Rottler Manufacturing will provide a striking new look for Matt Hartford Racing and his Total Seal Piston Rings / CIP1 Pro Stock Camaro during the CatSpot NHRA Northwest Nationals in Seattle, August 3-5.

Hartford, Vice President of Total Seal Piston Rings stated, “Rottler and Total Seal Piston Rings are such a great fit together. We discuss honing with customers daily and Rottler is certainly at the top of our list for achieving the best bore geometry and surface finish."    [07/26/18]

NHRA mega team owner Don Schumacher and his entire race team made history when Schumacher and his seven drivers all collectively signed up to donate their brains upon death for concussion research at the Concussion Legacy Foundation.

Many football players and other athletes have individually announced over the last few years they would donate their brains. This was the first time an entire team agreed to do so and the first NHRA drivers to do so. Don Schumacher was also a driver years ago when safety equipment was not as extensive as now.

The drivers who agreed to the donation are Don’s son, Tony Schumacher (shown), Jack Beckman, Ron Capps, Antron Brown, Matt Hagan, Tommy Johnson, Jr. and Leah Pritchett.

They are donating their brains for further study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which, unfortunately, can only be diagnosed after death.

The Agent could make a cute joke about this, but it is too important a subject. A tip of the Agent’s helmet and HANS device to the Schumacher team for helping science and making the sport safer for future drivers.  (Ron Lewis photo)   [07/26/18]

A service for long-time sports writer and racing publicist Joe Sherk will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 1, at 1 p.m. at McCormick Woods Clubhouse, 5155 McCormick Woods Dr. SW, Port Orchard, WA 98367. Sherk died June 23 at age 75. [07/26/18]

Speedway Motorsports Inc. which owns/operates NHRA-sanctioned dragstrips in Charlotte, Las Vegas, Bristol, and Sonoma declared a 15-cent dividend for the last quarter. Judging from some of the sparse crowds seen on the televised NASCAR races, the Agent wonders if NHRA events had an influence on that action. [07/26/18]

Holley/MSD has released the Pro Mag A/Fuel Power Grid Controller and a large assortment of replacement ignition components. The Power Grid lets tuners make last-minute decisions right in the staging lanes, and the replacement parts include an array of eight different cables, harnesses, and magnetic pickups. MSD Pro Mag A/Fuel Power Grid Controllers allow drag racers to control ignition timing by time with either a PC or mobile device. Designed for use with the MSD Pro Mag 44, it has dual outputs so it can be used both single and dual Pro Mag 44 ignitions with a crank trigger system and MSD nonmagnetic pickups. With MSDView, you can create and store up to 12 unique timing maps that can be overlaid to help you select one right up to the last minute before the engine is fired. Timing curves can be programmed with up to 30 points at 0.1-degree increments at intervals of just a hundredth of a second. MSD Pro Mag A/Fuel Power Grid Controllers also feature individual cylinder timing, throttle-lift timing retard, throttle-inhibit timing retard, and a auto-pickup signal selector that triggers the dead channel if a crank-trigger pickup fails. [07/26/18]