Edwards Confirms He Will Race In 2010 – Competition Plus.com – January 12, 2010
It’s good to hear Mike Edwards will be back in 2010 to defend his 2009 Pro Stock championship. Clearly it is becoming much more difficult to acquire major sponsors as the recession continues to impact major racing teams. – Roger Young, Edwards & Young Racing
Edwards Feels Fortunate To Be Back – Competition Plus.com – February 7, 2010
Edwards’ Day Arrives – Competition Plus.com – November 15, 2009
Mike Edwards: Before Pro Stock There Was Modified – Competition Plus.com – November 21, 2009
Mike Edwards – His Place In History – Competition Plus.com – August 26, 2008
Force returns to winner’s circle; Dixon, Edwards also snare opening wins – NHRA – February 14, 2010
Prudhomme Announces Retirement – Competition Plus.com – January 7, 2010
Don “The Snake” Prudhomme, one of the most accomplished drivers and revered team owners in the history of motorsports, announced his retirement today, thus ending a career spanning five decades in the sport of drag racing.Prudhomme’s 47-year career saw him behind the wheel for 32 seasons before he retired from driving at the end of his 1994 “Final Strike” campaign. He then transitioned to the role of team owner where he led his teams and drivers for the past 15 seasons. Overall, Prudhomme has totaled an impressive combination of six National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) World Championships and 112 National Event victories.“I feel very fortunate to have been able to make a living in drag racing and to have enjoyed some success along the way,” said Prudhomme. “I would like to thank all of the great sponsors we’ve worked with over the years, everyone at NHRA, the many track owners, operators and promoters, our past employees and team members, and all of the drag racing fans that have supported Snake Racing.” |
Prudhomme: I’m Gonna Miss The Sport – Competition Plus.com – 13 Jan 2010
NHRA article on Prudhomme – NHRA.com – 7 Jan 2010
Spencer Massey: Facing The Harsh Reality – Competition Plus.com – 8 Jan 2010
Prudhomme Racing Site – Snake Racing
A Storied Rivalry Put Drag Racing on the Map – New York Times
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The loss of Don Prudhomme from racing will certainly impact our sport. What are your thoughts? – Roger Young, Edwards & Young Racing
From Texas, Lee Shepherd earned notoriety in the Modified Production ranks and later teamed with Reher-Morrison to dominate the Pro Stock ranks. Many small-block Chev record-holding MP cars used Shepherd heads! Shepherd became a legend in his own time…
The Legend of Lee Shepherd – CompetitionPlus.com – Jan 2007
Courtesy of NHRA
Hello, how about the question of whether drag racing is tougher now than 10-20 years ago? This should be a great topic for discussion as some people can get quite animated about this.
Paul Young – Edwards & Young Racing
Hi everyone, how about this topic? What would your dream race car be if you had an unlimited budget? Would it be a Pro Stock, Top Fueler, Funny Car, etc.?
Paul Young – Edwards & Young Racing
I thought this would be a good subject to broach as we all know money is not always at your disposal to do things that you wish to do to your racecar. So, the question is, what would you do if you had $10K to spend on your race car?
Paul Young – Edwards & Young Racing
Every December all the track operators who operate tracks in Division 6 get together for meetings prior to the Northwest Banquet in Seattle. Orchestrated by Division 6 Director Jonathan Adams and Tech Director Dave Schaffel, a wide variety of topics are discussed and voted on for everything from the Lucas Oil Drag Race Series to the Summit E.T. Finals.
We know many of you are already making plans for the approaching season, so we thought it was good timing to release the topics reviewed, discussed and voted on during the Operator’s Meetings.
There are a couple of new updates that you’ll want to take note of for the upcoming season. The Pro class will now specifically follow the national e.t. parameters of 9.00 to 13.99. The national championship run at Pomona in November follows these breaks and northwest tracks will implement this for the Pro division in 2010. Junior racers at this year’s Summit E.T. Finals in Mission will have an opportunity to participate in a Lightning and Thunder bonus race on Friday afternoon (9/3/10), which will parallel the Gambler race for Box and No Box during that same time frame. This will provide a second opportunity to race for all the Junior racers, which mirrors what is currently place for all other participants. Once again, the top two racers in Junior Lightning and Thunder points (total of 4 racers) leading up to the Finals will qualify to race at the Finals for Team Firebird in Mission.
Lastly and looking ahead one year down the road, racers with cars capable of running 9.99 or quicker or over 135 mph, will be required to run diapers (does not have to be SFI rated or dated) beginning on January 1, 2011. This provides a one (1) year time frame to come in compliance with this rule.
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Update 27 Dec 09:
Guys, you got me curious so as a NHRA member I downloaded the 2010 NHRA rulebook.
Under section 4.2 here are the E.T. brackets:
Super Pro: 7.00 to 11.99
Pro: 9.00 to 13.99
Sportsman: 12.00 to 19.99
Hope this helps!
Roger
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