*VP/Business Manager for Performance by Fisher, Inc.

*Frank Hawley's NHRA Drag Racing School

*PR for Kalbones Racing, Inc & Laurie Cannister (IHRA AFC)

*Director of Race Operations, Tuner & Driver for the team.

*TV 2008 - ESPN2 - ION-TV (Inside Drag Racing), Outdoor Channel, Discovery Channel
& 1320TV.com

*TV 2007 - ESPN2 (
King of the Strip & Mothers Car Show) - The Outdoor Channel  
(World of Trucks) & 1320TV.com

*TV 2006 - The Outdoor Channel (World of Trucks) & 1320TV.com

*TV Pit Reporter for 2003 Hooters IHRA Series on
SPEED.

*Over 15 years of radio broadcasting and management experience.
As the saying goes, "When God closes one door, He opens
another" . . . even though it might be Hell in the hallway. That
holds true for former Clear Channel Radio Program Director
and longtime air personality, Kathy Fisher.

Better known to some outside the drag-racing world as Kathy
Hague or even Kati Kruz, Fisher saw her career that started
in 1992 abruptly end shortly before this past Christmas.

Listeners in not only her hometown of Lima but in eight other
markets could hear her daily on Clear Channel sister stations
as she served as morning-show host in addition to her
Program Director duties. Thanks to a little trick of the trade
called voice tracking, she was a "local-sounding" DJ in such
cities as Jackson, Mississippi, and Lexington, Kentucky, and
even as far south as the Cayman Islands.

It's nothing new in the broadcasting business for new
management to make changes. Unfortunately -- or maybe
fortunately for Fisher -- the new bosses at Clear Channel-Lim
decided to take the station "jockless" and eliminated all
on-air talent, including her, a 14-year veteran.

While most would see this as a career blow, she said she
knew that was just the nudge she needed to take the other
love in her life -- drag racing -- to the next level. Although
she said she will miss entertaining and informing her
listeners, Fisher traded inone fast-paced world for another.

Like broadcasting, drag racing is nothing new to Fisher. She
has been a part of it from childhood, because her father was
heavily involved in the International Hot Rod Association. He
raced in the 1970s and bracket raced in the 80s. When it was
finally her turn to take the wheel in 1986, Fisher began her
racing her dad's 1967 Nova SS. As part of the Hague Racing
team, she competed in the Street ET Class at various tracks
throughout Indiana and Ohio and earned her first victory at
age 15.

While building her career in broadcasting, Fisher's pursuit of
racing had to take a back seat.

She grew tired of waiting and in 1999, she took her
brand-new Camaro Z28 to the local track and began racing
again after all those years. All she was looking for was a little
fun and competition on a Saturday night. She did it on her
own. No one in her circle of friends at the time was at all
interested in attending a drag race.

What she didn't know was she was going to win much more
than a race or two. During that time, at that same track, she
met Kevin Fisher, whom she married after a four-month
courtship. At the exact spot where he asked her out for the
first time, they exchanged their vows, then exchanged
race-car data as teammates.

Once racing became a family affair, she acquired her
competition license. In February 2003, Kathy completed the
Super Comp Dragster course at Frank Hawley's NHRA Drag
Racing School in Gainesville, Florida. Today she is licensed
in both drag-racing sanctioning bodies in five classes.

Fisher said that in 2003, when she was the pit reporter for
IHRA on SPEED TV, she realized she wanted to pursue a
championship in the Quick Rod class. When that season
finished, she purchased her first "new to her" dragster and
began to prepare for the 2004 season.

Because of the usual setbacks for the average racer,
available vacation time -- and oh, did anyone mention
money?! -- that first year kept her close to home, bracket
racing at Marion County International Raceway at La Rue,
Ohio. She was able to take a stab at a couple of IHRA national
events, at Maryland International Raceway at Budds Creek
and Rockingham Dragway in North Carolina. The Fishers were
hooked.

Performance by Fisher Racing debuted in 2005, with husband
and wife competing in the same class. After finishing ninth
and 10th in the IHRA Division 3 Quick Rod standings, they
improved in 2006 with top-five finishes at the division level
and top-25 showings on the national scene.

The Fishers said they're limited only by the bane of all racers:
money. Their plan is to attend 23 IHRA & NHRA national and
divisional event, something they could not have thought of
with her full-time career in radio.

Once again, Kathy Fisher will drive her 230-inch
Boulton/Cannister Dragster with its alcohol-injected
big-block Chevy motor.

Just as she can't get drag-racing from her system, neither
can she abandon her radio skills. She has found a way to
marry the two. In March, Fisher started planning for a
syndicated weekly radio show dedicated to drag racing. It's in
the beginning stages, but she said she looks forward to
bringing her two worlds together and hopes to expose a
whole new audience to the drag-racing world from a racer's
viewpoint.

The show will be in addition to her work helping out the
1320TV.com crew at selected events during the 2007 season
& work for Masters Entertainment for various shows that will
run throughout the season on ESPN2 & The Outdoor Channel.
See
Kathy's
New Car
Rendering
for
2007
Click Here
Accomplishments

2008

**Runner-Up - IHRA President's Cup Nationals
Quick Rod - Maryland Int'l Raceway

**Semi-Finalist - IHRA/Summit All-Stars QR
Shootout

2007

**WINNER - IHRA Canadian Nationals - Quick Rod
Toronto Motorsports Park

**Runner-Up  IHRA Div 3 Quick Rod Kanawha
Motorsports Park Pro-Am

**Runner-Up  IHRA Div 9 Quick Rod Piedmont
Dragway Pro-Am

**#8 Finish IHRA Quick Rod
National Points

**Top 5 Finish IHRA Quick Rod
Division 3 Points

*Qualified for the first Summit All-Stars Shootout
for 2008

2006

**Runner-Up  IHRA Div 3 Quick Rod Quaker City
Pro-Am

**Top 25 Finish IHRA Quick Rod
National Points

**Top 5 Finish IHRA Quick Rod
Division 3 Points

**Best Appearing Crew - IHRA World Finals -
Rockingham, NC


2005

**First Year IHRA Quick Rod
#9 Finish in Division 3
Kathy on
1320tv.com

July 21, 2006 -
IHRA Toronto

August 4, 2006 -
IHRA Martin

August 4, 2006 -
IHRA Martin - 2

April 3, 2007 -
New Season

August 7 - 2007
Melanie Troxel

August 11, 2007
Behind the
Wrench

October 20, 2007
Laurie Cannister

October 20, 2007
Grassroots Racing
1998/2007 Boulton/Cannister
230" Wheelbase Hardtail Dragster

*548 Cu In Big Block Chevy

*Alcohol Injected (Ron's Flying Toilet)

*Harland Sharp Rockers

*Comp Roller Camshaft

*345 Dart Pro One Aluminum Heads

*Jet-Hot Coated Borla Headers & Mufflers

*MSD 7AL-3 Ignition

*MSD Pro Billet Distributor

*Mr. Gasket Gaskets

*CSR Pro Series Water Pump

*Hoosier
Front Runners
33.5 X 17 -16 Drag Slicks

*American Racing Pro Series Wheels
Qualifier Dragster Fronts
TrakStar 16x16 Rears

*B&M Pro Bandit Shifter

*Coan Powerglide Transmission &
Converter

*Auto Meter Silver Tach-Oil-Water Gauges

Safety Equipment

*Stroud Firesuit

*Simpson Helmet, Neck Collar, Gloves &
Boots

*M&R Belts
Performance by Fisher Racing
Kevin & Kathy Fisher
1700 N. West Street
Lima, Ohio 45801
419-222-9820
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