OLYMPIC CHAMPION ROWDY GAINES TO ATTEND MILE-HIGH NATIONALS AS GUEST OF DAVID POWERS MOTORSPORTS

PITTSBORO, Ind. (July 10, 2007) – Rowdy Gaines was once the fastest man in the pool. Now, the three-time Olympic gold medalist will see the fastest racers in the world compete when he attends the 28th annual Mile-High Nationals at scenic Bandimere Speedway on Saturday, July 14. Gaines will be a guest of Tim Buckley and the David Powers Motorsports team.

Gaines was a standout at the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles when he dominated in the pool earning three Gold medals (100 meter freestyle, 4x100 meter freestyle, and medley relays). Known as the voice of swimming, Gaines has called swimming action for CBS, TNT and ESPN. He worked his fourth Olympics on NBC during the ’04 Athens games. Gainesville was named World Swimmer of the Year in 1980 and ’84. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Olympic Hall of Fame in 2005. He now serves as the CFO for USA Swimming and resides with his family in Colorado Springs , Colo.

“Rowdy (Gaines) is considered one of the four greatest Olympic swimmers in the history of the U.S. ,” Buckley said. “There is a definite correlation between drag racing and swimming. Both compete in a straight line and both reach a top speed in five seconds. We’re excited to host him and his family at the Denver race.”

A financial partner of David Powers Motorsports and the CEO of Vintage Design, Inc., Buckley recently won the men’s 1000 meter freestyle event at the 2007 USMS Short Course Nationals Championships in Federal Way, Wash. A longtime friend of team manager/crew chief Lee Beard, Buckley is an avid swimmer. David Powers Motorsports campaigns the Top Fuel dragster of current points leader Rod Fuller and 20-time NHRA Funny Car winner Whit Bazemore.

Headquartered in Houston with race operations located in Pittsboro , Ind. , David Powers Motorsports fields the two-car Top Fuel operation of drivers Whit Bazemore and Rod Fuller. DPM proudly represents racing partners Matco Tools, Valvoline, LP Corporation, Toyota, Vintage Design Inc., Goodyear, FRAM, Autolite, and Ringers Gloves.

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