Smiley
Nitro Member
Two weeks after enjoying near-perfect conditions in Pennsylvania, crew chiefs in the NHRA’s Pro Stock category found themselves battling to find power and traction on Friday at the NHRA Arizona Nationals, where temperatures approached 100 degrees. Further complicating their assignment was the racing surface at Firebird Raceway, which had been repaved since the last national event was held here 18 months ago, requiring a completely different tune-up.
Fortunately for championship points leader Jason Line and the Summit Racing team, it seemed to be business as usual, as he opened with the second-quickest time of the opening session at 6.661-seconds before coming back in his evening run to match the quickest time of the day at 6.642-seconds, good enough for the second position based on a top speed tie-breaker. Even so, he felt there was still room for improvement during Saturday’s final twin attempts.
“Although we can’t be too upset sitting second, we seemed to be a little off with the tune-up on both our runs today,” said Line. “The conditions are certainly challenging, but we know our Summit Racing Pontiac should run better than it did today, and it’s up to us to figure out what it needs to get it done. Fortunately, we have two more attempts tomorrow, so we’ll go over the data from today to see what we can learn and come up with a plan to get it better so we can come back and hopefully grab the pole. The answer is in there – we just have to find it, and I’m confident we will.”
Fortunately for championship points leader Jason Line and the Summit Racing team, it seemed to be business as usual, as he opened with the second-quickest time of the opening session at 6.661-seconds before coming back in his evening run to match the quickest time of the day at 6.642-seconds, good enough for the second position based on a top speed tie-breaker. Even so, he felt there was still room for improvement during Saturday’s final twin attempts.
“Although we can’t be too upset sitting second, we seemed to be a little off with the tune-up on both our runs today,” said Line. “The conditions are certainly challenging, but we know our Summit Racing Pontiac should run better than it did today, and it’s up to us to figure out what it needs to get it done. Fortunately, we have two more attempts tomorrow, so we’ll go over the data from today to see what we can learn and come up with a plan to get it better so we can come back and hopefully grab the pole. The answer is in there – we just have to find it, and I’m confident we will.”
