This was posted on Competition Plus. Two more races is great news

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More for the HEMI Challenge?

(7-18-2006) - David Hakim, Portfolio Manager for Mopar Parts, has informed Torco’s Competitionplus.com that the extremely popular Hemi Challenge, which has become an integral part of the NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals over Labor Day weekend, will be even bigger in 2007. Two more events will be added to the series, including the Pacific Sports Nationals and the Dutch Classic at Maple Grove Raceway. Competitors running those races will begin earning points towards the ’07 championship, which will climax with the running of the U.S. Nationals, just as it has in the past. In addition t the two new races there’ll be additional Hemi Challenge races as part of the Jeg’s Sports Nationals events in Columbus, Ohio and Bel Rose, Louisiana. Each race will include a $5,000 winner’s purse, while the Indy affair will remain the Big Enchilada with a ten-grand-to-win purse. The overall series champion will pocket an additional $5,000. That’s definitely good money for Super Stock racing – until you realize that a competitive Hemi Dart or Cuda can easily tip the financial scales at $250,000, but these guys aren’t racing for money, they’re competing for pride.