DAVE CONNOLLY ENJOYING BEING PART OF KB RACING

by Tracy Renck    Fri, 2019-09-13 09:26

A year ago, Dave Connolly showed how valuable he was as an NHRA Pro Stock crew chief.

Connolly helped guide Tanner Gray to the world championship. When Gray departed to pursue a NASCAR career, Connolly wasn’t out of work for long as he signed on with KB Racing and the Summit Racing team of Greg Anderson and Jason Line.

“There’s a lot of unknowns when you change teams,” Connolly said. “It’s actually been a very easy transition. These guys are great to work with. Dedicated and hard-working and they like to get in there and just grind away and make things happen. Rob (Downing) has been a pleasure to work with, Greg, Jason all these guys over here. They have a well-established team obviously before I showed up and I’m just trying to put my input in there and help as much as possible.”

Connolly said he doesn’t just focus on one car for KB Racing.

“Rob and I, we look at all five cars now,” Connolly said. “We have Greg’s, Jason’s, Bo (Butner), Fernando (Cuadra) and now Fernando’s son (Fernando Jr.) as well. There’s definitely things to get used to and going from focusing full attention on one car to looking at five runs in between rounds. It's a little bit different. Took some adjusting but it's getting easier and easier as the year goes.”

Connolly knows the goal at season’s end is to crown someone on his team as the world champ.

“Oh, absolutely,” Connolly said. “That's the goal of any team when you start that season is the championship, so it's still on the table and that’s what we're shooting for.”

Connolly, a former standout Pro Stock pilot and Top Fuel racer, still dabbles in driving.

“I do some bracket racing here and there obviously with the bracket racing thing kind of popping up with these big purses it’s intriguing and I get to do that a lot,” Connolly said.

 

 

 
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