Ballard Takes the Mobil 1 Chevy Cobalt All The Way
Written by Corey Mullane Wednesday, 21 May 2008
At NOPI's first Sportsman Only event this past weekend in Maryland the CSI team didn't take any chances on their approach to this race. "We are running the car just like at the national events and not taking anything for granted," stated Team Owner, Charlie Schafer at the start of the race. It was a good thing too, as the team still had to abide by the NOPI sanctioned by NHRA rules and qualified an impressive 3rd place.
As the rounds went on, it was evident that Brian Ballard was going to have to face two much quicker cars to get the event win. After winning his first two rounds of eliminations Brian faced #1 qualifier, Levi Stanley. Ballard got the advantage off the starting line and never looked back, taking the win with a 9.61 elapsed time to a losing 9.49 E.T. Going into the final was not going to be easy either as he faced #2, qualifier, Jonathon Reynolds. Once again, Ballard showed why he is in the seat for CSI racing and took the Mobil 1 Chevy Cobalt, Ecotec powered, boosted by Air Werx across the stripe first with a 9.63 E.T. over a faster 9.53 E.T.
"This is a great win for all of us and for Mobil 1, GM, Borg Warner, Matco Tools, Mickey Thompson, NGK, MSD and all of our other awesome partners." This keeps our momentum going and is great for us to take to the Mobil 1 Employee Appreciation Day next week where we will be there putting all of the CSI cars on display," beamed a happy Ballard.
CSI's next drag race is June 21-22 at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, CO. CSI's next drift event is May 31-June 1 at Lake Erie Speedway in Erie, PA.
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