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Huffaker/Qvale at Road America

10 July 1999

HUFFAKER/QVALE TO FIELD A SINGLE CAR AT ROAD AMERICA'S TEXACO/HAVOLINE 200 
WEEKEND TRANS-AM

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (July 9, 1999) — Huffaker/Qvale Motorsports will field a 
single Ford Mustang Cobra entry for this weekends Texaco/Havoline 200 
BFGoodrich Trans-Am race on Saturday, July 10 at the scenic, 4.048-mile, 
14-turn Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wis. Chris Neville, 1998 
Trans-Am Rookie of the Year and pole-sitter at this year's Long Beach season 
opener, will handle the driving duties.

"We have continued to develop the cars since Mid-Ohio," says Huffaker/Qvale 
principal, Joe Huffaker. "We have done additional work on both the front and 
rear suspensions. The two cars are now identical. We tested at Thunderhill 
just prior to the Road America event, and we will continue to test the cars 
after Road America and before the Road Atlanta round."

Huffaker Engineering is rapidly becoming THE place for racers to go for 
chassis and suspension updates and modifications. In addition to the two cars 
in the Huffaker/Qvale Motorsports stable, Huffaker has done work on the cars 
of series points-leader Brian Simo as well as that of front-runner Randy 
Ruhlman.

After scoring the pole at Long Beach, Neville went on to post a solid 
fourth-place at Mosport in Round Two, behind winner Simo. At Round Three, 
Neville swapped the lead with Simo before settling for second place, then 
followed that with another podium finish at Mid-Ohio in Round Four, behind 
defending series champion, Paul Gentilozzi, and Simo.

"We are very happy with the job that Chris has done for us so far this year," 
said other Huffaker/Qvale principal, Bruce Qvale. "We are working very hard 
to keep him in the driver's seat for the rest of the season. Like 
Huffaker/Qvale, he is a rising star in this series."