Skuza, Wilson Out in Round Two

Mopar Motorsports
NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series
O¹Reilly Summer Nationals
Notes & Quotes ­ June 2, 2002

TELEVISION TIMES: (ALL TIMES EASTERN)
FINAL ROUND:    Sun., June 2; 7:30­ 10:00 p.m.; ESPN2
REPEAT:    Tues., June 4; 2:00-4:30 p.m.; ESPN2

JOLIET, Ill. -- Mopar Motorsports NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series teams
completed eliminations for this weekend¹s Chicagoland Dodge Dealers NHRA
Nationals at Route 66 Raceway.

The following are notes and quotes from today¹s elimination activity.

DEAN SKUZA, driver of the Mopar Parts Dodge Stratus R/T

Dean Skuza and the Mopar Parts Dodge Stratus R/T Nitro Funny Car fell in the
second round of eliminations to Tony Pedregon. Despite a strong weekend of
qualifying, changing track conditions hurt the tune up and he smoked the
tires.

³We had one of our best weekends this year,² Skuza said. ³We made a great
run in the first session and really didn¹t do anything different. We did
learn a lot from what we hade. I¹m pretty pleased with it.²

Skuza advanced to the second round with a victory over Tim Wilkerson. The
Brecksville, Ohio resident laid down a 4.853-second lap at 308.00 mph to
take the win.

GENE WILSON, driver of the Mopar Parts Dodge Neon R/T

Gene Wilson had a great starting-line advantage on Tom Hammonds (434-.463),
but a 6.844-second elapsed time at 199.73 mph was quicker than a
6.933-second run at 199.36 mph.

³We slid around in that right lane,² Wilson said. ³Not having lane choice
bit us that round. I want to say thank you to all the Chicagoland Dodge
Dealers who came out this weekend.²

-Dodge.com-

David Harris, Cox Marketing Group
Mopar Motorsports
NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series
davidh@coxmarketinggroup.com
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