By Jim McCombe

After 3 events, the weekly Wednesday night drag racing series at Infineon
Raceway continues to produce upsets and surprises and last nights race found
the racing action dominated by 4 first time winners.

With the exception of John Victorino's repeat win from last week in Jack Pot
over a 20 car field and Steve Wellman's victory in Comp Rod, 4 new winners
emerged to claim class wins

They were Tyler Casha (High School) Kim Phillips (Sport Street) Ray Berry
(Motorcycle) and former High School stand out David Ginther who claimed his
first ever win in the Street class.

This was the 3rd week for 1320go.com live Timing which allows the avid drag
racing fan to follow all of the live action as it happens over the internet
on their home computer and has proven to be a huge success especially for
those who cannot get out to the track.

Details are being worked out to install a live action video camera as well
as a audio link according to electrical tech Dan DiVita and it is just a
matter of selecting the right equipment that will give us the top quality
video and audio that will meet our standards.

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By Jim McCombe

The warm spring like temperatures attracted a nice crowd for race #2 in the
weekly Wednesday night series and right from the start it was close racing
in each of the 6 contested classes.

Class winners included first time finalist Eddie Ferro in Motorcycle and
Andy Ernest who collected his first ever win with his 76 Olds Starfire in
Comp Rod

Other winners included John Victorino (Jack Pot) Don Waltenspiel (Sport
Street) Mike Gervais (Street) and Bobby Ratto in High School

Racers were still talking about the addition of 1320.go live timing that
made it's debut last week that now allows anyone with internet access to
view the race over the internet when they can't be at the track.

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RACE DATE:  March 20, 2009

Amy Glover

SUPER PRO                     CAR                    HOMETOWN        ET       MPH    DIAL-IN

Win:  Ricky Page    ’90 Mustang         Monroe, GA            7.44     91.01   (7.43)

R/U:  Michael Morris ’01 Undercover Woodstock , GA     5.17     128.79 (5.09)

Semi:   John Hobbs     ’71 Vega              Conyers, GA

PRO                             CAR                    HOMETOWN              ET       MPH    DIAL-IN

Win:     Bruce Wilson  ’71 Nova       Tallapoosa , GA       6.72     100.48 (6.70)

R/U:     Greg Allen   ’80 Camaro   Greenwood , SC        6.74     102.08 (6.81)

Semi:   Jeff Voyles      69 Camaro       Hoschton, GA

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HOUSTON (March 17) -- The general manager of Houston Raceway Park, Seth Angel, is hearing a clear message from his customers -- "Give us back the quarter mile!"

"The quarter-mile distance is a big part of the sport of drag racing," Angel said. "We're gearing up for the 23rd annual O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals and I've been jumping in and helping our staff with ticket sales over the phone and I can say without question that our fans want the NHRA to return to the quarter-mile. They tell us this over and over again.

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One of the most exciting announcements to come out of the Benson Tour in 2009 was the fact that it would be kicking it's season off at Grand Bend Motorplex Dragway, in Grand Bend, Ontario.

Well, we hope that it does the same thing this year, as once again and for the second year in a row the Tour will begin its championship run at this very popular Southern Ontario facility.

 Grand Bend Motorplex is considered one of the best drag strips in Canada, if not the very best. It plays host to one of the very few IHRA Nitro Jam National events in Canada, which probably tells you everything you need to know about the caliber of this race track.

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By Jim McCombe

More than 150 racers braved the cold weather for the opening night of the
2010 season and were treated to a full evening of some great racing under
ideal conditions.

Earning wins were Tom Johnson in the Jack Pot class and this marked the 5th
straight year that the Santa Rosa auto repair owner has collected a victory
on opening night.

Other winners included Craig Love (Street) Jack Freckmann (Sport Street)
Doug Love (Motorcycle) Nikole D'Adamo (Comp Rod and first time winner Tarin
Benhudjiriras who edged out Preston Pearce who was also making his first
ever final round showing for the High School trophy.

Racers were excited to learn the addition of 1320 Live Timing which will
cover most of the Infineon drag racing events with the exception of the
Fram/Autolite Nationals for the 2010 season.

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Brad Pierce Won Super Gas

50th NHRA Winternationals
By Bob Johnson Pomona, Calif. Feb. 11-14, 2010

Brad Pierce won the 50th Annual NHRA Winternationals sponsored by Kragen/O’Reilly Auto Parts, as he defeated Texas racer Jimmy Lewis in the final round at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona.  The win for Pierce was his second at the Winternationals, as he also claimed the season-opening event in 2003.
 In the fifth round, Lewis defeated Randy Balough, Pierce stopped Glenn Roundtree, and Gerald Turczyn advanced when Ed Olpin red-lighted by .002.  Pierce used a .001 light in the semi to beat Turczyn, and in the final, Pierce was .012 better at the ‘tree, and took the win at 9.901 to a losing 9.905.

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