HERNANDEZ DONATES QUALIFYING CHECK IN MEMORY OF FALLEN FRIEND
Sun, 2008-09-21 09:00
At each JEGS Pro Mod Challenge event, Ohio Crankshafts awards the low
qualifier of the 16-car field a $1,000 bonus and Josh Hernandez has won
more than his share of them.
Hernandez, the defending world champion from Conroe, Tex., decided he had a better use for the money.
Hernandez donated the $1,000 bonus from the NHRA Fallnationals in Dallas, Tex., to a special project chassis builder Tim McAmis has started. At each JEGS Pro Mod Challenge event, Ohio Crankshafts awards the low qualifier of the 16-car field a $1,000 bonus and Josh Hernandez has won more than his share of them.
Hernandez, the defending world champion from Conroe, Tex., decided he had a better use for the money.
Hernandez donated the $1,000 bonus from the NHRA Fallnationals in Dallas, Tex., to a special project chassis builder Tim McAmis has started.
In the wake of fellow Pro Mod racer Steve Engel's untimely death following his accident in Indianapolis earlier this month, McAmis launched an initiative to build a better Pro Mod chassis. Many of the drivers in the JEGS ProMod Challenge are backing the project and Hernandez decided to hand over his low qualifier check to help the cause.
"We're all hurting this weekend without Steve," Hernandez said. "His accident prompted Tim to go out and hire an engineer, at his own expense, to figure out how he can make safer race cars. It's similar to the Eric Medlen Project in Funny Car in that we're all in this together, regardless of sponsors or car types or chassis builders, to make the sport better. We can't have people dying out here.
"Tim said from the start that he'll share all of the information and data this engineer and the rest of his staff discover with everyone. I think that's the spirit of cooperation we need and donating this check is the least we can do."
Hernandez has been impressive at this weekend's 23rd annual Super Start Batteries NHRA Nationals, posting five-second passes in all three qualifying attempts. His best was a 5.964 at 242.02 mph, which means he'll lead the field into eliminations for the 13th time in his career.
Hernandez, the defending world champion from Conroe, Tex., decided he had a better use for the money.
Hernandez donated the $1,000 bonus from the NHRA Fallnationals in Dallas, Tex., to a special project chassis builder Tim McAmis has started. At each JEGS Pro Mod Challenge event, Ohio Crankshafts awards the low qualifier of the 16-car field a $1,000 bonus and Josh Hernandez has won more than his share of them.
Hernandez, the defending world champion from Conroe, Tex., decided he had a better use for the money.
Hernandez donated the $1,000 bonus from the NHRA Fallnationals in Dallas, Tex., to a special project chassis builder Tim McAmis has started.
In the wake of fellow Pro Mod racer Steve Engel's untimely death following his accident in Indianapolis earlier this month, McAmis launched an initiative to build a better Pro Mod chassis. Many of the drivers in the JEGS ProMod Challenge are backing the project and Hernandez decided to hand over his low qualifier check to help the cause.
"We're all hurting this weekend without Steve," Hernandez said. "His accident prompted Tim to go out and hire an engineer, at his own expense, to figure out how he can make safer race cars. It's similar to the Eric Medlen Project in Funny Car in that we're all in this together, regardless of sponsors or car types or chassis builders, to make the sport better. We can't have people dying out here.
"Tim said from the start that he'll share all of the information and data this engineer and the rest of his staff discover with everyone. I think that's the spirit of cooperation we need and donating this check is the least we can do."
Hernandez has been impressive at this weekend's 23rd annual Super Start Batteries NHRA Nationals, posting five-second passes in all three qualifying attempts. His best was a 5.964 at 242.02 mph, which means he'll lead the field into eliminations for the 13th time in his career.
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