Dennis Cooper of Lafayette, Colo., named 18th NAPA Honorary Crew Member of 2010 NHRA season

(EDITORS: Attached is a digital image of Dennis Cooper and Ron Capps at the
2010 Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Colo.
Photo credit: AutoImagery.com )

DON SCHUMACHER RACING
2010 NHRA FULL THROTTLE DRAG RACING SERIES
Round 16 of 23
MOPAR Mile-High NHRA Nationals
Bandimere Speedway
Morrison, Colo.
July 23-25, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438;
jstropus@earthlink.net

DENNIS COOPER OF LAFAYETTE, COLO., NAMED 18TH NAPA AUTO PARTS HONORARY CREW
MEMBER OF 2010 NHRA SEASON

MORRISON, Colo. (July 25, 2010) - Dennis Cooper, of Lafayette, Colo., was
selected as the 18th NAPA AUTO PARTS Honorary Crew Member of the 2010 NHRA
Full Throttle Drag Racing Series at this weekend's Mopar Mile-High NHRA
Nationals at Bandimere Speedway, just outside of Denver.

Cooper, 50, is the owner of Cooper's Automotive in Lafayette, an eight-bay
automotive repair facility which is also a NAPA AutoCare Center. The shop is
in its 27th year of business and has been a NAPA AutoCare Center for the
last 12 years.

He and his 25-year-old daughter Stephanie Burch, who lives in Dacono, Colo.,
have been coming to the Mile-High Nationals for 15 years, having missed only
one event in that time. "We've been coming here since she was 11 years old,"
he said. "She got married in June two years ago and we still made it to the
Mile-High Nationals. Her birthday is this weekend, so a lot of times this
event has fallen on her birthday.

"I just got the love of cars from Dad," said Stephanie, who used to compete
in the high-school drags at Bandimere Speedway when she was a teen-aged
student.

While Cooper does not compete in any racing series or wrench on racing cars,
"I think everybody in the automotive industry is in it because of their love
for cars," he said. "I've never raced. I have toys at home and it's my
daughter who has actually been down this track.

"I do have a 1970 Chevelle SS that we built and it doesn't get out of the
garage much. It's finished and it runs and I hear it from my wife every day
that it's just taking up room in the garage and we never use it," he said,
with a laugh.

As for his being selected as the NAPA Honorary Crew Member, "Honestly, I
don't even know what to think," he said. "My daughter and I have been coming
here together for a long time. We just enjoy being here, and then to be able
to do something like this and meet Ron Capps is just a dream come true for
us.

"I follow all the NHRA fuel teams and root for all of them, especially
Capps. And the raw horsepower of these fuel cars is what I think attracts
people to events like this."

Will Rogers, district manager for the NAPA Distribution Center in Denver,
was on hand to help present the honor to Cooper. "Dennis has been a great
customer for 12 years of our Louisville (Colo.) NAPA store, which is owned
by Dale King," he said. "He's a big drag-racing fan. His outside salesman
from the store, Ron Grande, has always kept in touch with us and let us know
that he's a big drag-racing fan, and that he and Stephanie always come to
this race. So, we thought it was a natural to choose him as the NAPA
Honorary Crew Member for being such a good customer."

Cooper also feels the Don Schumacher Racing/NHRA/NAPA association is
valuable. "It's a wonderful relationship," he said. "Dennis mentioned that
these events attract people because of the sheer horsepower that is on
display. This is our demographic. These are the people who buy parts from us
and are in the industry. They're all potential NAPA customers and we're very
excited to be a part of it, and to be associated with DSR, Ron Capps and the
entire crew. Everyone at DSR is very professional and they represent us very
well. I'm just excited to be a part of the whole deal.²

Cooper¹s non-wrenching crew-member duties included escorting the NAPA AUTO
PARTS Dodge Funny Car to the staging lanes for Saturday's qualifying rounds.
He then helped retrieve the car at the end of the track after each of Capps'
passes.

The side window of the NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge sported his name as the NAPA
AUTO PARTS Honorary Crew Member this weekend.

He also met and chatted with the entire NAPA Dodge Funny Car crew, was a
special guest in the NAPA hospitality area throughout the weekend, received
a NAPA team jersey, experienced an up-close-and-personal view of the NAPA
crew as the team worked on the car, and enjoyed a private tour of the team
transporter and pit area.

NAPA AUTO PARTS distribution centers at each NHRA event during the season
have different criteria for choosing the persons who are potential NAPA AUTO
PARTS Honorary Crew Members.

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