CHAD HALL TIGHTENS GRIP ON CLASS 8100 POINTS LEAD AT ‘LAS VEGAS 300’

Reno, NV - October 12, 2007: Team HUMMER’s Chad
Hall, driving the #8111 H1 Alpha Pickup drove a solid race to
finish second in Best in the Desert’s ‘Las Vegas 300’, on Octo-
ber 6th in Jean, Nevada, 15 miles south of Las Vegas. The finish
extended Team HUMMER’s Class 8100 points lead over Greg
Foutz in the #8102 Ford F-250 who moved up to second in points
after this race. The final event on the Best in the Desert Racing
Schedule is ‘Henderson’s Terrible 400’Nov. 30 - Dec. 2 in Hend-
erson, Nevada. The H1 needs only to finish in Henderson to
clinch the 2007 Class 8100 points championship in Best in the Desert Racing Association’s Silver State
Series. HUMMER halted production of the H1 earlier this year and Henderson will be the final race for
the #8111 H1 Alpha Pickup which will be replaced by the new H2 SUT, scheduled to debut at the SCORE
‘Baja 1000’in November. It is fitting that the H1 Alpha Pickup, the flagship of the HUMMER brand, finish
it’s distinguished racing career as the Class 8100 production class champion.
The #8111 Team HUMMER Pickup was the first Class 8100 truck off the line on the first of three
82 mile loops in the ‘Las Vegas 300’. From the start the rear suspension felt a little off, possibly because
the stiffer spring setup we were using reduced the rear suspension travel by two inches. Nonetheless, the
car was working well but was struggling to keep up with Foutz, in his #8102 Ford F-250, through the rough
terrain and the race was mostly rough terrain. We had some early challenges from Mike Alden in the
#8131 Ford and Dave Morrison in the #8103 Ford but Kreg Donahoe in the #8108 Ford Powerstroke, who
started the race second in the points chase, hit a rock 29 miles into the first lap and broke his transfer case
putting him out of the race. As we came around for the start of the second lap, the #8111 Team HUM-
MER H1 Pickup was running in third, six minutes behind Foutz in the #8102 Ford and one minute behind
Alden, who was in second in the #8131 Ford. By the end of the second lap, we had passed the #8131 Ford
and moved into second but the #8102 Ford was holding on to his lead. On the final lap the H1 broke a heim
joint on the right-rear shock which put an end to any thoughts we
had about taking it to the next level to challenge the #8102 Ford
for the lead. With the third place #8103 truck only 16 minutes
back, Chad was content to maintain his pace and settle for the
second place finish.
This was a positive outcome for the Team HUMMER H1
Alpha Pickup. The second place finish extended our lead for the
Class 8100 points championship from 27 to 50 points and, in spite
of the broken heim joint on the final lap, the truck performed well
all day. Now it’s on to Henderson and Best in the Desert Racing Association’s Silver State Series Class
8100 Points Championship.