As is at times the case at drag strips the U.S., persistent rain kept any cars from taking the track Saturday at Great Britain's Santa Pod Raceway.

Melanie Troxel's R2B2 Racing Pro Mod team didn't mind the delay in the action as their '67 Camaro arrived in the late afternoon as expected. The rain postponement has left the American-based team on the same footing as the rest of the field. The revamped schedule now calls for Pro Mods to get three chances at qualifying Sunday ahead of Monday's eliminations.

The word of the car's arrival spread quickly across the carnival-like setting of Santa Pod. By the time the Camaro was unloaded off the transport truck, a large crowd of fans had gathered at teammate Michael Gullqvist's pit to watch the car getting unloaded.

The Super Chevy Show, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, kicks into high gear in June, hosting back-to-back events for the first and only time this season.

The touring series, which combines drag racing with a car-show, swap meet and a family carnival atmosphere, will make its first Midwest appearance when it visits Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio for the Micky Mart Rewards Super Chevy Show presented by Donald M Graham & Associates on Friday, June 11-Sunday, June 13.

The scene will then shift to Topeka, Kan. when the series will be hosted by Heartland Park Topekaon Friday, June 18-Sunday, June 20 for the Kansas Super Chevy Show presented by Rick Hendrick's Superior Chevrolet.

Almost a week removed from the richest eighth-mile race in history and the biggest payday of his career, Steve Kirk Jr. savors his $60,000 Automatic Pro Mod win over longtime nitrous racing rival Mike Hill last Saturday night at Carolina Dragway.

“I’ve been to a lot of races, but that one topped the cake, I want to tell you; that was the real deal,” the speed shop owner from Monroe, Georgia, said. “I thought it was pretty cool me and Mike going in there for the final and I think that’s the match up everybody wanted to see.”

It was a race in danger of not even happening, however, as the 833-cubic-inch, Fulton-built monster residing under Kirk’s hood was down on power in two cylinders after his semi-final win over Ronnie Gardner. That necessitated removal of the right cylinder head and replacement of all four pistons on that side of the motor.

The same team who brought you the over-the-edge Yellowbullet.com website, a three-time Dot Com Award Winner for Message Board of the Year, has branched out with a video channel featuring action from the volatile doorslammer drag racing world.

Bob Tasca III will be part of a joint NHRA and NASCAR program in promoting the launch of the new FordParts.com website. As a result of this inclusion, his traditional red paint scheme will become blue during the upcoming NHRA Supernationals..

In addition to Tasca's new scheme, the Wood Brothers’ famous No. 21 NASCAR Ford Fusion driven by Bill Elliot will carry a matching scheme during the event at Michigan International Speedway.

The members of the R2B2 Pro Mod racing team took Friday to get familiar with their new surroundings at Santa Pod Raceway.

Melanie Troxel's Pro Mod car cleared customs in Amsterdam on Friday morning and was placed on a boat for shipment to England. The car is expected to arrive at Santa Pod on Saturday afternoon.

Even with the late arrival, Troxel's group might not be too far behind the other 28 Pro Mod cars entered in the race because rain is supposed to move in and sit over the area around the racetrack throughout Saturday.

Despite not having their own car to work on, Friday at the FIA Main Event wasn't a total loss.

Pro Mod pioneer Charles Carpenter will be the featured guest on Wednesday's Wally Bell Show on Racers Reunion Radio, www.DragRacersReunion.com  (click on the radio section)  6:00 to 8:00 EST.

Being a full-time NHRA Top Fuel competitor once again is Bob Vandergriff Jr.’s objective.

Vandergriff, a successful businessman, is taking steps toward reaching that goal.

Vandergriff made his 2010 season debut at the NHRA Southern Nationals in Commerce, Ga., and now he says he’s going to expand on that schedule.

“We’re going to run at least seven more races this year and maybe 10 more,” Vandergriff said.

Shannon Jenkins is to the nitrous doorslammer what Big Daddy Don Garlits is to the Top Fuel dragster.

The former bracket racer from Tuscaloosa, Ala., admitted his initial involvement in the Pro Modified division came after he and then team owner Norman Estes believed the style of racing was neat.

What is neat is that 18 years after the fateful decision, Jenkins stands as the winningest driver of the class with victories in all major series ranging from IHRA to NHRA to ADRL. In his 18 years of racing and tuning fast nitrous doorslammers, Jenkins has watched the combination change dramatically.

Roy Johnson has finally had a chance to play with the present his son, NHRA Pro Stock Mopar® Dodge Avenger driver Allen Johnson, bought for him for Christmas last year—a 2009 Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak vehicle.

Roy Johnson, who builds the Mopar HEMI® engines for his son’s J&J Racing Pro Stock team, currently second in the Pro Stock standings, took his first runs in his Mopar Drag Pak on Tuesday, May 25, at the team’s home track of Bristol (Tenn.) Dragway. Roy Johnson’s best pass was a 10.65-second elapsed time at 125.95 mph, with a second best mark of 10.73/125.35. Not bad for a 68-year-old who hasn’t raced in almost 30 years.