A new-look Rust-Oleum Rocket race car will be unveiled for the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minn. 

The Top Fuel dragster will be highlighting 100 years of Rust-Oleum. The long-time Zizzo Racing sponsor continues to maintain a strong business to business and promotional relationship with Zizzo Auto Body and Zizzo Racing.

This will be Zizzo’s third appearance racing at BIR. He qualified at each of his previous two appearances in 2004 and 2013 but did not advance beyond the first round. The Rust-Oleum team will be looking to improve on previous efforts and their expectations are lofty. The team spent the Sunday before the race putting the entire team through the paces, starting, servicing and rebuilding the Rust-Oleum Rocket 11,000 horsepower race car.

“The guys fired the car twice at our shop and we went through all our paces, even to the point of strapping me into the car and getting organized. When we fired the car for the first time there were no hiccups. It has been apart over the winter and we did some rewiring and some reconfiguring. Even with those changes everything worked like clockwork. To see these guys get back at it like that was remarkable,” said Zizzo. “We wanted to be sure the seat belts were all good and I could still fit in the cockpit. It is tough to stay on weight as you get older and it is a constant battle. I am a little off my goal weight but I am still working on that.”