Ashley Sanford returns to seat of family's Gelish dragster in Seattle
Ashley Sanford returns to seat of family's Gelish dragster in Seattle
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SEATTLE (Aug. 1) -- Ashley Sanford is going home.
No, she's not returning to her hometown of Fullerton, Calif. On the contrary, she's
heading north to race her Gelish Top Alcohol Dragster at the 29th annual ProtectTheHarvest.com
NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil this weekend at Pacific Raceways.
The home part is the seat of her family's Gelish dragster.
"It's pretty hard to put into words because even though I raced a few weeks ago
in Norwalk (Ohio), I was in a new car and it was a blast, but getting to step back
into my Gelish dragster with my whole family there, it is very comfortable," Sanford
said. "In a sense, it's going back to the basics."
Sanford raced for another team in Norwalk and last drove her family's dragster at
a divisional race in Las Vegas, where she qualified No. 2 before rain postponed
the event.
"I'm really excited because in Vegas the car was on fire, running amazing, better
than it ever has," Sanford said. "So to get to go somewhere like Seattle, where
the air quality is just incredible and to know our A/Fuel cars usually run amazing
there, it's very, very exciting.
"And it's a confidence booster to have that, as well as knowing that there are only
11 cars registered for our race. We have an amazing shot at really going for it
this time, getting to the winner's circle and getting that first Wally. That is
the game plan."
Sanford is hoping to reverse some prior struggles in Seattle, last racing there
when her and her team were just starting out.
"I've been there but we have never really done well there," Sanford said. "We went
there our second year of racing when we were really just starting to figure things
out. We had a lot of bugs we were working out, and we raced a national and regional
event there.
"The car ran decent but we never had outstanding runs just because we were dealing
with our own inner issues as a team and on the car. But now that we have everything
figured out, getting to go to this track and redeem ourselves in a sense will be
really cool."
Top Alcohol Dragster qualifying sessions are scheduled for 1:30 and 4:40 p.m., Friday,
and noon, Saturday. The first round of eliminations will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday,
and eliminations will continue at 12:20 p.m., Sunday.
Ashley Sanford is excited to drive her Gelish Top Alcohol Dragster at this weekend's
29th annual ProtectTheHarvest.com NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil
in Seattle.
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