For anyone who believes winning is easy for Extreme 10.5 racer Chuck Ulsch, he has some sound advice. Sometimes you can’t always believe what you see.

Ulsch entered eliminations at the ADRL Dragstock event as the No. 2 qualifier and worked his way past potent competition comprised of Todd Moyer, Spiro Pappas and Jeff Paulk before taking out the No. 1 qualifier Gary White and his potent in-line six Scion.

“It wasn’t as easy the second time,” said Ulsch, whose Rockingham victory marked his second since winning Richmond back in August. “It was a lot of work and I had the best crew working with me to make this happen. Everything came together and when I needed to drive well, I did a pretty good job.”

Ulsch used consistency as his greatest weapon by running 4.052, 4.015, 3.997 and a 4.028 in the final round.

Prior to the Richmond victory, Ulsch made it a point to mention that he was gunning for the three-second runs, first, and focusing on winning rounds second. His last points-earning race before the Speedtech Battle for the Belts produced a change of heart once he earned the first three-second XTF run in ADRL history.

“Make no mistake about it, I come here to win,” Ulsch said. “I want to win all of these races and if we set some records along the way, that’s just an added bonus.”

Ulsch believes his team has peaked at the right time.

“This didn’t happen overnight,” Ulsch explained. “We’ve been working towards this since last year. We knew that we would run good this year, it was just about having it all come together at the right time.” 

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