Stolen from the secured yard of Spectre Performance in Ontario, California at approximately 2:30AM Saturday April 11th.

2002 Freightliner FL70 Toterhome with 38' 5th Wheel Trailer

License Number: 2QPN682/ Trailer License Number: 4DG4349

Color: Black with Speed by Spectre Logo on side of trailer in silver. 
Silver Spectre logo on Tailgate and on front of windshield.
(both truck and trailer were originally white before being wrapped).

If the circle of good fortunes sometimes runs counter to the norm,
judging from Jim Halsey’s performances of the last seven months, the
Street, Md.-based Pro Nitrous veteran was due for
a run on the downside. Unfortunately for his competitors, Halsey has
become such a strong runner that his downside still turns out pretty
good.

Saturday was a tough day to be Halsey, but a good one as well.

“We had a tough weekend,” Halsey said, describing his winning weekend
in Valdosta, Ga. “We had some mechanical issues with the car and then
the track was so good … we’ve never had to run in those kinds of
conditions with this new car, if we had our old one we probably could
have backed down the race track.”

Halsey didn’t back into his ADRL Hardees Drags title by any means. It
just wasn’t his typical leave no prisoners style as he stopped a
determined and consistent 3.90s runner, Steve Vick, in the final round.

TOP FUEL VETERAN MCCLENATHAN BONDING WITH NEW TEAM; IS A COUNTDOWN TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDER ONCE AGAIN

In the sport of NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing, Cory McClenathan has been there and done that.

He’s been on fire, flipped upside down and walked away from spectacular
wild rides. He’s won races at just about every track on the circuit and
chased the world championship title into the sunset many times. He
knows what a good hot rod is supposed to feel like just by easing into
the throttle.

He can also tell when all the pieces are in place for a very good race team to become great.

So that’s why he’s excited about the opportunity in front of him in 2009.

McClenathan has embraced a new crew on his 7,000 horsepower FRAM Tough
Guard dragster, led by co-crew chiefs Phil Shuler and Todd Okuhara, and
they are quickly hitting their stride. In just five events they have
produced two final round appearances, allowing McClenathan to display
the driving form that has led him to 30 victories in 53 final round
appearances and four second-place championship points finishes during
his 18-years behind the wheel.

“They make this FRAM car go down the track,” McClenathan said. “It will
go from A to B all the time and it can run with everybody else. And
everybody realizes that.”

Even with all that experience, past success and strong early season
performances McClenathan is sometimes overlooked as one of the
favorites in his category. However, hardcore fans and his opponents
know that McClenathan is always a major threat to win.

LuquiTec issued a statement today confirming that rumors of Crane Cams
sale to Scorprion was false and they are committed to its scheduled
auction date of April 22, and is entertaining as many interested buyers
as possible." Crane Cams further stated that "Crane has no agreement to
sell its assets to Scorpion Performance, nor has it received any offer
of any kind from Scorpion."

LiquiTec was retained by Crane Cams to conduct a public auction of the
company's assets on April 22, 2009 and is also working to sell the
assets before the auction to a variety of buyers who have expressed
interest in the company's very well-established high-performance
valve-train and ignition components and product lines. LiquiTec is
handling all negotiations in connection with the sale of the Crane
Cams' assets.

Four women racers gave thanks to some 4000 US Military troops and their families at last weekend's NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event held at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, TX across April 3-5.
 
Tina Stull (Super Comp) and the Harker Twins (Alcohol Dragster), were
honored with an invitation to visit the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve
Base in Fort Worth, TX.  Prior to the race "Team Troops" were featured
celebrities at the base and were given a private tour getting to meet
the Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the US Military, all the while,
passing out tickets donated by the Texas Motorplex.
 
"It was such an honor to be invited to NASJRB Ft Worth" comments Diana
"We had an amazing time and would like to thank all who worked hard to
organize the day for us and most importantly, Thank You to the troops!"

Tom McKernan, Chief Executive Officer of the Automobile Club of
Southern California, has been named the Grand Marshal/Honorary Starter
for the upcoming NHRA JEGS Cajun SPORTSnationals at Auto Club Dragway
at Auto Club Speedway.  The event, slated for April 17-19, is the
second of three NHRA SPORTSnationals events sponsored by JEGS.
           
After years of corporate involvement in motorsports, McKernan’s
participation in NHRA drag racing evolved to a personal level in 2007
when his daughter Megan earned her Super Comp license and began
competing at NHRA events. Since then, it is not unusual to find
McKernan out in the pits among the sportsman racers or at the starting
line cheering on his daughter rather than in the corporate suite.
           
“The McKernan family is a drag racing family not unlike JEGS or the
thousands of other families involved in NHRA,” said Scott Woodruff,
JEGS director of Media & Motorsports. “That’s why we wanted to
honor Tom for his dedication to the sport of drag racing. Not only does
he support his daughter’s racing efforts but he helps support the drag
racing community through the Auto Club’s many sponsorships.”

In the final results from the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Spring
Shootout presented by Torco Race Fuels Henderson, Nev., racer Justin
Lamb grabbed the win in Comp Eliminator to join Saturday’s Top Alcohol
winners Shawn Cowie and Sean O’Bannon.

Lamb worked his way through the field in his ’09 Cobalt before meeting
up with the former NHRA Lucas Oil National Champion Dean Carter of
Glendale, Ariz., in his final round win.

Val Torres Jr., Valinda, Calif., and Randy Balough, Newbury Park,
Calif., topped the super categories with Torres beating Steve Williams
and his K&N sponsored dragster in Super Comp and Balough taking his
’63 Corvette to the winner’s circle over Vincente Campa with a
hole-shot win in Super Gas.

Bandimere Speedway will feature the back-to-back night qualifying
sessions at the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals, this according to a
press release from the facility located outside of Denver, Co.

The first stop on the three race Western Swing, a three race portion of the NHRA Full Throttle Series, will feature 8 pm qualifying sessions on both Friday and Saturday.

HAMSTRA, HALSEY, GLIDDEN, PROPHIT AND GAHM WINNERS AT SOUTH GEORGIA MOTORSPORTS PARK


Upset
victories, first time winners, record-breaking performances and another
overflow, record-setting crowd highlighted the ADRL Hardee's Georgia
Drags at South Georgia Motorsports Park.
 
Jason Hamstra (Pro Extreme), Jim Halsey (Pro Nitrous), Billy Glidden
(Flowmaster Extreme 10.5), Matt Prophit (Pro Extreme Motorcycle) and
Brian Gahm (Extreme Pro Stock) were winners in their respective classes.
 
It was the first career ADRL victory for Hamstra, Prophit and Gahm.
 
A complete wrap up follows.

Shawn Cowie and Sean O’Bannon each took home their second NHRA Lucas
Oil Drag Racing Pacific Division win of the year today at The Strip at
Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Spring Shootout presented by Torco
Race Fuels.

Canadian racer Cowie of Delta, B.C., took out the No. 1 qualifier and
defending Pacific Division Top Alcohol Dragster champion in Jim
Whiteley with a final round pass of 5.653 seconds at 256.60 mph.  This
is Cowie’s second win of the year to go along with his win last month
in Arizona.

O’Bannon out of Ontario, Calif., also took on and out ran a defending
Pacific Division Champion in Terry Ruckman of Grand Junction, Colo. 
O’Bannon ran in the 5.60 second zone all day taking out Mark Woznichak,
Riverside, Calif., and Doug Gordon, Paso Robles, Calif., on his way to
a win running of 5.654 seconds at 254.90 mph in the final over Ruckman.