GREG ANDERSON KEEPS ROLLING WITH PS NO. 1 SPOT AT VEGAS FOUR-WIDE

Written by Tracy Renck, photo by Burghardt Photos    Sun, 2021-04-18 14:00


At the NHRA Camping World Series season-opening Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla., just more than a month ago, former Pro Stock world champion Greg Anderson was dominant.

Anderson qualified No. 1 and then blazed to the race victory with four round wins.

A month later at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals this weekend at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway he shows no signs of letting down.

Anderson qualified No. 1 with a 6.638-second pass at 205.85 mph to capture the No. 1 qualifying spot for the 108th time in his decorated career.

Anderson once again is driving a Summit Racing Chevy Camaro for team owner Ken Black.

“I felt great at Gainesville and we had a great car there and the car is just as good as it was down there,” Anderson said. “It doesn’t matter if it is four-wide or two-wide the car is still going, and the driver has not melted down yet. So, if the driver can not melt down and make it through three quads, we'll get a trophy. I like the four-wide deal. I didn’t really like it to begin with, but it has kind of grown on me and it doesn’t bother me at all.

“There’s a lot of stuff going on up there and it is an extra challenge for the driver, but that is OK. It is all good. I’m up for it.”

On Sunday, Anderson will be aiming for his 96th career NHRA national event victory. This is the 482nd national event at which Anderson will be competing in his career.

“Ken Black is in attendance and he doesn’t get to travel across the country anymore,” Anderson said. “It is great to have him in attendance and race in front of him and his family and friends. I love extra pressure, so here we are.”

Although Anderson was unstoppable in Gainesville, he didn’t rest on his success the past four weeks.

“Obviously, you take it one race at a time, but it's the same model we have always had; you can’t rest on what you have,” Anderson said. “We had a month off between the last race and this race and we didn’t go home and say everything is good and we better not touch it. You can’t do that, or you get passed by in this class. We worked hard and tried to make our stuff better so that when we got to Vegas we would show that we have used the time wisely.

“That’s the way it is in this game. In Pro Stock, you can’t ever sit on what you got and think it is good enough because you’re only as good as your last race, especially when you have a month off. People have been working hard and they are going to make gains. Obviously, we did as good of a job as anybody in the last month.”

 

 
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