Ringers Gloves Weekend Wrap-Up

Indianapolis – (November 15,  2004) The National Hot Rod  Association (NHRA) 
closed out its 2004 POWERade Championship Drag Racing season  on Sunday at 
Pomona Raceway in Pomona, Calif.  While three of the four professional  
categories determined champions a few races earlier, the Pro Stock Bike category  
crowned a champion…the youngest ever in NHRA history for that  matter. 
On Saturday following his second  qualifying pass of the day, Andrew Hines 
became the youngest NHRA POWERade  National Champion in the series’ history. 
Hines, 21, took his Screamin’  Eagle/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson to three 
national Pro Stock Bike wins  and set eight No. 1 low qualifying times in 2004 
on his way to his first  national championship. 
While Hines didn’t end up in the  final round eliminations, the team he has 
been battling with in points all year  had its team bikes duking it out. 
Schumacher Racing’s Angelle Savoie  beat her teammate Antron Brown for the 
third time in finals in  2004. 
Her win of 7.036/188.09 mph moved  her into second place in the final 
POWERade points standings over Brown, who  shifted down to third. 
In Pro Stock action, Greg Anderson  continued to set the Pro Stock world on 
fire.  He recorded his 15th win of  the season and once again defeated teammate 
Jason Line in  finals. 
Sunday was Anderson and Line’s sixth  meeting in finals. 
Top Fuel action saw 2004 POWERade  Top Fuel Dragster champion Tony Schumacher 
take on young gun Morgan  Lucas. 
Lucas, who was making his second  final round appearance in two races, 
unfortunately blew a belt, relinquishing  the chances at his first professional Top 
Fuel career  win. 
The NASCAR Nextel Cup Series  visited the Darlington Raceway in Darlington, 
S.C., on Sunday for the second to last race of  their 2004 race season. 
Ringers supporting team, Penske  Racing South and its drivers Brendan 
Gaughan, Ryan Newman and Rusty Wallace,  didn’t have the races they had hoped for. 
Newman and his No. 12 ALLTEL Dodge  had a good run going during the Southern 
500, until lap 330 when his engine  expired, ending yet another good run for 
him and his  team. 
The remaining Penske teammates  finished the race; Wallace in 18th and 
Gaughan in  27th. 
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series head to  the Homestead-Miami Speedway for the season 
finale next  weekend. 
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series’  race was rained out at Darlington on 
Friday  and was forced to run their race on Saturday after the NASCAR Busch Series 
 race. 
Ringers team Ultra Motorsports had  Nextel Cup rookie Kasey Kahne piloting 
their No. 2 Team ASE/Carquest Dodge in  the Darlington  200. 
Kahne, making his first Truck  Series start, took the No. 2 to victory lane, 
while teammate Ted Musgrave in the  No. 1 Mopar Dodge brought his truck home 
in third. 
Orleans Racing, another Ringers  supporting team, and driver Steve Park also 
had a top-five finish in fifth  place. 
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