Cristen Powell Receives Keys to JCIT Funny Car.JCIT JCIT Journal of Cases on Information Technology JCIT Joint Combat Information Terminal JCIT Joint Communications Interface Terminal JCIT Joint Commanders Information Terminal Announces That Cristen Powell Will Debut Behind the Wheel of the JCIT Funny Car, at the NHRA NHRA National Hot Rod Association NHRA Northland Human Resource Association NHRA National Human Resources Association NHRA Nursing Home Reform Act NHRA National Hospice Regatta Alliance NHRA National Heritage Resources Act (South Africa) 12th Annual Autolite National in Sonoma, CA SEATTLE--(BW SportsWire)--Aug. 2, 1999-- John Costanza, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of JCIT, announced yesterday that JCIT will begin a new marketing program, starting in Sonoma, CA, on August 6th, at the 12th Annual Autolite Nationals. "I've decided to make a driver change for the remainder of the season and through next season," said Costanza. "Tim Wilkerson has done a fine job of driving for the last two seasons and helped us to win our first race. I've asked Cristen Powell to step into the seat of the JCIT Funny Car for the remainder of the season and next year." Costanza adds, "I'm hopeful that we can continue the great performance we've seen this year and get Cristen to the winner's circle win·ner's circle n. pl. winners' circles An enclosed area at a racetrack where the winning horse and jockey are brought for awards and publicity. Noun 1. early in her Funny Car career." "I'm honored and flattered that John Costanza has asked me to drive the JCIT Funny Car," said Cristen. "John Costanza is an excellent owner and Terry Manzer is an outstanding Crew Chief. The entire JCIT team has their Funny Car running fast and consistent." Adding, "It's the fulfillment of a dream to be able to drive a car that's already a proven performer." In 1997, at the age of eighteen, Cristen became the youngest woman and the second youngest person ever to win a Top Fuel event when she skipped her senior prom For the formal end-of-school-year dance, see . Senior Prom is a still-classified U.S. Air Force program to develop a stealth unmanned aerial reconnaissance vehicle (and possibly as a cruise missile), designed to be launched from a DC-130, B-52, or B-1. and won the Mopar Parts Nationals in Englishtown, NJ. When the JCIT Team achieves what Costanza anticipates, Cristen Powell, at 20, would be the only woman ever to win a Funny Car national event. "This is an excellent opportunity for JCIT and Cristen Powell," says Keith Pollock, JCIT Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. Adding, "We (JCIT) look forward to supplying the energy and excitement that our customers and fans have come to rely on." The JCIT Funny Car earned its way to the winner's circle for the first time when Tim Wilkerson defeated John Force in the final round of the 1999 Fram Route 66 Nationals in Chicago, Illinois. About JCIT Founded in 1984, JCIT is the world leader in Demand Flow(R) education, consulting and software, providing manufacturing companies with the competitive edge needed to dominate their global marketplace. With offices in Englewood, Colorado, San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , and Nice, France, JCIT has equipped more then 2,900 companies and 68,000 students in 53 countries with the strategic tools of DFT DFT - discrete Fourier transform . The benefits that this technology provides to the world's economies are numerous and impressive. JCIT customers have enjoyed cost savings of more than $4.7 billion in the past decade. About John R. Costanza John R. Costanza is President, CEO and founder of JCIT and the creator of Demand Flow(R) manufacturing technology. Mr. Costanza is a 1999 Nobel Prize Nobel Prize, award given for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, peace, or literature. The awards were established by the will of Alfred Nobel, who left a fund to provide annual prizes in the five areas listed above. nominee, recipient of the 1998 Odyssey of the Mind Odyssey of the Mind often called OM,is a creative problem-solving competition involving students from kindergarten though college. Team members work together at length to solve a predefined problem (the Long Term problem); and present their solution to the problem at a Award, a highly successful entrepreneur, international author of "The Quantum Leap...In Speed-to-Market," orator ORATOR, practice. A good man, skillful in speaking well, and who employs a perfect eloquence to defend causes either public or private. Dupin, Profession d'Avocat, tom. 1, p. 19.. 2. , educator, strategist, patented mathematician, community activist, philanthropist and an owner and professional driver of a nationally ranked NHRA Top Fuel team. About Cristen Powell At age 16, Cristen began her NHRA driving career working her way through the ranks of Super Comp, Alcohol Dragster drag·ster n. 1. An automobile specially built or modified for drag racing. 2. A person who races such an automobile. , and Top Fuel Dragster. Now 4 years into her career at age 20, Cristen holds many records and national titles in Alcohol and Top Fuel events. These highlights include a Top Fuel win at Englishtown in 1997, becoming the youngest woman to hold a national title, and the track record in 1998 in Seattle, becoming the youngest woman to exceed 300 mph. Although Cristen has a very full schedule with school, racing and friends, she still makes time to serve her community, doing charitable work with the elderly and serving as a member of the Oregon Department of Transportation's Team Safety. Cristen is in her sophomore year as a psychology major at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. Editor Note: Photos and additional information can be obtained from JCIT. |
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