Let the record reflect that at 5 PM, September 24, Don Schumacher smiled for the
first time this season as a result of success earned by his Pro Stock
team.

Schumacher made the decision earlier in the month to join forces
with Team Mopar teammate Allen Johnson and the results were enough to make the
beleaguered team owner happy.

“It certainly has turned my Pro Stock
operation around,” Schumacher said. “There’s a lot of work left to be done on
both our car and Alan Johnson’s. It’s a good deal and we’ve certainly worked
hard to get it to this point.”

Schumacher and Johnson intended to debut
their joint effort in Reading but rain delays enabled them time for two test
sessions in preparation for the Dallas debut.

With the immediate success
of this venture, winning driver Richie Stevens couldn’t help but wonder why Schumacher and Johnson
didn’t take this route earlier.

“It makes you wonder,” Stevens admitted.
“We started out with Bob Glidden doing our engines and Bob is a helluva engine
builder but Don didn’t feel like he was doing things the right way. He brought
in David Nickens and felt the same way. He’s got Roy and Allen Johnson now and
we tested very well. I’m surprised that mark Ingersoll adapted to the car and
everything so immediately. We made four good runs in a row and that won it for
us.”

Ron
Krisher had considered going to a Mopar for 2007 but the thought of being tarred
and feathered in his hometown just didn’t set well with the veteran Pro Stock
racer.
Krisher would have been in a rather uncomfortable predicament had
he opted to travel the Mopar route.

“I live where they build the Cobalts,”
Krisher, of Warren, Ohio, said. “People get a down-home feeling back at home
about this car. The survival of the whole community depends on the Cobalt and it
wouldn’t be good to come out with a Dodge. I don’t think that would go over well
with a Dodge - especially with some of the local government functions that I get
involved in. You have to watch out for your bread and butter.”

BERNSTEIN, HIGHT AND STEVENS EARN VICTORIES AT O'REILLY FALLNATIONALS

Brandon Bernstein and Robert Hight moved into their respective championship chases Sunday with convincing wins at the
O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec at the Texas
Motorplex near Dallas.

 
Both men started and finished the day third in the points, but not
before gaining some serious ground on the category leaders at the 19th
of 23 races in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.
Bernstein is now just 40 points out of the Top Fuel lead, while Hight
closed to within 93 of Funny Car's top spot.

In Pro Stock, Richie Stevens scored his first victory in more than five
years. Bernstein's fourth victory of the season and 12th of his career
came at the expense of Rod Fuller, while Hight pulled away from
first-time finalist Mike Ashley at half-track to earn his third win of
the year and fifth overall.

SHELLY PAYNE IS FIRST FEMALE TO WIN

PRO MODIFIED NATIONAL EVENT

Shelly
Payne has driven everything from a Top Alcohol Dragster to a Top Fueler
but a Pro Modified doorslammer has proven to be a formidable challenge.
This weekend she effectively broke down the barriers to become the
first female champion in the five-year history of NHRA AMS Pro Modified.

Payne
defeated a formidable list of challengers that included Mike Bell, her
husband Jay Payne and Thomas Patterson before getting the best of Troy
Critchley in the final round.

Castrol Syntec driver Eric Medlen was on the hot seat in the
first round when he popped the blower in his first round loss to Tony
Bartone. (Motel6 Vision/ESPN2)

Sunday's final results from the 21st annual O'Reilly
NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec at Texas Motorplex. The
$1.5 million race is the 19th of 23 in the $50 million NHRA POWERade
Drag Racing Series:

Final round-by-round results from the 21st annual
O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec at Texas
Motorplex, the 19th of 23 events in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag
Racing Series:

Point standings (top 10) for NHRA professional
categories following the 21st annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals
presented by Castrol Syntec at Texas Motorplex, the 19th of 23 events in
the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series -

Final round-by-round results from the IHRA Canadian Nationals at Toronto
Motorsports Park, the sixth of 11 events in the  2006 eMax Drag Racing
Series:

TEXARKANA, ARK. RESIDENT WINS TRIP TO NHRA FINALS AND CHANCE TO BECOME POWERade FAN NATIONALS SERIES CHAMPION

Colton Chapman Triumphs Behind the Wheel of a Funny Car Simulator at the
O’Reilly Fall Nationals in Ennis, Texas; Wins a Trip to the Auto Club
Finals in November and a Chance to Become 2006 POWERade Fan Nationals
Series Champion

ENNIS, Texas. (Sept. 24, 2006) – Recently flexing his competitive
muscles behind the wheel of a Funny Car racing simulator at the 21st
annual O’Reilly Fall Nationals, Texarkana’s Colton Chapman, 13, beat
out hundreds of participants to become the local POWERade Fan Nationals
Event Champion. Now, Chapman will travel to Auto Club Raceway at Pomona
at the end of the season to compete for the national championship.

Chapman, a seventh grade student and NHRA Jr. Dragster competitor, will
ultimately be one of 23 Event Champions from drag strips across the
country to compete to become the Series Champion. He and one guest will
travel to the 42nd Annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA
Finals in Pomona, Calif. the weekend of Nov. 9-12, 2006. There, Chapman
will compete in a series of qualifying rounds for the chance to claim
the title of POWERade Fan Nationals Series Champion.

“The POWERade Fan Nationals was a lot of fun,” Chapman said. “I was
surprised that I beat my dad and won the race. This is really cool.”