Texas Proves Tough for Tasca and Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing Team

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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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*24th Annual O’Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals*

*Texas Motorplex in Ennis, TX*
*September 25-27, 2009*

*Race 20 of 24*

*2nd Race in Countdown to 1*

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*TEXAS PROVES TOUGH FOR TASCA AND MOTORCRAFT/QUICK LANE RACING TEAM*

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*DEARBORN, MI – September 27, 2009 – Tasca and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane
Racing team entered Texas sitting fifth in NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing
Series Countdown to 1 championship points standings.  Tasca and team remain
in that fifth position at the conclusion of the weekend.*

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*Despite the hot and humid Texas conditions, Tasca and the Motorcraft/Quick
Lane team took the track conditions in stride and posted their best
qualifying effort of 4.188 seconds at 291.26 miles per hour.  Tasca would
seed in the sixth position and face Tony Pedregon during Sunday’s first
round eliminations.*

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*In the opening pair, Pedregon was first off the line, but Tasca’s Mustang
took the lead before the 330-foot marker.  Tasca advanced to the second
round by 0.0986 seconds, approximately 39 feet. *

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*“*We had a big first round win against Tony Pedregon,” said Tasca.  “Our
Motorcraft/Quick Lane Shelby Mustang was phenomenal.  We ran a 4.17, which
was the low ET of the first round.”



Tasca would face Jerry Toliver in the second round.  Toliver was on the
throttle first, but the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Shelby would quickly take the
lead.  Tasca smoked the tires around 400 feet and pedaled the Mustang while
Toliver cruised to the finish line.

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“We knew that you had to be in that left lane to really run hard and that’s
what we did,” said Tasca.  “We ran as hard as we could run and
unfortunately, it was a little too much.  I pedaled it and felt it knock the
tire off well past where it normally would.  I knew I was in trouble,
stepped off the throttle, rolled back into it to try to get it to
recover.  Jerry
set his car up to do what he needed to do.  We were a little bit too
aggressive in that second round.”



“This second round loss was a disappointing way to end our weekend,”
continued Tasca.  “We wanted to be in the left lane to win and in the second
round against Toliver, it was about lane choice for the semi-finals.”



Despite the second round loss, Tasca and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing
team remain fifth in NHRA’s Countdown to 1 championship standings.



“We’ve put ourselves in a position to compete right down to the wire with
this Countdown to 1 by winning a round in Charlotte and winning a round here
in Dallas,” said Tasca. “That second round loss today was painful but we’ll
learn from it and move on to Memphis. We’re still in a position to win the
championship.  We just need to keep going rounds and that’s what we’ll do
next weekend.”**



Robert Hight won the *24th Annual O’Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall
Nationals in Ennis, Texas.*

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*Countdown to 1 Points Standings – Funny Car*
1. Robert Hight, 2241; 2. Ashley Force Hood, 2228; 3. Jack Beckman, 2196; 4.
Tony Pedregon, 2,182; *5. Bob Tasca III, 2,170;** *6. Ron Capps, 2147; 7.
John Force, 2131; 8. Tim Wilkerson, 2,129; 9. Mike Neff, 2,099; 10. Del
Worsham, 2,085.**

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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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