<< UPDATE: SATURDAY, JULY 5 >> RAIN WASHED OUT FRIDAY'S SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION AT THE CARS RV & MARINE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONALS AT EDMONTON'S CASTROL RACEWAY. PROVISIONAL TOP PROFESSIONAL QUALIFIERS AFTER ONE SESSION WERE MARK THOMAS (ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR), SCOTT CANNON (PRO MODIFIED), AND BOB BERTSCH (PRO STOCK). QUALIFYING RESUMES SATURDAY AT 10 AM <<1320 TV>> IN THE WAKE OF SCOTT KALITTA'S DEATH AT ENGLISHTOWN, NEW JERSEY, THE NHRA HAS ANNOUNCED THAT BEGINNING AT (PRO STOCK). EXT WEEK'S DENVER RACE, THE TOP FUEL AND FUNNY CAR CLASSSES WILL COMPETE ON A 1,000-FOOT COURSE RATHER THAN THE TRADITIONAL QUARTER-MILE (1320 FEET). NHRA SAID THE STEP IS TEMPORARY, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE SAFETY WHILE THE TEAMS AND SANCTIONING BODY ANALYZE WAYS TO ENHANCE SAFETY PROCEDURES AND FEATURES AT EVERY RACE. PLEASE SEE THE COMPLETE STORY, INCLUDING REACTIONS, IN OUR 1320 TV "FRONT PAGE" SECTION. <<1320 TV>> NASCAR STAR KEVIN HARVICK SAID HE HAS 'TABLED' ANY PLANS TO GET INVOLVED IN NHRA DRAG RACING. "RIGHT NOW WE'VE TABLED ALL THAT STUFF. THERE'S SO MUCH CHANGING IN THE WHOLE WORLD RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS WHERE SPONSORSHIP DOLLARS ARE GOING, AND WE'RE JUST KIND FO TAKING A STEP BACK AND GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE YEARS HERE AND JUST REALLY FOCUS ON OUR TWO TRUCKS AND SEE WHERE THE NATIONWIDE THING GOES AS FAR AS THE RULES PACKAGES AND WHERE THE ECONOMY GOES INSTEAD OF JUMPING IN WITH BOTH FEET," HE SAID. "RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST GOING TO KIND OF TABLE THAT IDEA. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN AND STILL WOULD CONSIDER LOOKING AT GOING FORWARD, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE YEARS HERE AND REALLY SEE WHERE EVERYTHING GOES." <<1320 TV>> THE OFFICIAL SCOTT KALITTA TRIBUTE DECAL AND T-SHIRT ARE AVILABLE FOR PURCHASE ONLINE FROM WWW.TEAMKALITTA.COM AND WILL BE AVIALBLE AT THE RACETRACK BEGINNING AT NEXT WEEK'S MOPAR MILE-HIGH NATIONALS. ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO RACERS FOR CHRIST AND B.R.A.K.E.S. (BE RESPONSIBLE AND KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE). <<1320 TV>> TOP FUEL DRIVER BRANDON BERNSTEIN WILL JOIN ACTOR D.S. SWEENEY, NBA STAR GARY PAYTON, OPEN-WHEEL (AND DANCING) STAR HELIO CASTRONEVES, AND TV PERSONALITY JOHN SALLEY AS JUDGES AT THE JULY 8 HOOTERS INTERNATIONAL SWIMSUIT PAGEANT AT FORT LAUDERDALE. <<1320 TV>> JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION CHILDREN HAVE DESIGNED PAINT SCHEMES, ONE OF WHICH WILL BE CHOSEN TO APPEAR ON BOB TASCA III'S SHELBY MUSTANG FUNNY CAR AT THE U.S. NATIONALS AT INDIANAPOLIS. THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED AUGUST 4 AND WILL BE INVITED TO INDIANAPOLIS FOR THE UNVEILING OF THE PAINT SCHEME AND A CHANCE TO HANG OUT WITH TASCA DURING QUALIFYING. VISIT www.jdrf.org/ford THROUGH JULY 31 TO VOTE.