Taking a page from Kevin Harvick’s 2006 NASCAR Busch Grand National
series playbook, a highly energetic Morgan Lucas will mount an all-out
assault on the Lucas Oil championship in 2007, racing his family-owned
Lucas Oil Top Alcohol dragster in conjunction with his professional
operation on the NHRA POWERade tour.

Expanding his racing horizons is nothing new to Lucas, as he did
double-duty for part of the season in 2006, capturing back-to-back
Lucas Oil series event wins at Infineon Raceway in Somona, Calif., in
what proved to be a dress rehearsal for a campaign of nearly 31 races
in 2007.

With twin titles in mind, Lucas has retained the services of
championship tuner, Steve Boggs for his Top Alcohol assault. The
addition of Boggs, who took Mitch Meyers to the title in 2004, has
Lucas psyched about his season.

Nitrous Express (NX),  will
continue to be the primary sponsor for Ryan Hargett during the 2007 racing
season.  Nitrous Express is headquartered in Wichita
Falls, TX.  NX provides nitrous systems for virtually every
internal combustion engine on earth.

Spitzer Race Cars signed a
multi-year agreement with NHRA to become the title sponsor of the North Central
Division’s Top Dragster Series.

The seven-race 2007 NHRA Spitzer
Race Cars Top Dragster Series will debut at Summit
Racing Equipment
Motorsports Park
in Norwalk, Ohio, May 18-20 in conjunction with the NHRA
Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event. It will conclude with the NHRA Jeg’s
Northern SPORTSnationals in Columbus,
Ohio, September 28-30.

Roger Gustin, President of AutoStar Productions, Inc., producers of the Super
Chevy Show, announced that Aeromotive Fuel Systems has signed on as the Title
Sponsor of the Aeromotive Nitro Coupe Challenge for the 2007 and 2008 seasons. 
The Aeromotive Nitro Coupe Challenge is an exclusive class of professional
racecars that can only be seen at the Super Chevy Show.

Nostalgia drag racing fans take note: the long wait is over: Tickets to
the world famous March Meet, Mar. 9-11 at Auto Club Famoso Raceway are now
on sale at www.famosoraceway.com or call 661/399-2210. Individual day
tickets are $25 for Fri., Mar. 9; $30 for Sat., Mar. 10; and $30 for Sun.,
Mar. 11. Or, race fans can purchase a Super 3-Day Pass for $75, according to
Blake Bowser, vice president and general manager of the Kern County Racing
Association, operators of Auto Club Famoso and producers of the fabled March
Meet. Tickets can also be purchased at the track starting the day of the
event.

Roger Gustin, President of AutoStar Productions, Inc.,
producers of the Super
Chevy Show, announced the addition of Rock Auto as a
sponsor for 2007. 
Gustin stated, "We are pleased to add RockAuto as a
sponsor of our Super
Chevy Show's and we are proud to promote their huge
assortment of parts and
products throughout the 2007 tour."

Brittany Force was back on the track
Sunday, despite spending some time at University Medical Center in Las Vegas
with a slight concussion the evening before.

Doug Foley, co-owner of the Foley & Lewis Top Fuel team, said
Sunday that Rick Cooper would not return in 2007 as the driver of the
second Torco-sponsored dragster.
 
"We'll have a second car, but it won't be with Rick Cooper in the
seat," Foley said during NHRA testing at the Nitro Blast-Off at The
Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Just 18 months and 27 national events since his first pass in a nitro Funny Car,
Mike Ashley is thrilled to be back as a team owner and driver. After having
competed under the umbrellas of two of the top teams in drag racing, the
two-time champion has broken out on his own to set a course for the
top.
 
Since his announcement of his new role at the Finals in Pomona in
November, Ashley has assembled an all-star team including crew chief Brian
Corradi, veteran and world champion Mark Oswald, "blower wiz" Chuck Ford (crew
chief on Ashley's championship-winning Pro Mod), even  past champion Frank
Hawley, known for his mentoring and training to the sport’s top stars.

Brittany Force crashes -- Ashley Force's first test run since turning professional Tuesday (a 10.824-second elapsed time at 71.88 mph) looked to be the hot family topic of the day. But 20-year-old younger sister Brittany later got the attention in a way nobody wanted to see.
 
Brittany Force suffered a slight concussion Saturday evening after her Brand Source-sponsored Super Comp dragster hit the left retaining wall during her second run of the day. She was conscious and sitting up following the accident but reportedly had a temporary memory loss.