Paul Athey’s team had a good first outing of the year at Virginia Motorsports Park this past weekend. The team finished qualifying in the Nitro Coupe class at the Super Chevy show in the number 2 position on the strength of an eighth-mile run of 4.077. Athey’s run put him just behind Tommy Gray’s 4.04 run. As is tradition for Paul, the 4.077 run was preceded by a near eighth-mile burnout.

“To start the year off by qualifying strong is a great start to this season for us. We didn’t get a chance to really test before this race, but we did get to test all day on Friday”, said Paul from his pits after the race. “We had some issues with some of the electronics on the car, so we took them all off for Saturday’s qualifying and went back to the basics. The car liked it.”

Paul Athey’s team had a good first outing of the year at Virginia Motorsports Park this past weekend. The team finished qualifying in the Nitro Coupe class at the Super Chevy show in the number 2 position on the strength of an eighth-mile run of 4.077. Athey’s run put him just behind Tommy Gray’s 4.04 run. As is tradition for Paul, the 4.077 run was preceded by a near eighth-mile burnout.

“To start the year off by qualifying strong is a great start to this season for us. We didn’t get a chance to really test before this race, but we did get to test all day on Friday”, said Paul from his pits after the race. “We had some issues with some of the electronics on the car, so we took them all off for Saturday’s qualifying and went back to the basics. The car liked it.”

“The weather was fantastic on Saturday and the stands were full. All of the teams here put on a great show – Tommy Gray, Chris Russo, Ellis Vial, Bruce Mullins, Joe Walsh, Doug Winters and the rest of the group. We were all happy to put on a great show for the fans, but were disappointed that the finals on Sunday got rained out. The field was pretty tight and it would have made for some great racing”
 

Next up for the team is more planned testing through the month of May before heading to Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ on June 7th for a match race and then up to New England Dragway in Epping, NH for a Pro Mod Race on June 14th.