FOLLOW A DREAM’S MARTY NOTHSTEIN FINISHES SECOND
Tue, 2008-05-06 12:28
Marty Nothstein (Orefield, PA) and the Follow A Dream Top Alcohol Funny
Car team continues to get better with each passing weekend. Nothstein
piloted his Permatex/Wynn’s/Texas Roadhouse 2008 Chevrolet Impala SS
Top Alcohol Funny Car to a second place finish at this weekend’s
Northeast Division 1 season opening race at Virginia Motorsports Park
outside of Richmond, Virginia.
Nothstein lost to defending division and national champ Frank Manzo in the finals when his car broke at the line and shutdown about 150-feet into the pass. Manzo also had a tough time during the run, but his mechanical problems occurred later than Nothstein’s.
"I'm disappointed that the car broke in the finals," said Nothstein, who is a former Olympic Gold and Silver Medalist in track cycling. "It was a $2 part that caused the throttle linkage to fail. It's not often that Manzo has trouble getting down the track, and he did in the finals, and we weren't able to capitalize on that." Marty Nothstein (Orefield, PA) and the Follow A Dream Top Alcohol Funny Car team continues to get better with each passing weekend. Nothstein piloted his Permatex/Wynn’s/Texas Roadhouse 2008 Chevrolet Impala SS Top Alcohol Funny Car to a second place finish at this weekend’s Northeast Division 1 season opening race at Virginia Motorsports Park outside of Richmond, Virginia.
Nothstein lost to defending division and national champ Frank Manzo in the finals when his car broke at the line and shutdown about 150-feet into the pass. Manzo also had a tough time during the run, but his mechanical problems occurred later than Nothstein’s.
"I'm disappointed that the car broke in the finals," said Nothstein, who is a former Olympic Gold and Silver Medalist in track cycling. "It was a $2 part that caused the throttle linkage to fail. It's not often that Manzo has trouble getting down the track, and he did in the finals, and we weren't able to capitalize on that."
“That’s racing,” added Jay Blake, team owner and crew chief of the Follow A Dream, Incorporated race team. “My hat goes off to the entire team for a great effort in Virginia. We're creeping up on things on the tune-up side of things. We've now only made nine passes on our 2008 Chevrolet Impala SS, but I feel the team is really getting close to putting together a great weekend.”
Nothstein qualified second behind Manzo during Friday’s two-run qualification round, and then beat Scott McNiece in the quarterfinals and Frank Schuster in the semifinals on Saturday. Nothstein’s semifinal pass was the best of the season for the Follow A Dream team with an elapsed time of 5.662 seconds and a speed of 254.62 MPH.
"Overall, I'm very pleased with the progress we made from last weekend's Southern Nationals in Atlanta,” said Nothstein. “The semifinal run felt real good. Jim Blake did a great job on the tune-up. I'm looking forward to our next race at Maple Grove, which is my home track."
Nothstein and Follow A Dream will return to racing Memorial Day weekend (May 23-25, 2008) at Maple Grove Raceway outside of Reading, Pennsylvania.
Nothstein lost to defending division and national champ Frank Manzo in the finals when his car broke at the line and shutdown about 150-feet into the pass. Manzo also had a tough time during the run, but his mechanical problems occurred later than Nothstein’s.
"I'm disappointed that the car broke in the finals," said Nothstein, who is a former Olympic Gold and Silver Medalist in track cycling. "It was a $2 part that caused the throttle linkage to fail. It's not often that Manzo has trouble getting down the track, and he did in the finals, and we weren't able to capitalize on that." Marty Nothstein (Orefield, PA) and the Follow A Dream Top Alcohol Funny Car team continues to get better with each passing weekend. Nothstein piloted his Permatex/Wynn’s/Texas Roadhouse 2008 Chevrolet Impala SS Top Alcohol Funny Car to a second place finish at this weekend’s Northeast Division 1 season opening race at Virginia Motorsports Park outside of Richmond, Virginia.
Nothstein lost to defending division and national champ Frank Manzo in the finals when his car broke at the line and shutdown about 150-feet into the pass. Manzo also had a tough time during the run, but his mechanical problems occurred later than Nothstein’s.
"I'm disappointed that the car broke in the finals," said Nothstein, who is a former Olympic Gold and Silver Medalist in track cycling. "It was a $2 part that caused the throttle linkage to fail. It's not often that Manzo has trouble getting down the track, and he did in the finals, and we weren't able to capitalize on that."
“That’s racing,” added Jay Blake, team owner and crew chief of the Follow A Dream, Incorporated race team. “My hat goes off to the entire team for a great effort in Virginia. We're creeping up on things on the tune-up side of things. We've now only made nine passes on our 2008 Chevrolet Impala SS, but I feel the team is really getting close to putting together a great weekend.”
Nothstein qualified second behind Manzo during Friday’s two-run qualification round, and then beat Scott McNiece in the quarterfinals and Frank Schuster in the semifinals on Saturday. Nothstein’s semifinal pass was the best of the season for the Follow A Dream team with an elapsed time of 5.662 seconds and a speed of 254.62 MPH.
"Overall, I'm very pleased with the progress we made from last weekend's Southern Nationals in Atlanta,” said Nothstein. “The semifinal run felt real good. Jim Blake did a great job on the tune-up. I'm looking forward to our next race at Maple Grove, which is my home track."
Nothstein and Follow A Dream will return to racing Memorial Day weekend (May 23-25, 2008) at Maple Grove Raceway outside of Reading, Pennsylvania.
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