Charlie Westcott Jr. hails from Parma, Mich., but there is something about Cajun
Country that brings out the best in him. The Super Stock racer and engine
builder raced to his fifth-straight Mopar Hemi Challenge title Saturday at the
JEGS NHRA Cajun SPORTSnationals in Belle Rose, La. Westcott drove to an 8.51 in
the final round to stop John Rains of Santa Paula, Calif., who red-lighted.
Westcott also set the national record for the SS/AH class.

Punctuating a relationship that dates back five years, two-time
POWERade Funny Car champion Tony Pedregon has unveiled a Palms Hotel
and Casino design on his Q Horsepower Chevrolet Impala SS for the
upcoming ninth annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas.

The car will make its official debut Thursday night at the Palms Hotel
and Casino during the Champions Meet & Greet party, which runs from
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the facility, located at 4321 West Flamingo Road.
More than 30 drivers will be on hand for the free event, where special
gaming chips honoring Pedregon, Tony Schumacher, and Jeg Coughlin Jr.'s
2007 POWERade titles will be released for the first time.

"We're
thrilled with our association with Tony and Cruz Pedregon and to have a
special-edition car for the Palms is very cool," said Jim Baker,
sponsor liaison for the world-renowned property. "It's actually a bit
of a surprise for Joe Maloof, so let's keep it a secret. He handles all
the sponsorship deals and we thought he'd get a kick out of this car.
His brother George has already seen it and he thought it was awesome.

"Joe thinks the world of Tony and his brother Cruz. The bang for the
buck they've given us is exceptional and, as Joe often says, Tony is
our kind of people. He's salt-of-the-earth, and that's an admirable
trait these days."

A 37-time national event winner, Pedregon won his second world title in
2007 with the Palms logo prominently displayed on his 8,000-horsepower
racecar. Second only to former boss John Force in number of Funny Car
victories on the all-time list, Pedregon became the first driver in 11
years other than Force to win the world title when he bagged his first
championship in 2003.

Patrick in Mid-Season Form at Texas Nationals; Claims First Pro Stock Pole of Season at San Antonio Raceway

Bruce Litton (Top Fuel), Bob Gilbertson (Nitro Funny Car), Laurie
Cannister (Alcohol Funny Car) and Scott Cannon (Pro Mod) also claim #1
qualifying positions at Knoll Gas Nitro Jam season-opener

Robert Patrick was tops in the Pro Stock division.

Defending
Torco Pro Stock World Champion Robert Patrick proved things have not
changed much from October to now…his 2008 Shelby Cobra is the car the
rest of the class is chasing. Patrick powered to the #1 qualifying spot
in San Antonio with a 4.104 pass at 174.96 mph. His Saturday evening
pass is just four thousandths off the current world record.

Station Casinos’ oddsmaker Micah Roberts likes Tony
Schumacher, Robert Hight and Greg Anderson in the final rounds of next weekend’s
NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals for the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series at The
Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Looking to gain a little extra data for his race team, veteran Top Fuel
racer and drag racing school owner Doug Foley headed west from Houston
after last weekend's NHRA event to compete in the Amalie Oil Texas
Nationals near San Antonio. The eighth-mile race is being held under
IHRA sanction from April 4-6.

"Our crew chief Doug Kuch and the guys had some things they wanted to
try out so we made the trip over," said Foley, who hails from Sewell,
N.J., near Philadelphia. "Rather than rent a track somewhere and test,
we thought we'd come here and have some fun under real racing
conditions.

Pro Stock driver Shane Tucker will field a JEGS.com-sponsored Holden Monaro at
the upcoming Tin Top ANDRA Nationals, April 18-19, at Willowbank Raceway in
Queensland, Australia.

Tucker, who has been patiently waiting for his
chance to pilot a third Pro Stocker for Victor Cagnazzi Racing on the POWERade
Drag Racing Series, jumped at the chance to return to his native Australia for
the long-running Tin Top Nationals. He'll race alongside his father Rob Tucker
with the duo trying their best to put two racecars in the first 16-car Pro Stock
field in event history.

"I can't wait to drop the clutch," said Tucker,
the 2005-2006 Australian National Drag Racing Association Rookie of the Year.
"I've recently scuffed some tires for the boys over here [in the U.S.] but I
haven't made a full pass since last June. I'm more than ready to give it a
go."

IHRA makes their first stop on the Nitro Jam Tour at San Antonio Raceway in San
Antonio, Texas. Despite morning rain, the first day's qualifying sessions were
completed on schedule and the first "Last Man Standing" Champions of 2008 were
crowned Friday night.

Frank Gugliotta claimed the
rights to "Last Man Standing" in the Pro Stock Category, securing five bonus
points and a plaque and check from Quarter-Max Chassis and Racing Components –
sponsor of the "Last Man Standing" through the Quarter-Max Pro Stock
Challenge.  Gugliotta ran an elapsed time
of 4.117 to gain the title over Pete Berner's 4.119. With a new car and team
together, he was surprised, but very pleased with the results:

In the past year 21 year-old Brittany Force has seen her share of
personal tragedy at the race track. She has not let that diminish her
drive, rather it has emboldened her to continue to overcome her own
fears.

She lost teammate and close friend Eric Medlen in a tragic testing
accident last March. In July she witnessed her older sister Ashley
Force’s survive a harrowing crash in Seattle. Most recently last
October her father, 14-time Funny Car World Champion John Force,
survived the most serious accident of his 30 year career – one that
left him with a broken left ankle, broken wrist, and multiple
abrasions. Still the junior who is majoring in English, with a possible
minor in Business Administration, at Cal State Fullerton continued to
stay focused on moving her racing career forward.

With a tremendous amount of support from her family and a solid crew
behind her Brittany is looking forward to making her first competitive
passes in the Brand Source Top Alcohol Dragster class at the 9th annual
Summitracing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor
Speedway, April 10-13.

Litton Heads Top Fuel Qualifying at Texas Nationals

Bob Gilbertson
(Nitro Funny Car), Scott Cannon (Pro Modified), Laurie Cannister (Alcohol Funny
Car) and Frank Gugliotta (Pro Stock) also claim provisional #1 qualifier slots
at San Antonio Raceway

Bruce Litton
picked up where he left in 2007, by qualifying on top in 2008.

Bruce
Litton picked up right where he left off. The 2007 Knoll Gas – Torco Racing
Fuels Pro Nitro Top Fuel World Champion, who clinched his first career title by
winning the World Finals in Rockingham last season, made an early statement in
the new season. He finished at the top of the qualifying sheet Friday and
claimed the five Last Man Standing bonus points at the eighth-mile Amalie Oil
Texas Nationals…the first event on the 2008 Knoll Gas Nitro Jam
schedule.