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COLUMBUS, NC (April 17, 2007) - When Quain Stott pulls the LeeBoy Equipment Corvette off of the transporter in Rockingham, North Carolina later this week, he'll have taken the long way to get there. In some ways, that's just appropriate for Stott, even though North Carolina is home for the Torco Race Fuels powered team.
Stott has spent most of his drag racing career competing around the Tar Heel state and could probably put the truck on auto pilot and it would find its way to "The Rock" without incident. But, nothing is ever as easy at it seems. Especially for Stott. He left Tuesday morning to make the 175 mile journey to Rockingham Dragway. Stott and his team will make at least one stop before arriving Thursday. Farmington, North Carolina will be the pit stop Stott needs for a little piece of mind before arriving in Rockingham for the IHRA Spring Nationals presented by Advance Auto on April 21-22.
"Farmington is a great place for us to test," Stott said. "It's a little test and tune for us. Heck it's a lot of test and tune for us. We'll put more laps on this car in testing than it will ever see during racing this season."
Stott has long been known as one of the hardest working guys in racing. From tuning the car, to driving it in competition, to loading the car up and driving it from race to race, he continues to do it all. "There are a lot of teams out here that will spend a ton of money to come out here and go fast," Stott explained. "I've always had the attitude that we'll just try and outwork them, because I sure don't want to try and outspend them."
The hard work has paid off for Stott for more than a decade. Since 1995, Stott remains the only Pro Modified driver to finish every season in the top 10, including the 2006 championship. Six of the past 12 season Stott has finished in the top five, racing with both a nitrous injected car and a blower car over that time period.
"We've been lucky and blessed," Stott said from his cell phone enroute to Farmington. "LeeBoy has been with us for nine of those season and Evan Knoll and Torco have been with us for 10 of them. With strong partnerships like that it helps us race with consistency."
While some say the harder you work the luckier you get, Stott knows that it takes a lot of both to stay competitive. "It took us 12 years to win a Pro Mod championship. I've got to do it at least one more time to prove it wasn't a fluke. We're going to have to work that much harder just to stay anywhere near the top. There are a lot of really good teams out here."
LeeBoy and Stott call Rockingham their home track and this race won't be any different. LeeBoy Equipment will have a great hospitality area hosted by Arrow Equipment in the Quain Stott Racing pits. "Saturday is always intense," Stott added. "It's the last chance at qualifying and there are always so many LeeBoy and Arrow Equipment customers that I look forward to seeing."
Quain Stott Drag Racing partners with high performance companies like, LeeBoy Equipment, Torco Race Fuels, Richmond Gear, Mickey Thompson Tires, NGK Spark Plugs, Auto Meter, Stroud Safety, Santhuff Shocks, Fulton Race Engines, Stroupe Race Cars and Spartan Crank Shafts.
To learn more about Quain Stott and the LeeBoy Pro Modified Corvette, powered by Torco Race Fuels, visit: Quain Stott Drag Racing - LeeBoy Corvette - Tommy D'Aprile Support Our Troops Corvette
Stott Takes the Long Way Home
COLUMBUS, NC (April 17, 2007) - When Quain Stott pulls the LeeBoy Equipment Corvette off of the transporter in Rockingham, North Carolina later this week, he'll have taken the long way to get there. In some ways, that's just appropriate for Stott, even though North Carolina is home for the Torco Race Fuels powered team.
Stott has spent most of his drag racing career competing around the Tar Heel state and could probably put the truck on auto pilot and it would find its way to "The Rock" without incident. But, nothing is ever as easy at it seems. Especially for Stott. He left Tuesday morning to make the 175 mile journey to Rockingham Dragway. Stott and his team will make at least one stop before arriving Thursday. Farmington, North Carolina will be the pit stop Stott needs for a little piece of mind before arriving in Rockingham for the IHRA Spring Nationals presented by Advance Auto on April 21-22.
"Farmington is a great place for us to test," Stott said. "It's a little test and tune for us. Heck it's a lot of test and tune for us. We'll put more laps on this car in testing than it will ever see during racing this season."
Stott has long been known as one of the hardest working guys in racing. From tuning the car, to driving it in competition, to loading the car up and driving it from race to race, he continues to do it all. "There are a lot of teams out here that will spend a ton of money to come out here and go fast," Stott explained. "I've always had the attitude that we'll just try and outwork them, because I sure don't want to try and outspend them."
The hard work has paid off for Stott for more than a decade. Since 1995, Stott remains the only Pro Modified driver to finish every season in the top 10, including the 2006 championship. Six of the past 12 season Stott has finished in the top five, racing with both a nitrous injected car and a blower car over that time period.
"We've been lucky and blessed," Stott said from his cell phone enroute to Farmington. "LeeBoy has been with us for nine of those season and Evan Knoll and Torco have been with us for 10 of them. With strong partnerships like that it helps us race with consistency."
While some say the harder you work the luckier you get, Stott knows that it takes a lot of both to stay competitive. "It took us 12 years to win a Pro Mod championship. I've got to do it at least one more time to prove it wasn't a fluke. We're going to have to work that much harder just to stay anywhere near the top. There are a lot of really good teams out here."
LeeBoy and Stott call Rockingham their home track and this race won't be any different. LeeBoy Equipment will have a great hospitality area hosted by Arrow Equipment in the Quain Stott Racing pits. "Saturday is always intense," Stott added. "It's the last chance at qualifying and there are always so many LeeBoy and Arrow Equipment customers that I look forward to seeing."
Quain Stott Drag Racing partners with high performance companies like, LeeBoy Equipment, Torco Race Fuels, Richmond Gear, Mickey Thompson Tires, NGK Spark Plugs, Auto Meter, Stroud Safety, Santhuff Shocks, Fulton Race Engines, Stroupe Race Cars and Spartan Crank Shafts.
To learn more about Quain Stott and the LeeBoy Pro Modified Corvette, powered by Torco Race Fuels, visit: Quain Stott Drag Racing - LeeBoy Corvette - Tommy D'Aprile Support Our Troops Corvette
