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POMONA, Calif. (Feb. 7, 2008) – Rod Fuller drove his David Powers-owned Caterpillar dragster to the provisional No. 9 qualifying spot Thursday afternoon at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. The six-time Top Fuel winner clocked a run of 4.558-seconds in his Caterpillar dragster.
Fuller, who finished second in the 2007 NHRA standings, used a tune-up from crew chief Rob Flynn to power his CAT dragster to run of 4.558 seconds at 325.30 mph. Fuller, who led preseason testing in Phoenix with a run of 4.468 seconds, qualified second at the Winernationals last year. Tony Schumacher led the Top Fuel class on Thursday with a run of 4.513-seconds. Qualifying continues on Friday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. (PT).
“It was a good first day baseline run,” Fuller said. “We got down the track and that’s important. We got behind the eight ball here last fall and we wanted to make a solid run on Thursday. This is a 4.40 car and we should run 4.40s before the weekend is out.”
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, Valvoline, Toyota, Forward Sports Marketing, Goodyear, FRAM, Autolite, Ringer’s Gloves, and Go Fast Sports.
FULLER OPENS 2008 SEASON IN NO. 9 POSITION AT POMONA
POMONA, Calif. (Feb. 7, 2008) – Rod Fuller drove his David Powers-owned Caterpillar dragster to the provisional No. 9 qualifying spot Thursday afternoon at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. The six-time Top Fuel winner clocked a run of 4.558-seconds in his Caterpillar dragster.
Fuller, who finished second in the 2007 NHRA standings, used a tune-up from crew chief Rob Flynn to power his CAT dragster to run of 4.558 seconds at 325.30 mph. Fuller, who led preseason testing in Phoenix with a run of 4.468 seconds, qualified second at the Winernationals last year. Tony Schumacher led the Top Fuel class on Thursday with a run of 4.513-seconds. Qualifying continues on Friday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. (PT).
“It was a good first day baseline run,” Fuller said. “We got down the track and that’s important. We got behind the eight ball here last fall and we wanted to make a solid run on Thursday. This is a 4.40 car and we should run 4.40s before the weekend is out.”
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, Valvoline, Toyota, Forward Sports Marketing, Goodyear, FRAM, Autolite, Ringer’s Gloves, and Go Fast Sports.
