The Drag Racing List website has been updated for the end of the 2000 drag racing season. Research editors Danny White and Steve Klemetti have added information on drag racing teams from the past and the present. In addition, hundreds of Drag Racing List readers have contributed new stats and information. There are over 2000 new racer entries, in addition to hundreds of updates to existing entries. Recent information requests from readers and purchases of entire collections of drag racing newspapers are forcing massive updates. All drag racers and fans, new and old, are encouraged to add their information to the lists by filling out the online form at DRL Form.

I'm trying to locate any old timers who, like me, were at the Yellow River Drag Strip disaster in 1967. I was standing right in the midst of where the people were killed, and would have been killed myself if I had not moved a few minutes before Huston Platt launched. Got some old photos of the wreck. I was 14 years old at the time.

Ron "Big Yohns" Johnson made a decision this week to change his race team to better cope with the rigors of Nostalgia Junior Fuel racing. As of today, Mendy Fry will be driving Johnson's San Diego-based Junior Fuel nostalgia dragster. Ron commented, "With Mendy's addition, Kol and I will be able to concentrate on learning how to run at our optimum level, hopefully win some rounds, and maybe, dare I say it, a race."

For anyone who doesn't recognize her name, Mendy Fry is a Santa Rosa, California, native who raced from the mid-1980's through the mid-1990's with a great deal of success. Running a big-inch AHRA combination in Top Alcohol Dragster, Fry ran the quickest time of the 1988 drag racing season at 6.15 seconds. Says Johnson, "She is a delightful young lady and is just as excited about this deal as I am."

Ron Johnson is backing up his decision with an entirely new motor, built with "the best stuff he is able to secure." The new powerplant won't be in the car until the Bakersfield March Meet at the soonest. it will be a joint effort of a number of Johnson's racing friends, including Jim Swedberg, Joe Schubeck, Bob Meyer, Bob McKray and others.

The team plans to run several Goodguys and ADRA meets and possibly a few NHRA Divisional races in the new A/Nostalgia Dragster category of Competition Eliminator. A return trip to Bakersfield for the California Hot Rod Reunion is on tap for October.

Bob McKray is putting the finishing touches on a rebuild of the current engine, so the team will have a fresh powerplant going into the New Year. They will run at least one test and tune event before Bakersfield. The combination of Ron Johnson's investment and Mendy Fry's driving should be enough to shake up the troops on the Nostalgia circuits in 2001.

We now have a classified ads section for race car related stuff on our Awesome Burnouts (the home of the International Blown Alcohol Association. Feel free to use it for racing related stuff. And as always, you can follow the adventures of The Prospector, Canada's only '57 Chev Funny Car, at Mageau Family Racing's web page.

Hi Bob. Pleased to see your site back in action. I've just uploaded some more video and captures onto our Blue Thunder Racing website. We had a rather frustrating weekend, but now have the car running properly. Broke the blower belt in the pits and lost a new oil line on the burnout. Just another couple of test runs before we can open it up.

Hello Bob. We have another cretin, who has come up with a virus. The email is sent from "HaHaHa" and is titled "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The real story." The Norton Antivirus picked it up, so please be careful. Will know more about it when I have word back from Norton. Good reason to have a good antivirus program on your system.

Thank you so much for the gasoline price information. I used it for the business report on my oral report on Canada. I gave you credit as my Canadian "Business Correspondent". I'm sure I got a good grade.

We have another cretin that has come up with a virus. It came attached to an email from "hahaha" with the title "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - The Real Story". My Norton AntiVirus picked it up. So please be careful. I'll know more about it when I have word back from Norton. Just another good reason to have a good antivirus system in your system.

I just RE-published the shell of the new IBAA web page. I totally screwed up the thing, after working on it for a couple of weeks, and ended up deleting most of the files by accident. Check out the new shell page at: Awesome Burnouts and let me know what you think. If you have a slower connection, it may take a while to load.

And as always, follow the adventures of the Prospector, Canada's only '57 Chev Funny Car, at Mageau Family Racing's web page.

Click here to read the "clickable" version.

Stories of The Day

December 11
Payin' the Bills at San Fernando. Walt Stevens tells how he set top time at The Pond and offers more memories.

December 10
Steve Read Takes First Top Fuel Points of the Season at Calder Park. Paul Marinelli provides full coverage of the weekend's action in Australia.

December 9
A Day at the Races with Dick Harrel's Car. New contributor Dave Libby provides a glimpse into the drive-all-night world of professional Funny Car match racing, '60s style.

December 8
Grumpy Debuts his Famous Vega. Phil Elliott remembers how they laughed and bounced Bill Jenkins from tech when he brought out his legendary '72 Vega. But the Gnome of Malvern had the last laugh...

December 7
Harry Hibler in the Lights. Pat Foster with a tale of a close encounter with two '60s era Top Fuel cars at speed.

December 6
Keith Black and the Kid. Frank Oglesby tells a funny tale about a kid who showed four fuel tuners a thing or two.

December 5
My Best Time at the Drags. Digger racer Laurie "Purple Girl" Watts tells of her favorite day at the drags.

Pictures of The Day

December 11
Return of the Gremlin. New contributor Bill Peters captured Rich Lamont's great looking AMC Gremlin Pro Stock car at Atco's November nostalgia race.

December 10
The Bean Bandits Hit The Flatlands. Pete Garramone with a great shot of the legendary San Diego team at Great Bend, Kansas, in 1955.

December 9
Swedish Pro Street Aaction. Hans Karlsson provides some great shots of mid-six-second European Doorslammers.

December 8
Austin vs. Anglia in Neon. Gonzo whips up some tasty photo art.

December 7
Racing's Over for Another Year. Anni Valder provides a nice photo of the sun going down on Santa Pod Raceway -- another season's in the books.

December 6
Switzerland's Fastest Pro Mod. Eli provides a nice burnout shot of Marcus Hilt's Swiss Pro Mod '55 Chevy.

December 5
Gene Mooneyham's 554 and Kenny Ellis' 3-wheeler. Steve Gibbs came upon buried treasure recently -- a few rolls of undeveloped drag racing shots from 1962. Here's the first pair. Wow!

Movies of The Week

Blown Altered Chain Reaction. New contributor Aidan Smith checks in with neat footage of a blown altered getting WAY out of shape off the starting line.

Top Doorslammer on its Roof. Rob Oberg's Drag Racing TV program from Willowbank catpures some of the best drag racing action anywhere. Grant Stephens of the Cackling Pipes website has pulled some of the best clips together and has offered them to the DRL. Thanks, guys!

Updated Heads Up Event Calendar:
You had to go to Hawaii to see it, but we had six-second, 200 mph action this weekend. Florida had action, too, and Australia had Top Fuel. Any other December events out there? If so, get 'em in to events@draglist.com. I will be posting the 2001 heads up events soon.

Exclusive Bonus Photos:
Flashback. NHRA Pros at Atlanta. Les Welch has provided us with cool photos from NHRA events since about halfway through the season. But he took shots at all the early events, too. If you want to see photos from a particular NHRA event that occurred in 2000, just drop us a line and we will get the word to Les. In the meantime, check out his photo archive here.

BRAY REVVED UP FOR ADELAIDE RACE

Five times Australian Top Doorslammer drag racing champion Victor Bray goes into this weekend's second round of the current championship at Adelaide International Raceway, buoyed by a world record setting performance in his Castrol Chev at the opening round at Calder Park and then another strong performance at Willowbank Raceway last month.

Bray upped the outright world speed record for drag racing sedans to a staggering 237.40 mph [385.7 kph] in top qualifying at the Melbourne event, before losing the closest race of the season to Brett Stevens in the semifinal by a hundreth of a second. Three weeks later he entered the Supercharged Outlaws category at Willowbank Raceway's non-title event and won the class with a strong 6.31 second pass in the final.

"The 237 mile an hour run in Melbourne has shown us we're definitely headed in the right direction with the Castrol Chevy," Bray said. "The conditions down there were still pretty cold despite it being November. The weather makes a big difference to the tuneup on these cars and we expect it to be a lot hotter in Adelaide next Saturday. We ran at Willowbank to do some runs with warmer air and track surface in race conditions. The car responded well to tuning changes we made through the races and the 6.31 in the final was quicker than our top qualifier in Melbourne so the exercise has paid off."

The Top Doorslammer category now boasts the strongest competitor lineup in the class's history, with new racers joining the series constantly. A large field is expected for the Adelaide event with front runners including round one winner Brett Stevens, last season's championship runnerup Robin Judd, Andrew Searle, Peter Kapiris, local favourite Dave Koop and Top Alcohol Champion Gary Phillips in his new Studebaker.

Bray commented, "The competition is so strong now every round of the championship is critical. Any one of about eight guys have the ability to win in Adelaide. We hope the testing we've done will give us an edge this weekend."

Bray recently signed a new contract with long term sponsor, Castrol Australia, and is determined to claim a sixth consecutive Australian title for the company. In conjunction with his re-signing, Castrol has launched a competition where fans can design a new paint scheme for Bray's 1957 Chev. Full details are available at www.castrol.com.au.

Bray and his team will be arriving in Adelaide early to prepare for the event, with Victor also involved in pre-race media and promotional appearances. This Thursday evening fans can meet him and the team at the Hog's Breath Cafe at Holden Hill.

Here's an off the wall question: what is the price of unleaded regular gasoline in your part of Canada? My daughter (6th grade) is preparing a report and is gathering information. I told her that I knew several people in Canada and would put the question to them. Thanks!

We've had a lot of bad luck lately (what's new?) and one problem has been my PC going down in a big way. I've posted a brief update on the webpage of what's been happening lately. please excuse any mistakes as I'm having to do all this from a little palmtop computer. Check it out at: LA Racing.

Good to see you're still alive and kicking. I take it by hints in your message that you need to be picked up at the airport on the 19th of February. It shouldn't be a problem as long as I get the updates from you about time and place properly.

I went down to Ken's last night and picked up the nuts; it turns out the longer studs on the manifold come with nuts from Ken and as long as they were the only one's lent you, you won't be needing them (I can't remember how many nuts I left there, and I don't have the block here to check with either.) The guy I've sold the engine to wants to pick it all up this week, which was why I decided to go and grab the nuts back.

I've just started to get all the pieces together to build the kids a junior dragster, so I might even have to call in a favour and get you to source some stuff if I can spare the time to wait for you to reply. Haha.

I better get going; hope everything is still going fine and you're going to be able to handle the hiding you're in for when you get back down here. All the best.

Thank you for the information regarding trailers in your neck of the woods. I hope it's a good sign you are so busy. Have a happy holiday.

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Bob, do you know of any websites where I might be able to purchase Johnny Lightning "Legends of Drag Racing" dragsters and funny cars? I used to have a few bookmarked, but I lost them.

Thanks for the email and checking out our Northwest Drag Racing website. It has been a couple of years since we got this thing going and we have gone through some changes, in the beginning. I took "snappy's" from my video for the site (and some were pretty awful!). This last season Kren starting using her digital camera (actually she has three of them). It's been a year of experimenting and our last race (California Hot Rod Reunion) was a good test as we used both her new Sony Mavica cd1000 and my new Sony digital camcorder (got some decent stills using the memory stick).

I'm a frequent visitor on your site and always have a good time on my visits. I hope Roy (Ranquist - see below) gets his car running next year. It was really a tease at Woodburn as they had some problems. Well, got to go; thanks again and we'll see you on the net.

After that Bayview - Arlington thing, I dedicated half my life to working towards preserving the memories of our sport locally. There are so many photos, movies, etc., out there that are currently unidentified and it won't be long before all the people who can help will be gone. I feel it's so important to keep track of our heritage.

Heck, nobody even knows the old official track record of Mission. Double heck, I got a call yesterday asking if I have a video of the CPSA mph record run of 1999 showing the boards as nobody thought to record it... As we all grow older the list of those we loose will only get larger.

Remember the old Bill Cosby record. Goes something like: "My dad has no life. All he ever says when I see him is "Ya know who died yesterday?".... Later man, I'm off Sunday for a short holiday.

Hey Bob, thanks for dropping a line over here. Well what can I say? I'm working in an environment that dates back to the '50s. Everything we do is done manually; invoicing, stock recording, store transfers -- you name it. We do it sloooow. So my patience is running out. I'm getting writer's cramp from issuing invoices. The people are nice to work with, but when you're busy trying to sell products and look after the workshop, it becomes very hard sometimes.

Now let's try to answer some of your questions. Scott Ferguson: Mate, I haven't heard from the boy in some time. Last time I saw him would have been in '98. Kate and I went to Adelaide for some winery touring. (Adelaide is very good for wines - if you like that kind of thing. I know I do!) We dropped in to see Scott. He seemed OK, but he was only working part time, at that stage. I noticed that he dropped a line to you on the Backfire! page. That's the only contact I have seen from him in a long time. I will try and reach David Hawke in Adelaide and try to get some news for you.

OK. Next. Tony and Cameron Brooks: I keep in constant contact with them. They are very busy trying to increase their business in Albury. I think the toll with the whole new deal really put a dent in their cash flow. Now they're concentrating on shifting to new premises across the road from their current workshop site.

Their car is pretty well finished. Of course with the lack of races that have been made available in their area, testing has not come into the equation -- yet. However, Cameron is fairly toey (anxious) to jump in the seat. But as usual, business is first.

The car is going to be just as good as when it first came out. And that's as far as I know to date with that outfit.

The round of Top Doorslammers at Calder Park (Melbourne - November). My view: God I was bored. There weren't many cars in each class that attended the meet. Normally there would be cars in the infield, and also cars in the paved areas of the pits. (Near the Thunderdome). One Group 2 class (I think) was able to run a 32-car field. That's how many cars entered.

There wasn't a whole lot of promotion around Melbourne, by the way of radio or TV. The Thursday and Friday before there had been some airtime, but not a lot. The atmosphere around the track was very subdued. OK, there was a fairly good crowd. But it lacked a lot of "energy" around the place. Normally there is a feeling of expectation among the punters (spectators) but it felt pretty flat.

All the crews and team owners, cars, etc., put on some great racing. But the Castrol '57 Chevy stole the show with a barnstorming 237+ mile an hour run. That is really hauling butt! I don't think Murray Anderson (the chassis builder) was expecting that to happen.

Drag racing has really suffered over the last eighteen months or so. With no definite decision about Sydney's future, and rumours that are going around about Calder and the new "track" at Deer Park (Adrenalin Motorsports). Another burden we have to swallow is the U.S. to Australian dollar exchange rate. It's currently costing $1.90 to buy an American dollar!

That's got to be hurting the purchase of "quick stuff" to here from the land of Stars and Stripes. It will be interesting to see how things pan out over here after this season. I believe it will be a telling mark, how Drag Racing is conducted for the forthcoming years.

As with your efforts to have your car here, sitting around, waiting to fire a shot in anger. It must be disappointing to hear all the BAD press that you must be receiving, from over here. As I think I mentioned to you earlier, my cousing was driving in the Australian Touring Car series. He is hearing of sponsors pulling out for no reason, and some because it's getting too dear (expensive).

Most complain that there is not enough coverage for them. Bloody hell, isn't Bathurst enough? Companies who aren't in the limelight, get more coverage from the misfortunes of cars -- running off and crashing -- than ever. I really don't know how anyone is able to keep sponsors in motor racing downunder these days.

In other news, the big day (wedding) is March 24th and if you're free from your hectic schedule, you're more than welcome to attend. Please let me know. We will send a proper invite to you. This is just a warning! Ha! Well, I've blabbed on enough. And thanks for keeping in contact. It's much appreciated. Hear from you soon.

NEW AA/FD DIECAST SERIES:

Just in time for Christams, 1320 Inc. has announced the first three cars in its new "Fuelers Series" of diecast front engine dragsters. Tony Nancy's "Sizzler" is the first release (followed by the "Wheeler Dealer" and "Joker"). Only 5000 of each car will be produced. (each car individually numbered 1 to 5000). Don't be left out; pre-order now to insure you'll get one. For full information, go to Tony Nancy diecast.

DOES YOUR HELMET NEED A TUNE-UP?

Sloan Taylor Graphics is currently running an off-season helmet design special. No matter what you race, if you want your helmet to stand out, Sloan Taylor can make it happen. Trust thirty years experience in graphics, lettering, pin striping, and air brushing for helmets. See more at: Sloan Taylor Graphics.

WORLD'S LARGEST AND GROWING:

If you haven't taken a lap by Fuel Dragsters: We Did It For Love lately, you need to. The world's largest drag racing photo and history site is just getting bigger and bigger. Over the last two months over 250 new vintage dragster shots have been added, along with full coverage of the California Hot Rod Reunion and its "Cacklefest". Check out the WDIFL sweatshirts for your winter wear. Fuel Dragsters.

NEW DRAG MART:

Nitroparts.com announces the opening of its new Drag Racing Photos (and other cool stuff) website. Directly related to WDIFL, DRP features Revell models, diecast collectibles, and memorabilia. Coming soon there will be tons of photos for sale and other surprise goodies for vintage drag racing and other sports lovers. Drag Racing Photos.

Happy Holidays!

Just talked to Larry "Wedge"-combe, or should I now say Larry "Brad"-combe? Yes, they are making the change. He just called looking for some parts. I guess you will be standing alone next year (as if you haven't been already).

PS: Keep writing. It was tooooo long with no news.

Great to hear from you. Yeah, I'm still driving truck, but this time I'm driving for a company, instead of owning the darn thing. I'm working for Matlack, a large chemical hauling outfit based in Wilmington, Delaware. I've been doing so for almost the last four years. Best move I ever made.

I finally got my dragster going in August of this year and tried to do some licensing passes out at Mission for the Loafer's event. Well, I guess they had some really busy weekends out there and they couldn't fit in any licensing on the weekends coming up to the Oldies event.

Well, you know how it is. You go plan "B". I called Woodburn and asked if I could do some licensing passes at their Oldies event and they said 'C'mon down!'. We went down only to find that the car would hardly run. (Why is it they run at home, but not when they're supposed to at the track?). It turned out that the fuel pump was going away, so after a real bad half track pass, it was decided that we would call it a weekend.

Nevertheless, the fun meter was on and we met a lot of nice people down there. Took the car home, sent the pump down to Hilborn, got the pump back, put it on the car and started it and it didn't seem any better. Took the mag off, took it down to Burlington, got it fixed (dead coil), brought it home, started the car and now it started to sound better.

Went down to your favourite track in Kent on Labor Day weekend to do some more licensing passes. Got to make four half track passes on Saturday. This thing was starting to sound a little like a real race car now. So much so that it sheared the crankshaft key under the blower hub. (I must be getting on the right track now; at least things are getting a little cheaper to fix!). Well, we had to call it a weekend, but all in all, had a good time.

I've been keeping track of your progress with your car and hopefully 2001 will be your year to get out and do it. Anyways, I hope to see you out at the drags this next year. By the way, check out George and Karen Adams' website: Northwest Drag Racing. Click on the Hot Rod Nationals Pit Shots link. Talk to you soon.

It is apparent that NHRA has pulled the plug on five to eight national events next year for Federal-Mogul Dragsters and Funny Cars. It is also apparent that NHRA is making room to run Pro Mod on a heads up leavel at several events. Rumored events include: Sonoma, Bristol, Brainerd, Chicago, Phoenix, Memphis, and Denver. Once again, we plan on running a comment column at Dragcom. All racer's comments are welcome.

Hi Bob. You must be working lots (or making lots of money for the government), for your trip downunder. We all miss you and your posts. Can you do something for me (for the Christmas issue of SpeedZone) by the end of the week?

Hi Bob. Nice to hear from you, and that it sounds as if you are still kicking. I look forward to seeing more stuff soon on Northern Thunder.

Hi, I'm just putting the finishing touches on CruZin magazine's calendar of events for 2001. We still haven't received any information from your group. There are some dates listed on your website, but you don't indicate if it is last year's event or those for 2001. I would also ask permission from you anyway before I would use your website dates in our calendar.

If you have any dates set that you would like included in our pullout calendar that comes with our January/February issue of the magazine, please send them to me as soon as possible (include name of event, date and a contact phone number). The deadline is December 12. Any information received after that will be included in the March/April issue calendar update.

Some of the car clubs that sponsor events at your race track have given me a few of their dates. Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

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The Drag Racing List Souvenir Store is open. That's right! We've plastered The Drag Racing List logo (seen in the upper left hand corner of each page of draglist.com) on a variety of products. Show your friends that you know what you are talking about in drag racing - 'cause you frequent the site that has all the info.

There are shop aprons, caps, clocks, golf shirts, t-shirts for kids and adults, magnets, buttons, mouse pads, mugs, picture key rings, sweatshirts, tank tops, tote bags and visors. Basically, we waved at things. If they didn't wave back, we slapped a draglist.com logo on them. Check out our DRL Souvenir Store for a neat collection of affordable gifts for the holidays.

Updated Heads Up Event Calendar: If you were in Florida this past weekend, Desoto Drag Strip in Bradenton was the place to be for the Snowbird Nationals. Any other December events out there? If so, get 'em in to events@draglist.com. I will be posting the 2001 heads up events soon.

Link problems are on the way out. You probably have noticed that our drag racing links have been down for hours or even days at a time recently. It was simply a matter of server power under the load of millions of hits (wish they were all mine!). I got this note from the LinkBank folks to let us know the status of a planned server upgrade:

There you have it. I will make sure to grab the new version ASAP to ensure our links are available all day, every day.

Drag Racing Stories of the Day:

December 4
Fire in the Headers (Sing Along). Ron Dilley offers up his own drag racing song, sung to the tune of Marshall Tucker's "Fire on the Mountain."

December 3
2000 NHRA Oildown Final Report. motorsport.com provides the final tally of dollars and points racers were penalized in 2000. Now we want to know your opinion of this rule.

December 2
Tommy Joe invents the Drag Chute. Gonzo's back with another hilarious Tommy Joe Cauldwell story. Enjoy!

December 1
Dragster Front End Specs Question and Answer. Jim Hill and Pat Foster combine to discuss the unique challenges involved in getting front engine dragsters to go straight.

November 30
The Rise and Fall of the King and Marshall Funny Cars. James Morgan provides a cool history of the K & M Funny Car legacy in words and photos.

November 29
How To Start a Career in Drag Racing. I answer the age old question that pops up about once every five years.

November 28
War Horse Recaps the 2000 Season and Plans Ahead. Bruce Mullins looks back at a great season and tells us what's in store for his funny car team in 2001.

Drag Racing Pictures of the Day:

December 4
Sunburn in the Sensitive Spots. James Morgan examines why drag racing fans always seem to sunburn the bottoms of their forearms.

December 3
Jeggie Takes the Crown. Robert Briggs caught the new NHRA World Champion at the World Finals.

December 2
Junior Bikers? Gonzo provides the picture today, too. Where do the bike guys get their next generation of pilots?

December 1
Photographer Hunt! Digger Comin' Right at Ya! Wherein, Pete Garramone asks, just why DID we stand in front of those ill-handling fuelers?

November 30
Blown Swedish Pro Street Racing. Kjell Lindqvist with some shots of the amazing blown Pro Street machines racing in Sweden.

November 29
Country Girl: Rodalyn Knox's injected nitro Funny Car. Steve Heuer provides a pit shot of Rodalyn Knox's injected 'Cuda from the '70s.

November 28
Haulin' the Groceries. An 8-second bracket wagon. Gonzo captured this wild Super Comp station wagon last weekend.

Drag Racing Movies of the Week:

December 4
Top Doorslammer on its Roof! Rob Oberg's Drag Racing TV program from Willowbank captures some of the best drag racing action anywhere. Grant Stephens of the Cackling Pipes website has pulled some of the best clips together and has offered them to the DRL. Thanks, guys.

December 3
John Ellis' Outrageous Burnout! Brian Fawcus catches European Pro Mod racer John Ellis as he aimns for the starter during the burnout.

Hey, it's about time you came out of the woodwork, and back into the World Wide Web. Welcome Back, Bob! Cheers! :-)

Just checking to see if you are going to update your site as I follow it on a regular basis and find it very informative and interesting. Just wondered if you would put my link back on your link page as we are finally starting to get the website up and running. It's WTF Racing and we are still under construction, but nearly finished.

Also, thanks for the info on that fuel injector, it was a great help.

Bob, my name is Glen Brown. I live in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Between January 12th and 29th, 2001, I will be making my first trip to Australia to visit a friend who lives in Brisbane. I'm hoping to spend a bit up time up on the Gold Coast and I get the impression from your website that there is a dragstrip in the area.

For the past two years I've worked at the local strip (Mission Raceway) in the burnout box area. My responsibilities included direction and control of the race cars in the burnout area, assisting with track preparation and safety. (Sorry, I didn't mean for this to sound like a job resume).

I would be delighted if that experience would allow me to be granted status to visit a track in Australia and observe Aussie racing from an up close and personal perspective. Can you advise me if there will be racing during my trip? If I can get a VIP visitor pass or something similar? I can probably provide a letter confirming my experience from my local track if needed.

I'd appreciate your advising me by return email so I can plan my visit a little better. Thanks.