Tony Schumacher will have a hard time coming up with an encore to
the incredible finish in 2006 when he won his third straight and fourth
overall POWERade Series championship by winning and setting a national
record on the final pass of the season.

Whit Bazemore making his first test laps in a Top
Fuel dragster following a decorated Funny Car career that included 20 wins and
29 poles was one of the hot stories entering the annual three-day preseason test
session at Firebird International Raceway. And while the fastest accelerating
vehicles in the world prepared for a 23-race NHRA battle that begins next week
at Pomona, Calif., a stir was created not on the quarter
mile, but rather in the David Powers Motorsports pit area.

The Matco Tools Iron Eagle Club, located between the
Powers-owned dragsters of Bazemore and Rod Fuller, sparked a buzz amongst
attendees from race fans to Matco Tools distributors and fellow NHRA
competitors. It is the largest portable hospitality area in NHRA drag racing,
and rivals the popular Nitro Mall in appearance.

“Our Matco Tools distributors will be treated to a new
and unmatched hospitality experience,” John Torok, Matco Tools Motorsports
Marketing Manager said. “This Powers hospitality area offers no segregation
between race teams. Our guests can see both race crews work on the dragsters
simultaneously. I really believe this will start a new wave of hospitality areas
in NHRA drag racing.”

The Pro Modified Racing
Association is pleased to announce its return to Western New York’s Lancaster
Raceway Park Sunday, July 29, as part of the 2007 PMRA tour.

Lancaster Raceway Park,
situated in Clarence,
New York, is a one-eighth mile drag
strip operating under International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) sanctioning. Many
of the New York-based PMRA competitors consider Lancaster their home track, and have raced at
this Niagara Frontier facility many times.

Carl Spiering
Motorsports has acquired the sponsorship of JET Equipment and Tools Ltd. for 2007 and
2008.

“Carl Spiering operates a first class operation and his
performance speaks for itself,” said Bill Jeffery, Director of Marketing for JET
Equipment and Tools Ltd. “We are pleased with our association with Spiering and
the Eaton Pro Modified Supercharged 1967 Chevrolet Camaro for the next two
seasons”.

John Force holds the NHRA records for wins, 122. And world
championships with 14, including, of course, 2006. And just two weeks
ago he announced that his daughter, Ashley, would be turning pro. John,
why don’t you begin by telling us how this preseason has been different
from the last 20 and how your life as a driver and team owner will be
changed this year with Ashley in the fold.

Southern California Drag Racing Association (SCEDA) has announced that
Meziere Enterprises, Inc., will be the name sponsor for the SCEDA
Electronic class for 2007.  The class will be known as “Meziere
Enterprises’ Pro Electronics”.

The 2007 Season is quickly
approaching and just like other race teams the ARMY STRONG team of SFC O’Neal
is getting ready just like a major Army operation.

“We are a little ahead of
schedule right now, we took delivery of a newer Race Tech Race car chassis,  has an awesome ARMY STRONG design in place
from Mac Signs in Fayetteville, NC and we are awaiting delivery of a new 565
from Nesbitt Race engines in Graham, NC.”

NHRA has announced the continuation of its relationship with The
American Forces Network (AFN) to deliver the unique sights and sounds
of NHRA POWERade Drag Racing to the men and women stationed overseas.

"The American Forces Network (AFN) graciously thanks the NHRA for
providing our men and women in uniform stationed overseas with race
coverage for the 2007 season,” said Jeff White, executive director of
the AFN Broadcast Center. “The NHRA on AFN is a tremendous morale
booster for our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines serving in harm’s
way. The most deserving audience in the world are our troops in remote
and hostile locations defending our way of life against terrorism, and
providing humanitarian support to those in need. We thank the NHRA for
helping us bring them home during these telecasts.”The U.S. Armed
Forces, along with DoD civilian employees and their families, will be
able to follow the NHRA’s POWERade Drag Racing Series all season long
on AFN and the U.S. Navy’s Direct-to-Sailor (DTS) television service to
ships at sea.In an agreement with the NHRA and ESPN, Inc., the AFN
Broadcast Center plans to provide tape delayed distribution of ESPN2’s
television coverage of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series on its AFN
| sports and AFN | prime channels, along with the U.S. Navy’s DTS
television service. For more information about AFN, log on to:
http://www.afrts.osd.mil/ or http://www.myafn.net/

B’laster Chemical Companies, Inc. announces that it will
sponsor NHRA Sportsman Super Gas Division racer Jeff Agalsoff for the third year
in a row. B’laster’s continued support of Agalsoff has enabled him to tour the
nation and to race extensively. But it’s a mutually beneficial relationship,
because B’laster has benefited equally from Agalsoff’s endorsement.