NEW CHASSIS AGREEING WITH PEDREGON
Sun, 2008-07-13 09:00
Tony Pedregon will be the first to admit his future looked bleak on Saturday evening
during the NHRA Route 66 Nationals
in Chicago, when he blew up his Funny Car and
made contact with the wall in a fiery run. Adding to the complexity of
the damage was additional carnage caused by his brush with an open gate
which rendered his proven chassis totaled.
He went into Sunday with an unproven chassis that wasn’t scheduled for implementation until this weekend’s NHRA Mopar Mile High Nationals in Denver, Co. The chassis has been proving itself ever since the accident.
“I think you go back when we had five first round losses and I don’t attribute that to anything but the little increase in weight where we were just trying to fine tune our combination,” Pedregon said. “It was hard for me to get discouraged because I knew we were on the right track. If at anytime I felt we weren’t, I would have made changes. Tony Pedregon will be the first to admit his future looked bleak on Saturday evening
during the NHRA Route 66 Nationals
in Chicago, when he blew up his Funny Car and
made contact with the wall in a fiery run. Adding to the complexity of
the damage was additional carnage caused by his brush with an open gate
which rendered his proven chassis totaled.
He went into Sunday with an unproven chassis that wasn’t scheduled for implementation until this weekend’s NHRA Mopar Mile High Nationals in Denver, Co. The chassis has been proving itself ever since the accident.
“I think you go back when we had five first round losses and I don’t attribute that to anything but the little increase in weight where we were just trying to fine tune our combination,” Pedregon said. “It was hard for me to get discouraged because I knew we were on the right track. If at anytime I felt we weren’t, I would have made changes.
“It’s encouraging to me to know that if we’ve lacked one thing in the last month and a half, it’s that we’ve been unable to qualify in the top five. We’ve gotten that back.”
Pedregon’s low qualifying effort marks his second of the season since the NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla., last March. He holds 33 career No. 1 efforts in his career.
“We’ve gotta catch Wilkerson,” Pedregon added. “He’s out there but at the same time we are looking at those guys behind us. It’s still early but at some point the qualifying points are going to become important.”
PEDREGON QUOTABLE – “I sure am lucky to have Chevrolet on our side. I started with six bodies and now I am down to two.”
Tony Pedregon has won two of the last races since a crash forced him to bring out a new chassis. (Roger Richards)
He went into Sunday with an unproven chassis that wasn’t scheduled for implementation until this weekend’s NHRA Mopar Mile High Nationals in Denver, Co. The chassis has been proving itself ever since the accident.
“I think you go back when we had five first round losses and I don’t attribute that to anything but the little increase in weight where we were just trying to fine tune our combination,” Pedregon said. “It was hard for me to get discouraged because I knew we were on the right track. If at anytime I felt we weren’t, I would have made changes. Tony Pedregon will be the first to admit his future looked bleak on Saturday evening
Tony Pedregon has won two of the last races since a crash forced him to bring out a new chassis. (Roger Richards)
He went into Sunday with an unproven chassis that wasn’t scheduled for implementation until this weekend’s NHRA Mopar Mile High Nationals in Denver, Co. The chassis has been proving itself ever since the accident.
“I think you go back when we had five first round losses and I don’t attribute that to anything but the little increase in weight where we were just trying to fine tune our combination,” Pedregon said. “It was hard for me to get discouraged because I knew we were on the right track. If at anytime I felt we weren’t, I would have made changes.
“It’s encouraging to me to know that if we’ve lacked one thing in the last month and a half, it’s that we’ve been unable to qualify in the top five. We’ve gotten that back.”
Pedregon’s low qualifying effort marks his second of the season since the NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla., last March. He holds 33 career No. 1 efforts in his career.
“We’ve gotta catch Wilkerson,” Pedregon added. “He’s out there but at the same time we are looking at those guys behind us. It’s still early but at some point the qualifying points are going to become important.”
PEDREGON QUOTABLE – “I sure am lucky to have Chevrolet on our side. I started with six bodies and now I am down to two.”
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