NHRA Top Fuel Racer Morgan Lucas to Sign Autographs at Bluegrass Speedway on August 27

 CORONA, CA (August 21, 2005)- One of the rising stars on the NHRA Top Fuel Dragster Circuit, Morgan Lucas will make a special guest appearance at the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 5th Annual "Bluegrass Classic" on Saturday Night, August 27 at the Bluegrass Speedway in Bardstown, KY.  Morgan will be signing autographs along with the stars of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series beginning at 5 pm.  There will be a complete race program that night for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series with Oval Craft Racing Aluminum Designs Time Trials, VP Fuels Makin' Power Heat Races, Mason Racing Rebel Shock Dyno and PPM Racing Products B-Mains and the $10,000 to win, $700 to start "Bluegrass Classic" main event.

Morgan Lucas is one of the up and coming drivers in NHRA racing.  The 21 year old son of Forrest and Charlotte Lucas drives in the Top Fuel division for Joe Amato Racing.  He is currently sixth in the NHRA POWERade Championship points standings.  Ahead of Morgan are points leader Doug Kalitta followed by Tony Schumacher, Larry Dixon, Brandon Bernstein and Dave Grubnik.  Morgan sits 268 points behind Kalitta heading into this weekend's events at Memphis, TN.

Morgan Lucas has five runner-up finishes in NHRA Top Fuel competition, which the responsive driver reached in only his seventh, eighth, 10th, 20th and 21st starts. He finished 16th in the 2004 NHRA Top Fuel Point standings with 502 points after competing in only eight races on the 23-race schedule. He is currently 268 points from the 2005 POWERade lead in sixth place with Lucas amassing a total of 980 points after the completion of 16 events.
 
Lucas' quickest elapsed time is 4.474 seconds, set on Feb. 12, 2005 at Pomona Raceway. He sped to his fastest mile per hour of 328.94 mph set on May 29 in the first round of eliminations at the 2005 O’Reilly Summer Nationals in Topeka, Kansas. He won his first Budweiser low qualifier on May 14 at Atlanta Dragway recording a time 4.541 seconds. Morgan Lucas’ first Top Fuel event behind the wheel of the Joe Amato-owned dragster was the 2004 Lucas Oil Nationals at the Brainerd (MN.) International Raceway on August 15, 2004.

The race team is sponsored by Lucas Oil Products, Keystone Automotive, Snap on Tools, Fram, Autolite, Flys Sunglasses, Driver FX and Impact Race Products.

For more information on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series you can visit their website at www.lucasdirt.com. 

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