The Fuller Times

11th annual O’Reilly Midwest Nationals
May 4-6, 2007
Gateway International Raceway
Madison, Ill.

“Last weekend we did great in qualifying, getting the pole and winning the Full Throttle award, but we came out on Sunday and wanted to continue our streak of going rounds, but these cars can be tough. I’m excited about St. Louis for two reasons, first we’ll be flying the colors of Fabick Cat, and we want to get the points lead back. We’re only 19 points out of first place. That motivates us.”

Fuller St. Louis Notebook
The Las Vegas resident earned his third career No. 1 qualifying award last weekend at Atlanta Dragway. He grabbed the pole with a 4.506-second elapsed time.

Fuller enters the St. Louis race ranked second in the Top Fuel

standings trailing points-leader Brandon Bernstein by 19 points. Fuller relinquished his points lead last weekend in Atlanta for the first time since Feb. 25.

Last June at Gateway, Fuller earned his first career Top Fuel pole when he blasted his Valvoline dragster to the No. 1 qualifying position with a run of 4.551 seconds.

Fuller has qualified no lower than third this season with one pole ( Atlanta ). He has an average starting position of 2.17.

Fuller has advanced to at least the semifinals at seven of the last 10 races, with one victory (Phoenix 2007) and two runner-up finishes ( Dallas and Richmond 2006).

Fuller on St. Louis …
St. Louis Race:
“The Arch”

Gateway Int’l Raceway:
“My early days as a bracket racer”

Favorite local restaurant:
“Porter’s Steakhouse in Collinsville , Ill. ”

Favorite Gateway Int’l Raceway racing memory:
“Getting my first career pole last season”

Favorite activity while at St. Louis :
“Going down near the river”

2007 NHRA Top Fuel Standings
1. Brandon Bernstein (2) 440
2. ROD FULLER (1) 421
3. J.R. Todd (2) 375
4. Tony Schumacher (1) 338
5. WHIT BAZEMORE 330
6. Larry Dixon 324
7. Bob Vandergriff 294
8. David Grubnic 293
9. Melanie Troxel 280
10. Cory McClenathan 251

Rod Fuller’s Career Results at Gateway International Raceway
Year Qualified Finish & Winning Driver
2005 No. 6 2nd round—Morgan Lucas
2006 No. 1 1st round—Troy Buff

Fuller’s St. Louis Schedule
Date & Time Event and Location
Fri., May 4, 5/7:30 p.m. TF Qualifying 1/2, Gateway Int’l Raceway
Sat., May 5, 12:30/3 p.m. TF Qualifying 3/4, Gateway Int’l Raceway
Sun., May 6, 11 a.m. Final Eliminations, Gateway Int’l Raceway

Fuller’s Career-Best Performances
E.T.—4.466 seconds Chandler , Ariz. Feb. 2007
MPH—331.61 MPH Chandler , Ariz. Feb. 2007
E.T.—4.551 seconds Madison , Ill. June 2006
MPH—328.30 MPH Madison , Ill. June 2006

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