Smiley
Nitro Member
After thousands of miles and months of competition, the NHRA Full Throttle season will come to a close with the running of the World Finals this weekend in southern California. For Rodger Brogdon and the EDGE Pain and Performance Chips team they look forward to closing out the season with their second Top-10 finish in just three years of Pro Stock competition.
Brogdon and company will close out the season better than last year, but for Rodger the season has yet to fulfill all of the pre-season expectations and Pomona offers the last opportunity to achieve the loftiest goal, a national event win.
With numerous semi-final showings, their first national event final round and a six month reign as the national record holder, the 2011 season has certainly provided numerous highlights, but ask any competitor and they’ll tell you that without holding the trophy at the end of the race, the season just can’t be considered complete.
“No matter how you look at it we’ve had a good season,” commented Brogdon. “Not a great season, but certainly a good season. Sure, we were looking to take home our first win, and dang near did it at Houston. Nailing down the national record at Gainesville was pretty dang special too, but it’s been the little hiccups throughout the season that caused the most aggravation. Had we been able to avoid those hiccups there’s no telling how the season would have ended. But, that’s also called racing, nothing ever goes exactly as it should.”
“We were able to get Steve Kent on track at the Houston race with the team’s second car, and wow, has he come on strong. Talk about someone that’s having a great time behind the wheel, the smile on his face is sometimes as big as Texas. We’ll have both cars at Pomona this weekend, and we’re still looking to put both of them into the finals. I can’t think of a better way to close out the season than to have to face off against Steve in the finals.”
With plans already in motion for the teams 2012 season, the so-called off season is already shaping up to be as busy as the last nine months, but first comes the season finals at Pomona, and a final opportunity to complete the team’s best season yet.
Brogdon and company will close out the season better than last year, but for Rodger the season has yet to fulfill all of the pre-season expectations and Pomona offers the last opportunity to achieve the loftiest goal, a national event win.
With numerous semi-final showings, their first national event final round and a six month reign as the national record holder, the 2011 season has certainly provided numerous highlights, but ask any competitor and they’ll tell you that without holding the trophy at the end of the race, the season just can’t be considered complete.
“No matter how you look at it we’ve had a good season,” commented Brogdon. “Not a great season, but certainly a good season. Sure, we were looking to take home our first win, and dang near did it at Houston. Nailing down the national record at Gainesville was pretty dang special too, but it’s been the little hiccups throughout the season that caused the most aggravation. Had we been able to avoid those hiccups there’s no telling how the season would have ended. But, that’s also called racing, nothing ever goes exactly as it should.”
“We were able to get Steve Kent on track at the Houston race with the team’s second car, and wow, has he come on strong. Talk about someone that’s having a great time behind the wheel, the smile on his face is sometimes as big as Texas. We’ll have both cars at Pomona this weekend, and we’re still looking to put both of them into the finals. I can’t think of a better way to close out the season than to have to face off against Steve in the finals.”
With plans already in motion for the teams 2012 season, the so-called off season is already shaping up to be as busy as the last nine months, but first comes the season finals at Pomona, and a final opportunity to complete the team’s best season yet.
