As the second half of the regular season swings into high gear, Tasca and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane
team study a history lesson from just one year ago. Focused and determined, the driver and crew of
the red and black 300-mile per hour machine look to reclaim what was missing from their last
appearance in the Mile High City.
"We want to pick up where we left off because we qualified sixth and raced the wrong guy in
Denver," said Tasca. "We would have beaten a lot of the other drivers and unfortunately, we raced
Ron Capps and left earlier than we expected."
Determined not to repeat the result of last year's race in Denver, Tasca and the Motorcraft/Quick
Lane team circled the Denver race date and eagerly awaited their second meeting with the western
swing cities.
"The Motorcraft/Quick Lane team and I have put a stake in the ground for this West Coast Swing.
We're going to make it a point to do great this year," said Tasca. "We're going into this key
stretch of races knowing that we need to perform well to put ourselves in a strong position for the
Countdown to 1."
Having spent the entire 2009 season among the series points leaders, Tasca and the Motorcraft/Quick
Lane team have taken the proverbial step forward in their second season in the NHRA's Drag Racing
Full Throttle Funny Car Series.
"The Motorcraft/Quick Lane Shelby Mustang and the driver of that hot rod are both light years ahead
of where we were last year," said a confident Tasca. "Our success has to a lot to do with the
alliance with Wilkerson and having a couple hundred runs in the Fuel Funny Car. Those are all
things that are playing to our advantage. We're a dangerous team. There are not too many guys out
there that look forward to racing that Motorcraft/Quick Lane Mustang right now."
2nd Annual Funny Car Design Contest
Now through August 14, the public is invited to visit http://www.jdrf.org/ford, view more than 200 paint scheme designs and vote
for their favorite children's design by making a monetary donation to JDRF, all as part of Ford
Customer Service Division's second annual Funny Car Design Contest.
The top five donation-earning designs will go in front of a panel of judges and narrowed down to
one. The winning design will be featured on Motorcraft/Quick Lane sponsored Mustang Shelby driven
by Bob Tasca III during the NHRA Carolinas Nationals in Concord, NC, on Sept. 18-20.
Quick Lane Racing Experience Takes on Denver:
Fans can visit The Quick Lane Racing Experience interactive consumer display available at NHRA
Nitro Alley. Fans can enter to win prizes and participate in the Quick Lane Challenge. Fans
visiting the display have the opportunity to enter the FCSD 'Race Hot to a Mustang Sweepstakes.'
The winner of the sweepstakes will receive a 2010 Ford Mustang GT equipped with a Ford Racing
Performance Parts package and upgrades courtesy of Ford Custom Accessories.
Friday, July 10 - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 11 - 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 12 - 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing on the Web
Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/MQL_Racing
Facebook - http://tinyurl.com/MotorcraftQuickLaneRacing
Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/motorcraftquicklaneracing/
Television
Saturday, July 11 - ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD will televise two hours of qualifying highlights at 10 p.m.
(ET).
Sunday, July 12 - ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD will air NHRA Race Day, at 11 a.m. (ET).
Sunday, July 12 - ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD will televise three hours of final eliminations at 7 p.m.
(ET).
