Word has it there are two rather significant personnel changes soon to come to light in the nitro ranks. We are told a member of a former Ford team is headed to a current Ford team to serve in a crew chief capacity. Additionally we are told this train will also run in the opposite direction. It might be a prime example of one good turn deserves another. Expect announcements to be released this week. 

Last fall, Pro Modified icon Rickie Smith proclaimed his days as a nitrous racer were done. Word comes to us another nitrous racer will likely run his final race with the power adder. We are told Khalid alBalooshi will take delivery of a turbocharged Camaro following the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. 

Could there be a Glidden back in Pro Stock? Word has it that Mountain Motor Pro Stock racer Brad Weddle will have Billy Glidden calling the shots as crew chief. We are told the first race of this alliance will be in Charlotte for this weekend's NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. 

There is a lot of groundswell of popularity surrounding the newest NHRA exhibition category. 

Chris Payne, owner of Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka, Kan, said he will fight to keep his track in Topeka. We are told regardless of what transpires in the next couple of months in this fight, the NHRA national event scheduled for June will go on as planned. 

When you're in the entertainment business you entertain, but for one prominent NHRA sponsor, they didn't feel entertained. 

It's a good time to be an NHRA Comp Eliminator racer if you call Division 4 your home. A source close to the action tells us that these racers will have a chance to pocket $150,000 and more in additional money. This ought to help the car counts in those NHRA Division 4 races.