Tasca and Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing Team To Start Fifth in Reading

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*Bob Tasca III*

*Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford Shelby Mustang***

*Nitro Funny Car class*

*NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series*

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*25th Annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals*

*Maple Grove Raceway *
*August 20-23, 2009*

*Race 17 of 24*

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*TASCA AND MOTORCRAFT/QUICK LANE RACING TEAM TO START FIFTH IN READING*

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*READING, PA – August 22, 2009 – Bob Tasca III and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane
Racing look forward to Sunday morning after experience two challenging and
rain filled days in Reading.*

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*Eager to be back on the track, Tasca’s first run of the weekend was smooth
and strong.  After Friday’s lone qualifying session, Tasca and the
Motorcraft/Quick Lane team sat comfortably in the third position in hopes of
improving on Saturday.*

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*In what would be a repeat weather performance of Friday, Funny Cars would
take to the track for their single pass of the day.  Tasca was confident his
Motorcraft/Quick Lane Shelby Mustang could improve on Friday’s effort.  Tasca
reached the 660-foot marker and experienced a blown supercharger.*

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*“We’re still a little unclear with what happened in the second run,” said
Tasca.*

*“We believe it was a valve train failure that caused the massive explosion.
It destroyed the supercharger and it knocked a port out of the cylinder head
along with the manifold.  There was a big flash fire, which did go out.  The
oil did not catch on fire; it was more of a fuel fire that was in the
manifold.”  *

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*It would be a long Saturday night and early Sunday morning for Tasca and
the team. *

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*"Other than causing a lot of work for this Motorcraft/Quick Lane team,
we’ll be ready for tomorrow,” said Tasca.  “We’re going to work through the
night to make sure our Motorcraft/Quick Lane Shelby Mustang is race ready
for Sunday.” *

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*Tasca and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing team will rely on Friday’s 4.138
second run at 299.26 miles per hour to develop Sunday’s race strategy.  *

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*“Chris Cunningham, Marc Denner and the guys made a really great call on
Friday in the heat,” said Tasca. “I’m disappointed in today, not in the
explosion, but we would have liked to have had a second run.  This has been
a very challenging weekend because we never really had the chance to hit our
stride.”*

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*Tasca is seeded fifth and will face Ron Capps in the opening round. *

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*“You race the race, regardless of who is in the next lane,” said
Tasca.  “We’ve
got a formidable competitor in the other lane, but at the same time, he has
a formidable competitor.  We’re looking forward to going a couple of rounds
on Sunday.”*

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*Television*

Sunday, August 23: ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD will air *NHRA Race Day*, at 11:30
a.m. (ET).

Sunday, August 23: ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD will televise three hours of final
eliminations at 10 p.m. (ET).

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About Motorcraft

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*About Quick Lane *

Quick Lane® provides automotive quick services for all makes and models.
Quick Lane's® nationwide network of 530 facilities provides the convenience
of an aftermarket company (no appointment necessary, service while you wait,
evening and weekend hours, competitive prices) with the confidence of a
major automotive manufacturer (quality parts, factory-trained technicians).
Quick Lane® is a registered trademark of Ford Motor Company. For more
information, visit
*www.quicklane.com
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*About Ford Motor Company*

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Mich., manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents.   With
about 201,000 employees and about 90 plants worldwide, the company’s brands
include Ford, Lincoln, Mercury and Volvo. The company provides financial
services through Ford Motor Credit Company.  For more information regarding
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