St. Louis - fuller - Pre-race 06-21-06

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Fuller looks for first back-to-back win
 

ST. LOUIS (June 21) - Feeling a turn of the good luck tide, "Hot Rod" Fuller
is ready to begin a win streak at this weekend's 10th annual O'Reilly NHRA
Midwest Nationals at Gateway International Speedway.

 

In his first full season driving the Valvoline/David Powers Motorsports Top
Fuel dragster, Fuller has now visited the winner's circle twice and has had
one runner-up finish at the mid-way point of the 2006 POWERade Drag Racing
series.

 

"We knew sooner or later that things would shift in our favor," Fuller said.
"It was just a matter of time. We would have top speed or the lowest E.T. of
a given qualifying round and for whatever reason found ourselves packing our
bags early during eliminations. That's behind us now and with this Fathers
Day 'Wally' in hand, our team is pumped."

 

The Lee Beard-tuned dragster defeated Larry Dixon in last weekends final
elimination match-up, pushing Fuller back into the elite top-five in NHRA
POWERade championship points standings. Fuller is currently fourth; A win
this weekend could boost him up to third. 

 

Also this weekend the car will be sporting an additional logo on its flanks
-- Margay, the top U.S. manufacturer of competition go-karts. The St.
Louis-based, family-owned company has been in the competition kart building
business since 1964. Some former, factory-backed Indy Car drivers that have
found success in Margay's include Scott Goodyear and Scott Pruett. NASCAR
stars Kevin Harvick and Jerry Nadeau have also scored victories in Margay
karts early in their racing careers.

 

Current Margay factory racer Zack Beard, son of crew chief Lee Beard, is
currently third in points in the Stars of Karting series. Attending this
weekends NHRA event will be Margay President and CEO Keith Freber.

 





 
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