Former Top Alcohol Dragster driver Michael Gunderson looked impressive during qualifying at his home track. The Florida resident recorded an impressive career-best 4.635 at 326.16 mph on Friday to make the quick half of the field in the No. 6 spot.

Former Top Fuel driver and crew chief John 'Bodie' Smith is providing the tune up for five-time NHRA Division 2 Top Alcohol dragster champion in Gainesville and he was pleased with the team's qualifying results.

Former Top Alcohol Dragster driver Michael Gunderson looked impressive during qualifying at his home track. The Florida resident recorded an impressive career-best 4.635 at 326.16 mph on Friday to make the quick half of the field in the No. 6 spot.

Former Top Fuel driver and crew chief John 'Bodie' Smith is providing the tune up for five-time NHRA Division 2 Top Alcohol dragster champion in Gainesville and he was pleased with the team's qualifying results.

"We're pumped up," said Smith enthusiastically. "Two weeks ago I went down to Mike's shop and we started working on stuff. I looked at everything and he's got all the perfect stuff to run a Top Fuel team. It's a great opportunity for me to come in and work with Mike and his crew. All they want to do is race and go fast within a family atmosphere and that goes right along with the way I've always approached racing. That's what it's all about, we're here to have fun but at the same time we're serious racers. Mike knows that and he knows how serious I am about making this car go down the race track on every run. If you don't do that you can't learn and that's the problem he had last year."

“If we can get the car to go down the track two or three runs we can start learning all together as a group." Gunderson, who was the first Alcohol dragster driver to run over 280-mph, is currently running out of his pocket and looking for sponsorship.

If the team continues to run as well as they did in Gainesville last weekend (despite a first round loss), they should be able to attract solid backing soon.