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BILLY MEYER INTERVIEW

Back when there were just a handful of races each NHRA national event

season, Billy Meyer battled other Funny Car drivers for each and every

round win. He drove in 112 NHRA events and earned 12 victories in 22

final round appearances. Do the math – he was in the finals 20 percent

of the time. Not bad for a guy who was also racing in IHRA events,
doing
match races as well as running any number of businesses Meyer has
started
and owned throughout his lifetime. Want the short list of some
of his
accomplishments? He finished in the top 10 each year that he
raced behind
the wheel of a Funny Car, including turning in
second-place finishes in the
final point standings three times; he was
the youngest person ever licensed
to drive a Funny Car (16 years old);
he earned an IHRA Winston world
championship (1980); was partner to Hal
Needham in the Budweiser Rocket Car
– the car that set the land speed
record at the Bonneville Salt Flats,
becoming the first land vehicle to
break the sound barrier; he helped create
Racers for Christ; he's the
author for the Boy Scouts of America badge
requirements for Automotive
Mechanics; he owned IHRA in 1988; he also owned
and published Drag
Racing Today. On top of all that, Meyer has dabbled in
areas outside
the racing industry too. He has started and owned businesses
in
publishing, corporate jets, real estate and website design, to name a

few. Oh yeah, he also owns the Texas Motorplex, the site of this

weekend's 21st annual O'Reilly Fall NHRA Nationals. In this Q&A session

Meyer talks about what his dad contributed to his life, what his

weakness is as a track owner and what he considers to be his best
racing
statistic.

ENTRY LIST GROWS FOR VALDOSTA NOSTALGIA EVENT

DSR AND MATCO TOOLS

Don Schumacher confirmed today that
DonSchumacher Racing has inked a three-year associate sponsorship
agreementwith Matco Tools to support all DSR teams through
2009.Matco Tools had been a primary sponsor of a DSR Funny Car team in
the NHRAPOWERade Drag Racing Series and an associate sponsor on all DSR
teams from2001 through 2006. "We are pleased to maintain our longtime
relationshipwith Matco Tools through this multi-year associate sponsorship
agreement,"said Schumacher.

STROUD SAFETY'S ADOPT-A-RACER WINNERS

Carl Stroud and the folks at Stroud Safety developed a program this season that enables various contingency sponsors on the IHRA series to sponsor a race team's entry into the event. The following is a list of the winner's and their respective sponsor.
 
 

ON PONTIAC DEPARTURE FROM NORWALK EVENT, SIMMONDS SAYS, "NO COMMENT"

Three weekends ago, Torco's
CompetitionPlus.com reported that General Motors motorsports head man Fred
Simmonds was none too happy with the way the NHRA handled the move of their
event in Columbus to Norwalk. Reportedly, Simmonds was notified via a voicemail
on the day of the annoucement. Torco's CompetitionPlus.com knew of the
announcement weeks in advance.

The general consensus was that GM was going to pull its loaner vehicles from
the program but rumors suggest the event sponsorship will be pulled as
well.

COUGHLIN TESTS FOR PRO STOCK RETURN AT TORCO NATIONALS

Jeg Coughlin Jr., impressed with
his recent test session at Virginia Motorsports Park is ready for the NHRA
POWERade Pro Stock wars. And, he has an agenda as well. He wants to run quick
and fast en route to helping Victor Cagnazzi teammate Dave Connolly pursue a
world championship.

Coughlin will make his return at the upcoming Torco Race Fuels NHRA Nationals
in Petersburg, Va.

DAVE CONNOLLY'S NEW LOOK

Torco's CompetitionPlus.com has obtained this
rendering of the scheme Dave Connolly will utilize as his team makes a
late-season push for the Pro Stock World Championship.

ORVILLE MOE INDICTED

Last month, Torco's
CompetitionPlus.com posted a feature on Orville Moe and his troubles with
Spokane Raceway. Word comes to us from the Spokesman Review that he's been
indicted on the charges of public corruption along with a former mayor.

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IT'S A SLAMMERS PROMOTION FOR JEG'S

When we think of Jeg's Mail Order
and what sells strongly, our first thoughts are carburetors and various car
parts. But, from what we are hearing, it's SLAMMERS Ultimate Milk that seems to
be getting a lot of interest.

There are eight flavors in which to choose from.

SLAMMERS
ON JEG'S

SCELZI'S NEW LOOK FOR DALLAS

MOPAR/OAKLEY DODGE CHARGER FUNNY CAR WILL SPORT 50TH ANNIVERSARY

HOUSE OF KOLOR PAINT SCHEME IN DALLAS

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