Team Chevy's Jason Hunt will be trying to pad his Pro Outlaw FWD points lead when he puts his ECOtec-powered Cobalt on the track for the first round of qualifying on Saturday. But standing in the way will be another Chevy Cobalt driver, Gary Gardella, who will be looking for a winner's circle celebration of his own.
"This will be our first time at the track," said team owner and crew chief Charlie Schafer. "We always look forward to going to a new venue because it's something different.
"It will present new challenges and it's going to be fun."
Check out this video of Hunt and his team prepping the Matco Tools Chevy Cobalt for qualifying at Englishtown.
Hunt is coming off a final-round win over Gardella last Saturday at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals. Although a much-deserved victory after racing in ambient air temperatures exceeding 110 degrees, it was especially gratifying for the CSI Racing team given the fact that from a logistics standpoint, just about everything that could go wrong, did go wrong.
"It was definitely a challenge, to say the least," admitted Hunt. "We knew going in we had some generator issues, and although we arranged ahead of time to take care of that problem, it didn't work out like we had planned. We had our pit area spread out just to get everything powered up properly. We also found a short in the trailer and couldn't get any power out of it at all. We had extension cords running all over the place. It's amazing that the weekend worked out like it did.
"Then the heat was incredible - Vegas heat. At first it seems okay, and then it just gets stupid hot, and then you get used to it. It will definitely whoop you, and then at night when the temp gets down to 97, you think it's cool."
This weekend should be an exciting, as some of the fastest competitors around will be there ready to run. It will be extremely exciting to watch the Cobaltâs come out and do their thing! You know what thing that is, right?
RUN HARD BREAK RECORDS AND WIN RACES!
Come one come all, and enjoy the exciting packed weekend of Sport Compact Drag Racing! Be sure to come by the Chevy Cobalt pit area to say hello to the drivers and crew. They would love to meet you!
