*Larry Beck of www.HotRodCruises.com passed away this morning, Tuesday, March 21, 2006,

  at 5:30am at UCLA from a hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer. He and his wife Paula have

  been producing car cruises throughout Southern California for several years including the John

  Force RaceStation Cruise Nights, Million $ Breakfast Cruises and several others.  There will be a

  memorial service/cruise this Sunday, March 26, at 9am in Irvine; just down the street from John

  Wayne Airport, at the following location that is at the site of the weekly “Million $ Breakfast

  Cruise.”  There is parking for 800 vehicles, so please bring your street rod, muscle car, antique

  or classic and be apart of this day to celebrate Larry Beck’s life.  Taleo Mexican Grill, 3309

  Michelson Drive, Irvine 92612.  405 Freeway - Exit Jamboree South – LT Michelson Drive –

  LT Carlson into parking lot.  In lieu of flowers, Larry’s wife Paula has requested donations be

  sent to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) Donation.  See the following website  

  https://www.pancan.org/Donate/donateonline.html     (Deb Baker & Craig Hoelzel) See Illness & Obit

*Tony Thacker has joined NHRA as executive director of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports

  Museum, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California.  He joins NHRA with nearly

  20 years of experience with marketing, public relations and communications. He most recently

  served as the vice president of marketing for SO-CAL Speed Shop, a world-renowned builder

  of street rods and race car parts manufacturer.  (www.hotrodhotline.com)

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*SEMA model legislation, that would create a vehicle registration classification for street rods and

  custom vehicles and provide for special license plates for these vehicles was approved by the

  Massachusetts Joint Transportation Committee.  H.B. 2212 defines a street rod as an alter-

  ed vehicle manufactured before 1949 and a custom as an altered vehicle at least 25 years old and

  manufactured after 1948.  The bill allows kit cars and replica vehicles to be assigned a certificate

  of title bearing the same model year designation as the production vehicle they most closely re-

  semble.  H.B. 2212 will now be considered by the full Massachusetts House of Representatives.

*2006 O’Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series April Schedule:
  Apr 7  Ponderosa Speedway, Junction City, KY.  3rd Annual Spring 40
  Apr 8  Ponderosa Speedway, Junction City, KY.  1st Annual Ponderosa 50
  Apr 14  Florence Speedway, Union, KY.  Spring 50 Tune-Up
  Apr 15  Florence Speedway, Union, KY.  Spring 50
  Apr 22  Brownstown Speedway, Brownstown, IN.  23rd Annual Hoosier Dirt Classic
  Apr 28  Richmond Raceway, Richmond, KY.  Spring Shootout
  Apr 29  Bluegrass Speedway, Bardstown, KY.  9th Annual Spring Sizzler  (Dustin Jarrett)

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*8th Annual K&N FILTERS SHOW AND GO Car Show and Street Race for Charity,

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