Hope everyone’s doing well!  Glad to be back racing, had a busy week.  Last night we were honored at Coca Cola USA in downtown Atlanta for a Champions nite.  They showed us the new Full Throttle commercials, we had a great dinner, & got to try Coca Cola products from around the world. 

Our runs today are scheduled for 4pm & 6:30pm but before we get to that, I wanted to answer some of the questions you have submitted.

Question from Sonia - Do you and Tony have any plans on expanding your team to include another car/driver?

If it benefits our team & the right partnership & people are available, I think we’d look at it.

Question from Deon - Do you agree that a winning attitude helps true leaders get to the top of their profession as you have done in the sport of Drag Racing?

A winning attitude helps in every day life, not just racing.  I do think having a positive attitude is good for all professions whether you’re a teacher, factory worker, or athlete.  Sometimes you have to dig deep to find it but there’s a positive in just about everything.

Question from Timothy - What is the size of your cars supercharger & is it true that it takes 1,000 hp to spin it?

The supercharger is a 1471 and yes as crazy as it sounds, with the clearances so tight, it takes that kind of power to spin it, but the advantage is the air being forced into the intake to help burn the nitro fuel gives us that extra supercharged energy.

Question from Mary Beth - Will you and Tony be in “Night Under Fire” at Norwalk, OH this year or will the new exhibition/test rules restrict you from participating?

We’ll be there.  Running the “Night Under Fire” is one of the highlights of our year.  The firework display & jet cars / trucks are pretty amazing.

Question from Arturo - How great does it feel that you and your brother Tony are back to back champions?

It feels awesome!!!  It’s a feeling that’ll last a lifetime & we’ll charish it for years to come.  I would’ve been thrilled with either of us winning one Championship & together we’ve won 4!  It’s very exciting & we’re so proud of the opportunities we’ve been given, our hard work has definitely paid off.

We’re heading out for qualifying session one now…more updates after the run.

CP

Hello to all!

We’re close to making our 3rd qualifying run AKA Q-3 here in Dallas, nice warm day on tap and like I said yesterday, these are the conditions that we’ll be racing in.  Everything changes set-up wise, so our game plan for today is to make 2 runs, hopefully tire smoke free.

I’ll follow this up in a few.

C.