NHRA News: Russell revs it up in Houston for Admiral Services

Contact: Darrell Russell at 832-816-9820

Russell revs it up in Houston for Admiral Services

Houston, pre-race: Top Fuel racer Darrell Russell has inked a special 
one-race title sponsorship deal with Houston-based Admiral Services for 
this weekend's 16th annual O'Reilly Spring Nationals presented by 
Pennzoil at Houston Raceway Park.

The former Rookie of the Year, who hails from the Houston suburb of 
Hockley, is pleased to be bringing a new sponsor to the sport and hopes 
their exposure at this event pays enough dividends that they will become 
more actively involved with his race team, which is owned by five-time 
series champion Joe Amato.

Its always nice to be racing in your hometown and now with Admiral 
Services onboard for this race, fans have a local driver and a local 
company to cheer for at the same time, said Russell, who is currently 
ninth in the POWERade points standings. Theyre bringing some folks out 
to the track and were going to give them the full NHRA experience. 
Hopefully, that includes some success on Sunday.

We feel like were ready for a big move. We unveiled a new body last 
weekend in Las Vegas that we believe is the next step in Top Fuel 
aerodynamic development. It certainly gained a lot of attention for our 
team out there and I know the huge curiosity level we generated with the 
fans will carry over to this event. It will be great to see the Admiral 
Services logo flying down the strip on this new car.

Our goal is always two-fold, to win the race, and to represent our 
sponsors with integrity and professionalism. If we hold up our end of 
the deal and get some good, positive exposure for Admiral Services, then 
it will be a great weekend for all of us.

Admiral Services is a residential and commercial air conditioning 
company servicing the Greater Houston area.

We are very proud to be associated with Joe Amato Racing for this 
event, said John Conley, president of Admiral Services. Its also nice 
knowing that were supporting a local professional driver in Darrell 
Russell. We really feel that NHRA drag racing is an excellent way for us 
to gain attention for our company.

--30--