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.

With the 2009 racing season on the horizon the Oklahoma-based two-car team of Cary and Dean Goforth have one very

specific goal in mind. They will go all-out in pursuit of the IHRA Pro Stock world championship.

“We’re going to focus 100-percent on our goal of finishing 1-2 in the
2009 IHRA Pro Stock points standings,” Cary said. “Dad and I talked
about it and we really think this is the best fit for us. We will run
other sanctioning bodies on non-conflicting weekends because there is
no substitution for seat-time, but we’re going after the IHRA
championship and running the full deal this year.”

Cary finished sixth in the 2008 championship points standings while his
father Dean finished 10th. Both drivers joined the Jerry Haas 6.20’s
Club at the 2008 IHRA World Finals in Rockingham…Dean becoming the
sixth member with a 6.294 in his 2007 GTO and Cary closing out the
club, becoming the eighth and final member with a 6.298 in his 2008
Cobalt.

Top Alcohol racers Gary Phillips, Steve Reed, Debbie Reed, Wayne Newby and Rick Gauci will have a race against time on their hands for round one of the ENZED International Nightfire New Year Series at Willowbank Raceway on January 2/3.

Scheduled for the first of the two January Events, these five racers
are also competing at Sydney’s Boxing Day Event (December 26/27) just
the weekend before – giving them no more than five days off-track
before their first qualifying runs on January 2 at Willowbank Raceway.

Rolling O Store’s Hollie Faulkner Dies Following Sudden Illness …

Hollie Faulkner, co-operator of the Rolling O
merchandise trailer, died Saturday afternoon at the age of 36. She
leaves behind husband Donnie and a four month old daughter Emma
Jacquelyn.

Hollie was the daughter of Charles and Kay
Cagle.

Miss Hollie, as many of her friends called her, was the
kind of person who continually encouraged many at the races and wore
a constant smile.

She became ill on Friday evening and
collapsed, losing consciousness and drifting into a coma. Holly never
recovered and died this afternoon in Little Rock, Ark.

 

Travel back to drag racing's formative years when Pro Stocker were
really the factory hot rods. This YouTube video features the legendary
Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins discussing this golden years of the Pro Stock
division. Classic video footage includes Ronnie Sox, "Dyno" Don
Nicholson, Frank Iaconio and Larry Lombardo. This video clip comes from
Diamond P video's Hot Rods From Detroit.

One-of-a-kind G2 Motorsports S&S Custom Motorcycle to be awarded to Horsepower WyoTech Sweepstakes winner

A project begun last year reaches its exciting conclusion this weekend when one very fortunate person will become the owner of the special G2 Motorsports S&S Cycle 50th Anniversary custom motorcycle.

More than 200,000 motorcycle enthusiasts entered the Horsepower WyoTech Bike Sweepstakes to win the 10-second street bike that features an all-new S&S 126-inch V-Twin engine.  The winner will be introduced on  Spike TV’s “Horsepower” program with Steve Whitson that airs in “Powerblock”, Saturday and Sunday,  11 a.m.-1 p.m., ET.

The now two-time Mountain Motor World Champ, Pete Berner, is picking up the pace this winter, preparing to defend his title in
the '09 season. Despite economic setbacks across the industry, Berner
hopes to see continued growth of the sport and is expanding his own
operation over the winter, including the addition of a 56 foot, all
aluminum semi, currently in construction at T&E Auto Haulers in
Herscher, Illinois.

"We're keeping busy this off season. We're working hard on our new
engine program, refreshing the car, and getting a new truck and
trailer, so it's not much of an 'off' season for us. The new rig is
coming along great at T&E. They do excellent work, and I'm looking
forward to taking delivery of the semi. Richard Freeman with Elite
Trailers helped us put this deal together so many thanks go out to him
for his help.