Ajax-based Custodio racing to run new nitrous-powered Camaro in 2009
 
The
Pro Modified Racing Association is pleased to announce that well-known
10.5 Super Street Outlaws racer Luis Custodio will be racing with the
PMRA for the upcoming 2009 season.
 
Lou Custodio“We’re jumping in,” said Custodio, who has raced since the
early 1980s, and has been campaigning a 1969 Camaro in the popular 10.5
Super Street Outlaws class for the past several years.
 
“I’ve watched the series (PMRA) grow over the past four years, and it
has done a fabulous job,” he commented. “We’re getting together with
the Pro Modified teams, and whether we race with them or enough of the
10.5 guys come in and we run together, I think it will open up a whole
new field.”
 

Auto Imagery Commemorates NHRA Top Ten Finishers …

Auto
Imagery, the leading commercial photographers for the NHRA, has
developed a special edition print commemorating the top ten point
earners in each of the NHRA POWERade categories.

These 20 X 24 prints are printed on glossy photo paper and are perfect
for autographs and/or framing. Adding to the quality of this product is
the fact that less than 50 of each will be printed.

Package pricing is available. One print sells for $49.95. Three prints for $129.95. All four can be purchased for $159.95.

Keep in mind that 2008 was the final year for POWERade as series
sponsor. If you have the final Winston poster, the final POWERade
champions poster will be a must have item.

ORDER YOURS TODAY

Eliminations are underway for the second annual CompetitionPlus.com War Stories Showdown, a competition which places sixteen of drag racing's personalities head-to-head in storytelling competition. Over the next four days, you will be presented with the first round strories of each respective contestants. They are paired on an NHRA eliminations ladder seeded by reader vote last week.

Today's competition features the #4 qualifier Gary Scelzi versus #13 Steve Earwood as well as #5 Bob & Etta Glidden versus #12 Chris Kaufmann. Voting concludes on December 25th at 5 PM.

The worsening economic condition has cost drag racing yet another professional team for 2009.

R2B2 Motorsports crew chief Brian Corradi confirmed today that he
received a phone call from team owner Roger Burgess citing the lack of
primary sponsorship as a major factor in parking the team.

The United States Air Force has secured Official Military On-Site
Sponsor rights with IHRA for the 2009 season. Air Force will be at all
eight IHRA Nitro Jam events held in the United States to recruit as
well as take other active roles in the events. Air Force will visit
local schools in event markets, display on Manufacturer’s Midway and
offer once-in-a-lifetime on-track experiences for race fans.

“This
is an excellent opportunity for IHRA as well as for the United States
Air Force,” IHRA president Aaron Polburn said. “Our crowds are full of
the people the Air Force is targeting with their recruiting
efforts…young, energetic people who love their country. Air Force
always has an interesting display as well, it really adds a lot to our
national event midway.”

Goodyear Racing Tire distributor to provide contingency awards for 2009 season

For
the fourth year the Pro Modified Racing Association is pleased to
announce that Competition Tire Canada will again be posting Goodyear
Racing Tire contingency awards at each series event for the upcoming
2009 season.

The
grand prize winner in the BrandSource/Ford Racing Mustang GT
Sweepstakes took possession of his Ford Mustang GT at the end of last
week.  Out of 65,237 entries, Michael Norris of Canyon, Texas was
randomly selected as the grand prize winner. Norris entered the
sweepstakes at the NHRA national event in Dallas, Texas.

“We are still reeling from the news that we are the winners of the
BrandSource/Ford Racing Sweepstakes grand prize. Even with the
beautiful Ford Mustang GT sitting in our garage it is still hard to
believe! What a great car! We want to thank everyone at Ford Racing,
BrandSource, Forward Sports Marketing, and the best racing team on the
planet, John Force Racing, for sponsoring the sweepstakes and providing
the prizes,” said Norris. “I picked a black Mustang GT California
Special Convertible. It has side scoops behind the doors, 18” wheels
instead of 17” wheels, the side stripe that says GT/CS, chrome exhaust
tips, and few other little upgrades. It is really an outstanding
looking car.”

“Making it into the five-second zone blew my mind!”
 
Kathy
Fisher is no stranger to the high-speed thrills associated with
competition on the drag strip. After all, she says she drag races
because “I love the challenge of being as perfect as you can be - every
pass." But her recent accomplishment at Frank Hawley's Drag Racing
School at Florida's Gainesville Raceway put all of her previous
experiences into perspective. Fisher, of Lima, Ohio, earned her Top
Alcohol Dragster license after skillfully completing one of the
school's most difficult advanced classes.
 
“Driving a blown alcohol car was a huge jump for me because I’ve been
in the same dragster running mainly 8.90 classes for the past five
years,” said the racer, business owner, and broadcasting personality.
“I knew going in, from talking to other racers, that getting a license
in a Top Alcohol Dragster would likely take more than the six runs that
normally come as part of the course. And I was only planning on making
three runs, since there was just a partial course available the week I
went to Gainesville. To be honest I was just hoping that I wouldn't
have to repeat any of them so I could at least make it to the 2-3
shift.”
 

Eliminations are underway for the second annual CompetitionPlus.com War Stories Showdown, a competition which places sixteen of drag racing's personalities head-to-head in storytelling competition. Over the next four days, you will be presented with the first round strories of each respective contestants. They are paired on an NHRA eliminations ladder seeded by reader vote last week.

Today's competition features the #1 qualifier John Force versus #16 Don Gillespie as well as #8 Shirley Muldowney versus #9 Joe Lepone Jr. Voting concludes on December 24th at 5 PM.