Tony Schumacher clocked the
quickest Top Fuel run and
posted the first 330 mph run Wednesday to close
testing for the Mac
Tools U.S. Nationals, the world's most prestigious drag
race.

John Force, Dave Howard and Andrew Hines were quickest in
their
respective categories as teams continued to prepare for the
historic
event at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, Aug. 30-Sept. 4,
which
will be televised on ESPN2 HD with more than 10 hours of
coverage.

For the past four seasons,
Sanair International Raceway has offered an alternative to Indy during Labor Day
Weekend. On September 3, all  NHRA/IHRA and ASRA Racers who want to race can
do so with a $60 entry. There will be lots of prizes as well as
individual Stock and Super Stock Eliminators paying a $1,000 to win and $500
runner-up in both eliminators well as a "King of the Hill" race with $500 to
win.

Effective immediately, NHRA will place a limit on the number of cars an owner
group can field in the professional categories.  One owner group can field no
more than four teams in each of the four professional categories that represent
NHRA POWERade Drag Racing.

We believe this move is in the best interest of the sport in terms
of preserving competition, reducing potential threats to racing competition,
improving fan interest in the sport, reducing barriers to entry into the sport
of drag racing, and reducing barriers to competition. 

Team JEGS driver Jeg Coughlin Jr., will race a pair of sportsman entries during
the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at O’Reilly Raceway Park Aug. 30-Sept. 4. Coughlin
will be racing in Super Stock during NHRA’s largest and most prominent event,
and he will also be making a long-awaited return to Competition Eliminator. The
three-time NHRA world champion will assume his now familiar role as the guest
driver of Michael Ogburn’s West Coast Hemis Super Stock Barracuda and he
recently finalized a deal to drive a new Chevy Cobalt in Comp for Oklahoma-based
team owner Richard Freeman. 

“I plan to stay very busy while I'm at Indy,
but I'm really looking forward to it,” said Coughlin. “The West Coast Hemis
Barracuda is one of my favorite cars to drive and I'm also excited about getting
a chance to race in Comp Eliminator again.” Behind the wheel of Ogburn’s Harry
Holton-tuned Barracuda, Coughlin will once again be a top contender for the
$10,000 top prize in the popular Mopar Performance Hemi Challenge on Friday,
Sept. 1. Coughlin won the Hemi Challenge at Indy in 2004 and recorded a
runner-up finish last year. 

(8-23-2006) - The Kalitta Toyota body made
another aborted attempt today before shutting off after severe tire shake. The
fuel system gremlin may be corrected now, but the aborted run was unable to
provide the needed high speed aerodynamic data needed from the body design.

Torco’s Competitionplus.com stands
by the story we first broke in mid-July about the possible sanction change of
Norwalk Raceway Park from IHRA to NHRA.  Rumors have been wildly circulating
through the drag racing world for the last couple of weeks, so we’ll reiterate
our previous statement in an effort to stop some of the really wild
speculation:  Shortly after this weekend’s IHRA World Nationals NHRA and NRP
officials will jointly turn the rumors into reality.  Numerous changes are
planned for the much admired Ohio facility, some of which will make the track
unrecognizable to long-time visitors and competitors when they arrive for the
track’s first POWERade Series national event some time next summer. 

Big things will be happening at Indy when it comes to the Pro Stock division. There will be some prominent returns and an upgrade.

The Toyota body is undergoing some
minor repairs around the header cutout after the late night session on Tuesday.
A fuel delivery gremlin in the car seems to be limiting the chances for testing
with the Toyota body and may bring up doubts whether it will make its debut in
Indy after all.

Tony Schumacher and Tony Pedregon
posted the quickest runs in their respective categories Tuesday at O'Reilly
Raceway Park at Indianapolis during testing for the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals,
the world's most prestigious drag race.