No good deed goes unpunished as the Buell
riders have found out. Following Matt Smith's record-setting
performance in St. Louis, the NHRA has announced the following rule
change.  

Over
the years Matt Smith traveled many roads with his championship-winning father,
Pro Stock and Pro Mod standout Rickie Smith. This year the roles have reversed,
with the elder Smith tagging along with his Pro Stock Motorcycle-racing son.
 

“I
went everywhere I could go with him,” Smith said. “St. Louis was the first race of mine that
he’s missed this year.”

Matt
didn’t fret about his father’s absence during the NHRA O’Reilly Midwest
Nationals at Madison, Illinois,
near St. Louis.
He simply went out and claimed the maximum points allowable on the tour. Where
was dad? He was at an ADRL event at South Georgia
Motorsports Park
near Valdosta, Georgia, where he went to the Pro
Nitrous final.

The East Coast’s most prominent bracket racers convene on May 25 through May 28
at Rockingham Dragway to race not only for a cash purse but also for IHRA
Ironman trophies in the annual Memorial Weekend Bracket Nationals and North
Carolina Drag Racing Hall of Fame Race.

 The Ironman trophies
awarded during the weekend are identical to those presented at events in the
IHRA’s Knoll Gas Nitro Jam Series.  One Ironman will be awarded to the winner of
a special daily runoff between the Footbrake and Top Eliminator champions and
one will be awarded in Jr. Dragster following a special Monday runoff involving
all weekend winners and runners-up.

 As an added
incentive, a special North Carolina Drag Racing Hall of Fame trophy will be
presented to the Top Eliminator or Footbrake driver who earns the most
accumulative points over the course of the Memorial weekend, part of a year-long
celebration of the sport’s rich drag racing
heritage.

Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc., the leading distributor and marketer of
specialty automotive equipment and accessories, has signed an agreement to
become the series title sponsor of the NMRA Ford Nationals and the Official
Performance Parts Supplier of the NMRA and the NMCA Muscle Car Nationals.
Keystone joins forces with ProMedia Events, producers of the leading
street-legal motorsport shows in the U.S.

Keystone will leverage the
sponsorships by providing the benefits and exposure opportunities directly to
its jobbers, who can “sponsor” the event in their area. Since Keystone is a
wholesale only distributor, the exposure associated with these sponsorships will
help drive sales to retailers in Keystone’s Performance Dealer
Network.

You could call them the "Elite Eight," you could call them the "Living
Legends," but whatever you call them, you'll not be calling them late
to the starting line as eight of the best-known, premier Nostalgia
Funny Cars run during the fifth annual Holley NHRA National Hot Rod
Reunion, presented by SoffSeal, June 15-17 at National Trail Raceway,
Hebron, Ohio.

Cagnazzi Racing and Knoll Gas Motorsports have added BlueWater
Communications Group in partnership with Cisco Systems has joined the
team as the official technology partner and associate sponsor of
Cagnazzi team driver Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Knoll Gas Motorsports driver
Dave Connolly.

Torco's CompetitionPlus.com has the first actual photos of the forthcoming RATT "Back for More" Top Fuel dragster driven by Clay Millican.

The dates and venue have been secured, and Torco Racing Fuels is
excited to announce their next installment of motorsports marketing
mayhem.  

Starting on Friday night, June 1st, the Miss Torco Model Search will
debut at the Electric Cowboy Nightclub, located at 3249 S.W Topeka
Blvd. in Topeka, Kansas.  The event is set start in conjunction with
the O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals at Heartland Park in Topeka, which
runs June 1st-June 3rd.

"We are excited to be able to set this event in motion to coincide with
the Topeka NHRA event," said Jason Caldwell, director for the Miss
Torco program. "We plan to showcase some of our drivers in an autograph
session during the event at Electric Cowboy, and would like to invite
all Torco affiliates and fans to join us in a night of fun," states
Caldwell.  "I would like to thank Austin George and Scott Boggs of the
Electric Cowboy for joining forces with us on this event and giving us the chance to
entertain the awesome fans of the NHRA and Team Torco." Caldwell said.

Terry McMillen and his Amalie Oil InstiGator Funny Car, powered by Torco Race
Fuels will make a special appearance at the Prairie Heights Middle School in
LaGrange, Ind. on Friday May 18, 2007 from 9AM to 2PM. The McMillen and
InstiGator appearance will highlight the schools "Race Into Reading"
program.

While McMillen makes many appearances during the season, the
stop at Prairie Heights wouldn't be complete without a stop to Mrs. Hinkle's
class to see Heather Mills. Heather is the daughter of Richard and Sara Mills a
long time friend of the McMillen family.