Many of the leading Pro Modified teams are testing in Valdosta, Ga., this weekend and some of the
numbers turned in during the first of a three day test are already
giving credence to 2009 being the quickest and fastest season ever.

Pro Modified racer Scott Ray's condition continues to improve after suffering a heart attack on Sunday.

Ray underwent a four-way bypass surgery on Monday and by Tuesday he was up walking.

"I couldn't believe it," Stan Ray said. "[He] seems to being doing really well, but still sleeps a lot and a little "groggy" at times."

The Ray family has plans to be back racing as early as the NHRA at St. Louis, Mo., in May.

Tim Tindle will kick off the season this weekend at the Heads Up Outlaw Winter Nationals at Emerald Coast Dragway at Holt, FL.  This weekend marks the beginning of Tindle’s third full Pro Mod season.

After a successful test session at South Georgia Motorsports Park during the off-season, the team is more than ready.

For Australia’s quickest-ever Top Doorslammer drag racer, Perth-based Robin Judd, this weekend’s 38th annual Westernationals at Perth Motorplex, Kwinana Beach, is a make or break event.

Judd, who is currently in second place in the 2008/09 Australian Top
Doorslammer championship series, is approaching the event as the most
important race in his championship quest.

Team JEGS Chef Nicky Morse will speak to more than 1,000 students visiting the Detroit AutoRama during a question and answer session Friday, March 6, at the Cobo Center.

National Guard ADRL officials announced today a new and streamlined
registration process for all competitors and crew members for the 2009
season beginning at the Safety-Kleen Dragpalooza V at Houston Raceway
Park.
 
A dramatic increase in the number of participants at National Guard
ADRL tour events along with more stringent insurance regulations has
forced ADRL officials to make changes to the registration process at
all national events.
 
Gone is the old "hard card" system and its lengthy application
procedure and long lines. As an identification system, it unfortunately
allowed for fraudulent use by some individuals, allowing those who
should not have been in restricted areas during race weekends illegal
access to those areas of the race track.

Heavy Hitters World Champion Lang, Rowe and Commisso to race at IHRA Mardi Gras Nationals

The Pro Mod entry list for the inaugural Summit Racing Equipment Mardi Gras Nationals continues to grow as several leading teams have announced intentions to compete for the world’s only true Pro Mod World Championship.

Heading the field is 2008 World Champion, Kenny Lang, who brings his
stunning 1953 Corvette to defend his title.  Lang, based out of Grande
Pointe Manitoba understands the significance of what it means to be an
IHRA Pro Mod Champion.

The promise of a record-breaking weekend of IHRA Pro-Am drag racing
fell victim to weather Friday as rain and an unfavorable weekend
forcecast forced Rockingham Dragway’s postponement of the
season-opening three-day points meet until the weekend of June 19-21.

“It was a tough decision and a tough way to start the season,” said
Rockingham owner Steve Earwood.   “It’s a no win deal when you’re
dealing with weather but, in this economy, we felt like the worst case
scenario would be to ask everyone to sit around for three days hoping
for a miracle and then still send them home without turning a tire.

“By making a decision this early, before most of our racers have
started their travel, maybe we can save them the gas, motel and meal
money for another time.”

NHRA Technical Services today announced that the Quick Fuel FX-4714 & P-4512, and Braswell B-7390 carburetors will be accepted in Pro Stock competition beginning with the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta, April 24-27th, 2009.  Currently, the NHRA-accepted carburetors for PS are the Holly Dominator 4500 and Barry Grant King Demon RS.

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