Lucas Oil's Richie Crampton hoping to impress parents visiting from Australia
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Contact: Rob Geiger (832) 971-9345 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lucas Oil's Richie Crampton hoping to impress parents visiting from Australia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NORWALK, Ohio (June 25) -- It's only natural to want to impress your parents, and for Richie Crampton, the pilot of the Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster, that feeling is amplified because his parents, Alan and June, have traveled from the other side of the planet to watch him ply his trade. Richie, who has more victories (seven) than any NHRA pro born outside of North America, knows all about the trek from his hometown of Adelaide, South Australia, to the USA, having done the journey many times in the past. His parents are quickly catching on to the rigors of the exhausting journey, especially since Richie and his fiancée, Stephanie Laski, have given Alan and June a granddaughter. "If all the races were in Los Angeles, it wouldn't be so bad," Alan said. "But when you fly to Los Angeles, collect all your things, go through customs and immigration, only to turn right around and check in for another flight to Denver to connect to Indy, well it's a real hard go of it. Then we barely recovered in time to drive here to Ohio. "I'm not complaining though. We love watching Richie race and we're very proud of him. Everyone back home is proud of him. He's brought so much joy to all of us in Australia." Alan actually was on hand for Richie's first win in Englishtown, N.J., in 2014, and returned to watch him take the trophy in Brainerd, Minn., in 2015, but his mother stayed in Indy on both of those trips, missing the celebrations. "Yeah, Mum's never seen me win in person," Richie said. "I'd like to change that for sure. We're fairly pleased with the car right now and qualifying fourth is a nice spot for us. We've done better this year, but we've also been in the bottom half more times than we'd like. "Aaron (Brooks, crew chief) has made a bunch of changes to the car, including the chassis itself, and we're starting to see some more consistency. We got a round-win last Sunday in Bristol and we're hoping to better that tomorrow." Despite scorching track temperatures both Friday and Saturday, the Lucas Oil team has run well, opening with a 3.804 at 309.20 mph, followed by its run of record, a 3.735 at 317.79 mph Friday night under the lights. After finding the limits of traction in Saturday's first session, Richie returned in the late afternoon to post a 3.854 at 309.98 mph. He'll open Sunday's eliminations against Leah Pritchett, who only made one pass in qualifying, earning the 13th spot with a shutoff 4.309 at 200.17 mph. "It's good to get down the track, especially in the heat," Richie said. "If we can stay in that mindset tomorrow, maybe Mum will see her son win a race." The first two rounds of eliminations will air live on FOX Sports 1 beginning at noon, Sunday, with a three-hour recap later in the evening, starting at midnight. 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