Cannon qualifies No. 8 in Las Vegas

DON SCHUMACHER RACING
NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series
The ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals
Round 22 of 23
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas, Nev.
Race Dates: Oct. 24-26, 2003

LAS VEGAS (Oct. 25, 2003) - In the final qualifying session today, Scotty
Cannon was on a strong run but came a little too close to the left-side
guardwall with his Oakley Time Bomb Dodge Stratus Funny Car en route to the
finish line, resulting in a 5.333-second run at 201.52 mph.

His impressive Friday night pass of 4.863 seconds at 322.34 mph held up to
keep him in the top half of the field for the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA
Nationals, but he dropped to No. 8 after also smoking the tires at the top
end in today's third qualifying session.

"It was running as good or better than our .86," he said. "And it kind of
got out of the groove on me a little bit. The belt came off and it spun the
tire. It was running good."

The popular Mohawk-wearing racer from Lyman, S.C., will face Del Worsham in
the first round of final eliminations tomorrow.