Aeromotive has announced that effective July 1, 2010, All-Midwest Sales has been retained as the official representative for the Aeromotive Fuel Systems line of products within the Southwest and the Southeast territories to include the following states: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, S. Carolina, N. Carolina and Virginia. All-Midwest Sales representatives for these territories include Jim Miller, Steve Dorries, Dale Langford, CJ Clayton and Dave Bortle.

After an uncharacteristic mistake in Seattle last Sunday, Jeg Coughlin Jr. said he’s going to take the week before this weekend's Fram Autolite NHRA Nationals at Infineon to unwind and get mentally prepared to race again.

"On the Western Swing we don’t typically make the travels back east," Coughlin said. "So getting to spend a few extra days out west is a nice treat.

"It’s such beautiful country with the rolling hills and the vineyards, and little bit of R and R won’t hurt a bit."

Susan Wade of Attitude's CompetitionPlus.com will appear on WFO Radio in a hard-hitting interview to discuss the Seattle tragedy, live tonight at 7 p.m. ET.

Winners Cory McClenathan, Tim Wilkerson, and Greg Anderson and their fellow National Hot Rod Association racers completed the Northwest Nationals Sunday evening and are moving on to Sonoma, Calif., for this weekend's FRAM-Autolite Nationals at Infineon Raceway.
 
Meanwhile, the King County Sheriff's Department Criminal Investigations Division will continue its examination of the Pacific Raceways scene where Top Alcohol Dragster driver Mark Niver died Sunday in a high-speed top-end accident.
 
Lead Detective Jay Moloney said Monday morning, "We're just barely getting started. We processed the scene yesterday, but I haven't had a chance to do much but just the initial paperwork on this. The autopsy was most likely early this morning, but I haven't heard from the medical examiner's office yet."

While Chris Demke sat strapped in his Top Alcohol Dragster Sunday afternoon he was mentally preparing himself for his semifinal bye run down the right lane during the NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways in Kent, Wash.

Demke had no idea what an emotional whirlwind he was about to go through.

As Demke sat in the right staging lanes, he watched fellow competitor Mark Niver, who also was in the right lane, beat Shawn Cowie with a 5.364-second pass at 271.79 mph.

At this time last year, Robert Hight and crew chief Jimmy Prock were trying to figure out a way to get their Auto Club Ford Mustang into the Countdown to 1, NHRA’s championship playoffs.

Struggling for much of the season near the bottom of the top 10 standings, Hight and Prock ultimately pulled off a miracle save at the final hour to squeak into post-season play. Since then the duo has shined. They went on to win the 2009 Funny Car world championship title with an amazing three-win playoff effort. They’ve also had an incredible 2010 title defense so far, winning three straight races in the spring and currently holding down the second place position in the point standings.

This season Hight and his team are talking playoff strategy once again. However, this time it is about how to put the team in the best position to win another championship crown, rather than simply how to make the playoffs.

The Super Chevy Show has visited some of the bigger drag strips in the country this season, including stops at the palaces of The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the Texas Motorplex near Dallas.

But no event on the series' 10-race tour, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, promises to be as big as the upcoming Maple Grove Raceway Super Chevy Show, scheduled for the famed facility on Friday, July 16 to Sunday, July 18.

A year ago, Maple Grove produced the largest Chevy happening in the country with an event that featured 560 drag race entries, 420 show cars and 250 entries to the event's flea market.

In the final results from Mid-Michigan Motorplex and the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, a pair of Michigan racers took home the wins as Charley Downing and Rock Haas each visited the winner’s circle.

Downing, Britton, Mich., faced off against Ryan Haag, Memphis, Ind., in Super Stock and posted a winning run of 9.401 seconds, 145.34 mph in his '10 Mustang. Haag drove to a 9.830 second, 133.96 mph lap for his runner up finish.  Haas, of White Lake, Mich., took on Richard Kurth, Walnut, Ill., in the Super Gas category and drive his ’05 Corvette to victory in 9.959 seconds at 160.05 mph.

Spiro Kontos’ Kon Rodz Racing Ontario, Canada based Top Alcohol Funny Car team will race the remainder of their 2010 NHRA schedule focusing on the development their rookie driver Cassie Simonton and are returning to a one-car team for the remainder of this season.

Following the recently completed Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals contested in Norwalk, Ohio, Kontos’ met with his team to announce a restructuring in order to focus on building a winning one-car operation and provide Simonton with a good training vehicle in which to learn. Team driver Jason McKnight and Kontos mutually agreed to part ways, allowing McKnight a chance to explore future employment opportunities.

The National Hot Rod Ass'n. has confirmed that Top Alcohol Dragster racer Mark Niver, 60, of Scottsdale, Ariz., died from a top-end accident Sunday during the semifinal round of eliminations at the NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways.
 
The King County Sheriff's Department, ruling the facility a crime scene, suspended all racing activities for about an hour and a half, pending an investigation. However, it permitted racing to finish and extended the 5:30 p.m. noise curfew to 7 p.m.
 
The NHRA canceled winners circle activities, save for photos that fulfilled business and contractual obligations and said its officials are investigating the accident.
 
A prepared statement also stated, “NHRA and Pacific Raceways officials extend their deepest sympathies to the entire Niver family.”
 
Niver was married and had two daughters.