DragStar and TIGERFLOW Systems, Inc. will serve as co primary sponsors, with associate sponsors Iwata Medea, who are distributors of the World’s finest Airbrush Materials, and Coast Airbrush, located in Anaheim, Ca. Additional supporters of the team are Lucas Oil, Justice Brothers, Clevite, DJ Safety, and Simpson.

Pruett- LeDuc, 21, obtained her NHRA Nitro Funny Car license in late 2008 with Don Schumacher Racing, and has been competing in the Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car class for the last two seasons. Pruett- LeDuc currently holds the record for fastest Nostalgia Funny Car at 250.37 mph in her Heartbreaker Mustang, and competed for three years in the NHRA’s Heritage Series’ Nostalgia Eliminator 1 category. From 1996 to 2006 she competed in both the NHRA and IHRA Jr. Dragster category, taking home eight championships, nine NHRA Wallys, and one IHRA Ironman.

“We are excited to have Leah Pruett-LeDuc drive for the Impulse Racing Team at the Pomona World Finals.” said Lindsay. “She brings with her a youthful approach, and has demonstrated the passion and talent it takes to drive a funny car. We will debut a new funny car at Pomona, as well as a new driver, and have been working nonstop for the past months to be ready in time.”

Pruett- LeDuc was born in Redlands, Ca., and lives with her husband, Todd, a professional off road racer for Rockstar Energy Drink and Makita Power Tools in the TORC and Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. They live in Cherry Valley, Ca. where she is the marketing manager for Todd’s race team, and attends college full time at California State University of San Bernardino. Pruett-LeDuc will graduate in June, 2010 with a Communications major, and Sports and Entertainment Marketing minor.

“I’m really excited,” said Pruett-LeDuc. “Racing a Nitro Funny Car has been my dream since I was little, you can ask anyone. Additionally, being able to debut at my home track is very exciting. I am proud of my racing past, and the path in which I have come. The support of my family throughout the years has been a blessing, and I thank them for that.

“We will be entering into Pomona with a new car, but definitely not a new team. Both Phil and John have been racing Nitro for many years, and have a great deal of experience with funny cars.

“And I’m very excited to have DragStar and TIGERFLOW Systems Inc. support this team at the World Finals. They are terrific products, and I’m looking forward to helping promote them.”

TIGERFLOW Systems, Inc. has been manufacturing Engineered Packaged Pumping Systems since 1985. During that time TIGERFLOW has manufactured systems for many different markets, including Commercial, Plumbing, HVAC, Fire Protection, Municipal, Heat Transfer, Hot Water Heating and a variety of other applications.

DragStar is a clothing brand geared to the female fan and racer that is stylish at or away from the track.

Sacramento, CA (June 29, 2009) - Nostalgia Funny Car driver Leah Pruett-LeDuc became the first person in history to reach 250 mph in a Nostalgia Funny Car. The record breaking run took place at Sacramento Raceway’s 33rd Annual Nitro Nite of Fire on Saturday, where she posted a 6.07 et at 250.37 mph in round one eliminations.

The interesting and unpredictable partnership between Leah Pruett-Leduc and Lee Jennings Sr. was the combination for this success. Leah, a familiar face and proven driver among the funny car ranks was in need of an engine for her family’s “Heart-Breaker” 1969 Mach 1 Mustang nostalgia funny car.

Lee Jennings Sr., a long time drag racer and funny car team owner is currently repairing his funny car chassis and body after a crash, leaving him with an entire engine setup, and no funny car to put it in at the moment. With both Lee and Leah’s passion to get back to racing, they teamed up putting Lee’s engine in the Heart-Breaker car and were on their way to Sacramento Raceway.

Local media also came to Sacramento Raceway Park to cover the excitement and get a taste of nitro. KCRA TV Channel 3, an NBC affiliate, featured Leah Pruett- LeDuc LIVE on their 6 AM, 7 AM, and 8 AM shows, along with Mark Sander’s impressively long burnout in his nostalgia funny car for the 250,000 viewers to see.

The nitro burning action began for the eight car field on Friday night with round one of qualifying. Under the sunset sky and 90 degree temperatures, Leah posted a 5.93 et (elapse time) at 249.42 mph, qualifying her in the second position behind Garret Bateman’s 5.85 et at 240 mph.

The second, and final round of qualifying took place at 1 PM Saturday afternoon during the heat of day with air temperatures hovering around 107 degrees, with undesired track temperature at 140 degrees. The Heart-Breaker funny car could not improve it’s time, and remained the number two qualifier.

First round of eliminations took place at a somewhat cooler time of the day, 5 PM, where Leah Pruett- LeDuc and her HeartBreaker Mustang matched up against number seven qualifier Josh Crawford in his ‘69 Mustang. Josh left the starting line before the green light came on, resulting in a foul and automatic round win for Leah. There was success for Leah and the Jennings team on both sides of the track as the Heart-Breaker car crossed the finish line at over 250.37 mph, becoming the first Nostalgia Funny Car to do so in history.

“I couldn’t be happier with the partnership between the Jennings team and myself. It was obviously a perfect combination of my car and Lee Jennings’ engine setup and team coming together to make the record breaking run,” said Leah Pruett-LeDuc.

Excitement of the broken speed record flooded throughout the pit as the teams prepared for the second round of eliminations. Leah Pruett-LeDuc faced the always competitive racer Dennis LaCharite in his ‘69 GTO flopper in front of the packed grand stands at 8:30 PM. The reaction times of both racers were almost identical, but it was Leah who crossed the finish stripe first running a 6:13 et to Dennis’s 6.23 et.

With the overwhelming success of Steve Plueger’s funny cars, it was not unexpected for Garrett Bateman to be in the final round in the “Plueger & Gyger” ‘71 Mustang against Leah Pruett-LeDuc. The final round was not only a battle of the Ford Mustangs, but also the closest race of the event with Leah taking the hole shot reaction time advantage of a .079 to Garrett’s .161.  However, it was not enough as Garrett crossed the finish line first running a 5.96 et to Leah’s 6.06 et, leaving a margin of victory only .018 of a second.

“The final round against the Plueger & Gyger car was not only special because it was my first final round in the Nostalgia Funny Car class, but because I had once been the driver of that car and for that team, and I wanted to prove that we could beat them. Unfortunately the Heartbreaker car could not out run their quick et. I thought my high mph was going to help me drive around him at the finish, instead I was about a foot behind at the stripe” said Leah Pruett-LeDuc.

There is a growing possibility that Leah Pruett-Leduc and Lee Jennings Sr. will maintain their partnership through the next NHRA Heritage Series race in Boise ID, August 15.

Leah Pruett-LeDuc would like to thank Lee Jennings Sr. for the this racing opportunity, in addition to: Coast Airbrush, Iwata Medea, Artool, Ringers Gloves, and Mickey Thompson Tires.