'Madman Murray'

CSK Auto, Inc. announced that its Checker Schuck's Kragen Racing team will roll out a special "Madman Murray" themed Nitro Funny Car body in several upcoming NHRA Powerade Series(R) drag races. The new Chevy Monte Carlo body, resplendent in red & yellow flame graphics with a huge smiling picture of Murray's Discount Auto Stores' "Madman Murray" character on the hood, shields a 7000 hp nitromethane powered funny car driven by Phil Burkart, veteran wing-man to CSK's lead driver Del Worsham. The new design commemorates CSK's recent acquisition of the 112-store Murray's Discount Auto chain based in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, & Indiana.

The new car will compete in the following NHRA Powerade Series(R) events:
* Pontiac Performance Nationals, Columbus, OH, May 18 - 21
* Carquest Auto Parts Nationals, Chicago, IL, June 8 - 11
* O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals, Memphis, TN, Aug 18 - 20
* Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, Indianapolis, IN, Aug 30 thru Sept 4

As the newest member of the Checker, Schuck's, Kragen family of autoparts store brands, Murray's Discount Auto Stores will also carry the designation, "Official Auto Parts Stores of the NHRA."