Scelzi No. 7 on Friday in Columbus

DON SCHUMACHER RACING
2004 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES
Round 10 of 23
PONTIAC EXCITEMENT NHRA NATIONALS
NATIONAL TRAIL RACEWAY
COLUMBUS, OHIO
RACE DATES: June 11-13, 2004

HEBRON, Ohio (June 11, 2004) - Gary Scelzi posted two good passes today
under humid and slick conditions following a rain delay, ending up No. 7
with a 4.907-second elapsed time at 309.27, despite losing a cylinder on his
HEMI-powered Oakley Dodge Stratus Funny Car in the second qualifying
session. 

In today's first session at the newly-repaved National Trail Raceway, he
hazed the tires at about 500 feet of the quarter-mile, then pedaled it to
complete a straight run of 5.222/296.50.

"The HEMI-powered Oakley Dodge ran really well today," he said, "even though
it lost a cylinder tonight and we hazed the tires in the first session.
(Crew chief) Mike Neff and the team have done a great job and we now have a
total of seven good runs, counting the five at Topeka."

Two more qualifying sessions are scheduled for Saturday.