Graybar Denver will support David Powers Motorsports and the Hot Rod
Fuller-driven Caterpillar dragster during the 29th annual Mopar
Mile-High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway it was announced today. Graybar
Electric Company, Inc., is a Fortune 500 company.  

The Graybar logo will feature
prominent placement in the driver’s compartment area on Fuller’s Caterpillar
rail during the popular Denver NHRA race, July 11-13, at scenic Bandimere
Speedway near Denver. Graybar also will host more than 100 guests at the team’s
Iron Eagle Club hospitality area during the weekend to entertain customers and
employees.

A season ago, Hot Rod Fuller was playing the lead part in what
turned out to be a dramatic finish to the 2007 NHRA racing season. Now
the fiery Las Vegas racer has a new role, that of the hunter. Through
the first 12 races of the 2008 NHRA racing season, Fuller and his David
Powers-owned Caterpillar Top Fuel team rank fourth in the arduous Top
Fuel division. With the bulls-eye no longer on his back, Fuller and his
Rob Flynn-led Caterpillar team overcame a slow start to the 2008 NHRA
season and have moved within striking distance of the second and third
place drivers, Antron Brown and Larry Dixon. The former Super Comp and
Gas stalwart has one win and one pole this year along with recording
low E.T. and top speed honors multiple times. In this Q&A, Fuller
talks about his first-half performance and his outlook on year two of
NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship.

Q: Assess the first half of the 2008 NHRA racing season for Rod Fuller and the Caterpillar team.

FULLER: We’re right on par with where I thought we’d be. I like
where we’re sitting. There were some rule changes and we have a few new
crew members. I felt if we could be top five going into the Western
Swing, we’d be happy with that. That’s right where we are. We started
slow, but we have a race win, a final round, a pole and the car is
starting to be a lot more consistent. That’s important to not give
races away.

Top Fuel racer Bobby Lagana Jr. is one of the racers excited about racing in Edmonton this weekend.

With the 2008 season championship points races heating up IHRA will
head to Canada for the first of two Canadian races this season July
4-6. The CARS RV & Marine & Motorsport Rocky Mountain Nationals
Presented by Torco Racing Fuels at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton will
bring the thrill of the Knoll Gas Nitro Jam to the rabid racing fans in
Western Canada for the sixth time since the race’s inception in 2003.
It is one of the hottest tickets in town and consistently sets
attendance records as each year the nitro frenzy grows in what is known
as “Festival City” and one of the largest cities in North America
area-wise.

While the City of Edmonton has embraced IHRA and the Rocky Mountain
Nationals, the drivers have slowly warmed to Castrol Raceway. The
longest haul on the circuit for most racers, many drivers have been
reticent to make the long trip over the years. Those who have been to
the facility, and have experienced the passion and enthusiasm of the
drag racing fans in Alberta, would not miss the race for the world.

Four-time NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series champion Gary Scelzi will appear on
Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain this Sunday, July 6, on Speed Channel. The show
airs live from 9-10 p.m. EST.

Jim Head embraces 1,000-foot drag racing for safety and financial
reasons. His only disappoinment is the NHRA has labeled this as a
temporary decision.

The world of drag racing's nitro classes encountered a major
change on Wednesday afternoon when the NHRA announced the shortening of
their national event race course to 1,000 feet. This move is designed
to be a temporary one while the investigation into Scott Kalitta’s
tragic death continues to move forward.

The move to a shorter run was the topic of many roundtable discussions
since the NHRA Supernationals in Englishtown, N.J., two weeks ago.

"We all talked about this a lot, last weekend in Norwalk, and the
1,000-foot idea was the one we were all discussing the most,” said NHRA
POWERade Funny Car racer Del Worsham. “We need to do something while
people analyze how to make the sport safer for the nitro cars; we can't
just close our eyes to what happened and hope it doesn't happen again.
I know this is pretty radical, but we have some issues with 330-mph
race cars and tracks that weren't built to hold them, and until we
settle those issues we have to be aggressive and not just stand by.

When the Flowmaster American Drag Racing League (ADRL) presented by the
National Guard visits Motor Mile Dragway in Radford, Virginia July 4-5,
for the 2nd annual ADRL Shelor Motor Mile Independence Drags, fans and
racers alike will be in for a history-making experience.

The conclusion of the first day of this year’s Independence Drags will
feature a unique event as all four finals from the ADRL’s
rain-shortened previous event in Martin, Michigan will be run with ADRL
President Kenny Nowling personally starting each pair of competitors
with hand signals. The unusual format came about as a result of severe
electrical storms in Michigan taking out the track’s starting-line tree
and scoreboard displays, but leaving the staging and timing equipment
intact.

ATTENTION DRAG RACERS:

Break the kids' piggy banks.  Check the couch cushions for loose change.

Chris Blair, LVMS' Vice President of Racing Operations, is "going in the tank."

The NHRA confirmed that 1,000-foot drag racing will be implemented at the NHRA Mile High
Nationals in Denver, Co. The official announcement from the NHRA is expected this afternoon.

Track operators were notified of the NHRA's decision this afternoon in a teleconference. 

The shortening of the racing surface is an interim step that is being taken while NHRA continues to analyze and
determine whether changes should be made to build upon the sport's long standing
safety record, given the inherent risks and ever-present dangers associated with
the sport.

This
interim change was made by NHRA in collaboration with professional race teams. 
NHRA believes that racing the Top Fuel and Funny Car classes to 1,000 feet will
allow NHRA and the racing community time to evaluate, analyze and implement
potential changes based on the safety initiatives
outlined last week. 

The JEGS ProMod Challenge field for the 54th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals
will be one of the most star-studded in NHRA history. Four of six former JEGS
series champions -- Josh Hernandez (2007), Jay Payne (2006), Shannon Jenkins
(2002), and "Tricky Rickie" Smith (2001) -- will lead the way, but will
certainly be challenged by many of today's top drivers.

Tour regulars
like points leader Tony Pontieri will be joined by two-time '08 winner Joe Baker
and Bristol
champ Steve Engel in the fight for drag racing's biggest prize.

Six-time
IHRA champion Scotty Cannon, veteran Von Smith, and NOS standout Mike Castellana
also will compete.

For the second straight year, U.S. Army Top Fuel driver, Tony “The
Sarge” Schumacher, has been nominated for the ESPY Best Driver Award.

The ESPY Awards, which are distributed for Excellence in Sports
Performance Yearly, was created by ESPN in 1993. Fans determine the
winners in all categories (except the Arthur Ashe Courage Award and
other special awards) by voting online at www.espys.tv. Voting will
take place through July 12.

The 16th annual ESPYs will be hosted by Justin Timberlake on Wednesday,
July 16, at the NOKIA Theatre L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles. The
awards show will be televised by ESPN on Sunday, July 20, at 9 p.m. ET.