On January 5, drag racing champion Billy Glidden married longtime partner Shannon Springer in an ocean-side ceremony at Baby Beach in Hawaii.

“Billy proposed to me when we were on vacation there last year,” Shannon told ADRL.us. “We had actually planned to elope, but then we decided to include Billy’s friend, Kenny Perry and his wife, because Kenny was going to be over there golfing. Then the Perrys asked if some of their family could attend, too, and then Etta (Glidden’s mother) and her friend arrived, so there were a few more people than we originally planned, but when it was happening it was just like Billy and I were alone on the beach out there. It was really nice.”

UPDATED: 3:32 PM, EST - As predicted earlier, the elapsed times keep falling during Wednesday testing at Palm Beach International Raceway.

Tony Schumacher, fresh off of a 3.759 elapsed time earlier, lowered the unofficial quickest run in 1,000-foot Top Fuel history with a 3.753 with a whopping speed of 322.88. Cory McClenathan followed with a 3.77.

DSR Funny Car driver Matt Hagan jumped to the front of the Funny Cars with a 4.099, 307.86.

Speaking for the first time since his announced retirement from drag racing, Don “Snake” Prudhomme, told WFO Radio it was the inability to secure adequate sponsorship which led to his decision.

Prudhomme also said, that even though “you never say never” if a sponsorship deal would come along, it is unlikely he would be willing to return to the nitro team owner ranks.

“I really don’t know,” Prudhomme told WFORadio.com in last evening’s show. “That would be like the San Diego Chargers saying that they were laying off a year and getting rid of their quarterback and the whole team, then coming back a year later. The Spencer Masseys and the team that I had … they just don’t fall out of trees every day. To rebuild that again, I don’t know that I want to go through that again.”

After nearly a year of planning and development Castrol launched the official John Force Racing 25th anniversary fan site located at www.castrolforce.com this week. At the end of the 2009 Full Throttle Drag Racing Series fans were asked to sign up to be a part of the most comprehensive and interactive website to celebrate John Force Racing’s upcoming 25th year with Castrol. Almost 10,000 fans got in the ground floor and they got the first opportunity to join the celebration and begin a year-long interactive experience with the winningest driver and team in all of motorsports.

NHRA Top Fuel drag racer Doug Herbert is doing all he can to slam the B.R.AK.E.S. on the dangers of teens texting while driving.

After his two sons were killed in a tragic automobile accident in 2008, Herbert founded B.R.A.K.E.S (Be Responsible and Keep Everyone Safe).

“We have really received an outpouring of support,” Herbert said in a recent phone interview with Attitude's Competitionplus.com. “The program continues to grow strong and we've done some excellent work in a short period of time.”

Not only does B.R.A.K.E.S. teach teens the dangers of talking on cell phones and texting while operating a motor vehicle, it also conducts a driving school. The driving school recently conducted a session on Jan. 9 at the BMW Performance Center in Greer, S.C.

Houston Raceway Park already offers the best tickets prices in drag racing and now purchasing tickets to the upcoming O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals just got a little sweeter.

From now through Jan. 31, race fans purchasing two or more tickets to the 23rd annual O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals on April 9-11, will receive a free Houston Raceway Park licensed seat cushion.

"We want our race fans to be as comfortable as possible," said Seth Angel, general manager of Houston Raceway Park. "Our seat cushions will not only add an extra layer of comfort for fans attending the O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals, but will serve as an excellent souvenir commemorating their visit to the track. Plus, it's an item they can use again and again."

Larry Dixon's 3.767, 322.11 blast on Tuesday afternoon's Al-Anabi Racing test session at Palm Beach International Raceway [PBIR] led the second day of nitro testing. The run eclipsed both ends of the current NHRA world records.

Attitude's CompetitionPlus.com has learned that former American Pro Mod champion Mike Janis will be headed down under to Sydney the week before the Australian Nationals Drag Racing Association Summernationals, Feb. 12 - 13, 2010.

Bill Doner used a convincing story of race promotion mischief to reach the final round of the 2009 – 20010 War Stories Showdown presented by Attitude’s CompetitionPlus.com.

Doner defeated southeastern doorslammer legend Rickie Smith by scoring 75.68 percent of the votes in their race.

Frank Hawley's Drag Racing school hopes they have captured a measure of the excitment of their drag racing school with a new three-minute promo video.