The 30th anniversary season of the Super Chevy Series schedule has added another partner for 2010. Kansas' Heartland Park Topeka will be hosting a Super Chevy Show event for the first time in nearly 20 years, while Northern California's Infineon Raceway had to drop from next year's schedule.

Heartland Park Topeka will host the event Sept. 4-5, 2010. The facility will kick off Labor Day weekend with a racer parking and test and tune event on Friday, Sept. 3 before the car show and racing begins officially on Saturday, Sept. 4.

Summit Racing Pontiac driver Greg Anderson took time on Wednesday to provide some clarification about the health of his team owner Ken Black.   Denying rumors of an apparent heart attack, Anderson confirmed that the KB Racing founder had suffered a stroke that had landed him in the hospital.

Rickie Jones and the previously self-sponsored Quarter-Max® Racing Team will be flying new colors in 2010 as Elite Motorsports steps on board as the primary sponsor. Elite Motorsports is the leader in sales of race transporters, new and used race cars, and equipment, as well as an RJ Race Cars dealer.
Co-owner of Quarter-Max® Racing, Monte Bailey, owner of Bailey Trucking and Bailey Logistics, will also be on board again for the 2010 season. “The Quarter-Max® Racing team should have ample power to perform at the next level of NHRA Pro Stock,” says Bailey.

NASCAR veteran Kurt Busch expects Greg Anderson to be equally generous with his ride.

Anderson, the three-time NHRA Pro Stock champion, approached Busch on opening night at zMax Dragway in 2007 about making a few runs down the quarter-mile in Busch's Dodge Viper.

Busch obliged.

Some may call it professional racer courtesy but Busch, driver of the No. 2 Dodge Charger on the NASCAR Sprint Cup series, calls it enticement.

That night the driver who makes a living racing in circles became highly interested in straight line racing.

Casey Spradlin and the Spradlin Motorsports Top Sportsman and Top Dragster team experienced a career best season in 2009 with an IHRA Top Dragster Championship. The victories started early during the season with Spradlin’s first ever National Event during the NHRA Jeg’s Cajun SportsNats, Belle Rose, LA.  His streak of winnings continued throughout the summer with a Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series (LODRS) win at Memphis Motorsports Park and then an IHRA Summit ProAm event victory in Holly Springs, MS.

“This was just a great season,” Spradlin said.  “Everything fell into place at the right time. We had a good car and Tim Gaines Performance engine combination was just phenomenal.  The car was there and if I did my job, we ended up in the winner’s circle every time.  Winning the “big” Wally is just a special moment.”

The drag racing community has lost three of its finest drag racers.

Former IHRA Modified eliminator standout, David Hornaday, brother-in-law of Tommy Mauney, passed away at the Palmetto Lexington Hospital in Lexington, SC, after an illness.

Three decade drag racing veteran Kenny Martin, of Chapel Hill, NC, passed away after six months of failing health and later critical illness.

Dean Nicopolis, a Super Stock racer of Ramchargers fame, lost a bout with cancer and passed away.

Six-time back-to-back FIA European Pro Stock champion Jimmy Ålund of Norrköping, Sweden will race selected NHRA during spring and summer 2010 instead of defending a seventh European championship. The team has scheduled four events beginning with the inaugural NHRA Nationals at Z-Max dragway March 25-28. The tour continues with NHRA National Events in Atlanta, GA May 14-16, Chicago, IL June 3-6 and ends in Englishtown, NJ June 10-13.

During their stay, the car will be stationed at the race shop of Pat Musi Performance in Carteret N.J., where Musi and Robert Hallberg will provide supporting service. They will not only host the car between races, but also support Jimmy Ålund Racing with race transporter/trailer to use at the events.

Racers for Christ has a pair of fundraisers underway with the proceeds benefitting the ministry.

NHRA Lucas Oil Series Sportsman racer Courtney Force and 2009 NHRA Pro Stock world champion Mike Edwards headline tonight's edition of NHRA Tuesdays, live 7 - 8 pm et (4 - 5 pm pt) on WFO Radio with Joe Castello.  To listen live, on demand, or to download as podcast, go to http://www.wforadio.com

NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series officials announced today the 2010 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing schedule, which includes an additional event at Firebird Raceway in Boise, Idaho.

The Napa Auto Parts Ignitor has been added to the event schedule for the 2010 season, and will be held April 30-May 2 at Firebird Raceway. The event will feature Nostalgia Nitro Top Fuel dragsters.

The event addition brings the schedule to a total of nine races for the 2010 season, which will begin with the March Meet, March 5-7 at the famed Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif.