Randy Jewell and the JFM
Racing team get the chance to race at home this weekend. The turbocharged Pro
Modified team will be competing at this weekend’s PMRA event at their home
track, New York International Raceway
Park.

“When we were away winning
two championships with the NSCA we never got to really race at home in front of
our family and friends,” Jewell explained. “Now that we are running the PMRA we
finally get to do that and its only half an hour down from the RJ ProFab race shop.
Our first outing at the cancelled Toronto
event gave us a lot of encouragement. I am pretty confident we could have
maintained our third spot and may even have been able to go quicker. Things
should go well for us this weekend. It will also allow some of our marketing
partners come out and see what we do. The PMRA is a truly professional series and
I am sure they will be impressed.”

Newly crowned Australian ANDRA Top Doorslammer Champion John Zappia is at the
Willowbank track this week for the Winternationals and Final Round of the Top
Doorslammer Championship, and will be going all out to try and set some very
fast times and speeds.
 
“Winning the Championship has taken the pressure
off the team to be consistent and relatively conservative in our tune”, said
Zap, “So we can hot up the Striker Monaro this meeting and try and set some
records and thrill the fans. This weekends racing should be very exciting, with
eighteen racers trying to squeeze into eight spots in
eliminations”.
 
After being the first driver to run a legal 5 second
pass, Zap is currently the fourth quickest Doorslammer in the world, with US
Pro-Mod drivers John Russo currently first in the Firebird on 5.895, Josh
Hernandez in the Camaro on 5.912, Jay Payne in the Camaro on 5.920, and Zappia
in the HQ Monaro on 5.922. John wants the number one spot back and will be
trying to do it this weekend at the Winters.

One of the Drag Racing Association of Women's biggest
fundraising activities, the annual DRAW Auction, will take place this
weekend during the Torco Racing Fuels Route 66 NHRA Nationals in Chicago. The 23rd annual auction will be held Saturday, June 7, and will feature silent and live auctions. Admission is free.

More than 3,000 Caterpillar employees, along with family and
friends, will be attending this weekend’s 11th annual Torco Racing
Fuels Route 66 NHRA Nationals in Chicago as part of a
Caterpillar-sponsored event to support the David Powers-owned
Caterpillar Top Fuel team.

“We wanted to plan
something unique for our drag racing fans since 'Hot Rod' Fuller is
competing just a few hours from Caterpillar’s corporate headquarters in
Peoria, Ill.,” said Jim Parker, vice president of Caterpillar’s North
American Commercial Division. “We’re thrilled so many of our employees
are engaged and will be supporting the team.”

Steve Scheidker, public
relations director for VP Racing Fuels, confirmed a price increase will be
enacted this weekend during the NHRA Torco Race Fuels Route 66 Nationals in Joliet, Ill.

When Chevy driver Ron Krisher won the NHRA Summer Nationals this past weekend at Topeka, the ultra-competitive Pro Stock

Ron Krisher needed a victory like he experienced on Sunday in Topeka. (Auto Imagery Photos)

class crowned its eighth different winner in this season's first nine
races of the NHRA POWERade Series.  Although he knocked on the door
last year with a runner-up finish to Allen Johnson at Denver, Krisher's
sixth career victory was the veteran's first in nearly five years.  But
there will be no time to celebrate for the Ohio native as the factory
hot rods head to Route 66 Raceway for this weekend's 11th annual Torco
Racing Fuels Route 66 NHRA Nationals.  

Veteran Pro Stock/Outlaw 10.5 racer to compete in Xtreme 10.5 competition ...

Billy
Glidden will officially make his ADRL debut this weekend during the
ADRL Summer Drags at the Knoll Gas Motorsports Park in Martin,
Michigan.

Glidden will be competing with the familiar silver
Pontiac GTO sponsored by Mickey Thompson Tires and used primarily as a
test car for the tire manufacturer. Glidden has run the car in NHRA Pro
Stock as well.

Top Alcohol Funny Car racer Steve Harker has an affinity for doing things in pairs.

The father of twin drag racing daughters, Kate and Diana, he added a
second national event title to match his 2001 victory last Sunday
during the NHRA Summernationals in Topeka, Kansas.

This monumental victory came on the same day he celebrated his 33rd wedding anniversary with wife Jenelle.

There may be a moratorium on testing at NHRA national event
facilities, but the restriction can be easily circumvented by teams
testing at non-national event facilities or making a visit to the IHRA
national events where they can essentially test and have a chance to
get paid for doing so.

While no teams are committed to run the IHRA Presidents Cup Nationals
in Budds Creek, Md., or participate in a private test session this
Monday at Knoll Gas Motorsports Park in Martin, Mich., these venues are
clearly on the forefront of their planning processes.

He’s grown up in the sport and now sees a new day has arrived

Del Worsham has seen many changes to Funny Car racing over his eighteen years as a driver.  (Roger Richards)

Del Worsham has experienced easier weekends than he did in attaining
the last man out status in the inaugural running of the NHRA’s
Countdown to the Championship.

At the final race of the first phase in Reading last August, Worsham
controlled his own destiny:  win and he would get in.  He was beaten in
the semis by eventual race and series champion Tony Pedregon.

“We sat around for days and days,” Worsham recalled of the rain-plagued
event. “We basically just raced one round of racing per day.  It got to
the point where we had to win the race.”

Worsham was finally eliminated on Wednesday but not before learning a valuable lesson.