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Press Clippings - 1997


  • NHRA unveils far-reaching TV package
       NHRA TV package features more than 125 hours of racing
       ©   National Hot Rod Association  -  December 30, 1997

  • Walliser named Director of Racing Operations
       NHRA names Ned Walliser to newly created position
       ©   National Hot Rod Association  -  December 27, 1997

  • NHRA bans Sainty-McGee Engines
       NHRA's 1998 Rule Book bans all "Multi-Valve" engines in Top Fuel
       ©   DRAGSTER Australia  -  December 19, 1997

  • Dial - In (An Editorial)
       Publisher David Cook's view on NHRA Rule changes for 1998
       ©   DRAGSTER Australia  -  December 19, 1997

  • Little Change at ARDC AGM
       No news is no news from the ARDC Annual General Meeting
       ©   DRAGSTER Australia  -  December 19, 1997

  • Cruising Canadian
       A Canadian tourist discovers Australian drag racing
       ©   DRAGSTER Australia  -  December 5, 1997

  • Who's Afraid of Arley Langlo?
       Cole Coonce's report on the state of low-buck nitro racing
       ©  Nitronic Research  -  December 1, 1997

  • New Track in Victorian Scene
       Steve Bettes relaunches old Heathcote strip
       ©   DRAGSTER Australia  -  November 7, 1997

  • NHRA to delay performance restrictions
       Top Fuel and Funny Car racers won't face restrictions in 1998
       ©   National Hot Rod Association  -  November 4, 1997

  • Initial performance-restriction tests conducted
       NHRA VP Carl Olson announces Top Fuel and Funny Car tests
       ©   National Hot Rod Association  -  October 24, 1997

  • Koala Logic
       And you really thought Kangaroos were smart ?
       ©   Adelaide Advertiser  -  October 13, 1997

  • DIAL - IN (An Editorial)
       David Cook's "lead-in" to the Pandora's Box article(s)
       ©  DRAGSTER Australia  -  October 10, 1997

  • Pandora's Box
       An overview of the North Queensland restructuring proposal
       ©  DRAGSTER Australia  -  October 10, 1997

  • Pandora's Box - Letter 1
       Mark Hughes' "modest" proposal for restructuring ANDRA
       ©  DRAGSTER Australia  -  October 10, 1997

  • Pandora's Box - Letter 2
       Dennis Syrmis (Willowbank Raceway) responds to the proposal
       ©  DRAGSTER Australia  -  October 10, 1997

  • Pandora's Box - Letter 3
       South Queensland proposal for rules making reform
       ©  DRAGSTER Australia  -  October 10, 1997

  • The LOWEdown
       Ken Lowe's views on the future of Australian drag racing
       ©   DRAGSTER Australia  -  October 10, 1997

  • Race Car Insurance
       Who Needs It? . . . YOU DO!
       ©   Drag Racing Monthly  -  September, 1997

  • In Control
       Ivan Stibbard explains how the ARDC will run Eastern Creek
       ©  DRAGSTER Australia  -  August 29, 1997

  • Willowbank Raceway - August Bulletin
       New scrutineering area, Winternationals camping and more
       ©  Willowbank Raceway  -  August 8, 1997

  • DIAL - IN (An Editorial)
       What's wrong with the ANDRA rules making system
       ©  DRAGSTER Australia  -  August 1, 1997

  • Eastern Creek Crisis : Mick O'Hara Resigns
       General Manager quits after just nine weeks on the job
       ©   DRAGSTER Australia  -  August 1, 1997

  • Who Needs Screws ? You Do !
       Lots of responses from Australia and the USA to Jim Campos
       ©   DRAGSTER Australia  -  August 1, 1997

  • Will Oildowns Kill Drag Racing?
       Jon Asher looks at a serious "entertainment" problem
       ©   Drag Racing Monthly  -  August, 1997

  • Blair named NHRA Northwest Division Director
       Chris Blair takes over Director's chair in Division Six
       ©   National Hot Rod Association  -  July 23, 1997

  • Who Needs Screws ?
       Jim Campos sepaks out on the pros and cons of screw blowers
       ©   DRAGSTER Australia  -  July 18, 1997

  • Tales from the Trail
       A collection of stories about towing mis-adventures and mishaps
       ©   DRAGSTER Australia  -  June 20, 1997

  • Drag Racing Promoters meet in Adelaide
       Report from the 1997 conference of the Promoters Association
       ©   DRAGSTER Australia  -  June 6, 1997

  • Racers reject Three Round Proposal
       Details of and reaction to a proposed new elimination format
       ©   DRAGSTER Australia  -  June 6, 1997

  • Compton promoted, elected to NHRA Board
       Tom Compton begins his quick rise to the top at NHRA
       ©   National Hot Rod Association  -  June 4, 1997

  • A Few Moments in HELL
       Tony DeFeo is held captive by a Fuel Altered
       ©   Hot Rod Magazine  -  June, 1997

  • Cheap Thrills - Part Two
       How to build and tune a " BUDGET " Nitro Hemi
       ©   Drag Racing Monthly  -  June, 1997

  • What's Behind Blown Fuel?
       Building a 6000-HP Nitro Burner -- the Dale Armstrong way
       ©   Hot Rod Magazine  -  June, 1997

  • Dragging to a halt
       Tiffani Hyland plans for retirement from Top Alcohol racing
       ©   Vancouver Province  -  May 11, 1997

  • In The Hot Seat
       New Eastern Creek Manager sets out some of his dreams
       ©   DRAGSTER Australia  -  May 9, 1997

  • Mother Nature can be a real drag
       Rain postpones Mission Raceway Park points meet
       ©   Vancouver Province  -  May 5, 1997

  • Attitude Adjustment
       Winning isn't everything at Mission Raceway points meet
       ©   Vancouver Province  -  May 2, 1997

  • Cheap Thrills - Part One
       How to build -- and tune -- a blown nitro Hemi for nostalgia or ...?
       ©   Drag Racing Monthly  -  May, 1997

  • Data Acquisition Basics
       An overview of how on-board data recorders function
       ©   DRAGSTER Australia  -  April 11, 1997

  • Learning To Count
       Dennis Syrmis (Willowbank Raceway) gives us an arithmetic lesson
       ©   DRAGSTER Australia  -  March 28, 1997

  • Will the PRO survive the t-shirt war?
       A change in leadership leaves the future of the PRO in doubt
       ©   Drag Racing Monthly  -  Feburary, 1997

  • Small Miracles
       Brew and Pozzebon are the kings of small block sting!
       ©   National Drag Racer  -  January, 1997
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