Bryan,
I apologize for not responding sooner to your questions about our new team. We were actually finishing up my licensing runs in Las Vegas on that weekend. We did make 5 runs and met the requirements of the NHRA to have two full runs at 5.50 and 270 or better. We had previously made the required 2 short and 2 itermediate runs at Rocky Mountain Raceway in our home town of Salt Lake City, Utah.
I purchased the car from Steve Plueger. It was his car and was last driven by Dale Pulde. I can not thank Steve Plueger and Paul Trabue for the assistance they have given me in getting this new program off the ground. Steve builds an incredible car an it sure made my initial runs very comfortable.
My crew is as with a lot of small teams, friends who devote a great deal of time to make the dream come true. They are all volunteers and most of them have mutliple years experience working on a fuel team. I am incredibly lucky to have all of them
. Jerry Ostler, Kim Brown, Tim Kranendonk, Chris Brown, Matt Moulder, Cody Walk, Tim Oniu, Ken Cox, Bridgette Ostler, KC Ostler, Austin Ostler, Mark and Ryan Macklyn, Amber Ivie. Terry Manzer was helping us in Vegas with the licensing runs as well.
Our future plans are a little up in the air right now. As always, money is a huge deciding factor. I am working on a few deals, but nothing is definite right now. Local Utah companies have helped us to this point - Megevap Portable Coolers, Praxair, Snap-On/R&L Tools, Screen Scapes. I would also like to thank the Strasburg Family for all of their help. I seriously could not have done it without them.
We will be attending 2-3 IHRA events and 2-3 match races in 2007. If funds are available, we will expand our schedule.
Thanks again for the interest and if you have any other questions, let me know.
