Fri, 9 May 2008, 12:30 PM Edwards' GXP To Be Center Of Tulsa Pontiac Club Event

Courtesy of John Miller

TULSA, Okla. -- Though it is an off-weekend on the NHRA tour, Mike Edwards and his Penhall/Young Life team will be out carrying the Pontiac banner to many of the brands faithful followers when he is scheduled to make exhibition runs in his Pontiac GXP during the Indian Nations Pontiac Club event this Mother's day weekend in Tulsa, Okla.

The event will not only feature Edwards, but will include a car show, drag racing, and on Friday night a tech session with guest speaker Jim Wagners, who was the head of marketing for Pontiac that launched the GTO craze.

"Mike is a great ambassador for the area when it comes to drag racing and to those who just love cars," said Indian Nations Pontiac Club president Larry Crider. "It is a great benefit to us here locally to have such a great ambassador to the Pontiac brand and who is willing to bring his professional operation to the track and make exhibition runs.

"Mike is a major part of our celebration that promotes not only drag racing but the love of great Pontiacs. It is an honor to have such a great team be part of our program for not only who they are in the sport of drag racing but what they represent to this entire community."

This is the side the Edwards and the entire team love to support because as they see it, it is a great way to give back to those who support them in the local community.

"The Pontiac brand has been awfully good to me and my team over the years and by doing these exhibition runs is a small way I can give back to those in the area who love Pontiac and what it stands for and on a larger scale to corporate Pontiac for their great support of our racing," Edwards said. "It's nice to visit with the hometown fans that cheer for you all year and it gives you that extra little push to make the area of Tulsa and state of Oklahoma proud."

The Pontiac drag race and all-Pontiac GMC Oakland Car Show will be held Saturday at Tulsa Raceway Park.

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