AL-ANABI SPLITS PRO NITROUS PRESENCE
Fri, 2010-06-11 14:00
The ADRL’s Pro Nitrous points leader will be missing from its race in Martin, Michigan, this weekend.
Mike Castellana will instead be in Englishtown, New Jersey, with nitrous racing legend, past NHRA and IHRA class champion and Al-Anabi teammate Shannon Jenkins turning the wrenches and calling the shots as crew chief for him at the halfway point of the 10-event 2010 NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod series.
“My plan was to run all of the NHRA races this year, but unfortunately, there’s one event that conflicts (with the ADRL schedule) and it happens to be at my hometown track, so I’ll be at Englishtown this weekend,” Castellana said.
Mike Castellana will instead be in Englishtown, New Jersey, with nitrous racing legend, past NHRA and IHRA class champion and Al-Anabi teammate Shannon Jenkins turning the wrenches and calling the shots as crew chief for him at the halfway point of the 10-event 2010 NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod series.
“My plan was to run all of the NHRA races this year, but unfortunately, there’s one event that conflicts (with the ADRL schedule) and it happens to be at my hometown track, so I’ll be at Englishtown this weekend,” Castellana said.
“Right now I’m number one in the points at ADRL and as long as you’re in the top eight over there you can win the championship, so my choice was to race at my home track where we’ll have a lot of family and friends coming out. I’m not doing that great in NHRA right now, so if it wasn’t my hometown track I’d probably be in Michigan this weekend.”
On the other hand, Burton Auxier, another of Castellana’s Al-Anabi Pro Nitrous teammates and last year’s NHRA Pro Mod champion, will contest the ADRL Summer Drags VI at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park alongside Al-Anabi’s Khalid al-Balooshi, the defending ADRL Pro Nitrous champ, who will forego his NHRA rookie schedule to wheel Jenkins’ formidable ’68 Camaro in his first ADRL appearance of the year.
“First Shannon was going to go to the ADRL race and wasn’t going to have a lot of help so we canceled going to Englishtown to help him in Martin,” Auxier explained. “Then last minute there was a change of plans on where Shannon was going, but they (NHRA) had already given away our spot so we couldn’t get back into Englishtown.”
After wrecking his primary ADRL ride in April at Valdosta, Georgia, Auxier is currently awaiting delivery of a new ’68 Camaro from Tim McAmis Race Cars. In the meantime, he’s competing with the same ’67 Firebird he drove last season in ADRL competition.
“I’m okay with missing the NHRA race,” he said. “It’s just too bad they both came on the same weekend. We had to pick one.”
Though Castellana said each driver “has a say” in where they’d like to compete, ultimately it comes down to doing what’s best in the long run for the powerhouse Al-Anabi Pro Nitrous effort.
“There’s no one person that makes all the decisions,” he said.
Mike Castellana will instead be in Englishtown, New Jersey, with nitrous racing legend, past NHRA and IHRA class champion and Al-Anabi teammate Shannon Jenkins turning the wrenches and calling the shots as crew chief for him at the halfway point of the 10-event 2010 NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod series.
“My plan was to run all of the NHRA races this year, but unfortunately, there’s one event that conflicts (with the ADRL schedule) and it happens to be at my hometown track, so I’ll be at Englishtown this weekend,” Castellana said.
The ADRL’s Pro Nitrous points leader will be missing from its race in Martin, Michigan, this weekend.
The ADRL's Pro Nitrous point leader Mike Castellana will race his hometown NHRA event this weekend.
Mike Castellana will instead be in Englishtown, New Jersey, with nitrous racing legend, past NHRA and IHRA class champion and Al-Anabi teammate Shannon Jenkins turning the wrenches and calling the shots as crew chief for him at the halfway point of the 10-event 2010 NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod series.
“My plan was to run all of the NHRA races this year, but unfortunately, there’s one event that conflicts (with the ADRL schedule) and it happens to be at my hometown track, so I’ll be at Englishtown this weekend,” Castellana said.
“Right now I’m number one in the points at ADRL and as long as you’re in the top eight over there you can win the championship, so my choice was to race at my home track where we’ll have a lot of family and friends coming out. I’m not doing that great in NHRA right now, so if it wasn’t my hometown track I’d probably be in Michigan this weekend.”
On the other hand, Burton Auxier, another of Castellana’s Al-Anabi Pro Nitrous teammates and last year’s NHRA Pro Mod champion, will contest the ADRL Summer Drags VI at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park alongside Al-Anabi’s Khalid al-Balooshi, the defending ADRL Pro Nitrous champ, who will forego his NHRA rookie schedule to wheel Jenkins’ formidable ’68 Camaro in his first ADRL appearance of the year.
“First Shannon was going to go to the ADRL race and wasn’t going to have a lot of help so we canceled going to Englishtown to help him in Martin,” Auxier explained. “Then last minute there was a change of plans on where Shannon was going, but they (NHRA) had already given away our spot so we couldn’t get back into Englishtown.”
After wrecking his primary ADRL ride in April at Valdosta, Georgia, Auxier is currently awaiting delivery of a new ’68 Camaro from Tim McAmis Race Cars. In the meantime, he’s competing with the same ’67 Firebird he drove last season in ADRL competition.
Burton Auxier, defending NHRA GSA Pro Mod champion, will pass on this weekend's E-town event and race ADRL Pro Nitrous.
Though Castellana said each driver “has a say” in where they’d like to compete, ultimately it comes down to doing what’s best in the long run for the powerhouse Al-Anabi Pro Nitrous effort.
“There’s no one person that makes all the decisions,” he said.
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