In anticipation of this weekend’s River Cree Resort and Casino Rocky Mountain Nationals presented by Paradise RV, one of the largest
drag races in North America, Castrol Raceway and the IHRA teamed up for
a party fit for royalty Thursday evening at the River Cree Resort and
Casino in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

“This is one of the biggest races of the year and we wanted to
celebrate that fact by throwing a huge party for the Edmonton race fans
and for the media,” said Castrol Raceway owner Kimberly Reeves.

Jeff O’Neill, the 2007 IHRA Rookie of the Year, was arrested on drug charges Thursday according to the Indianapolis Star.

The website for the newspaper reported the former Top Fuel driver was
held without bond at the Marion County Jail in Indiana on initial
charges of dealing a controlled substance and possession of drug
paraphernalia.

A rumor posted on the Internet suggests the NHRA is considering or has planned to require race teams to complete a minimum amount of runs in order to receive compensation is false according to a high ranking NHRA official.

Competition Plus spoke to NHRA and Graham Light firmly denied the rumors regarding minimum runs at a national event.

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Tommy Johnson Jr., may be out of a nitro ride at the moment but that doesn’t mean he’s sitting around doing nothing.

Last evening at O’Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis, Johnson drove
the same A/Fuel Dragster that Bill Evans drove to the semi-finals
during the NHRA SuperNationals in Englishtown, N.J.

Johnson, in his one shakedown run, registered a .068 reaction time en route to a 5.60 elapsed time.

It was just five years ago when crew chief Wayne Dupuy and driver
Darrell Russell came to the Sears Craftsman National at Gateway

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International Raceway, just across the river from St. Louis.

The duo was flying high. Not only were they winning races, but they
also were establishing themselves as one of best driver-crew chief
tandems in the Top Fuel dragster division.

"We were on top of the world," recalled Dupuy.

Then, when Russell made a pass during second-round eliminations on June 27, 2004, nothing would ever be the same again.

A fire, triggered by an oil line failure on a machine, caused damage to one of the buildings housing A-1 Performance
Products, a pioneering manufacturer of automatic transmissions & torque converters and long-time NHRA contingency sponsor.

Standing in the winner’s circle at this past weekend’s Summit Racing
Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, Jason Line was quick to point
out that the victory was the biggest of his six-year NHRA Pro Stock
career. Therefore, it would stand to reason that the trophy he received
would be among the most cherished in his collection, forever occupying
a prime location in his personal display case.

However, within moments of his defeat of Mike Edwards in the final, the
Summit Racing GXP racer already had plans for the little brass man
mounted on a wooden base.  This particular Wally would be given to Dean
Lewis, a KB Racing crewmember who would be leaving the team after the
race, in recognition of and thanks for a job well done.

 The JEGS.com Chevrolet Cobalt that Jeg Coughlin Jr. drove to the last
two world championships in the Full Throttle Drag Racing Series will be
the centerpiece of the American Electric Power Independence Day Parade,
which begins at 6 p.m., Friday, July 3, and runs through downtown
Columbus, Ohio.

It’s okay to vote early and vote often… at least when the voting helps out a good cause.

Last
year’s winner was Samuel Millard, a six-year-old resident of
Greenville, Texas, and member of the Greater Dallas Chapter of the
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Millard and his family were
special guests at the NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis where his
design appeared on Tasca’s Ford Shelby Mustang Nitro Funny Car.

Starting today, and running through August 14, the public is invited to visit www.jdrf.org/ford ,
view more than 200 paint scheme designs and vote for their favorite
children’s design by making a monetary donation to JDRF, all as part of
Ford Customer Service Division’s second annual Funny Car Design Contest.

Four-time and reigning Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. will join a
star-studded roster of celebrity players participating in this year's
Michael Redd Foundation Charity Golf Tournament. The event begins at 10
a.m., Monday, July 6, at New Albany Country Club in the suburbs of
Columbus.

Aside from Coughlin, celebrities joining each of the foursomes in the
tournament include Lawrence Funderburke, Mike Furrey, Raymont Harris,
Nathan Hughes, Janet Jackson, Yvette McGee Brown, Clark Kellogg, Judge
Algenon Marbley, Tito Paul, Scoonie Penn, Chris Quinn, Shirley
Rogers-Reece, Ronnie Stokes, Eric Thielsen, Mike Vrabel, Granville
Waiters, Deron Williams, Herb Williams, Troy Taylor, Jeffrey Blackwell,
Paul Strong, Jeffrey Harris, Gerry Hammond, Larry Price, William White,
Craig Murray, Jimmy Powers, and M.G. Orender.