VOLUME XX,  NUMBER 1 - JANUARY,  2018

Crampton to fly with Kalitta Air and DHL

Richie Crampton’s Top Fuel Dragster will display the Kalitta Air and DHL partnership in multiple races for the 2018 season. The scheme is modeled after the co-branded DHL and Kalitta Air 747 airplanes that deliver packages worldwide.

 

The gray and yellow colors will be campaigned by Crampton for several races throughout the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing season. Crampton, who will compete for the championship full time, will run several different schemes throughout the year with some races having primary inventory still available.

 

The motorsport connection between DHL and Kalitta Motorsports has lasted over a decade, making it one of the longest running and most successful sponsorships in the sport. Del Worsham flew the DHL colors to the Funny Car championship in 2015 and current DHL Funny Car driver J.R. Todd earned DHL their first U.S. Nationals win last season.  (image courtesy Black Beard Ltd.)   [01/18/18]

Project 4-Link’ rides again!

(DRO file photo)

 

DRO Bracket Racing Editor, Jok Nicholson, tells the Agent that after selling his Oldsmobile last year, he plans to race the old Project 4-Link dragster this season. He will be taking our readers along for the rebuild of the dragster that made its debut in 2001.

 

In addition to several weekend races in his home state of Iowa, Nicholson plans to attend these special events:

 

May 26-27: Midwest Bracket Nationals, U.S. 131 Motorsports Park

July 7-8: Firecracker Nationals, Byron Dragway

Aug. 2-4: Super Pro World Challenge, Mid-Michigan Motorplex

Aug. 31-Sept. 2: Ten-Grand Nationals, Summit Motorsports Park

Sept. 7-9: NHRA LODRS Div. 5, Tri-State Raceway

Oct.12-14: Million Dollar Warmup, Huntsville Dragway

Oct. 18-21: The Million, Huntsville Dragway   [01/18/18]

‘Enthusiast Relations Manager’ named for NHRA Museum

Andrea Lee Harris has been named Enthusiast Relations Manager for the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum located in Pomona, CA.

 

With more than 25 years of non-profit museum management experience, Harris immediately will join museum director Larry Fisher and staff in raising awareness and encouraging support for the museum.   [01/18/18]

Alba Colon moves to NASCAR’s Hendrick Motorsports

​Ms. Colon is seen here with car builder and Pro Stock Truck driver Jerry Haas in 2000. (DRO file photo)Some of you may remember Alba Colon when she was a mechanical engineer with GM Motorsports based in Warren, MI. Joining GM in 1994, she had a hand in drag racing applications. She was GM program manager for NHRA’s Pro Stock Truck program from 1998 to 1999, and was named program manager of Chevrolet and Pontiac drag racing programs in 2000. Most recently she helped advance Chevrolet’s NASCAR program.

 

Later this month she will join Hendrick Motorsports to oversee its competition systems group. She takes over from Darian Grubb, who will be William Byron’s crew chief in the Monster Energy NASCA Cup Series this year.   [01/18/18]

New Product of the Day

 

Mallory Pro Sidewinder Ceramic Boot Spark Wire Kits

Pro Sidewinder Ceramic Boot Spark Plug Wire Kits from Mallory make burnt plug-wire boots a thing of the past. Specially designed to withstand temperatures up to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, their ceramic coating acts as a heat mirror, reflecting infrared energy and heat away from the plug boot. They're available in three distinct versions – straight, 90-degree, and 135-degree – and ideal for applications where space around red-hot headers is at a premium.   [01/18/18]

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