals V presented by Chassisworks at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Coughlin will face more than 40 of the top drivers in the world in a classic East vs. West Shootout behind the wheel of his championship-winning JEGS.com Pontiac GXP. His racecar should be quick, as it won this year's NMCA national events in Chicago and Charlotte and recently reset the NMCA class record to 6.277 seconds at 225.08 mph.

European Top Fuel racer Andy Carter will team with drag racing's Big Daddy Don Garlits next season on a one-race deal.

Carter will run backing from Don Garlits anbd the Don Garlits Drag Racing Museum at the NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla., March 11 - 14, 2009.

Celebratory Robert Hight NHRA Full Throttle 2009 Funny Car Champion t-shirts are available now at the John Force RaceStation (www.JohnForceRaceStation.com) for immediate order. In addition to the traditional adult sizes the shirt is also available in 2XL, 3XL and 4XL t-shirt sizes. Sweatshirts and lady t-shirts will be available in about a week.

ADRL Pro Nitrous champion Khalid Al-Balooshi will enter this weekend’s Round 1 of the Arabian Drag Racing League with a pair of new tuners, both with championship experience.

His Highness Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Thani has hired Jeff Perley and Justin Elkes to add to the performance of his Pro Nitrous operation both in the pits and on the drag strip.

“Jeff Perley is a great addition to our arsenal and will add to the solid foundation we have established, building the core structure of our team that has already produced two world championships,” said Sheikh Khalid, checking in via phone from his office in Doha. “His track record in NHRA Pro Stock as a multi-time world championship crew chief speaks for itself, and combining his tuning expertise with the horsepower provided by Shannon Jenkins and David Reher - we are continually adding to our entire program.

Weld Racing's Kyle Fickler contacted CompetitionPlus.com to let our readers know of their inaugural Weld Racing Beadloc®Conversion Sale.

According to Fickler, genuine Weld Racing Beadloc® conversions are now available with black or polished Beadloc® rings for a limited time only.  Prices start at $499 each for 15” and $549 each for 16”.

US 131 Motorsports Park’s racing surface is undergoing a facelift during its off season in preparation for the 2010 racing season.  Specialized equipment has begun milling out 16 feet sections in each lane of the racing surface in preparation of an additional 500 feet of concrete to be poured, replacing the current asphalt.

Larry Morgan knows what makes every part on his Pro Stock Dodge work.

However, the one-inch in diameter, silver patch he’s been wearing on his shoulder for the past few weeks remains a mystery. Morgan has suffered with a rotator cuff issue for years and now it feels new.

“I’m not exactly sure what’s in it and what it does, but I do know it takes the pain away,” said Morgan, who two weeks ago at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals won his first Pro Stock event in seven years.

The 17-time national event winner said he drove at Vegas for the time first time without pain. He wasn’t skeptical of trying it either.

Super Stock racer Alex Denysenko has a problem with the IHRA’s logic of completing the 2009 season on April 30, 2010.

That’s when Denysenko and 177 of his fellow sportsman racers are scheduled to finish off the 2009 season through the IHRA’s Tournament of Champions competition. The competition to determine the world champion in each sportsman division was postponed last month due to weather.

The event will be completed during the IHRA’s 2010 Nitro Jam event in Rockingham, NC.

“I think the idea of crowning a 2009 champion in 2010, three months into the season, just stinks,” Denysenko, the IHRA’s Div. 5 Super Stock champion said. “I know a lot of my fellow competitors feel the same way.”