Former NHRA Nitro Funny Car World Champion Cruz Pedregon has teamed up with
Rislone Engine Treatment for the 2008 season and beyond.  The 1992 Champ will
rely on Rislone Engine Oil Stabilizer with Engine Treatment to increase the
durability and longevity of the 8000+ HP engine between the rails of his Advance
Auto Parts Nitro Funny Car on the NHRA POWERade
Circuit.

The building of the “WyoTech Road Burner,” a 10-second (1/4-mile
elapsed time), state-of-the-art custom motorcycle by WyoTech students
under the direction of G2 Motorsports, will be documented during this
weekend’s edition of “Horsepower TV,” one of RTM Productions four
“PowerBlock” shows, which air every Saturday and Sunday on the SPIKE
television network.

The motorcycle, which carries a unique paint scheme to complement its
unique street-legal performance characteristics, will spend the next
several months on a national tour and will be awarded in December to
the winner of the HORSEPOWER ROAD BURNER BIKE SWEEPSTAKES (tour
information and entry form at: http://www.powerblocktv.com/roadburner).

George Bryce and Derek Churchwell of G2 Motorsports provided the
insight and instruction for students and alumni of WyoTech’s
Sacramento, Calif., and Daytona, Fla., motorcycle technology programs.
These students assembled this motorcycle at RTM’s studios here around a
126-cubic-inch, 150-horsepower S&S Cycle V-Twin engine, exclusively
distributed by G2 Motorsports (www.g2motorsports.net).  S&S Cycle
also provided the high-performance clutch and six-speed transmission.

The 2008 Castrol EDGE Tin Top Titles to be held at Willowbank Raceway this
weekend will be a first time ever in Australia. A 16 car Top Doorslammer Field
will be hitting the track.

Both Victor &
Ben Bray will field their Castrol EDGE Top Doorslammers as well as Ben's Datsun
1200 sports compact ute., Both are excited about racing in the first ever 16 car
Top Doorslammer field this weekend.

Veteran NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster driver Jeff Bohr will once again fly
the Bar's Leaks colors in 2008 as he kicks off the season during this
weekend's Division 3 opener at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis. 
After spending much of last season testing experimental parts, Bohr has
shifted his focus to 'racing' in 2008.
 
Bohr, from Plymouth, Mich., with his brother Gary, who serves as Crew
Chief, became one of the few Blown Alcohol Dragsters to eclipse the 270
mph mark last season.  With Bar's Leaks and associate sponsor Magnaflux
back on board, Bohr plans to make a run on the Division 3 title and a
strong national finish.

Dream House for Medically Fragile Children, Inc. will host a
special visit
from NHRA Driver Melanie Troxel and her hot rod, the Dream House Funny
Car,
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Troxel will spend time with
some of the medically
fragile children Dream House serves, along with their
families. This pre-race visit will take
place at the Dream House corporate
office in Snellville at 2092 Scenic Highway. Film crews
will be on site to
document the visit for an upcoming ESPN segment.
 
Frank Hawley, Troxel's
Gotham City Racing teammate and driver of the ProCare Rx Dodge Charger Funny
Car, will be joining Troxel on this special visit.

Dream House will be
the beneficiary of a special fund-raising event featuring National Hot
Rod
Association race car drivers, planned for Saturday, April 26 at Chateau Élan
Winery &
Resort in Braselton, Ga. Ticket information is available online
at
http://www.registereasy.org/burgess or by calling
1-678-248-3186.

The event organizers are Roger Burgess and Mike Ashley,
co-owners of Gotham City Racing
LLC, drivers and successful businessmen who
recognize the impact Dream House has in
providing for medically fragile
children.

Richard Freeman wondered what he was getting himself into when
he decided to go IHRA mountain motor Pro Stock racing. When he pulled
fifth gear for the first time with the 818-inch Jon Kaase engine, he
found out.

“It sets you back and you better have a hold,” Freeman explained. “I mean that's all there is to it, you better be holding on.”

Freeman is no novice to drag racing having raced in the NHRA
Competition eliminator ranks for almost 15 years. He made the decision
to go Pro Stock racing last year.

Knowing the state of NHRA POWERade Pro Stock and the investment required he found the IHRA as the perfect alternative.

Following is a statement from U.S. Army Top Fuel team crew chief, Alan
Johnson, as connected to the recent fining of team owner, Don
Schumacher, by the NHRA:

“During ESPN’s race day broadcast of the recent SummitRacing.com
Nationals from Las Vegas, it was revealed that Don Schumacher Racing
was heavily fined for allegedly violating NHRA’s fuel policy.

“During said broadcast, an interview was conducted with NHRA’s Vice
President of Competition, Graham Light, to explain the fine. While this
interview took place, footage of the U.S. Army Top Fuel Dragster was
shown making a run in slow motion. This unfortunate airing has produced
and fueled implications that the U.S. Army team is doing something
illegal.

“Given the lack of explanation by the NHRA, I feel responsible to set
the record straight, while defending my U.S. Army team, our sponsors
and their collective accomplishments over the last four years.

Tragedy hits close to home for IHRA Nitro Funny Car racer …

Matt
Hagan was laboring away in his Radford, Virginia shop, getting his
nitro Funny Car ready for this weekend’s IHRA Spring Nationals in
Rockingham, North Carolina. The freshman driver was meticulous in his
preparation for the weekend of drag racing and even more so knowing
this is only his second event behind the wheel of a nitro-burner. He is
more focused than usual for those simple reasons.

Details mean the difference between winning and losing.

Then his concentration was broken by the radio. Instead of yelling for
one of his co-workers to turn the volume down, he paused and listened.

Determined Ford Pro Stock player signs major sponsorship

One simply cannot miss Jim Cunningham because the quiet man from
Maryland marches to the beat of a different drum. He’s running a Ford
Pro Stocker in the GM and Dodge dominated world of NHRA Pro Stock.

Now they’ll have even more of a reason to remember him. Cunningham has
signed CNC Software Inc. of Tolland, Ct. as a major manufacturing
partner. The team will promote CNC Software’s signature program
Mastercam as part of the agreement.

“CNC Software and Mastercam CAD/CAM software have been instrumental in
our recent gains with our engine program,” explained Cunningham.  “When
we started our in-house engine program, our first priority was to
establish an engine shop that was capable of generating a competitive
Pro Stock engine.  We realized that we needed to get ahead of the curve
when it came to machining capabilities and in doing so; one of our
first purchases was a 5-axis CNC machine.