The recent tragedy on the
campus of Virginia Tech University hit close to home for Radford, Virginia’s
Matt Hagan. The sophomore Pro Modified driver’s shop is located only ten
minutes from the site of the massacre.

“It’s unbelievable that something
like that can happen in such a small community like that,” Hagan said. “When
something like that happens, you immediately think that it only happens in the
big cities. It just goes to show you that evil can happen anywhere. When you
think of all the lives that one incident touched … it hits your heart. It’s a
bad situation for everyone involved. You never know when people set their minds
to do bad stuff like that. You just can’t stop them. You can take all the guns
away but the truth is that that people kill people.”

Terry
Munroe made an interesting and unusual choice when it came to spending his prize
money after taking the Alcohol Funny Car win in San Antonio last
month.

Munroe purchased a ’29 Ford coupe over the Internet after months
of searching for just the right one. This one is a ready-to-roll rat rod,
complete with primer, a raucous old Oldsmobile engine, and a very chopped
top.

WYATT WINS THIRD STRAIGHT IN
ROCKINGHAM WHILE HONORING VIRGINIA TECH

Zizzo (Top Fuel), Cannon Jr. (Pro
Modified), Montecalvo (Pro Stock) and Thomas (Alcohol Funny Car) also claim
Ironmen at IHRA Spring Nationals

Rockingham Dragway has two events on the IHRA Nitro Jam™ season schedule.
Jack Wyatt probably wishes it was more.

Wyatt, from Corydon, Iowa, won
his third national event in as many attempts at the fabled quarter-mile strip in
southern North Carolina, defeating Jon Capps in the final round to capture the
Knoll-Gas Torco Racing Fuels Pro Nitro Funny Car Ironman. Wyatt swept both
events in Rockingham last season as well, winning in the spring and the
fall.

It was even more special for Wyatt as he painted a tribute to the
Virginia Tech shooting victims on his car for the weekend.

Point standings (top 10) for IHRA professional categories following the Spring
Nationals presented by Advance Auto Parts and Castrol at Rockingham Dragway, the
second of 12 events in the $19.5 million 2007 Knoll - Gas Nitro Jam Drag Racing
Series

Sunday's final results from the Spring Nationals at Rockingham Dragway. 
The  race is the second of 12 in
the $19.5 million 2007 Knoll - Gas Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series

Point standings (top 10) for IHRA professional categories following the Spring Nationals presented at Rockingham Dragway, the
first of 12 events in the $19.5 million 2007 Knoll - Gas Nitro Jam Drag Racing
Series -

The quickest nitrous run of qualifying (a 6.168) was not the talk of
the weekend. The talk was largely centered around a testing lap two
days before the event.

Once again, Shannon Jenkins and the Awesome Motorsports team have given hope to
nitrous fans everywhere. After countless hours of off season research and
development and testing throughout the beginning of the season, Jenkins uncorked
the first 6.0-second nitrous pass in history while testing at the newly
resurfaced Darlington Dragway on Wednesday.

“The Iceman” piloted teammate
Mike Castellana’s brand new Jerry Haas-built ’07 Western Beef Mustang to a
6.080, 231 MPH blast in the heat of the day.

SATURDAY - CAPPS CLAIMS TOP
SPOT IN ROCKINGHAM

Foley, Cannon Jr., Munroe and Mansfield
also qualify at the top of their classes in front of one of the largest crowds
in Rockingham Dragway history

Warren Johnson will become just the seventh member of the drag racing community
to enter the International Motorsports Hall of Fame when he is inducted on
Thursday, April 26. The six-time NHRA Pro Stock champion (1992-93, 1995,
1998-99, 2001), multiple national-record setter and driver of the GM Performance
Parts Pontiac GTO will join a select group representing drag racing in the
International Motorsports Hall of Fame that already includes Wally Parks, Bob
Glidden, Don Garlits, Shirley Muldowney, Don Prudhomme and Joe Amato. In
addition to Warren Johnson, the International Motorsports Hall of Fame class of
2007 will include Bruton Smith, Junie Donlavey, Ray Hendrick, Jack Ingram and
Wayne Rainey.

FRIDAY - FOLEY NO. 1 TOP FUEL QUALIFIER
AT ROCKINGHAM

Haddock, Rowe, Munroe and Mansfield
Also Provisional Top Qualifiers

Doug Foley, Sewell, N.J., earned
the No. 1 spot in Knoll-Gas Torco Racing Fuels Pro Nitro Top Fuel after the
first round of qualifying Friday at the Spring Nationals presented by Advance
Auto Parts and Castrol. Other No. 1 qualifiers at Rockingham Dragway include
Terry Haddock (Nitro Funny Car), Danny Rowe (Pro Modified), Terry Munroe
(Alcohol Funny Car) and Rob Mansfield (Pro Stock).

Foley clocked a 4.552, 320.74 to take the top position. He won the
“Last Man Standing” as well. Points leader Bruce Litton, Indianapolis, sits in
the second position with a 4.631, followed by Michael Gunderson and Scott Weis
at 4.677. Bobby Lagana Jr. sits on the bump-spot.

“The car moved around quite a
bit,” said Foley. “It was a great run for us. That’s what we needed to come out
and do. Everyone is running so tough this year that every point is going to
count.”

Haddock, of Lynnwood, Wash., earned his first career provisional No. 1
qualifier in Knoll-Gas Torco Racing Fuels Pro Nitro Funny Car. He ran a 4.995
pass and locked up the “Last Man Standing.” Dale Creasy Jr., the current points
leader sits second, followed by defending event champion Jack Wyatt and Todd
Simpson. Jon Capps is on the bump-spot. Gastonia, N.C.-resident Bob Gilbertson
is currently not in the field.