ProCare Rx, one of the nation's largest prescription drug management companies,
is planning to fill a script for competitors in the AMS Staff Leasing Pro Mod
Challenge presented by Tindle Enterprises with a $50,000 payday, series director
Matthew Brammer announced Wednesday.
 
Beginning with the next Pro Mod
event, drivers will earn points for the $50,000 ProCare Rx Pro Mod Clash  -- a
"race-within-a-race" which pits the best-qualifying and most-consistent AMS Pro
Mods against each other with the chance to fight for a $25,000 top prize.

 
"Pro Mods are so amazing and they put on an incredible show, I wanted
to do something that puts an even brighter spotlight on these teams and cars,"
Roger Burgess, Chairman of ProCare Rx said.
 

He may not act like it, but really, he's the new guy. Not just on the
team, but in the category. Eddie Krawiec hit the jackpot when he was
chosen to be the new guy, so he's not complaining. After all, he was
one of many that were interviewed, poked, prodded and thrown on a
Harley-Davidson V-Rod and sent down a quarter-mile track to see who was
ready to ride the second entry on the Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines
Motorsports Harley-Davidson team. Make that, the three-time defending
NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Motorcycle championship winning team. Krawiec's
the new guy on that team.

But if anyone was built to be the new guy on a team with a storied
five-year history, it's Krawiec. He spent several years on the AMA
Prostar tour and battled for the championship there twice. He came up
just short (less than 10 points one year) but he learned how to
compete. He had even raced at a couple of NHRA events. He made
qualifying attempts at eight national events, but prior to this year's
season opener at Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway, had never qualified for
the show. Krawiec has also logged in a few years working at Old Bridge
Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J. – a city he calls home in
the first place. He has spent a great deal of time working for and with

drag racers and has a keen sense of what it takes to run a historic
racing facility and how to keep racers happy and competitive.

After all that, Krawiec did the unthinkable. With years of racing
experience on and off the track, he decided to take a year off from
competition and just work on finding a job. That risk paid off. He got
a job. Now the 30-year-old is set to compete in his fifth event with
the Screamin' Eagle team. The Pro Stock Motorcycle class will next
rejoin the series at Route 66 Raceway for the Torco Racing Fuels NHRA
Nationals, June 7-10. In this Q&A session Krawiec talks about what
it's like to be the 30-year-old new guy, why he can respect a
well-thrown newspaper and why he gave up a career wearing zebra stripes
with cool shoes.

Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels has just announced their alliance
with WyoTech™ technical schools. WyoTech, established in 1966, is the official
technical school of the NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) providing training
in automotive and aviation technology, including auto body repair, diesel, HVAC,
chassis fabrication, high-performance engines, street rod/custom fabrication and
trim/upholstery.  WyoTech has seven campus locations in five states.
 
 
“Over the years WyoTech has attracted and aligned itself with the
automotive industry’s top companies with the ultimate goal of benefiting our
students,” said Lane Hart, WyoTech’s VP of Development. “We believe that this
alliance with Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels further strengthens
what we call the ‘WyoTech Edge.’”

Here is the schedule of the services for Dave Danish
 
The Viewing and Services will be held at Forest Lawn, 21300 Via Verde Drive, Covina CA 91724
ph (626)-732-2308
 
Viewing - Sunday May 20th from 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM
 
Services - Tuesday at 9:00 AM
 
Please join the Danish family for a Celebration of Dave's Life to be
held at California Speedway in the Apex Restaurant area immediately
following the services.

One
of Canada’s first Pro Modified competitors is returning to racing, and
will make his return at this weekend’s Victoria Day Weekend PMRA
Challenge at Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario May 19 and 20.
 
After taking a couple of years off, Gary Irving of Bolton, ON will be back in action with his 1937 Chevy Coupe Pro Modified.
 
“I’m looking forward to getting back in the car,” said Irving, who
began to race in the popular class back in 1991. “It’s been a couple of
years since I raced, but we’ll be ready for this weekend.”
 

ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD will have same-day coverage of both qualifying and
eliminations for the rescheduled NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event at
Bristol (Tenn.) Dragway, July 6-8.

Qualifying for the O'Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by
Q will be televised from 4-6 p.m. ET on Saturday, July 7, with final
eliminations on the air from 7-9 p.m. on Sunday, July 8. NHRA Race Day
will air at 11 a.m. on July 8 to set the stage for that day's eliminations. 

Fridays
are what veteran chassis builder Tommy Mauney considers to be his “fill in the
blanks” days. Mostly he prefers to tinker with his custom motorcycles, a
diversion he felt would one day remove him from the rigors of building race
cars. This comes after he finishes up the final touches on customer orders and orders parts.

Mauney
is quick to point out that he still loves building award-winning race cars.
It’s the politics he could do without.

It’s
not the money that drives him, although it does go a long way towards paying
the bills. It is the love of his craft that pushes him to never give up.

“We
still have plenty to do,” Mauney said, referring to his ever-growing chassis
demands. “You have those people who have a preference for our cars and because
of that, it keeps us plenty busy throughout the year.”

Kalitta Motorsports, founded in 1959 by drag racing legend Connie “the Bounty
Hunter” Kalitta and one of the most successful auto racing teams in history,
announced personnel changes today to help solidify their standing among the
elite teams competing in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series highlighted by the
reassignment of longtime Team Kalitta wrench man and co-crew chief Jon
Oberhofer.

Effective immediately, Oberhofer, a 38-year old resident of Ypsilanti, will
take over the reigns as crew chief of the 8,000-horsepower Mac Tools Top Fuel
dragster driven by veteran Top Fuel ace and three-time POWERade points runner-up
(2003, ‘04, and ‘06) Doug Kalitta. Oberhofer has relinquished his duties as
co-crew chief of the Zantrex-3 Top Fuel dragster driven by Dave Grubnic. Connie
will retain his title as crew chief on the Zantrex-3 entry.

Dave Danish, general manager of Southwestern Int'l Raceway, an NHRA
Division 7 track in Tucson, Ariz., died May 15, four days
after suffering a major heart attack. At the direction of family members,
doctors at San
Antonio Community Hospital in
Upland, Calif., removed Danish from life-support
systems in the afternoon, and he succumbed peacefully a few hours later. He was
61.

Condolences can be sent in care of Mike Yurick, California Speedway,
9300 Cherry Ave., Fontana, CA 92335;
e-mail, caoperations@californiaspeedway.com.

With the rescheduling of the O'Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at
Bristol Dragway to July 6-8, points accumulation for the 2007 NHRA King
Demon Crown bonus event for Pro Stock drivers has been shortened to 22
events. The O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka,
June 1-3, is the last event where drivers can earn points for the
prestigious event.