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NORWALK, Ohio –Brandon Bernstein comes into the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals June 27-29 on the heels of a runner-up finish in Englishtown , N.J. He hopes to continue gaining round wins and points as the season reaches the halfway point in Ohio .
Last year at the inaugural NHRA event at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park , Bernstein and the Budweiser/Lucas Oil team earned their third Full Throttle award for excellence and consistency in qualifying.
Driver Brandon Bernstein and the Kenny Bernstein-owned team will be looking to repeat the consistency in qualifying that they enjoyed here last season.
“When we get into the hot summer months, it takes a shrewd crew chief to create a tune-up that can help one of these powerful dragsters negotiate the track without losing traction,” said Brandon . “Fortunately we have veteran tuners Tim (Richards, crew chief) and Kim (Richards) that have a lot of experience in this regard. Tim has a good hot weather tune-up combination and he just proved that at Englishtown where we qualified second and went to the finals in eliminations.
“As a driver, you always have to be ready to pedal the car. In these hot, humid conditions, you are really sensitive to the feel of the beginning of any loss of traction. You want to catch it and hopefully feather the throttle and get traction back down to the ground before too much time is lost. A lot of summer rounds are won or lost on pedal fests to the finish line.
“We need to continue to gain points to assure a position in the top 10 to transfer to the Countdown to 1 for the battle for the championship. Going into the Norwalk event, we’ll have seven races to go before the field of 10 is set for the Countdown to 1. After that it’s a six-race playoff to determine the champion.
“This is a new format this year. We like it. We want to be in the hunt. At this time we’re pretty comfortably seated in the field and we want to keep it that way and continue to work our way up the point ladder.”
Nitro (Top Fuel and Funny Car) qualifying for the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals begins Friday, June 27 at 4:30 p.m. followed by a second session at 7:30 p.m. There are two qualifying sessions Saturday, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., with eliminations scheduled to begin Sunday at 11 a.m.
BRANDON BERNSTEIN LOOKING FOR CONSISTENCY AND ROUND WINS IN NORWALK
NORWALK, Ohio –Brandon Bernstein comes into the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals June 27-29 on the heels of a runner-up finish in Englishtown , N.J. He hopes to continue gaining round wins and points as the season reaches the halfway point in Ohio .
Last year at the inaugural NHRA event at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park , Bernstein and the Budweiser/Lucas Oil team earned their third Full Throttle award for excellence and consistency in qualifying.
Driver Brandon Bernstein and the Kenny Bernstein-owned team will be looking to repeat the consistency in qualifying that they enjoyed here last season.
“When we get into the hot summer months, it takes a shrewd crew chief to create a tune-up that can help one of these powerful dragsters negotiate the track without losing traction,” said Brandon . “Fortunately we have veteran tuners Tim (Richards, crew chief) and Kim (Richards) that have a lot of experience in this regard. Tim has a good hot weather tune-up combination and he just proved that at Englishtown where we qualified second and went to the finals in eliminations.
“As a driver, you always have to be ready to pedal the car. In these hot, humid conditions, you are really sensitive to the feel of the beginning of any loss of traction. You want to catch it and hopefully feather the throttle and get traction back down to the ground before too much time is lost. A lot of summer rounds are won or lost on pedal fests to the finish line.
“We need to continue to gain points to assure a position in the top 10 to transfer to the Countdown to 1 for the battle for the championship. Going into the Norwalk event, we’ll have seven races to go before the field of 10 is set for the Countdown to 1. After that it’s a six-race playoff to determine the champion.
“This is a new format this year. We like it. We want to be in the hunt. At this time we’re pretty comfortably seated in the field and we want to keep it that way and continue to work our way up the point ladder.”
Nitro (Top Fuel and Funny Car) qualifying for the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals begins Friday, June 27 at 4:30 p.m. followed by a second session at 7:30 p.m. There are two qualifying sessions Saturday, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., with eliminations scheduled to begin Sunday at 11 a.m.
