Too much horsepower results in early exit from Atlanta
Dragway for Shane Gray
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Too much horsepower results in early exit from Atlanta Dragway for Shane Gray
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ATLANTA (May 15) -- After logging his best qualifying effort of the season, Shane
Gray and his Valvoline/Nova Services Chevrolet Camaro race team were ready for a
long day at Atlanta Dragway, but the group got a little greedy in the opening round
of eliminations, overpowering the racetrack at the launch and gift-wrapping a win
for Kenny Delco.
"No one to blame but ourselves," Gray said. "We just went into immediate tire shake
and that was all she wrote. Kenny ended up having trouble himself downtrack and
was certainly there for the taking, but that's the difference between losing your
momentum at the starting line and just losing a bit of steam at the top end. He
won easily."
After outqualifying Delco by nearly a tenth of a second, a huge chasm of time in
drag racing, Gray certainly was up for his race, leaving the starting line a hundredth
of a second ahead of his opponent, but almost instantly his car was in trouble,
and Delco was able to drive by him and away for the victory.
The final numbers showed Delco crossing with a late-shutoff 7.299 at 148.38 mph
to Gray's drifting 11.690 at 76.83 mph.
"We're upset that we overestimated the track conditions," Gray said. "It was nice
and cool this morning and the heat started kicking in right as Pro Stock got ready
to run. The guys saw what the fuel cars were running and tuned to what they thought
the track could hold. We just missed it by a touch.
"It's hard to be too upset about this weekend as a whole. Adding Dave Connolly as
crew chief alongside Jim Yates and Craig Hankinson made a world of difference. We
have a good race car now and we are working hard to make it a great race car.
"I'm actually really excited we have a race next weekend so we can get back out
there and show everyone what we can do. Our spirits are high."
The 28th annual NHRA Kansas Nationals run May 20-22 at Heartland Park Topeka.
Today's race will air from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. ET. on FOX Sports 1.
Shane Gray and his Valvoline/Nova Services Chevrolet race team were ready for a
long day at Atlanta Dragway, but they overpowered the racetrack at the launch in
the first round of eliminations.
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