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ULTIMATE 64 SHOOTOUT SPOTS AVAILABLE

The 2nd annual Ultimate 64 Shootout presented by Jeg’s Mail Order and Coronet
Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge/Jeep is set for the weekend of July 10 at historic
Mountain Park Dragway in Clay City, KY.  Several of the nations top racers will
converge on the Northern Kentucky facility for their chance to compete for one
of the largest cash purses in central America!
 
The weekend festivities will kick off Thursday, July 7, with a four-man
scramble golf tournament.  Later that evening, competitors are invited to join
the fun with a Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournament at the track.  Friday, racing
action gets underway with the first of three full days of competition.  Friday
through Sunday, the event will feature Super Pro and No Box classes open to all
entrants: Super Pro will pay $5,000-to-win each day for a $200 weekend entry,
while No Box will pay $2,000-to-win each day for a $150 weekend entry.

THE MIKE EDWARDS MISSION

clip_image002.jpgWhen Mike Edwards and
his Young Life team developed “A Team on a Mission” and “Sending A Kid To Camp” program
for the 2005 season, none of them knew how far it would reach into the racing
community. Now entering its third year, the program has sent nearly 300 kids to
a Young Life camp, and for 2007 Edwards and his team hopes the program far
exceeds that number.

“We knew the racing
community was a giving bunch that would do almost anything to give those not as
fortunate as us a chance at something better,” Edwards said. “That is why we
started this program and now it is accomplishing just that, giving kids some
hope for the future.”

For 2007, Edwards will
be carrying a special logo on his car that shows his support of the progam. This
will hold true for all the fellow NHRA racers who join forces with Edwards in
“Sending A Kid To Camp” as each will carry the bright green decal.

SOFFSEAL NAMED PRESENTING SPONSOR

The 5th Annual Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion continues to
grow as SoffSeal has been named as presenting sponsor of the automotive
speed festival, June 15-17 at Columbus, Ohio's National Trail Raceway. 
SoffSeal's new sponsorship is in addition to its previous participation
as presenting sponsor for the street rod "show and shine" contest at
the event."

SoffSeal has been involved with the National Hot Rod
Reunion since its inception," said Tony Thacker, executive director of
the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, which produces and benefits
from the event.  "We're glad the partnership is expanding as this event
continues to grow."

FORCE SATISFIED WITH SAFETY CHANGES

After finally generating tire shake on the last of three test runs Wednesday in
his Castrol GTX High Mileage Ford Mustang, 14-time NHRA Funny Car Champion John
Force declared his race team ready to compete in this week’s eighth annual
SummitRacing.com Nationals.

FIRST LOOK - JON CAPPS VEGASFUEL FLOPPER

Here are the first renderings of the new Jon Capps VEGASFUEL entry.
Capps has yet to make the official announcement, but sources indicate
that will come on Thursday, if not earlier.

SPRING NATIONALS BROADCAST SCHEDULE ON SPEED

IHRA has announced more of the broadcast schedule for the Knoll-Gas Nitro Jam™
Drag Racing Series. Next weekend’s Spring Nationals presented by Advance Auto
Parts and Castrol will air on SPEED Saturday, May 5 at 2:30
p.m.
(eastern) with Top Fuel and Nitro Funny Car coverage. That show will air again
Wednesday, May 9 at 3 p.m.

NEW SGMP ADRL EVENT SPONSOR

The Flowmaster American Drag
Racing League and Camp Motorsport, a racing-based educational program
located at VIRginia International Raceway, today announced a multi-year partnership
that includes Camp
Motorsport becoming the
title-rights sponsor for the ADRL's annual Georgia Drags event. That event, scheduled for May 4 and 5 this year at Valdosta,
Ga., is now officially known as
the Camp Motorsport Georgia Drags.

"Camp Motorsport
is thrilled about this new partnership," said Camp Motorsport
founder Ken Martin, who formerly was Director of Camps for the U.S. Space Camp,
an educational experience for youngsters interested in space travel and
exploration. "We are looking forward to introducing Camp Motorsport
to the millions of fans that ADRL reaches each year."

JR. DRAGSTER RACER NEEDS OUR HELP

8-year-old Kaylee Greer suffered life threatening injuries while making her very first pass in a Jr. Dragster at Ohio Valley Dragstrip near Louisville, Kentucky last week. According to reports, after turning off the track her car veered left and hit a retaining wall head-on. Kaylee either tore or broke the muscles and tendons in her neck which holds the head in place. The only thing keeping her head attached was her skin and spine. When help arrived, Kaylee was unconsious and not breathing, and the paramedic at the scene is credited with saving her life.

NHRA STARS IN THE BULLRING

NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series stars Ron Capps,
Gary Scelzi, Cruz Pedregon and Tommy Johnson Jr. will race in Thunder Roadsters
at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday night.  The four Funny Car
drivers will compete against each other in a special “grudge match” and also
will attempt to qualify for the regular Thunder Roadster feature.  The drivers
are in town for the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at LVMS Friday
through Sunday.  There will be no increase in admission for this special
attraction.

COUGHLIN'S NEW APPROACH TO TOP SPORTSMAN

After winning the Top Sportsman title at the JEGS NHRA Northern SPORTSnationals
last season, Mike Coughlin probably didn’t need to make wholesale changes to his
JEGS.com Chevy Cobalt, this winter, but he just couldn’t help himself. Armed
with a new engine that he hopes will put the car deep into the six-second range,
Coughlin is hoping to be among the top qualifiers in the 32-car Dart Top
Sportsman class as he heads to O’Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis for this
week’s NHRA Division 3 Lucas Oil Series opener.
 
“Last year was my first year in Top Sportsman and we had a lot of fun and
we also learned a lot,” said Coughlin. “My car was certainly competitive, but we
really thought that we could become even more competitive by making the car
quicker so that’s why we decided on a new engine program. In this class, you
just can’t sit still. You have to keep moving forward so hopefully this move
will help move us to the head of the class.”

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