Stevens Family Racing and Team Jesus Motorsports Partner to form World's Fastest Ministry

The Stevens Family Racing Top Fuel Dragster team and Team Jesus Motorsports announced today that they will combine their operations and intend to go Top Fuel racing in 2008. Both team owners agree that combining their efforts and resources toward a common goal makes the most sense as each team seeks the elusive corporate backing necessary to race on a full-time basis.

“Partnering with Dave and his team is going to allow us the opportunity to continue to spread the Word through the sport of drag racing”, said Kim Grasty, owner of Motorsports Evangelism, Inc. “As our ministry continues to grow and evolve this is the direction we’ve been pointed in.”

“Kim and (his wife) Paula have done some great work over the past 11 years”, said Dave Stevens, owner of Stevens Family Racing, LLC. “We believe that by forming this partnership we will have even greater marketing power and make us more attractive to potential sponsors, not to mention the possibilities for outreach.”

The team is currently in negotiations with several potential sponsors and hopes to announce their plans for the 2008 season in the coming weeks. However, marketing partnerships are still available.

About Stevens Family Racing –

Stevens Family Racing has been involved in drag racing for over 40 years. The team is dedicated to the memory of Paul Stevens, a pioneer of the sport back in the 50’s and 60’s, and was began by his sons Dave and Rex. The team has successfully campaigned everything from Fuel Altereds to Funny Cars to their current Top Fuel Dragster. Visit us at http://www.stevensfamilyracing.com/

About Team Jesus Motorsports -

Motorsports Evangelism, Inc. began in 1996 and was born out of a vision to bring the love of God through Jesus Christ to the motorsports industry. MEI and its Team Jesus outreach has continued to minister in NHRA, NASCAR and the IRL for the past 11 years, and have built a reputation of excellence and integrity. Please visit us at http://www.teamjesus.org/

Nations Racing LLC Formed to Promote Minority Participation in Professional Auto Racing Industry

Partners with Verus Card Services and Stevens Family Racing


Dallas, Texas– Nations Racing LLC, announced today that it has partnered with Verus Card Services and Stevens Family Racing, to provide MO/TO (mail order/telephone order) and card not present credit card services. Verus is a leading provider of MO/TO credit card processing services. This partnership supports Nations Racing marketing programs, designed to promote greater minority participation in professional auto racing. Verus has established credit card processing accounts for many thousands of merchants. Over-seeing the processing of billions of dollars in transactions. Stevens Family Top Fuel Dragster has been a long running team in the NHRA racing series.

"Navy" Dave Stevens is the owner and the driving force behind the Stevens Family Top Fuel Dragster. Dave has been involved with Drag Racing since the very beginning, helping his father, Paul Stevens, with his record setting Top Fuel Dragster.

“With the products and worldwide services available through this relationship, we can provide yet another platform that drives sponsorship and funding”, stated Fields Jackson, Jr. Nations Racing Board member and VP Marketing and Sponsorship. “We are continually striving to create strategic linkages with our business partners that create funding alternatives, which maintain our long term objectives of promoting and maintaining greater minority participation in professional auto racing”.

“We now have a team where student interns can learn from the ground up from one of the best in the business. Dave has driven, built and worked with everything from Top Fuel Dragsters to Fuel Alterds, Funny Cars to a Hudson powered D/Dragster, been a NHRA track manager and involved in every aspect of Drag Racing.”

“Verus is very pleased to enter this relationship with Nations Racing,” said Matt Clyne Senior Vice President, Verus Card Services. “This is the type of partnership Verus has focused on for some time. By combining our best practices and expertise in managing critical components of payment processing with industry-leading technology, we can deliver service excellence and enhanced efficiency to Nations Racing’s Partners."

“Stevens Family Racing is proud to be associated with two fine organizations,” states Dave Stevens, Owner, Stevens Family Racing. “Not only are we pleased to represent Verus, one of the leaders in card and check processing services, but to assist Nations Racing in their mission of promoting diversity in motorsports is an honor.”

About Verus
Verus, a Sage Software company, is a leading provider of merchant services in North America. Verus supports retail, business to business and e-commerce businesses in processing customer transactions through credit cards, debit cards and checks. Verus has a customer base of 101,000 small and medium-sized merchants in the U.S., including retailers, automotive services, restaurants, property managers and automotive dealerships. For more information, please visit www.veruscs.com.

About Stevens Family Racing
For more information about Stevens Family Racing visit our web site at www.stevensfamilyracing.com

About Nations Racing LLC
Nations Racing (TM) LLC is the parent company of the Nations Racing Program and Nations Motor Sports. Headquartered in Dallas/Fort Worth, with satellite offices in Raleigh, North Carolina and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nations Racing LLC is a full service marketing and educational management company formed to market auto racing sponsorships and to create initiatives promoting diversified participation and educational opportunities for under represented minorities.

Additional marketing and promotional services are also being continually developed and made available. For more information visit www.nationsracing.com .