Scelzi to run new Dodge paint scheme on Oakley Funny Car in Gainsville

DON SCHUMACHER RACING
2003 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES

Don Schumacher Racing to Introduce New Dodge Paint Scheme on Scelzi's Oakley
Funny Car in Gainesville

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 8, 2003) -- With the full cooperation and support
of primary sponsor Oakley, Gary Scelzi's Dodge Stratus R/T Funny Car will
sport a new Dodge paint scheme featuring the manufacturer's popular
catch-phrase and logo, "Grab Life By The Horns," at the NHRA Gatornationals
at Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway on March 14-16, 2003, the third round of the
NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. The familiar Oakley "O" will be
prominently displayed on the rear wing.

This is the first time DaimlerChrysler is placing a major focus on the Dodge
brand in NHRA's Funny Car class. "It's an opportunity to introduce our
nearly 3000 Dodge dealers to the NHRA and show them what kind of power a
championship-caliber driver has driving for a championship-caliber team with
a championship-caliber body," said Brett Fischer, DaimlerChrysler
drag-racing program manager. "Our relationship with the NHRA has been
primarily through the Mopar Parts division. The Dodge dealers and the Dodge
brand had not been exposed to the NHRA and this is a great opportunity to do
it, and we're doing it in absolutely the right way. Our new partnership this
year with Don Schumacher Racing has brought an entirely different outlook on
the NHRA
internally with our fans, our employees and our engineers."

Don Schumacher, owner of the largest team in pro NHRA racing this season,
with three Funny Cars and one Top Fuel Dragster, is excited to participate
in this program with Oakley and Dodge. "This type of promotion can only
strengthen our relationship with DaimlerChrysler and the Dodge brand's
relationship with NHRA. It's a joint effort between our team and
DaimlerChrysler to help promote Dodge's presence in NHRA."

"I can't think of a more fitting phrase than 'Grab Life By The Horns' on my
Oakley Dodge Stratus Funny Car," said three-time Top Fuel champion Scelzi,
"because that's exactly what (crew chief) Mike Neff, Gary Scelzi and the
team are trying to do, is grab life by the horns and show everybody that
we're for real. And this paint scheme makes it a really sexy-looking car."

"Gary couldn't be a better representative of what Dodge is about," added
Fischer. "Grabbing life by the horns and driving a 325-mph-plus Funny Car
down the track is kind of the essence of what Dodge is all about. It's a
perfect
match in our eyes."

Models of this new Dodge body will be available soon in 1/16th and 1/24th
scale.

Pro qualifying for the Gatornationals begins on Friday, March 14, at 11 a.m.
and 2:30 p.m. Pro qualifying on Saturday, March 15, will repeat Friday's 11
a.m. and 2:30 p.m. schedule. Final eliminations on Sunday, March 16
will start at 11 a.m. Qualifying will air on ESPN on March 16 at 3:00-4:30
a.m. ET. Eliminations will also air on March 16, from 9:00-11:30 p.m. on
ESPN2.