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May 24, 1998 ROMINE AND CARQUEST TEAM TO RETURN TO NHRA COMPETITION AT CHICAGO INDIANAPOLIS -- Paul Romine and his CARQUEST Auto Parts Top Fuel dragster team will return to NHRA Winston Drag Racing competition, May 29-31, at the Inaugural Fram ...

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May 24, 1998 ROMINE AND CARQUEST TEAM TO RETURN TO NHRA COMPETITION AT CHICAGO

INDIANAPOLIS -- Paul Romine and his CARQUEST Auto Parts Top Fuel dragster team will return to NHRA Winston Drag Racing competition, May 29-31, at the Inaugural Fram Route 66 Nationals at the newly constructed Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill. (near Chicago).

Entering the Chicagoland area event, the CARQUEST team has competed in four of the nine NHRA national events this season. At the prestigious NHRA Winston Invitational in Rockingham, N.C., Romine qualified 5th with a career best 4.660 elapsed time and advanced to his first ever NHRA final round where he lost to Kenny Bernstein. The CARQUEST dragster last appeared on the NHRA Winston Drag Racing trail at the Pennzoil Nationals in Richmond, Va. At that event, Romine advanced to the semi-finals were NHRA points leader Cory McClenathan defeated him.

"Other than the disappointments at Gainesville where we didn't qualify and at Atlanta where we went out in round one, we couldn't have ask for anything better success than we've had this year in NHRA competition," Romine said. "It would have been nice to win Rockingham, but still to have advanced to the final of drag racing's all star event, that's something to be proud of. Then advancing to the semi-finals at Richmond, everyone now knows who we are so we won't be able to sneak up on anyone anymore."

Qualifying for the NHRA Fram Route 66 Nationals will begin Friday, May 29 with qualification sessions scheduled at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (CDT). The final two sessions of qualifying will be held Saturday, May 30 at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Final eliminations are scheduled to begin Sunday, May 31 at 11 a.m.

The Nashville Network (TNN) will televise a half hour of qualifying highlights, Sunday, May 31 beginning at 10 a.m. (CDT). Complete coverage of the Fram Route 66 Nationals will air on TNN, Sunday, May 31 at 5 p.m. with a two hour show of highlights and final eliminations.

CARQUEST Corporation began 24 years ago with 100 auto parts stores. Today there are over 3,400 CARQUEST Auto Parts Stores across North America. CARQUEST supplies the professional automotive service repair industry as well as do-it-yourselfers with replacement parts, tools and equipment. CARQUEST is committed to providing auto parts and services of the highest quality and greatest value to its customers. For the location of the CARQUEST Auto Parts Stores nearest you, call 1-800-492-PART or check out CARQUEST on the World Wide Web at CARQUEST.COM. CARQUEST Auto Parts is the primary sponsor of IHRA Top Fuel World Champion Paul Romine and title right sponsor of the IHRA CARQUEST Empire Nationals, July 10-12, in Rochester, NY and the IHRA CARQUEST Northern Nationals, July 31-Aug. 2, in Stanton, MI. CARQUEST is also a primary sponsor of the 1999 Special Olympics World Games to be held, June 26 - July 3, 1999 in Raleigh, NC.

-AEROLITE RACING-

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