CRUZ PEDREGON AND THE ADVANCE AUTO PARTS TEAM HAVE CONSISTENT WEEKEND IN BRAINERD

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 14, 2006

Contact:  

     Allison Holt, JRL Group, (847) 291-7080 x201,
 Allison@jrlgroup.com 

     Janie Vogel, JRL Group, (440) 915-7627,  
janievogel@yahoo.com 

    Hi- and low-resolution photos available upon request

 

CRUZ PEDREGON AND THE ADVANCE AUTO PARTS TEAM HAVE CONSISTENT WEEKEND IN
BRAINERD

 

2006 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series 

Round 16 of 23 

NHRA Nationals, Brainerd (MN) Int'l Raceway

Race Date:  August 11-13, 2006

 

BRAINERD, Minn. (August 14, 2006) - Cruz Pedregon and his Advance Auto Parts
Race Team were eliminated after a tough first round matchup at Brainerd (MN)
Int'l Raceway in the Nitro Funny Car division during the NHRA Nationals this
past weekend.  Pedregon is still in the top 10 in the 2006 point standings
after the Advance Auto Parts team's consistent showing in Brainerd.

 

"We got our old car back - the car we had in Brainerd is the exact car that
we won with in Las Vegas," Pedregon stated.  It responded to our changes and
was very consistent.  I'm excited about the fact that we didn't hurt one
part all weekend - no engine damage at all and the car was consistent.  We
had a good race with Scelzi.  It was fender to fender all the way down the
track, and we only lost by a couple of feet.  We're going to move on to
Memphis with a car that is back where we need it to be, back in the groove.
The whole Advance Auto Parts team is looking forward to Memphis so we can
continue the momentum."  

 

NEXT RACE:   August 18-20 - NHRA Nationals, Memphis (TN) Motorsports Park

 

BRAINERD RACE RESULTS:   

 

QUALIFIED:

11th - 4.863 / 315.56 

 

FIRST ROUND:

Gary Scelzi - 4.815 / 323.27 def. Cruz Pedregon - 4.812 / 322.81   

 

FUNNY CAR POINT STANDINGS:

1. Ron Capps, 1175 

2. John Force, 1127 

3. Tony Pedregon, 985 

4. Eric Medlen, 983 

5. Robert Hight, 946 

6. Tommy Johnson Jr., 938 

7. Gary Scelzi, 935 

8. Whit Bazemore, 819 

9. Del Worsham, 707 

10. Cruz Pedregon, 672 

 

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