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.

The fifth annual Lucas Oil Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge presented by Whelen Engineering will air in two parts on SPEED TV. The Olympic-style portion of the event, which pitted all of the NASCAR and NHRAS stars running two passes against the clock on the 20-turn course on historic Mount Van Hoevenberg, will be shown at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 24. The NHRA versus NASCAR Challenge will air one week later at 5 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 31.

Scott Ray, after a year of rehabilitation following a heart attack, plans to compete in the 2010 NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla., this March.

Ray, a driver on the NHRA GSA Pro Modified tour, plans to drive his family's Ohio Crankshaft-sponsored 1963 Corvette for the first time since 2008.

For the next four weeks, CompetitionPlus.com will conduct its third annual War Stories Showdown. The veterans of yarn spinning are paired for what promises to be a series destined to produce the finest behind-the-scenes stories.

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NHRA legend Don "The Snake" Prudhomme will give his first worldwide radio interview since retiring from drag racing tonight at 7 p.m. ET on WFO Radio NHRA Tuesday with Joe Castello.  To listen live, on demand, or to download tonight's show, go to http://www.wforadio.com
 
Prudhomme will discuss his recently announced retirement after a legendary 47-year drag racing career.  As driver and later team owner, Prudhomme accumulated a combined six world championships and 112 NHRA national event wins.