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May 27, 2008 - Milan, MI – Heading into the Motor City Nationals Mike Janis and his crew were hoping the friendly confines of Milan Dragway would help the team find the consistency they had at the end of the 07' season.
"We are a lot better off points wise than we were at this time last year but we need to find our stride. Other teams are really making progress and falling behind in the points may not be that easy to recoup from," said Janis.
On Janis' first qualifying attempt he posted an off pace 6.16 pass. The team later found ignition troubles causing the Jan-Cen powered Firebird to run on seven cylinders that pass. The problem was quickly corrected but traction problems plagued the team on their next two attempts. On their final attempt the team chose to take a softer approach at the starting line and it paid off with a 6.076 at 238 miles per hour, good enough for the seventh position.
"We felt the 6.16 had us in the show, but we wanted to move up the ladder and prove to ourselves we could get her down (the rack)," said lead mechanic Steve Hermann.
In round one Janis was paired with the 15th qualifier, Chaptico, Maryland's Billy Gibson. Gibson at the wheel of an outrageous blown 70 Superbird ran a best of 6.196 seconds in qualifying.
Gibson, knowing he was out matched, took a shot at the tree and red lit by twenty three thousandths of a second. Meanwhile Janis went straight down Broadway posting his best numbers of the weekend, a 6.061. In round two Janis faced off with points leader Jim Halsey. Halsey has been hot of late and is proving nitrous is not dead in IHRA Pro Mod. Halsey left first and took an easy win over a sluggish Janis.
"I'm not sure what happened. I don't know if something broke but she came out real lazy. We'll have to look at the data and see what we can find. Something just wasn't right," said a dejected Janis.
Crew Chief Mike Janis Jr. later attributed the problem to parts failure. "We're making progress at each race and any problem we encounter we've been able to find the cause, but we just need to catch a break. We know our program is one of the best out there, but these little things keep hurting us," said crew chief Mike Janis Jr.
Photo By: Roger Richards
Quarter Final Finish Leaves Mike Janis Racing Looking for Answers
May 27, 2008 - Milan, MI – Heading into the Motor City Nationals Mike Janis and his crew were hoping the friendly confines of Milan Dragway would help the team find the consistency they had at the end of the 07' season.
"We are a lot better off points wise than we were at this time last year but we need to find our stride. Other teams are really making progress and falling behind in the points may not be that easy to recoup from," said Janis.
On Janis' first qualifying attempt he posted an off pace 6.16 pass. The team later found ignition troubles causing the Jan-Cen powered Firebird to run on seven cylinders that pass. The problem was quickly corrected but traction problems plagued the team on their next two attempts. On their final attempt the team chose to take a softer approach at the starting line and it paid off with a 6.076 at 238 miles per hour, good enough for the seventh position.
"We felt the 6.16 had us in the show, but we wanted to move up the ladder and prove to ourselves we could get her down (the rack)," said lead mechanic Steve Hermann.
In round one Janis was paired with the 15th qualifier, Chaptico, Maryland's Billy Gibson. Gibson at the wheel of an outrageous blown 70 Superbird ran a best of 6.196 seconds in qualifying.
Gibson, knowing he was out matched, took a shot at the tree and red lit by twenty three thousandths of a second. Meanwhile Janis went straight down Broadway posting his best numbers of the weekend, a 6.061. In round two Janis faced off with points leader Jim Halsey. Halsey has been hot of late and is proving nitrous is not dead in IHRA Pro Mod. Halsey left first and took an easy win over a sluggish Janis.
"I'm not sure what happened. I don't know if something broke but she came out real lazy. We'll have to look at the data and see what we can find. Something just wasn't right," said a dejected Janis.
Crew Chief Mike Janis Jr. later attributed the problem to parts failure. "We're making progress at each race and any problem we encounter we've been able to find the cause, but we just need to catch a break. We know our program is one of the best out there, but these little things keep hurting us," said crew chief Mike Janis Jr.
Photo By: Roger Richards
