COMPLETE AMERICAN DRAGSTER FIRST-SEASON DVD AVAILABLE NOW

New Rule Productions today announced the
availability of a DVD of the first season of the popular ESPN2 reality show,
American Dragster, featuring Ron Capps, driver of the Brut Revolution Dodge
Funny Car, and Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher, in the U.S. Army Top Fuel
dragster.

This DVD features the complete 2005 season of these drivers
each fighting for a championship in their respective categories and includes all
the tense, exciting and dramatic moments and behind-the-scenes footage, both on
and off the track.

"This DVD is the result of a lot of hard work and
dedication by the production crew and drag racing teams," says Ryan Johnson,
Director/Executive Producer. "It took an amazing effort to create an entirely
new TV show about NHRA POWERade drag racing. It's the first of its kind and
we're pleased how well it did.  

"The great thing about the DVD is that
you can watch the shows back to back and really begin to see the overall
storyline in a way that most fans didn't see when it was broadcast on ESPN2.
It's a fast-moving series, and viewers will pick up details and comments that
they missed the first time. There's really a lot of action and emotion packed in
those half-hour shows!

Prior to moving to the United States this year, aspiring Aussie NHRA Top
Alcohol Dragster driver Kate Harker just thought she had the urge to compete in
NHRA's third fastest category.  After making successful laps at the Frank Hawley
Drag Racing School behind the wheel of one of his Blown Alcohol Dragsters, then
finishing her license in Tom Conway's World Championship winning A/Fuel
Dragster, Harker's desire to compete is greater than ever. 

The 23 year old
daughter of Aussie Top Alcohol Funny Car standout Steve Harker has her eye set
on joining the tour in 2007, and as if one Aussie "Shiela" wasn't enough, she'll
be joined by her identical twin sister Diana next year as well.  

Kate
and Diana aren't your run of the mill twenty something that just wants to drive
for the limelight.  Rather, they are true competitors at the heart who have
worked their way up the Australian sportsman ranks and look forward to the
challenge of competiting in the U.S. next year.

The Las Vegas Chapter of Speedway Children'sCharities will hold its
third annual "Cards for Kids" Texas Hold'em PokerTournament on Wednesday,
Oct. 25, at the Cannery Hotel & Casino. The charity
event will kick off
the NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las
Vegas Motor
Speedway.

We had a sickening feeling in July when Chip King crashed his sleek 1969 Daytona - the result of a parachute malfunction. These spy shots from Vanishing Point Race Cars reveal the new car is almost ready to go again. The Daytona is expected to be back in action by Rockingham next week.

Transcript of the NHRA POWERade Series teleconference Wednesday, Oct. 11.

JOHN FORCE
RON CAPPS
ROBERT HIGHT
GREG ANDERSON

John Force hinted earlier this year that he might put (daughter)
Ashley Force in a Nitro car possibly (in Las Vegas) or Pomona. In
yesterday's NHRA teleconference, Force said that is not happening now.

"No, that will not happen," Force said. "She's testing at
Richmond this week on Monday. She's flying in to test. She'll be
testing at Vegas. She'll be testing -- that will be the end of it till
we start testing the beginning of the season.

With Mother Nature providing a few extra days to test their new
SKULL Gear Chevrolet Cobalt, Dave Connolly, crew chief Tommy Utt and the crew
took full advantage at Rockingham, N.C. Raceway. 
 
The decision was made
to run the new Cobalt the when the rain-delayed Torco Racing Fuels Nationals
resumes at Virginia Motorsports Park, Friday through Sunday.

“We are going to
give it a try,” Connolly said after completing test runs Wednesday evening. 
“The car ran 6.66 (seconds) but made a couple of bad runs, too. I think we got a
handle on the car down the back half of the track.  The car ran good down low.” 

The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) and
Tulsa Raceway Park announced Tuesday during a press conference that the
track will host the Skull Shine Sooner Nationals, an IHRA national
event, May 25 – 27, 2007.

The Sooner
Nationals, which will continue annually through 2011, is the third race
of the 12-event 2007 eMax Nitro Jam™ Drag Racing Series.“When this drag
strip opened in 1965, it was host to many national events, including
the World Finals and the Spring Nationals,” Tulsa Raceway Park owner
Dan Guterman said.

“After extensive
renovation, Tulsa Raceway Park is again a premier drag racing facility,
and I’d like to thank the Tulsa Sports Commission in helping bring this
event to Tulsa.”

Four National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) rookie drivers,
representative of two pro categories, have been selected as nominees
for the 2006 Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future
Award, it was announced today by officials from the NHRA and Automobile
Club of Southern California.           

Alan Bradshaw (Top
Fuel), Max Naylor (Pro Stock), J.R. Todd (Top Fuel) and Hillary Will
(Top Fuel) are nominated for the prestigious award, which annually
recognizes the top rookie competitor in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing
Series and offers a $20,000 prize and traditional trophy to the
winner. 

The Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future
Award will be presented during the NHRA's annual championship awards
ceremony on Monday, Nov. 13 at the Westin Mission Hills Resort in
Rancho Mirage, Calif.