The Fuller Times The prerace release of six-time NHRA Top Fuel winner Rod Fuller and the Caterpillar Top Fuel team Contact: Ted Yerzyk, (317) 852-6363 o, or (760) 207-9767 c ted@davidpowersmotorsports.com 28th annual Summit Racing Southern Nationals April 24-27, 2008 Atlanta Dragway Commerce, Ga. Rod Fuller on Atlanta “We have to get the big CAT back on track at Atlanta. There’s no doubt we’ve struggled at the past few races, but we qualified on the pole at Atlanta last year and there’s no reason we can’t do it again this season. We ran low E.T. of the first two races, but the important thing is to go out like our teammates (Antron Brown) and be consistent on race day. We want to make up some ground over these next two races.” Rob Flynn (crew chief) on Atlanta “Last year we were low qualifier there and based off of our testing after Las Vegas, we feel we have a setup that will go down the race track. We look for good things at Atlanta with the Caterpillar car.” Fuller Atlanta NHRA Notebook Fuller, who finished second in the NHRA standings last season, enters the sixth race on the 2008 schedule ranked seventh in the Top Fuel standings. He advanced to the semifinals at the Phoenix race in February and recorded low elapsed time of the meet at the first two races of the season (Pomona and Phoenix). Two weeks ago in Las Vegas, his home track, Fuller qualified the Caterpillar dragster sixth with a run of 4.608 seconds. He was defeated in the opening-round by Troy Buff. It is the first time that Fuller recorded consecutive opening round losses since the 2006 season. Last season at Atlanta Dragway, Fuller earned his third career pole and first of four No. 1 qualifying awards last season with a pass of 4.506 seconds at 326.71 mph. He also earned low E.T. of the meet honors. Fuller has qualified for 66 consecutive NHRA Top Fuel events. The last time he failed to make the cut was at the Houston race in 1996 when he was driving the Montana Express dragster on a part time schedule. Fuller has the second longest qualifying streak in Top Fuel (Tony Schumacher) and has an average starting position of second in two races at Atlanta Dragway. Fuller has 13 career NHRA sportsmen victories in the Super Comp (seven) and Super Gas (six) categories. He has two Super Comp victories at Atlanta Dragway, 1999 and ‘00. 2008 NHRA Top Fuel Standings 1. Tony Schumacher (2) 415 - - - 2. Larry Dixon (1) 380 -35 3. ANTRON BROWN (1) 373 -52 4. Cory McClenathan(1) 328 -87 5. Brandon Bernstein 288 -127 6. Hillary Will 251 -164 7. ROD FULLER 244 -171 8. David Grubnic 232 -183 9. Doug Herbert 226 -189 10. Doug Kalitta 221 -194 11. Morgan Lucas 201 -212 Rod Fuller’s Career Results at Atlanta Dragway Year Qualified Finish & Winning Driver 2006 No. 3 2nd round—Larry Dixon 2007 No. 1 First round—Doug Kalitta Fuller’s Atlanta Schedule Date & Time Event and Location Fri., April 25, 9 a.m. Army Y.E.S. Program, Atlanta Dragway Fri., April 25, 3/6:30 p.m. TF Qualifying 1/2, Atlanta Dragway Sat., April 26, 12:30/3:30 p.m. TF Qualifying 3/4, Atlanta Dragway Sun., April 27, 11 a.m. Final Eliminations, Atlanta Dragway Fuller’s Career-Best Performances E.T.—4.464 seconds Joliet, Ill. June 2007 MPH—331.61 mph Chandler, Ariz. Feb. 2007 Fuller’s Career-Best at Atlanta Dragway E.T.—4.504 seconds Commerce, Ga. April 2006 MPH—329.26 mph Commerce, Ga. April 2006 Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals TV Schedule (ESPN2) Date & Time (ET) Coverage Sat., April 26, 6-8 p.m. Qualifying Highlights Sun., April 27, 11-11:30 a.m. NHRA Race Day Sun., April 27, 7-10 p.m. Final Eliminations Coverage www.cat.com/dealercareers www.davidpowersmotorsports.com