If Bob Glidden is going to be a part of Larry Morgan’s forthcoming Ford
Pro Stock program he’s not aware of it, yet. In fact, Glidden says, the
two have never discussed the possibility.

Glidden, who remains friends with Morgan, told CompetitionPlus.com that
on the Monday following the recently completed NHRA Thunder Valley
Nationals, he wrapped up his tour of duty with the Lucas Oil-sponsored
Pro Stocker.

“My deal was to get Ronnie Humphrey to where he could get down the
track,” Glidden said. “I think we accomplished that and he did a great
job of that in Bristol.”

Humphrey currently leases a car and engine program from Morgan.

Next test to likely transpire after Norwalk …

What might have appeared to be an exercise in futility was exactly the opposite when it comes to describing the post-Bristol nitro spec testing session conducted by the NHRA, this according to the sanctioning body’s nitro liaison Dan Olson.

In the first run, the engine lost the burnout throttle stop causing the engine to over-rev. The second produced a tire-smoker at the 330 foot mark. A proposed third run never came to fruition.

The average spectator might have drawn a negative conclusion.

"The 2nd Annual Ohio Crankshaft No Box Nationals, June 12 - 14, 2009, at Bunker Hill Dragstrip in Kokomo Indiana is only three weeks away and at 85 pre-entries, the event is already larger than last year. A winners share of $7500 is up for grabs each day and and that has racers coming from 15 different states. 

Triple O Promotions has already given away a couple free entries to Saturday's Little Bucks race to Jon Maugans from Wichita Kansas and John Moreno from Long Island New York. Both of these pre-entered racers have over a 700 mile journey ahead of them.

Shakedown at E'town on Speed - Saturday, May 30 at 8 pm EST
 
The second episode of the 6th annual Al Anabi Racing Shakedown at E’town presented by Speedtech Nitrous will re-air on the Speed channel on Saturday night, May 30 at 8 pm EST. The show will feature coverage of Precision Turbo Outlaw 10.5 presented by Pro Line Race Engines, K&K Precision Heavy Street presented by K&S Race Cars, Pro Torque Drag Radial presented by Big Daddy Performance and Western Beef 8.50 Index presented by Finelines Automotive.

Top
Fuel teammates Morgan Lucas and Shawn Langdon will make June 2 a
memorable day for 40 kids from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central
Indiana. The two drag racing stars plan to take their special friends
to a private practice session with the Indianapolis Colts NFL team,
treat them to a lunch, and play a little game of flag football.

"We're going to have some fun," Lucas said. "That's the No. 1 thing.
These kids have had some tough times growing up and they don't have the
opportunities to do many of the things we take for granted. Well, we're
going to take them somewhere very few people get to go and meet some of
the best football players in the NFL. It's going to be a really cool
deal.

Under normal circumstances, whenever NHRA Pro Stock standouts Greg
Anderson and Jason Line are at a dragstrip, they can be found behind
the wheel of their powerful Summit Racing Equipment Pontiacs or working
on ways to make them better.  However, this past Wednesday at zMax
Dragway in Charlotte, the KB Racing teammates tackled a completely new
form of competition, taking part in the taping of Speed’s highly
popular drag-racing-themed game show, Pass Time.

NHRA officials have announced that Snap-on Tools will display its No
Compromise Tour at select 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series
events, which began at the ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville,
Fla. in March.

As part of the on-site display agreement, Snap-on will bring its No
Compromise Tour to five NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series
events.  Snap-on’s No Compromise TourTM also was displayed at the NHRA
Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, Tenn. Other tour stops include the
Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals (Brainerd, Minn.), NHRA Las Vegas Nationals
(Las Vegas), the season finale at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, and one
more race yet to be determined.

FRAM Tough Guard Top Fuel racer Cory McClenathan is gradually moving up
the ladder during the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.

In the first eight races of the season he has vaulted from ninth to
fourth place and has steadily qualified high, reaching his first No. 1
spot of the season in the last event at Bristol (Tenn.) Dragway. He's
been in the final round twice and once to the semifinals. As he and the
FRAM Tough Guard team head to this weekend's NHRA Summer Nationals at
Heartland Park Topeka (Kan.), "Cory Mac" is knocking on the door of a
spot in the top three in the rankings.

Building
on last year’s sweepstakes success, Honeywell Consumer Products Group
(CPG) has teamed with its sponsored NHRA driver Cory Mac, Nordic Boats,
Full Throttle® and Don Schumacher Racing, to again launch a
one-of-a-kind promotion: the 2009 FRAM® Cory Mac Boat Sweepstakes*.

The promotion will be launched June 1st online and will run through the
end of the year. Consumers can enter the sweepstakes online at www.cpgraceresults.com , the official motorsports racing website for the FRAM®, Prestone®, Autolite® and Bendix® teams.

Featuring a customized paint job that resembles the newly rebranded
FRAM® Tough Guard® Dragster driven by Cory McClenathan, the 22-foot
Nordic Speedboat retails at $64,999 and can cruise at speeds up to 60
mph. It also comes with its own extreme custom tandem trailer with
torsion axles, disc brakes and chrome rims. Fans will have the
opportunity to view the boat in the Honeywell CPG display at numerous
NHRA event locations, including Chicago, Seattle, Sonoma, Indianapolis,
Charlotte, Las Vegas and Pomona.