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24/2/2010 NHRA CRASH KILLS FAN

The National Hot Rod Association and Don Schumacher Racing say they have begun investigating the circumstances that led to an accident that resulted in the death Sunday of a female spectator at the Arizona Nationals at Firebird International Raceway in Chandler, Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix.

The woman, whose name has not been released to protect the privacy of her family, was killed when she was hit by a rear tire that spun off the Top Fuel dragster driven by Antron Brown , one of the most popular drivers in N.H.R.A. Brown was not injured in the incident.

“It felt like the back end just dropped out and the car started pitching end over end,” Brown said in an interview with SpeedTV.com. “I saw a little burst of flame come around my head, and I saw sparks.”

The Arizona Republic reported that the fatality was believed to be the first since the mid 1970s of a nonparticipant at an N.H.R.A. event. The association said Sunday that the woman was taken by helicopter to Good Samaritan Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.

“Safety is N.H.R.A.’s top priority, for not only our racers, but the millions of fans who attend events around the country,” the association said in a statement on Monday.

Brown was driving a car for Don Schumacher Racing, one of the top teams in the sport. Brown was in a first-round race against Troy Buff. Brown’s 8,000-horsepower dragster, in the right lane, wobbled as it pulled from the starting line, and the car lost its rear left wheel.

Brown’s car then abruptly swerved on its side into the left lane, behind the car driven by Buff, then hit the left retaining wall, exploding into flames. The tire appeared to be sent airborne by Brown’s car, hitting the woman, whom KNXV-TV reported was seated near a mobile home on the other side of two barriers.

Don Schumacher, the owner of the team, said Monday in a statement, “Don Schumacher Racing is one of the leading advocates for safety in the N.H.R.A., and we will continue to be at the forefront of safety. Safety is and always has been our paramount concern. Therefore, we intend to do everything in our power to carefully investigate this matter as efficiently and thoroughly as possible.

“We ask for your patience, and assure you that we will have more to report as information becomes available to us. In the meantime, we extend our sympathies and ask everyone to keep the victim of yesterday’s tragedy, as well as her family and friends, in your thoughts and prayers.”

Rain later Sunday forced officials to complete the Arizona Nationals on Monday. Two Don Schumacher Racing drivers won: Cory McClenathan in the Top Fuel classification, and Jack Beckman in the Funny Car classification.

23/2/2010 LETTER FROM A FELLOW RACER...

Each week we get letters from around the globe, here is one we thought we would post up.

Hello,
 
First of all I would like to tell you what a huge fan I am of your Nissan Skyline drag car.
 
Seeing your car achieving those results is what inspired me to start building my R32 GTR for drag racing.
 
I come from Malta (Europe) and drag racing is the only car racing sports we could only do as there is no other form of racing tracks on our small island.
 
I am not aiming to run anywhere near 7.57 seconds, fastest local street oriented car here is a toyota supra which runs 8.91 seconds running Jerico transmission and ford 9" rear end, my wish is to compete with the local guys here in Malta. There are only 4 skylines in Malta so unfortunatly for me no one has any knowledge about these cars and I have to do all the work of building the car myself. 
 
So far I have the engine for the R32 nearly ready, I have built the RB26 with forged carillo/CP internals and ferrea valvetrain with HKS cams.
The engine is good for 800-900hp. I am using full-race exhaust manifold with S374R turbo charger and R.I.P.S inlet plenum.
 
To achieve my goal of running low 9 seconds, I am aiming to run the GTR as light as possible and using a good transmission, which is why I have contacted you to ask you for your help. I know that your car is running with a Liberty transmission with Trick titanium bellhousing.
 
I would like to run this setup on my GTR but the problem I am having is that I don`t know where to start from and what to order.
 
Firstly I would need a motor plate for adapting the bellhousing to the Trick bellhousing, maybe you could build me one and I`ll buy it from you?
 
Also there is my other problem with what to order! Which model belhousing? Depth of bellhousing? Which clutch to use? Liberty transmission input shaft information? Gear ratios?
 
As I have told you, no one has any knowledge about the RB26 motor here in Malta so I can`t turn to anyone for help.
 
I am asking for your help as it will be of great importance for me to finish my car and I would be very grateful if you could lend me some of your knowledge.
 
Thanks for finding the time to read this email and I hope to hear from you soon.
 
Best Regards,  
 
Marlon

22/1/2010 Our mate from Oz, Rob Barac shares some photo's of this Evo...

Hi Guys, here are some photo's of my Evo progress...

My evo is progressing along nicely. I have finally accumulated 95% of the parts needed to finish it.

I’m going to run an air shifted liberty box, ace racing clutch, koni electric shocks, we are dry sumping it etc, all of the good stuff.

I’m hoping to have it ready for the Winter nationals in June, but I’m not going to push it.

Good to see the skyline back out there mate, good luck with the new set up.

Rob.

21/1/2010 @ 12.11pm

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