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FIRST LOOK - LARRY MORGAN'S LUCAS OIL DODGE

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Lucas Oil Products, Inc., will serve as the primary
sponsor for Pro Stock frontrunner Larry Morgan Racing during the 23-race 2007
NHRA POWERade Championship Drag Racing tour.

Morgan will be pulling double-duty by competing for
the world championship and continuing his assistance with Lucas Oil in
developing a lightweight synthetic Pro Stock motor oil.

WILL TO BE FEATURED SPEAKER

Hillary Will, who will begin her second season for KB Racing LLC in February,
will be the featured speaker at the third annual Automotive Education Day,
presented by State Farm Insurance, which takes place Wed., Jan. 17 from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. as part of the 2007 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) at
Cobo Center in Detroit.

Over 5,600 students interested in careers in the
automotive industry, including motorsports, from various school groups
throughout Michigan, surrounding states, and Windsor, Canada are expected to
attend.  The 2007 Automotive Education Day will feature an autograph session and
an opportunity to talk racing and career goals with Will, who finished No. 10 in
the 2006 NHRA POWERade Top Fuel point standings behind the wheel of the KB
Racing LLC-owned, Kalitta Motorsports-managed Top Fuel dragster.

MUNCIE DRAGWAY JOINS NHRA LIST OF TRACKS

NHRA has announced the addition of Muncie Dragway to its roster of member
tracks beginning with the 2007 racing season. The Indiana track, on Highway 67 between Muncie and Albany, is owned and operated by Roger
Plate.

Racers from the track's 2007 points series will qualify for the North Central
Division NHRA Summit Racing Series Finals to be held in Indianapolis
Sept.14-16. Division champions from each of NHRA's seven geographic
divisions advance to the $118,000 NHRA Summit Racing Series National
Championship held in conjunction with the Automobile Club of Southern California
NHRA Finals in Pomona,
Calif., Nov. 1-4.

SLAMMERS JOINS CONNOLLY AND KNOLL

Bravo! Brands Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BRVO): has announced a
partnership with Evan Knoll's Torco Racing Fuels to sponsor Dave
Connolly's 2007 Pro Stock NHRA championship effort.

Connolly, who finished third in 2006, will field a Co-Branded
Torco/Slammers Chevy Cobalt, teaming-up with current Slammers Ultimate
Milk driver, andthree-time world NHRA Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin
Jr. The chassis and engines for both cars will be supplied by Cagnazzi
Racing.

RACING TRADE SHOW, AUCTION AND SWAP MEET IN ATLANTA

Atlanta Motor Speedway’s infield and garage areas will be bustling with activity
when the Potts Auction Company conducts a trade show, swap meet and racers
auction this Saturday, Jan. 13.

 

“We
are excited to play host to this racer’s auction,” said Brandon Hutchison, vice president of events at AMS.
“This event will give oval track racers and drag racers an opportunity to sell
parts, engines and entire race cars. 
This is the perfect event to begin your race season
planning.”

ROCKINGHAM A FINALIST FOR NCMA AWARDS

Rockingham Dragway, the Carolinas’ fastest
racetrack, was named a finalist for North Carolina Motorsports Association
awards in two different categories. 

 The Rock, which hosts
more than 90 different events each season and is home to two events in the IHRA
eMax Drag Racing Series, was nominated in both the Event Facility and Marketing
categories.  The award winners will be revealed Jan. 30 during the annual NCMA
banquet at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Convention Center in Charlotte.

BAKERSFIELD MARCH MEET HIRES PR FIRM

When it came time to choose an agency to help promote its March Meet drag
racing event, Blake and John Bowser of the Kern County Racing Association
(KCRA), operators of Auto Club Famoso Raceway, picked PCGCampbell in
Torrance, Calif. The reason:

PCGCampbell's success for clients at other
high-profile automotive such as the NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion in
Bakersfield, Calif., the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in Monterey,
Calif., and multiple programs for Ford Racing and Ford Motor Company around
the country. 

JACK BECKMAN TO DRIVE MAIL TERMINAL SERVICES DODGE

 

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Jack Beckman will return to Don Schumacher Racing for the 2007 NHRA POWERade
Drag Racing Series to drive the MailTerminal Services Dodge Funny Car, team
owner Don Schumacher announced today. Schumacher also confirmed that he has
signed Beckman to drive for DSR through the 2009 season.

 

Beckman, a
former Top Fuel racer who joined DSR after the U.S. Nationals in2006 to
replace Whit Bazemore in the Matco Tools Dodge Charger, went from Funny Car
rookie to the fastest and quickest Funny Car pilot on the planet after
posting national-record passes at the season finale in Pomona: 4.662seconds,
and 333.66 mph. He also claimed his first NHRA pro victory in only his fourth
Funny Car race, at the season's penultimate event in Las Vegas.

TOP FUEL TEAM NOMINATED FOR MARKETING AWARD

Scott Griffin’s Serta
sponsored Top Fuel drag racing team has been selected as a finalist for the
North Carolina Motorsports Association Motorsports Industry  marketing award.
The Award recognizes outstanding achievement in the area of event and program
marketing by companies which manage, create, and activate marketing campaigns.
As a result of SGM’s efforts, Serta inked Accor hotels, whose brands include
Motel 6 and Red Roof Inn. Accor has long been a supporter of the National Hot
Rod Association through numerous marketing campaigns most notable of which is
the “Who Got the Light” award.

ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE RACING MILLICANS?

Another Millican is getting his feet wet...err..."dirty" in racing.
Dalton Millican recently competed in the Arenacross hosted by the Shelby Showplace Arena in Memphis, Tennessee.

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