Pinks All Out comes to Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ on Saturday,
July 26. 450 racers will be battling each other for the final 16 spots
and the $10,000 grand prize. Exhibition runs beginning at 2 pm will
feature the top Outlaw 10.5 and Drag Radial Turbo Teams east of the
Mississippi including Shakedown at E’town 10.5 record holder Tim Lynch,
Joe Newsham, Jerry Morgano, Ray Johnson, Craig Pio, Terris Hicks, Larry
Wood, Donald Hastings, Yanni Papakosmas, Ralph Voorhees, Tim Essick,
Chris Little, Alex Vrettos, Brett Hull, Tim Johnson, Paul Major.

Coming off successful Fourth of July weekend events held in Michigan,
Texas and North Carolina, 1320x.com is ready to bring its brand of fast
cars and rock & roll to its next venue, Lebanon Valley Dragway in
West Lebanon, NY, on the weekend of August 16-17.

Nate Pritchett, vice president of 1320x said, “Our Fourth of July races
were action packed and we’re really looking forward to taking our
celebration of the American muscle car to New York’s finest facility.
Everyone who left our inaugural events left happy and appreciated what
we’re trying to accomplish.”

Lebanon Valley Dragway is conveniently located on Highway 20 outside of
Albany in Columbia County. The 1320x event will continue in the same
format as their other events, with a live band playing to a packed
house on Sunday and racing taking place in four 1320x categories. The
H&H Trailers Outlaw 10.5 class features a $10,000 to win purse for
the fastest 16 10.5 cars on the property. A $5,000 to win purse
highlights the Outlaw Drag Radial class, while the Manufacturer’s Cup
class is designed for an American-made vehicle. It’s this class that
allows the spectators a say in who wins or loses. Fans will pick their
four best choices for cars in each of four manufacturer’s classes, with
eliminations for the 16 set to run on Sunday. A Grudge class rounds out
the standard 1320x line-up.

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Frank Gugliotta said he owes an awful lot to team owner Bob Yoak, the man who gave him his first chance.

Frank Gugliotta knew the question was coming so when it was asked he paused and answered as forthcoming as one could.

The veteran IHRA Pro Stock racer from Mt. Airy, Md., was on the
receiving end of concerns about the Pro Stock boycott staged at the
IHRA Rocky Mountain Nationals earlier this month.

Only one Pro Stock racer showed at the event and it wasn’t Gugliotta.
Those who sat out, he admitted, taught him all he needed to know about
the teams he battles with at least ten times a year on the IHRA tour.

“I’ve said this to several people … I’ve always been friends with these
people and I’ve always respected them, but after the level of
dedication to one another I have a great level of respect for the teams
out here,” Gugliotta said. “I look at all of them in a different way
now. There’s truly a bond between each one of us out here.

After a national search, NHRA has hired
Glen Gray, formerly of Delphi Corp. and its electronics and safety
division, for the newly created position of vice president of technical
operations. He will report directly to Graham Light, NHRA senior vice
president-racing operations.

Gray has spent 25 years working with Delphi in a number of engineering capacities. Most recently, he was motorsports engineering manager, leading a Delphi
team of software, mechanical, and electrical engineers in the
development of complex electronics products used in motorsports
worldwide. In addition, he supported motorsports safety initiatives in
several race series through the use of electronics and crash sled
testing.

Dale
Creasy Jr. has started the ling road to recovery. Though the details of
his accident and injuries have been well-documented, what Creasy wants
to bring to the forefront is the large outpouring of well-wishes,
thoughts and prayers of the entire IHRA racing community.

“It
really has been overwhelming and means more to me than anyone could
ever know,” Creasy said. “There have been so many cards, so many
emails, so many phone calls…this has really helped my spirits.”

Creasy
was released from the Edmonton hospital Saturday, July 19. He is now at
his home in Beecher, Ill. where he has started the rehabilitation
process.

His body will take some time to heal, but Creasy’s mind
is ready to go when it comes to drag racing. In fact, Creasy will be in
attendance at the Torco Northern Nationals at US 131 Motorsports Park
in Martin, Mich. Aug. 1-3.

Dan Davis, who will retire as director of Ford Racing Technology on
Aug. 1 after 11 years at the post, was honored with the first Women in
the Winner’s Circle Foundation’s “Leadership Award” in a surprise
announcement at the foundation’s annual luncheon at the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway today.

Foundation founder Lyn St. James presented Davis with the award, which
honors individuals or organizations that have taken extraordinary
measures and shown outstanding initiative in promoting diversity within
the racing industry.

According to St. James, Davis was selected to be the first honoree for
his work in developing Ford’s unique Women’s Driver Development
Program, the first time an auto manufacturer created a program to
identify and develop young, female talent.

“We selected Dan as our first honoree months ago, well before his
retirement announcement,” said St. James.  “I’m just thrilled he was
able to be here today to be honored for all he has done.”

In this world of high dollar, dog-eat-dog world of nitro drag racing
Terry Haddock provides hope to the little guys struggling to keep their
bottom line afloat.

To those who have reached the pinnacle of success from the lowest of lows, he’s a reminder of where they came from.

He’s a John Force sitting in the pits of Gateway International Raceway
in the mid-1970s after consuming his last bologna sandwich he found
under the seat of the hauler. That’s the kind of racing budget he
boasts.

Simply put, Haddock’s a refreshing throwback to the old days when drag racers did it for love.

Haddock has the same passion and this insatiable desire to be part of
the game has him in an unfamiliar position this week – IHRA Funny Car
point leader.

Five days after a scary incident at the NHRA Schuck’s Auto Supply
Nationals in Seattle, Wash., Kalitta Motorsports and NHRA are closer to
determining what caused driver Hillary Will’s dangerous belt incident.
Will’s shoulder harnesses came loose at the finish line forcing her
head dangerously forward.

Jim Oberhofer said in a prepared statement that his driver’s safety
equipment accidentally caught a latch and released her strap.

“Hillary's chin strap caught the latch of her shoulder strap and it
released it,” said Oberhofer. “When she pulled the parachute, the
g-force caused her to slip out of the other shoulder strap because she
has a very narrow upper body.

“At NO time was there a mistake made by ANY of the team members failing
to strap her in. It was a fluke thing and they are addressing the
situation to make sure it never happens again.”

John Force will do what it takes to race competitively again, even if he has to race naked.

That’s what being the No. 17 qualifier in a 16-car field will do to a man.

Now the naked Force refers to is not the clothing on his person, the term refers to his Castrol GTX Mustang.

The carbon-fiber body that cloaks his chassis will be minus the
traditional paint with minimal Castrol identification. It’s all about
weight. It’s all about ensuring he’s not the odd man out during this
weekend’s 21st annual FRAM/Autolite Nationals at Infineon Raceway.

How bad did the DNQ at last weekend’s Seattle event hurt him?