Steve Scheidker, public
relations director for VP Racing Fuels, confirmed a price increase will be
enacted this weekend during the NHRA Torco Race Fuels Route 66 Nationals in Joliet, Ill.

When Chevy driver Ron Krisher won the NHRA Summer Nationals this past weekend at Topeka, the ultra-competitive Pro Stock

Ron Krisher needed a victory like he experienced on Sunday in Topeka. (Auto Imagery Photos)

class crowned its eighth different winner in this season's first nine
races of the NHRA POWERade Series.  Although he knocked on the door
last year with a runner-up finish to Allen Johnson at Denver, Krisher's
sixth career victory was the veteran's first in nearly five years.  But
there will be no time to celebrate for the Ohio native as the factory
hot rods head to Route 66 Raceway for this weekend's 11th annual Torco
Racing Fuels Route 66 NHRA Nationals.  

Veteran Pro Stock/Outlaw 10.5 racer to compete in Xtreme 10.5 competition ...

Billy
Glidden will officially make his ADRL debut this weekend during the
ADRL Summer Drags at the Knoll Gas Motorsports Park in Martin,
Michigan.

Glidden will be competing with the familiar silver
Pontiac GTO sponsored by Mickey Thompson Tires and used primarily as a
test car for the tire manufacturer. Glidden has run the car in NHRA Pro
Stock as well.

Top Alcohol Funny Car racer Steve Harker has an affinity for doing things in pairs.

The father of twin drag racing daughters, Kate and Diana, he added a
second national event title to match his 2001 victory last Sunday
during the NHRA Summernationals in Topeka, Kansas.

This monumental victory came on the same day he celebrated his 33rd wedding anniversary with wife Jenelle.

There may be a moratorium on testing at NHRA national event
facilities, but the restriction can be easily circumvented by teams
testing at non-national event facilities or making a visit to the IHRA
national events where they can essentially test and have a chance to
get paid for doing so.

While no teams are committed to run the IHRA Presidents Cup Nationals
in Budds Creek, Md., or participate in a private test session this
Monday at Knoll Gas Motorsports Park in Martin, Mich., these venues are
clearly on the forefront of their planning processes.

He’s grown up in the sport and now sees a new day has arrived

Del Worsham has seen many changes to Funny Car racing over his eighteen years as a driver.  (Roger Richards)

Del Worsham has experienced easier weekends than he did in attaining
the last man out status in the inaugural running of the NHRA’s
Countdown to the Championship.

At the final race of the first phase in Reading last August, Worsham
controlled his own destiny:  win and he would get in.  He was beaten in
the semis by eventual race and series champion Tony Pedregon.

“We sat around for days and days,” Worsham recalled of the rain-plagued
event. “We basically just raced one round of racing per day.  It got to
the point where we had to win the race.”

Worsham was finally eliminated on Wednesday but not before learning a valuable lesson.

The
two-car Mohegan Sun Pro Mod racing team is heading to Englishtown, NJ
for a match race this Saturday, June 7th. Paul Athey and teammate Ron
Iannotti will both be at the event along with several other Pro Mod
teams as part of the Toyota Night of Thrills presented by PC Richard
& Son & Snap-On.
    

The American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association recently honored
go2geiger publisher and founder Rob Geiger and a host of other journalists at
the 41st annual AARWBA Writing, Broadcast & Photography Contest sponsored by
Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Geiger was recognized in the "Motorsports
Book" category for his work entitled, "Darrell Russell: Broad Smiles, Quarter
Miles." The book profiled the life and tragic death of popular Top Fuel driver
Darrell Russell, who died as a result of injuries sustained in a high-speed
racing accident at Gateway International Raceway in St. Louis during the 2004
season.

Fellow journalists Dave Argabright, who penned "Lone Wolf," and
Peter Bryant, who authored "Can-Am Challenger," also were tabbed in the
"Motorsports Book" category.

Dave
Connolly spent a few time testing in Martin, Michigan in preparation for this weekend's event in Chicago. (Roger Richards)  

The mood was somber and mixed with looks of disgust.  The immediate goal was to
determine why Dave Connolly’s Charter Communications/LifeLock Pro Stock Chevy
Cobalt made a hard right at the starting line in Sunday’s quarterfinal round of
the Summer Nationals at Topeka, Kan.
 
And oh, by the way, there’s not
much time to work on it because the next race begins Friday – the Route 66
Nationals in Joliet, Ill.
 
Good performances are a necessity for
Connolly. He needs all the points he can muster in the nine remaining NHRA
Countdown to 10 races to secure a berth in the Countdown to One.  Sponsorship
issues kept him a spectator for the first five races until Charter
Communications and LifeLock partnered with Cagnazzi Racing four races
ago.
 
“We weren’t happy with the way we performed on Sunday, so rather
than complain about it, we took a 12-hour drive to Martin, Mich., to do
something about it and test,” Connolly said on Tuesday.  “That’s how our team
is. They’re never afraid to work and they’ll do whatever it takes.  Nobody
complained . . . it’s something we need to do and we did it.”

In addition to the generous cash payouts, the special edition trophy and the
custom made leather jacket, one of the many perks that is bestowed on each the
winners of the annual JEGS Allstars competition is the right to return the
following year to defend their title. One driver who is grateful for that
opportunity is Ed Olpin. The winner of the 2007 Super Gas title, Olpin, of
Pleasant Grove, Utah, will make the long drive back to Route 66 Raceway in
Joliet for the 24th edition of the JEGS Allstars, which takes place on Saturday,
June 7, during the Torco Race Fuels Route 66 Nationals.
           
In
addition to the individual honors, JEGS Allstars competitors, who must qualify
for the special event through a year-long points battle within their respective
NHRA geographic divisions, will be competing for the $20,000 bonus that is
awarded to the overall team champions. All told, there is more than $100,000 on
the line during the highly anticipated annual event. And, as if there wasn’t
enough motivation for the JEGS Allstars contestants to put forth their best
effort, any racer who can win the JEGS Allstars title on Saturday will have a
chance to claim the JEGS double-up bonus by winning the Torco Race Fuels Route
66 Nationals the following day.