Royal Purple® is pleased to announce its second year as an associate
sponsor of Greg Stanfield for the 2007 NHRA Pro Stock series. But, that’s not
all. In addition to their sponsorship agreement, Stanfield and Royal Purple will
be teaming up to make a donation to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. They will be
creating and selling posters with Greg and his racecar at both the Royal Purple
website (http://www.royalpurple.com/) and on the
NHRA trailer where Greg’s shirts are sold.  All of the proceeds will be donated
to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital at the end of the season.

During
the second year of his program “A Team on a Mission,” Mike Edwards with the support of
fellow racers, business executives, and team owners was able to send more than
175 kids to a Young Life camp after raising in excess of $70,000 for the program
in 2006.

To
date the program has sent more than 300 kids to a Young Life camp. “This is what
the racing family is all about,” Edwards said. “We are out battling each other
on track, but when it came to helping the kids, we all came together as one
team.

After
a successful inaugural visit last year, The Pro
Modified Racing Association will be heading back to the fabled Quebec dragstrip in
2007.

The
Second Annual Eaton PMRA Challenge Presented by Eaton’s electrical business,
manufacturers of Cutler-Hammer and Powerware brand products, will be held
Saturday, August 18, 2007 at Sanair, just south of Montreal.

“We’re
pleased the PMRA and Eaton are returning to Sanair,” said Sanair Track Owner and
General Manager Jacques Guertin. “Our fans enjoyed the event and it was a
terrific success last year. The PMRA teams put on a great show, and their return
will be one of the highlights of racing at Sanair.”

After several weeks of trying to create a set of rules that would
result in a level playing field for its newest professional class, Pro
10.5, the Flowmaster American Drag Racing League competition committee
announced today a major twist to its version of the ultra-popular 10.5
cars. Beginning with the first event of 2007, there will be no
performance or minimum weight
restrictions on the 10.5 cars that run in the ADRL.

The 10.5 cars will continue to be required to meet all of the ADRL's
safety and appearance requirements. In addition, all 10.5 cars running
in the ADRL must have working headlights and tail lights, mufflers, and
working suspension. A complete set of rules will be available in the
rules section at www.adrl.us in the coming days.

Torco's CompetitionPlus.com has obtained these photos of the David Powers dragster to be sponsored by Matco Tools and driven by Whit Bazemore.

Andy
McCoy Race Cars based in St. Louis, Mo is presently working on the
first Pro Mod composite 1970 Duster body kit of it's kind. Much like
McCoy's current 57 Chevy Pro Mod, the new Duster body will be a one of
a kind piece of art. The body, which will be completed by the end of
2007, will take and keep the Pro Mod class where the fans love to see
it, with low 6-sec nostalgic doorslammers going close to 240 mph.

New England Dragway, home of the Amalie Oil North American Nationals, is
updating its Compulink Timing System to the company’s new, cutting-edge fiber
optic set-up. The fiber optic configuration will replace the old copper wiring
that has been used in timing systems for decades.

“This is really
important for any national event track facility,” said Joe Lombardo of New
England Dragway, IHRA’s 2006 Track Operator of the Year. “We all have an
obligation to upgrade and be sure national event technology is the same for all
competitors. In addition, our regular racers will benefit by having a more
reliable system every weekend that’s easier to maintain and less likely to
suffer problems from lightning.”

Drag racing philanthropist Evan Knoll will deliver a long overdue salute to
America’s military veterans during the 2007 NHRA POWERade Series season using an
8,000-horsepower Top Fuel dragster as his billboard. Knoll will honor all
Vietnam Veterans with the entry driven by popular Melanie Troxel, which will
compete in all 23 NHRA POWERade Series races this season.
 
Knoll has
dedicated this car to the memory of the 58,195 soldiers, sailors, airmen and
Marines who gave their lives in the line of duty in the Southeast Asia theatre
along with the 304,704 who were wounded in action. All told, almost 1.6 million
members of the United States military saw combat action during the conflict. The
highest troop concentrations reached 543,482 during April of 1968.