Ten-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Bob Glidden has been in a struggle with his health since falling and bumping his head on the asphalt at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, Ca, following a qualifying pass during the Auto Club NHRA Finals last November.

Glidden’s collapse, attributed by doctors to an overabundance of potassium, resulted in a fractured skull.

Ever since the accident, Glidden has been in and out of the hospital due to complications. Those complications pushed Glidden in and out of consciousness, resulting in severe seizures. The Gliddens believe the worst is now behind them as Bob is at home in Whiteland, Ind., recovering.

The highly-anticipated release of American Drag Racing League (ADRL) racing dates in 2011 will be presented on Friday.

The ADRL announced on Thursday that it will release its schedule for the 2011 season at 5 p.m. EST on Friday at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show in Orlando, FL.

The announcement will come during the annual trade show at the ADRL booth, which is No. 609 at the Orlando Convention Center.

Included in Friday’s release will be names, dates and locations for the 2011 ADRL Tour, which will again feature the top doorslammer action in the world. It will also  feature some surprises and new destinations for the 2011 season.

Since its legendary introduction at the NHRA Winternationals in 1968, Ford’s Cobra Jet Mustang has created a legacy of power, performance and triumph that has carried through the decades.

In 2008, Ford Racing unveiled the 40th Anniversary Cobra Jet Mustang, which promptly lived up to the legend of the original version, duplicating the NHRA Winternationals victory in its inaugural race.  The subsequent 2010 Cobra Jet, built on the 2010 Mustang platform, has been setting class records and is competitive at drag strips across the country.

Today, Ford Racing unveiled the 2012 Cobra Jet Mustang at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) show in Orlando, Fla., and announced the intention to build fifty 50 turn-key 2012 CJ’s. For the first time the Cobra Jet will be available in three color options – Race Red, Grabber Blue and Winner White -- and coordinated graphics.

Doorslammer legend Tony Christian may soon be out of the cockpit, but don’t count him out of racing just yet.

After qualifying in October on the Super Pro Street pole for the prestigious World Street Nationals at Orlando Speed World Dragway, Christian made a surprise announcement of plans to retire from driving. Unfortunately, his exit was hastened by a second-round crash the next day, when the rear wheels of his 2005 Grand Am locked up near the finish line and the resulting slide from the right lane ended with the car going solidly into the left wall. Initially baffled by the cause of the accident, the veteran racer now personally accepts full responsibility.

“I’m not shy to say that the only thing that malfunctioned was me. I reached over, pulled the chutes out, and I hit the transbrake button and stayed on it. It was 100 percent my fault,” Christian admits. “After I hit the chutes I got into the button and you don’t realize you’re on the button in a situation like that when the thing’s locking up and going sideways on you.

Time after time Matt Hagan heard John Force’s spiel.

Force would talk about how he was spending time in the gym, working to get stronger to beat this kid, a hulk of a young man with the physique of a linebacker. The now fifteen-time champion Force often referred to himself as an aging NFL quarterback avoiding a sack from a huge and younger defensive player.

The first two or three times can be inspirational said Hagan. However, when the picture is painted during nearly every interview, “It gets old.”

Next season Hagan plans a major role reversal.

Pendergast Partners and Banyan Mezzanine Funds have acquired Magnuson Products, Inc., a premier designer and manufacturer of OEM and aftermarket automotive superchargers. Company founder Jerry Magnuson has a distinguished and rich history in the supercharger business dating back nearly 40 years – culminating with Magnuson Products, a company with diverse technical capability that has lead the automotive aftermarket for many years. The company produces complete supercharger systems under the Magna Charger brand for today’s most popular performance cars and trucks. They offer a huge increase in performance and meet today’s stringent emissions standards as well.

NHRA announced that the 2011 NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Western Conference Finals and Eastern Conference Finals will once again return to Bandimere Speedway in Denver and Bristol Dragway in Tennessee, respectively.

The NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Western Conference Finals will be held July 7-9 at Bandimere Speedway, while the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Eastern Finals will take place three weeks later, July 28-30 at Bristol Dragway.

In addition to the racing competition on the track, both tracks also will be hosting additional activities and events on and off the track, making for a fun-filled weekend for everyone participating.

“We are exited the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Eastern and Western Conference Finals are returning to two such great drag racing facilities,” said Eric Lotz, NHRA director of Field Marketing and Contingency Programs.  “Every year these two facilities find new ways to improve and make these two great events even better for the racers and their families. The Jr. Drag Racing League and all of NHRA Drag Racing is truly a family sport and we look forward to returning to both Bandimere Speedway and Bristol Dragway.”

Mopar® is bringing truck-loads of new product to the PRI show in Orlando—including the reincarnation of its famed “elephant motor” from the 1960’s, an all-aluminum HEMI® Gen III Crate Engine.  Production for the new motor begins this month.

“More than any other show, PRI attracts the Mopar brand’s core customers of racers, muscle-car owners and ultra-performance enthusiasts,” said Pietro Gorlier, President and CEO, Mopar, Chrysler Group LLC’s service, parts and customer-care brand.  “We will show this core group of enthusiasts what Mopar has under the hood.”

In addition to the new elephant motor, the 2011 Mopar Challenger V-10 Drag Pak, the first and only 500-plus cubic-inch V-10 drag-race package car on the planet, will headline the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show, Dec. 9 - 11 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.  New Moparized rides and 10 new Mopar performance parts will also be on display.

The 2011 Mopar Challenger V-10 Drag Pak, recently named to the 2011 “Hagerty Hot List” of collectible cars, will be on display on the Mopar Image Center stage at PRI. Fans will have the opportunity to pose for an eShot photo on Thursday and Friday with the new rear-wheel drive race car, approved for NHRA Stock and Super Stock competition.

The NHRA has released the 2011 rule amendments for the Get Screened America [GSA] Pro Modified division. All three of the power-adder combinations are affected by these changes.

The supercharged cars will have their overdrive reduced from 20-percent, down to 14.5. Rules on the injector hat have been relaxed to the point they are no longer limited to a roof line height.

The turbocharged combination may now only run an 88 mm turbocharger on a twin turbocharged engine.