The Flowmaster American Drag Racing League (ADRL) presented by the
National Guard announced today that its 2nd annual Shelor.com Spring
Drags have been postponed from Apr. 25-26 to June 20-21. Although new
tickets reflecting the June 20-21 dates will be printed and
distributed, all tickets bearing the original April dates will be
honored.

“Unfortunately, the entire Tulsa region has been inundated with heavy
rain over the past several weeks which has left the spectator parking
and overflow pit parking areas oversaturated with water and unusable,”
ADRL President Kenny Nowling said. “If it were to stop raining right
now and not rain again through next weekend we would still not be able
to utilize a large majority of the spectator parking areas. What makes
this decision so difficult, though, is the amount of work my staff and
the staff at Tulsa Raceway Park have put in distributing tickets and
working to establish relationships with local businesses and sponsors.”

It was scheduled to be the ADRL’s first visit to Tulsa Raceway Park,
but track owner Dan Guterman said he agrees with and supports the
ADRL’s decision to postpone the event.

IHRA Pro Modified racers Scotty and Scott Cannon launched a
new website ScottyCannonRacing.com in conjunction with this weekend’s IHRA
Spring Nationals.

“It was time for us to update our online information to help
us in our search for the right marketing partner,” Scotty Cannon, a six-time
Pro Modified champion. “We also want our fans to have a place to keep us with
us as well.”

Palmer, Janis Grab First Day Qualifying Leads at IHRA Spring Nationals in Rockingham

Scott Palmer's Friday evening run cemented him atop the Top Fuel qualifying order.

Surprising Scott Palmer grabbed the provisional No. 1 position in the
featured Top Fuel category and Mike Janis put his 1967 replica Pontiac
Firebird on the provisional “pole” in Pro Modified Friday in the first
day of qualifying for Sunday’s 37th annual IHRA Spring Nationals at
Rockingham Dragway.

Palmer was clocked in 4.645 seconds at 296.83 miles per hour on a run
on which his car ricocheted off the guardwall just past the finish line.

Officials from the National Hot Rod Association have told Torco’s
CompetitionPlus.com that there is no truth to the Internet-circulated
rumor that Bruton Smith is in the process of purchasing the
organization and/or its assets. They acknowledge that Smith and NHRA
president Tom Compton did meet at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
during last weekend’s Summitracing.com Nationals, but portray that
meeting as nothing more than a normal get together between the
sanctioning body president and the owner of any track at which a
national event is being staged.

Sometime
waiting by the phone for something to happen can be an agonizing
experience. IHRA Alcohol Funny Car racer Laurie Cannister hopes she
never has to endure the same experience again.

In 2002, Cannister’s independent effort of fielding a professional team
out of her pocket came to an end after a handful of races but not
before she exhibited a wealth of marketing potential.

For five years, Cannister did her very best to will the phone to ring.
Her efforts paid off last year when a Virginia Beach, Virginia-based
couple, who owns a grilling sauce company took a chance on her.

 Cary Goforth grew up watching his father Dean run up and down drag
strips around the Midwest. His earliest recollection is in his toddler
years and by the time he reached ten he was considered a seasoned
aficionado of the sport.

Never did he envision in those days of assisting his dad with the
family’s classic Road Runner and Camaro they would end up the only
father and son tandem actively competing in IHRA Pro Stock.

“Everything he did was appealing to me,” Carey said. “He was my hero
and I always loved watching him drive. Even though we race in the same
class, I still find myself running up to the line to watch him run.”

Dean put in many years racing in the formative years of the Super Gas
classes and won an ADRA [formerly AHRA] 9.90 title before stepping up
to the IHRA Pro Stock division in 1986.

With the snowcapped Oquirrh Mountains as a picturesque backdrop, Funny Car
points leader Ashley Force along with John Force Racing teammates Robert Hight
and Mike Neff completed the two day Ford Racing High Performance Driving School
at the state-of-the-art Miller Motorsports Park today.

“One the first day I was not in my comfort zone at all. I missed by Castrol
GTX Funny Car but after I got with the instructors by the end of the day I
didn’t want to get out of these Mustangs. This morning I was excited to get back
on the course and work on getting better,’ said Ashley Force the current Funny
Car points leader. “This facility reminds me of some of my favorite tracks on
the NHRA circuit like Las Vegas or
Sonoma. You have everything you need
here and it is totally clean and well laid out. There is lots of open space
around the track so you never have to worry about getting into anything.”

All three drivers were put through a variety of driving courses as well as
classroom review. The driver made their laps behind the wheel of high
performance Miller Mustang GTs, Mustang Challenge cars, and they even took some
time to work on their handling skills inside the Ford Skid Car.

Former NHRA Nitro Funny Car World Champion Cruz Pedregon has teamed up with
Rislone Engine Treatment for the 2008 season and beyond.  The 1992 Champ will
rely on Rislone Engine Oil Stabilizer with Engine Treatment to increase the
durability and longevity of the 8000+ HP engine between the rails of his Advance
Auto Parts Nitro Funny Car on the NHRA POWERade
Circuit.

The building of the “WyoTech Road Burner,” a 10-second (1/4-mile
elapsed time), state-of-the-art custom motorcycle by WyoTech students
under the direction of G2 Motorsports, will be documented during this
weekend’s edition of “Horsepower TV,” one of RTM Productions four
“PowerBlock” shows, which air every Saturday and Sunday on the SPIKE
television network.

The motorcycle, which carries a unique paint scheme to complement its
unique street-legal performance characteristics, will spend the next
several months on a national tour and will be awarded in December to
the winner of the HORSEPOWER ROAD BURNER BIKE SWEEPSTAKES (tour
information and entry form at: http://www.powerblocktv.com/roadburner).

George Bryce and Derek Churchwell of G2 Motorsports provided the
insight and instruction for students and alumni of WyoTech’s
Sacramento, Calif., and Daytona, Fla., motorcycle technology programs.
These students assembled this motorcycle at RTM’s studios here around a
126-cubic-inch, 150-horsepower S&S Cycle V-Twin engine, exclusively
distributed by G2 Motorsports (www.g2motorsports.net).  S&S Cycle
also provided the high-performance clutch and six-speed transmission.

The 2008 Castrol EDGE Tin Top Titles to be held at Willowbank Raceway this
weekend will be a first time ever in Australia. A 16 car Top Doorslammer Field
will be hitting the track.

Both Victor &
Ben Bray will field their Castrol EDGE Top Doorslammers as well as Ben's Datsun
1200 sports compact ute., Both are excited about racing in the first ever 16 car
Top Doorslammer field this weekend.