After locking down their spot in NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship at Seattle, Rodger Brogdon and the EDGE Pain and Performance Chips team are looking to this week’s event in Brainerd MN and the following event in Indianapolis to position themselves for a very good run at the 2011 Full Throttle Championship.
“Right now it’s looking like we’re beginning to get our racecar back to early season form,” said Brogdon. “We’ve certainly had our struggles over the last 5-6 races, but after the changes we made going into Seattle, Timmy (Freeman) and the rest of the crew are pretty amped up about getting to Brainerd this weekend. I guess if you have to have a stretch run where things aren’t exactly going your way, it’s best to do it before the run for the championship.”
“The race in Brainerd was a challenge for us last year, we knew going into the event that we had to get a round or two in the win column to make it into the Countdown. We struggled in qualifying but were able to turn it around for race day and lock down our first ever Top-10 finish. This year we know going into the event that we’re in the hunt again, so now we can concentrate on putting ALL of our Cagnazzi power to work. We’ve been able to get some testing in and right now, I would say that everyone is locked and loaded for the weekend.”
“The way we were running going into the western swing put a lot of pressure on everyone on the team, but I can’t say enough about the way everyone worked together to get it all sorted out by Seattle. Now, with some days to rest, the pressure has backed off and everybody is ready to have some fun this weekend and then put the EDGE Pontiac to work on race day.”
With a semi-final showing in Seattle, Rodger Brogdon and the EDGE team were able to move up into 7th place in the point’s standings, but as tightly bunched as the field is between 4th & 8th, another weekend like their last event in Seattle and the EDGE team could roll out of Brainerd in 4th place in the standings. And right now, every last man on the EDGE Pain & Performance Chips team is looking to do just that.
“Right now it’s looking like we’re beginning to get our racecar back to early season form,” said Brogdon. “We’ve certainly had our struggles over the last 5-6 races, but after the changes we made going into Seattle, Timmy (Freeman) and the rest of the crew are pretty amped up about getting to Brainerd this weekend. I guess if you have to have a stretch run where things aren’t exactly going your way, it’s best to do it before the run for the championship.”
“The race in Brainerd was a challenge for us last year, we knew going into the event that we had to get a round or two in the win column to make it into the Countdown. We struggled in qualifying but were able to turn it around for race day and lock down our first ever Top-10 finish. This year we know going into the event that we’re in the hunt again, so now we can concentrate on putting ALL of our Cagnazzi power to work. We’ve been able to get some testing in and right now, I would say that everyone is locked and loaded for the weekend.”
“The way we were running going into the western swing put a lot of pressure on everyone on the team, but I can’t say enough about the way everyone worked together to get it all sorted out by Seattle. Now, with some days to rest, the pressure has backed off and everybody is ready to have some fun this weekend and then put the EDGE Pontiac to work on race day.”
With a semi-final showing in Seattle, Rodger Brogdon and the EDGE team were able to move up into 7th place in the point’s standings, but as tightly bunched as the field is between 4th & 8th, another weekend like their last event in Seattle and the EDGE team could roll out of Brainerd in 4th place in the standings. And right now, every last man on the EDGE Pain & Performance Chips team is looking to do just that.
