EVAN KNOLL PROMOTES LATRELL PRESTON
TO ROLE OF MOTORSPORTS DIRECTOR FOR KNOLL GAS – TORCO RACE FUELS, INC.

Evan Knoll, President of Knoll Gas Motorsports –
Torco Race Fuels, Inc., has appointed Latrell Preston to the expanded role of
Director of Operations for his Knoll Gas Motorsports – Torco Race Fuels
conglomeration of companies.

Preston, who already serves as Chief Financial Officer,
for Knoll’s parent company General Sales & Service, will direct the
motorsports day-to-day operations as well as manage the various sponsorships of
race teams and sanctioning bodies. He retains his position of second Vice President
of GSS.

Knoll pointed out that
he’s groomed Preston for the position since
2004 and the time is now to let him take control of the vast responsibilities.

“Latrell has been my right
hand for the last two years and someone I fully trust and see more than capable
of directing this company,” Knoll said. “I probably would have pursued this
sooner but we needed to fill some key infrastructure positions before we could
step forward with this plan.

“I am very excited this
opportunity is available. It makes sense that he controls my sponsorships
because he’s the one signing the checks anyway.”

Preston, a University of Indiana graduate and basketball
player, plans to keep the momentum rolling strong.

“Momentum means everything
in this industry and we certainly have a lot working in our favor now,” Preston said. “I am totally elated that Evan has
entrusted me with this position. It has given me goose bumps just thinking
about the future and the things we have planned.”

Knoll Gas Motorsports –
Torco Race Fuels, Inc., stands as one of the largest single sponsors in drag
racing and extends its sponsorship interests to include off-road motorsports,
moto-cross, off-shore boating and oval track racing.

For more information on
Knoll Gas Motorsports – Torco Race Fuels, Inc, visit their website at www.torco.com.

Steve Torrence, the 2005 NHRA Lucas Oil Top
Alcohol Dragster champion, makes his move into the Top Fuel ranks at the Torco
Racing Fuels Nationals, at Richmond, Va., Oct. 6-8.
 
The talented
Torrence will be driving a SKULL Shine/Knoll Gas-Torco Racing Fuels dragster at
the last three 2006 POWERade Series events.  The car will be tuned by former
Funny Car champion Mark Oswald.  Torrence will be a teammate of J.R. Todd,
another talented Top Fuel driver, on Dexter Tuttle’s team.
 
“I’m very
excited,” said Torrence, 23, who dominated the TAD series a year ago, winning
four national events and five divisional races. He added two more national event
wins in 2006. “I am looking forward to working with Dexter and the team.  I’m
honored to be J.R.’s teammate.  We want to do well and put on a good show for
everybody.
 
“Driving a Top Fuel is the pinnacle of drag racing . . . you
can’t get any higher,” continued Torrence, of Kilgore, Texas. “I’ve wanted to do
this since I was a kid growing up.  I’m living a dream and I want to take
advantage of this opportunity.”
 
He earned his Top Fuel license in June,
making the required number of runs in Todd’s dragster at St. Louis in
June.

Executive Director of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum Discusses
the
Impact of the California Hot Rod Reunion


As a teen growing up in England,
Tony Thacker dreamed of hot rods and drag racing, and one of his biggest
heroes was Wally Parks. Some things never change: hot rods, drag racing and
Wally Parks are still on his mind as the executive director of the Wally
Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern
California. Thacker, 56, a true hot rodder himself (he currently owns a
Bonneville roadster that races on the Salt Flats, setting a D/BSTR record at
206.454 mph) is preparing for the 15th annual California Hot Rod Reunion,
Oct. 6-8, Bakersfield, Calif. While he's attended the 3-day nostalgia-laden
event several times, this will be his first for the Museum, which produces
the event as a fundraiser. Here are some of his thoughts on the upcoming
Reunion.            

The Snowbird Outlaw
Nationals Jet Jam & Night of Fire Drag Racing Weekend Presented by Automotive
Engineering to be held December 1-3, 2006, at Bradenton Motorsports Park.

Heads Up drag
racing will again be a huge part of the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals in 2006 with Top
Alcohol Dragsters, Outlaw Pro Mod, Open Outlaw, Outlaw 10.5 and Limited
Street. 

Then to bring the
event excitement up a notch, the Jet Jam Night of Fire along with Jet Funny
Cars and Jet Dragsters will bring you to the edge of your seat with 300mph
runs! Bracket and Comp classes round out a full weekend of drag racing.

Doug Foley will be
released from West
Haldimand General
Hospital in
Ontario this afternoon. Following
a crash at Toronto
Motorsports
Park on Monday, Foley was rushed to
West Haldimand General for observation. He was then temporarily transported to
Hamilton
General
Hospital for further screening, and
then back to Haldimand. The doctor has already issued his release papers, and
Foley will fly to his home in New
Jersey this evening.

Family and
friends with Foley said the hospital and nurses have been very accommodating,
and Doug is in much better spirits today. To add further comfort, sponsor Evan Knoll will be flying Doug and his family home.

Dwayne Young snapped these images of Doug Foley's Toronto Motorsports crash.

Veteran Funny Car driver Whit Bazemore will drive the Matco Tools Iron Eagle Top Fuel dragster for David Powers Motorsports in 2007. This will mark Bazemore's first foray into the Top Fuel class after 18 years in a Funny Car. He will be teammates with David Powers Motorsports racer "Hot Rod" Fuller; both drivers will be running under the tuning expertise of decorated crew chief Lee Beard.

"Whit Bazemore is an outstanding driver, and he's been a real asset to Matco Tools over the years," Powers said. "We selected him from a long list of very qualified applicants, and we certainly weighed in the opinions and desires of everyone at Matco Tools. The fact he's worked with Lee Beard in the past allowed us insight into how he conducts his professional life, and we quickly reached the conclusion that he was our man."

Evan Knoll has all the respect in the world for multi-time Pro Stock
world champion Bob Glidden, but when it comes to rumors suggesting he's
sponsoring the veteran on a race team he says, "No sir, it isn't
happening."

"You never know what the future may bring, but that
has never been discussed," Knoll said. "If it is happening, no one ever
sent me the memo on that one. Since I sign the checks, I think I might
have heard about it beforehand."

Funeral services for Johnny Loper, a former Funny Car
owner for drivers including national event winner Tripp Shumake, a former gasser
pilot, and current speed shop operator, will be held later this week in Arizona.
Loper, who had been in the speed shop business for 40 years and still maintained
two stores, died Sept. 23. He was 70.

The Loper-owned "Lil’ Hoss" series
of Funny Cars were some the nation’s best from the late ‘70s to the early ‘80s.
The Arizona-based car was one the first into the fives with Eddie Pauling
driving. This success continued when Shumake took over the wheel of the Plymouth
Arrow.

Sidney Frank Importing Co. Inc., the importer of Jägermeister Liqueur,
has announced that it will continue its primary sponsorship of Max
Naylor’s NHRA Pro Stock team. Jägermeister’s groundbreaking sponsorship
of the team, which began in 2006, marked the first time a distilled
spirit became a major sponsor of any NHRA team.

Said team owner Naylor, “This is a dream come true. Jägermeister has
been a wonderful sponsor, and the fans have certainly noticed. 
Jägermeister has raised the NHRA party level up a notch and set the
standard as a team sponsor. As they have added more to the NHRA
experience, they have gained loyal customers throughout the country.”