At this weekend’s Lucas Oil Nationals, Summit Racing Pontiac driver
Jason Line will once again return to the site of the start of his NHRA
drag racing career, Brainerd International Raceway.  This year,
however, the talented Minnesotan will take this reunion one step
further, as, in addition to his responsibilities with the KB Pro Stock
Racing team, he will also climb behind the wheel of a 1980 K Stock
Automatic Chevy Malibu owned and normally campaigned by Peter
Boslovitch.  As Line explains, it was an opportunity to do a favor for
a long-time friend.

Dark clouds covering the recently completed Hurst/Olds National Meet
last weekend in Indianapolis recently yielded a ray of hope. One of the
four Hurst/Olds stolen from a hotel parking lot has been recovered, but
stripped of its valuable parts.

The 1979 black and gold Hurst/Olds was recovered with the basic body
undamaged along with the engine and transmission still intact. The
thieves apparently spray painted the gold exterior paint black to make
it less noticeable. The classic car was missing the wheels/tires, black
interior and chrome.

Phoenix Drag Tires, the flagship brand of Coker Tire’s Performance Division, is pleased to announce that the wait is over and production
is now complete on its brand new PH56R 14.5/32.0-15R drag radial. 
Available in the legendary F9 compound, the tire is representative of
Phoenix’s commitment to develop the fastest tires in all of drag racing.

Performance Division VP Mike Crutchfield says that based upon the
tremendous success he’s seen in testing, you can expect an immediate
impact on the results of the NHRA Lucas Oil and other series.  “The
secret is out regarding the Phoenix Radial’s success.  About a year ago
we developed the PH55R 13.6/32.0-15R and introduced it in competition,
and it’s been at the top of the qualifying order and race results in
super stock and comp eliminator ever since.  So it’s only natural that
we would build upon the success of this tire by offering the slightly
larger PH56R 14.5/32.0-15R for a wider range of applications.

The National Guard ADRL’s Human Resources department announced Aug. 12,
that the ADRL is looking for several motivated people to fill key
positions in the fastest-growing motorsports property on the planet.

This video was shot at an IHRA points race held at Brainerd Optimist
Drag Strip in North Georgia, just South of Chattanooga, Tennessee. A
building was blocking the view down track but there's some good
starting line footage with some excellent sound. This should get your
heart pumping. a A lot of the old IHRA runners such as Dennis Mitchell,
Bill Pucket, Tim Freeman and Wayne Allison are just a few of the names
you'll see. 

NHRA legend Kenny Bernstein was one of seven icons from the world of motorsports inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America this evening during the organization’s annual induction ceremony at the Fillmore Theatre.

Bernstein, a six-time NHRA world champion who earned the title “King of
Speed” in 1992 when he became the first NHRA driver to break the
elusive 300 mph barrier, was inducted alongside sports-car specialist
turned successful television personality David Hobbs, flat track
motorcycle dominator Scott Parker, two-time Indy 500 winner Al Unser
Jr., NASCAR pioneer Joe Weatherly and innovative racing promoters Les
Richter and H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler.

“There are a multitude of people that I could thank for touching our
lives through the years,” Bernstein said during his acceptance speech.
“First of all, I would like to recognize my wife, Sheryl, who has
danced every dance and has helped me build the structure for our racing
and sports marketing business. I would also like to thank Tom Compton
and all of those at NHRA who have helped grow the sport of drag racing.
Founder Wally Parks had a vision that provided many generations of
racers like me a safe place to race.”

Roger Richards

It's
not a “who done it” but, Clay Millican is doing all he can do to make
ensure when the final round has been run at the U.S. Nationals he is
the one “who did it”.

However, The veteran Top Fuel driver from Drummonds, Tenn., has been
participating in a high-horsepower version of a real cliff-hanger.
Millican ranks tenth in the NHRA Full Throttle Top Fuel points
standings with three races remaining in the cut-off to determine the
ten championship challengers.

Millican, driving Mark & Lauren Pickens’ Lifelockracing.com
dragster, stands 44 points ahead of eleventh place Allen Hartley headed
into this weekend’s NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd, Minn.  In
order to make it into the countdown Millican is going to have to get
the most out of the next three racing episodes.

Pro Stock Racer Announces Purchase of Attitude Apparel

Rodger Brogdon [left] meets with Eliminator Boats owner Bob Leach in Sonoma.

NHRA
Pro Stock racer Rodger Brogdon has a pair of new sponsors headed into
this weekend’s NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd, Minn.

Joining Brogdon, Steve Kent and the Charter Communications team will be Eliminator Boats and Attitude Apparel.

The Eliminator Boats program represents a multi-year agreement with the
competitive Pro Stock. Brogdon and Kent met with Eliminator’s owner Bob
Leach recently in California to secure the sponsorship.

Father Time has had a hard time catching up with Tom Fisher.

The 66-year-old is still bracket drag racing and doing very well.

Late last month, Fisher drove to Victory Lane in the Top Dragster class
at the IHRA divisional race in Clay City, Ky., beating four-time world
champ Dave Elrod and Pat Forester in consecutive rounds for the event
win.

"I got a whole bunch of e-mails congratulating me about my victory and
that felt really good," said Fisher, who pilots a 2008 Adkins dragster.
"I've been doing this for so long, but it's still a lot of fun when you
win."

It’s go time for Robert Hight and he knows it.

Hight used his final available test day on Monday and made the most of
it in a marathon session at O’Reilly Raceway Park outside Indianapolis.

Hight currently resides 26 points out of sole possession of tenth place
in the NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car point standings. Three races remain
before the drop-dead cut-off time to determine the ten championship
contenders.

In years past, it was a foregone conclusion that John Force Racing’s
Hight would be in the hunt for the title. This year has been anything
but predictable for Hight.