Here's a sneak peek of the Shell-themed dragster to be driven by Alan
Bradshaw during this weekend's NHRA O'Reilly Spring Nationals in
Houston, Texas.

Construction
moves along at a feverish pace at Lowe's Motor Speedway's drag strip.
The strip is expected to be completed late this summer in time for the
mid-September inaugural NHRA Carolinas Nationals.

It's been a tough 2008 NHRA season so far for Ron Capps, the driver of the NAPA
AUTO PARTS Dodge Charger R/T, who has battled for the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing
Series Funny Car championship right down to the final event the last three
years. After three races, he finds himself in 14th place in the standings
following three first-round losses. It's still early in the 24-event schedule,
and a third consecutive win at the NHRA Spring Nationals this weekend at Houston
Raceway Park would propel him right back in the running.

Capps, who had
entered this event the last two years in either first or second place, and left
both times as the points leader after claiming victories in both, reflects on
this season, the challenges it has presented, and what it will take to get back
on top in his quest to garner his first Funny Car championship.

"We got
spoiled a little bit with the success we've had the last three years," he said.
"At this point of the season the last two years we were leading the points. It's
been a strange beginning to the 2008 season. In particular, the rainouts we had
in the last two events, where we only had two sessions of qualifying in Phoenix
and Gainesville, really changed the weekend for all the teams. So, hopefully
we'll get more than just two runs of qualifying in at Houston.

It has been three years since Robert Hight won his first NHRA POWERade
event at Houston Raceway Park. Since that win he has racked up 100
round wins faster than any professional in the fuel categories - Top
Fuel or Funny Car –, finished No.2 in the point standing the past two
seasons and become one of the most feared Funny Car drivers of the
modern era. His meteoric rise has not come without serious heartache
though.

Hight and the rest of the John Force Racing team skipped the 20th
installment of the O’Reilly Spring Nationals last season out of respect
for their fallen teammate Eric Medlen. Following the Gatornationals
Medlen was involved in an on-track testing accident that ultimately
ended his short but exceptional life. Skipping the race was a tough
decision for everyone involved and at the end of the season Hight
looked back on his unsuccessful quest for a championship – one he fell
19 points short of – and realized nothing could have made the season
truly successful.

“Even if we had won the championship,” Hight said, “that wouldn’t have
made it a great year. In fact, there’s not much that would have made it
even a good year because we’ll never have Eric back. I miss him, miss
him like you can’t believe.”

LaHaie is Grand Marshal, Ramchargers get Reunion Spotlight for June 13-15 event

Top
drivers from every era of NHRA drag racing, an incredible engine and
transmission builder and a group of engineers that created Chrysler's
drag racing program make up the Honorees for the 2008 Holley NHRA
National Hot Rod Reunion. 

Grand Marshal Dick LaHaie, Honorees Arnie Beswick, Gabby Bleeker,
Boogie Scott, Bob Stange and Jim Walter, along with Justice Brothers
Reunion Spotlight Award winners, the Ramchargers, will be feted as part
of the 6th annual National Reunion, Jun. 13-15, 2008 at Beech Bend
Raceway in Bowling Green, Ky.  Each of the Honorees has his own
important accomplishments.

David Powers Motorsports announced today that it has partnered with the
Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino for the National Hot Rod Association’s
(NHRA) SummitRacing.com Nationals in Las Vegas, April 10-13.

Top Fuel drivers Hot Rod Fuller and Antron Brown and the DPM team will
call the Golden Nugget home during the ninth annual competition held at
the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The AAA Four-Diamond hotel in downtown Las Vegas will offer NHRA fans a
special nightly rate of $79 plus tax April 10 and 13, and $139 plus tax
April 11 and 12. Reservations may be made by calling 800-634-3454 and
asking for the NHRA Fan Rate. Fuller, the Las Vegas hometown hero, and
Brown will meet with fans and sign autographs at the Golden Nugget from
2-4 p.m. Wednesday, April 9. The Caterpillar and Matco Tools Top Fuel
dragsters will be on display at the Golden Nugget.

"Testing is one thing but racing against somebody
else is why I do this," Gilbertson said.  "It's no secret that we don't yet have
a marketing partner to help us pay the bills and we're actively looking for
support, but if you're not out there to show what you can do it's tough to get
anybody to notice you."

The BAMM motorsports team attended it first race March 22nd as the Quick 8
Outlaws converged on the famed "House Of Hook" in Jackson SC. 

After the
new car blues were slowly getting worked out and minimal testing before the
race, the team managed a number 8 qualifing position. Team president Jack
Barfield along with Bryan Morris and Jason Mote handled the tuning duties during
the event. With a string of sixty foot times ranging from 1.00 to 1.03 over the
course of 5 runs the team is looking forward to turning up the wick during
testing in the coming weeks.

Reigning FIA Top Fuel champion Urs Erbacher will make the trek from his native
Switzerland to Houston Raceway Park this weekend to challenge for the title of
the 21st annual O'Reilly Spring NHRA Nationals. He's also got big plans to
participate in a local rodeo competition while he's in the Lone Star
State.

A custom motorcycle builder on the level of Jesse James at West
Coast Choppers and the Teutul family at Orange County Choppers, Erbacher is a
four-time European drag racing champion who is looking to make his mark in the
United States.

"We're excited to come to the legendary state of Texas,"
Erbacher said. "The 2008 FIA season starts soon at Santa Pod Raceway in England
and we want to be up to full speed by the time our circuit begins. It's very
important to us to defend our title.