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FULLER DRIVES CATERPILLAR CAR TO NO. 8 POSITION FRIDAY AT RICHMOND

PETERSBURG, Va. (Oct. 10, 2008) – Hot Rod Fuller drove his David Powers-owned Caterpillar dragster to the provisional No. 8 qualifying position Friday evening at Virginia Motorsports Park with an elapsed time of 3.853-seconds. 

Fuller, who posted a runner-up finish at the Richmond race two years ago (to Cory McClenathan), carded the sixth quickest pass of Friday’s opening qualifying session. The seven-time Top Fuel winner used a tune-up from crew chief Rob Flynn to card a lap of 3.866 seconds at 310.27 mph, the third fastest speed of the round. On Friday’s second attempt, the Carter Machinery/JLG car clocked a performance of 3.853 at 312.78 to finish the provisional No. 8 qualifying position. Fuller qualified seventh at the Richmond NHRA race last October. 

“We had mineshaft conditions today and on that night run, but we just missed the tune-up,” Fuller said. “We just weren’t aggressive enough for the conditions. The bright spot is that we made two runs down the track and were very consistent. I do believe that we can go quicker on Saturday if there is cloud cover.”

Professional nitro qualifying resumes Saturday afternoon at Virginia Motorsports Park with sessions scheduled for Noon and 3 p.m. (ET).

Headquartered in Houston with race operations located in Brownsburg, Ind., David Powers Motorsports fields the two-car Top Fuel operation of drivers Rod Fuller and Antron Brown. DPM proudly represents racing partners Matco Tools, Caterpillar, Forward Sports Marketing, Valvoline, Toyota, DataDot USA, Ringer’s Gloves, Go Fast Sports, Goodyear, FRAM, and Autolite.   

Q1	3.866 ET, 310.27 MPH No. 6
Q2	3.853 ET, 312.78 MPH No. 8

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