Johnson & Morgan Top Mopar's Pro Stock Effort

Mopar Motorsports
NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series
Sears Craftsman NHRA Nationals
Gateway International Raceway -- Madison, Ill.
Qualifying Notes & Quotes

MADISON, Ill. (June 27, 2003) -- Mopar NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series
drivers completed the first night of qualifying for this weekend¹s Sears
Craftsman NHRA Nationals at Gateway International Raceway, just outside St.
Louis. 

Darrell Alderman, driver of the Mopar Parts Dodge Stratus
Johnson & Johnson Racing
Hometown: Morehead, Ky.
Age: 53
Current Weekend Best Qualifying Time: 6.880 seconds
Current Weekend Best Speed: 200.47 mph
Current Weekend Qualifying Position: 19th

Notes: Darrell Alderman sits on the outside looking in after the first day
of qualifying. His Mopar Parts Dodge Stratus drove to a 6.880-second elapsed
time at 200.47 mph.

³We shook a little bit with the new car,² said Alderman, who debuted his new
Dodge Stratus tonight. ³We¹ll go back and look at the computer and see if we
can¹t get into the show tomorrow.²

Allen Johnson, driver of the Mopar Parts Dodge Stratus
Johnson & Johnson Racing
Hometown: Greeneville, Tenn.
Age: 43
Current Weekend Best Qualifying Time: 6.829 seconds
Current Weekend Best Speed: 201.16 mph
Current Weekend Qualifying Position: 5th

Notes: Allen Johnson powered his Mopar Parts Dodge Stratus to the
provisional fifth position with a 6.829-second elapsed time at 201.16 mph.

³We made a killer run on that last one,² Johnson said. ³We have a lot left
in our 60-foot times. We could have gone a low 6.82 or a high 6.81 that
time. That car is awesome -- it¹s an unbelievable chassis and car. There
won¹t be any difference in the lanes on Sunday either.²

Larry Morgan, driver of the Mopar Parts Dodge Neon
Larry Morgan Racing
Hometown: Newark, Ohio
Age: 48
Current Weekend Best Qualifying Time: 6.853 seconds
Current Weekend Best Speed: 201.13 mph
Current Weekend Qualifying Position: 10th

NOTES:  Larry Morgan showed some spark tonight in his Hemi-powered Dodge
Neon. The Newark, Ohio resident grabbed the provisional 10th slot with a
6.853-second elapsed time at 201.13 mph.

³We didn¹t make as good of run on our second one as our first,² Morgan said.
³It sure feels good to stay in the show though. It¹s sure a big improvement
from where we were the last time we raced. We found and worked on a bunch of
little things. All of our thrashing on this thing is starting to pay off.
And with Bob Glidden here, he makes sure we don¹t miss a beat.²

Gene Wilson, driver of the Mopar Parts Dodge Stratus
Larry Morgan Racing
Hometown: Adairsville, Ga.
Age: 30
Current Weekend Best Qualifying Time: 6.893 seconds
Current Weekend Best Speed: 200.29 mph
Current Weekend Qualifying Position: 24th

NOTES: Gene Wilson and the Mopar Parts Dodge Stratus missed the show after
posting a 6.893-second elapsed time at 200.29 mph.

³We made a nice hit in that last one,² Wilson said. ³We made a good clutch
run, but our engine was a little down. We hurt something in the engine
during our warm-up procedure for round one. We fixed it, but we may have
something else going on now. We¹re going to put in a fresh bullet tomorrow
and try and get into the show.²