Attitude's CompetitionPlus.com has received these sneak peek renderings of the new two car Pro Stock team for Johnny and Shane Gray. The father and son duo will run a pair of Pontiac GXP's powered by engines from their new Gray Motorsports in-house engine program headed by Joe Hornick.

DSR Funny Car driver Ron Capps jumped to the top of the testing at Palm Beach International Raceway with a 4.09, 306 elapsed time. Each of his quick runs were abandoned at a little over 800 feet. DSR teammate Matt Hagan also ran a 4.09 but was a few thousandths short of the quickest run. Jack Beckman had a 4.10 while Kalitta Motorsports driver Jeff Arend had a 4.15 best.

Coming into the halfway point of the 2009/2010 Arabian Drag Racing League season, the Barwa Racing Pro Extreme Team, led by veteran crew chief Howard Moon and driver Von Smith, know that its time to make a move, and keep their hopes at a second consecutive Arabian Drag Racing League Pro Extreme world championship alive.

With an ever-positive outlook and unquestionable ability, Moon, Howard and the Barwa-backed team are anxious to get back onto the eighth-mile proving grounds at the Qatar Race Club and do what they do best – win.

During the recently completed Round 3 of competition in the ADRL, the first of a three-race stretch of races on back to back weekends, Smith found himself on the wrong side of a holeshot against fellow American driver Alex Hossler and in the second-place spot on the podium; most definitely an unusual position for the 2008/2009 champion.

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.