NO PAIN, ALL GAIN FOR PHILIPS
Mon, 2010-05-03 13:00
For a rider sponsored by a pain management patch, Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Michael Philips had no 
problem meting out pain all day long on race day at the NHRA Midwest Nationals in St. Louis.
Philips, aboard the Racers Edge Suzuki, raced to his fourth career national event victory by stopping a surprising L.E. Tonglet in the finals.
“We have a new engine from Vance-Hines thanks to Rodger Brogdon,” said Philips.
For a rider sponsored by a pain management patch, Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Michael Philips had noproblem meting out pain all day long on race day at the NHRA Midwest Nationals in St. Louis.
Philips, aboard the Racers Edge Suzuki, raced to his fourth career national event victory by stopping a surprising L.E. Tonglet in the finals.
“We have a new engine from Vance-Hines thanks to Rodger Brogdon,” said Philips.
The first few runs with the new engine were challenging for Philips, who tried to incorporate the new engine with his existing clutch program. An offer of a new clutch from fellow racer Craig Treble made the difference.
“Everything just gelled together real quick,” explained Philips. “On my first couple of runs it picked up on me pretty quick.”
Philips went into the final round inspired and determined to win for The Racers Edge-owner Rodger Brogdon, who crashed earlier in the day in his Pro Stock Pontiac.
“I wanted to do my best for him,” Philips said. “I wanted to cheer him up a little bit. That gave me incentive to go out and doing my best. I concentrated a little bit more and kept a lot of distractions out of the trailer and stuff, and everything came together.”
problem meting out pain all day long on race day at the NHRA Midwest Nationals in St. Louis. Philips, aboard the Racers Edge Suzuki, raced to his fourth career national event victory by stopping a surprising L.E. Tonglet in the finals.
“We have a new engine from Vance-Hines thanks to Rodger Brogdon,” said Philips.
For a rider sponsored by a pain management patch, Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Michael Philips had no
problem meting out pain all day long on race day at the NHRA Midwest Nationals in St. Louis. Philips, aboard the Racers Edge Suzuki, raced to his fourth career national event victory by stopping a surprising L.E. Tonglet in the finals.
“We have a new engine from Vance-Hines thanks to Rodger Brogdon,” said Philips.
The first few runs with the new engine were challenging for Philips, who tried to incorporate the new engine with his existing clutch program. An offer of a new clutch from fellow racer Craig Treble made the difference.
“Everything just gelled together real quick,” explained Philips. “On my first couple of runs it picked up on me pretty quick.”
Philips went into the final round inspired and determined to win for The Racers Edge-owner Rodger Brogdon, who crashed earlier in the day in his Pro Stock Pontiac.
“I wanted to do my best for him,” Philips said. “I wanted to cheer him up a little bit. That gave me incentive to go out and doing my best. I concentrated a little bit more and kept a lot of distractions out of the trailer and stuff, and everything came together.”
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