Max Naylor, driver of the popular Jagermeister Dodge Stratus, continues to run well this season. Despite not winning a single round of eliminations this year, the New Buffalo, Pa., resident has qualified at eight of ten races in the extremely tough Pro Stock class.

Naylor, who is featured on the ESPN television series 'American Dragster', was asked if having the TV crews following him around affected his routine and performance when working on the car.

 
Max Naylor, driver of the popular Jagermeister Dodge Stratus, continues to run well this season. Despite not winning a single round of eliminations this year, the New Buffalo, Pa., resident has qualified at eight of ten races in the extremely tough Pro Stock class.

Naylor, who is featured on the ESPN television series 'American Dragster', was asked if having the TV crews following him around affected his routine and performance when working on the car.

"Initially some of the guys had concerns that while shooting they were going to be in the way," said Naylor, who is also the crew chief on the car. "We didn't find it to be any problem at all. I mean, it's like they're not even there."

Naylor drove a new Rick Jones-built car in Englishtown this weekend.

"We picked up this car right before Chicago," Naylor said, "and then we tested it in Martin, Michigan, right after the Chicago race. This car is running really well, it just has some different characteristics than the other one. It's the same as the other one it just seems to run better. The 6.64 may hold up but if the weather is really good this morning I thing we're going to have to step up to stay in."

Naylor's pit area is known for having some great gatherings this season, but it's not all about partying to him.

"This is all about marketing," Naylor continued. "It's not all about racing. Racing is what we do but we market in a racing environment. In order to keep the folks at Jagermeister happy we market their product and that's the most important thing. Plus we have a lot of fun with the fans."