Shannon Jenkins will have his nitrous injected Camaro at the ADRL Hardees Drags in Valdosta, Ga. Whether it rolls out of the trailer at South Georgia Motorsports Park [SGMP] remains to be seen. However, what is certain is Jenkins will be leading the four-car Al Anabi Racing charge into the second event on the ten-race National Guard ADRL Series.

Jenkins will fill the primary role of crew chief this weekend, wrenching Mike Castellana, K.A. Balooshi, Rickie Smith and Burton Auxier. This appointment comes one race after the multi-time Pro Modified world champion and touted nitrous expert drove his way to a semi-final finish at the ADRL Dragpalooza V event at Houston Raceway Park.

Jenkins, nicknamed the Iceman, got a head start on his new role by orchestrating a successful test session recently at Gainesville Raceway. Of the four cars, it was Balooshi that soloed the best for the new maestro with a 3.88, 194 mph lap.

Shannon Jenkins will have his nitrous injected Camaro at the ADRL Hardees Drags in Valdosta, Ga. Whether it rolls out of the trailer at South Georgia Motorsports Park [SGMP] remains to be seen. However, what is certain is Jenkins will be leading the four-car Al Anabi Racing charge into the second event on the ten-race National Guard ADRL Series.

Jenkins will fill the primary role of crew chief this weekend, wrenching Mike Castellana, K.A. Balooshi, Rickie Smith and Burton Auxier. This appointment comes one race after the multi-time Pro Modified world champion and touted nitrous expert drove his way to a semi-final finish at the ADRL Dragpalooza V event at Houston Raceway Park.

Jenkins, nicknamed the Iceman, got a head start on his new role by orchestrating a successful test session recently at Gainesville Raceway. Of the four cars, it was Balooshi that soloed the best for the new maestro with a 3.88, 194 mph lap.

“We’re still striving for consistently fast race cars,” said Jenkins. “We’ve made a lot of progress and things are looking good going into this weekend. We made a series of good runs in each car during the test session, and there’s no questioning that we’ve got the performance to put an Al-Anabi Racing car in the winner’s circle.

“Our ultimate goal is to go rounds, win races and have each of the team’s cars in the SPEEDTECH Nitrous ADRL Battle for the Belts this fall and it’s important for us to make a strong showing here in Georgia.”

Jenkins has history at SGMP. Three years ago, he drove his way to the first eighth-mile, three-second nitrous doorslammer pass and followed that performance with the first 3.8-second lap.

This time it will be up to the talented tuner to pass off his good fortunes to the rest of the team. That works well for Castellana, who holds down the third place in ADRL Pro Nitrous points. SGMP also works well for Castellana.

“Valdosta always provides us with an incredible racing surface,” started Castellana, “and that gives us the opportunity to put on a good show for the fans with some big performance. We’ve spent a lot of time testing in between events and have seen some success that gives us a lot of confidence going in. This ADRL Pro Nitrous field, though, is as competitive as ever, leaving little margin for error.”

“Every single one of these Al-Anabi Racing cars are capable of a 3.80, and we obviously want to be the first to do it, but our focus is winning races and consistency has proven to be the name of the game time and time again," Jenkins surmised. 

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