Mindy's Monday Minute
Press Information: For Immediate Release Contact Information Mindy Stephens Ringers Gloves Public Relations 800.421.8454 _mindys@ringersgloves.com_ (mailto:mindys@ringersgloves.com) MINDY’S MONDAY MINUTE Capps, Sampey in Winner’s Circle Again; Bud Prince Also Joins Them Moorpark, Calif. - (April 3, 2006) Ron Capps, Angelle Sampey and Melanie Troxel all have something in common, besides racing for the Ringers supporting team of Don Schumacher Racing. All three of them have been in the finals the past two races, with Capps and Sampey both going onto the Winner’s Circle. Sampey grabbed the No. 1 qualifier position at the O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals in Baytown (Tex.) over the weekend and also went onto her second victory of the season, beating out reigning POWERade Pro Stock Motorcycle champion, Andrew Hines. Ron Capps’ Brut Racing team has got to be the sweetest smelling team in all of NHRA POWERade competition, and not only because they sit atop the Funny Car points right now. Capps notched another win on his belt, also his second in a row, Sunday by taking out a tire-smoking Bob Gilbertson. The blonde Bud Prince Brandon Bernstein, also a Ringers racer, reigned mighty supreme in the Top Fuel category, as he denied Schumacher Racing’s Melanie Troxel of her second win of the season. Troxel has made four finals in 2006, with only one win coming at the season-opener in Pomona. Bernstein’s 4.534/329.83 mph win on Sunday was his first in 13 races, with St. Louis ‘05 being the last. In Pro Stock competition, Mike Edwards used his Ringers DriverX gloves to shift him towards the win light over Jim Yates. Sunday’s victory marked Edwards’ first Wally since 2002. Edwards beat out Yates 6.731/206.01 mph to 6.726/205.63 mph. The National Hot Rod Association heads to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Sin City this weekend for the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals, April 6-9. About Ringers Gloves Ringers Gloves, Official Gloves of NHRA and title sponsor for the Ringers Gloves Pro Bike Battle, is a full-line manufacturer of high-end, task specific gloves, SFI 3.3/1, 3.3/10, 3.3/20 racing gloves, UnderX protective undergarments and rdigs pit boots. Keep up with your favorite Ringers racers in ‘06 by logging onto _www.ringersgloves.com_ (http://www.ringersgloves.com/) for photos and highlights! Mindy Stephens Public Relations/Marketing Ringers Gloves RingersIndy@aol.com _www.ringersgloves.com_ (http://www.ringersgloves.com/)