The new American Hot Rod Association is making a serious comeback. So serious are their efforts that this morning the following statement was posted on their new www.ahradragracing.com website: The American Hot Rod Association is now accepting applications for sanctioning agreements at this time.  In addition to sanctioning motor sports facilities, AHRA, through its endorsed insurance carrier “Philadelphia Insurance Companies”, can now provide coverage for racing events and their respective facilities.”

Don’t adjust your computer monitor in the morning if your CompetitionPlus.com homepage looks different. It’s supposed to look different.

Through the efforts of talented web designer Ryan McCoy, owner of 1320 Media, CompetitionPlus.com has overhauled its look for the first time since 2006.

The new design features a larger design and in time, larger photos to accompany its informative articles. This design is expected to make navigating the site a quicker process and likewise provide a quicker download for the readers.

Royce and Linda Miller know they were lucky, this time.

The owners and operators of Maryland International Raceway, an IHRA national event drag strip in Budds Creek, Md., were the victims of a robbery at their home. They cannot determine whether the crime was related to their association with the track or not, but regardless, for all the precautions they’ve ever taken in the name of safety, they were confronted by a pair of robbers.

This is the first time Royce has discussed the incident with the drag racing media.

For the Millers, August 18^th was no different than any other Tuesday. Royce had finished hosting a test session for NHRA Pro Stock team owner Jim Yates while Linda worked from home tending to the track’s book-keeping chores. The hour wasn’t late, about 8:30 PM.

Pro-Filer Performance Products, Inc has limited seating available for the October 17-18 Power Tech Series Darin Morgan Cylinder Head and Induction Class.

“Jungle” Jim Liberman would have been proud of what transpired during the Extreme Pro Stock final round at the ADRL Dragstock event two weekends ago in Rockingham, NC.

Brian Gahm and Doug Kirk both performed long, smoky burnouts in their Ford Mustangs. As the haze of the burned rubber hovered over the idle factory hot rods, unexpectedly to the race fans, an ADRL official jumped the guard wall and directed Kirk into the opposite lane from which he burned out in. Gahm followed suit.

Matt Hartford returns to the driver’s seat in Kenny Koretsky’s Nitro Fish Dodge Pro Stock entry for the O’Reilly Super Start Batteries Fall Nationals, Friday through Sunday at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, south of Dallas.

Hartford believes this weekend he can accomplish what he wasn’t able to do in the U.S. Nationals three weeks ago – qualify in the top 16.  He recorded solid runs early in qualifying at Indianapolis but was eventually sidelined by mechanical issues.

A special program which was on life-support earlier this summer could turn into a bright spot on

the NHRA’s menu thanks to the unending dedication of a key executive and a few determined racers.

Steve Williams, a Vice President at K&N Filters responsible for advertising and promotions, had all but given up on the K&N Horsepower Challenge, a qualifying-based $50,000 shootout devoted to the NHRA’s Pro Stock division.

Racing with an El Camino is one thing.

Racing with one and winning is another.

This has been a dream season thus far for Randy Walker. Sitting behind the wheel of his Pro Street El Camino, Walker has reached the finals of his last four events, winning three times. The most recent victory came at last weekend’s Pacific Street car Association [PSCA] West Coast Shootout in Fontana, Ca.

Former NHRA Comp and Modified racer Carlos Lawrence, 67, passed away September 22.

Lawrence was well known in class racing circles and once teamed with Ed Hamburger, of Hamburger Oil Pans fame, on a Super Stock Plymouth Duster in the 1970s.

Call it luck, call it a driver taking out his frustration, call it the sum of a crafty tuner and dedicated owner coming together with a talented driver – call it whatever you want – but the reality is that Del Cox Jr. is having one heck of a season.

Cox, who just got his Top Fuel license at the beginning of the year, has become more and more comfortable behind the wheel of his 8,000 horsepower rail as the season has progressed leading to three consecutive victories entering this weekend’s IHRA President’s Cup Nationals at Maryland International Raceway in Budds Creek, Md.