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NHRA: Christen Powell prepared for racing action at Reading

15 September 2000

CRISTEN POWELL, driver of the Bazemore Racing/ Matco Tools/NitroFish Camaro co
mments on this weekend's event at Maple Grove Raceway, as well as how she 
views this current string of racing on three consecutive weekends - 

"Three races in a row is pretty tough, but you build up momentum, and whether 
you win or lose, you just want to get back out there and do it again.  
Normally, you have to wait so long for the next race, so it will be nice to 
compete in Reading this weekend.  I'll just have to explain to my teachers as 
to why I'll be missing another day of classes.

"So far Maple Grove has not been a tremendously good track for me, so it will 
be nice to go back there with a chance to wipe out those bad vibes.  But I 
try not to dwell on individual tracks, preferring to look at every event as 
just another race where I'm able to enjoy a whole new bunch of fans.  I know 
the Matco Tools/NitroFish team is looking forward to having four qualifying 
runs to work with after the unusual schedule in Englishtown.  We plan to go 
there and get our Camaro dialed in, and improve on every single pass like we 
did in Indy."