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"We spent the day at the track with Big Mack making new friends, telling them about GroovinU.com and learning about these outrageous cars and the people who build and operate the racing teams. The atmosphere around the track is charged with energy and excitement. The people are having way too much fun and it shows in the way they greet you the first time that you meet them. There is no feeling on earth like the first time that one of the dragsters revs up their engine nearby. There is no way that television can convey the experience. You absolutely have to attend an NHRA event in order to really feel the thunder. You will never look at drag racing the same way again. Don't do it on the street, do it on the track," says GroovinU.com President, Gene Harris, Jr., MBA.
Big Mack is a former Combat Helicopter Pilot and he loves speed. We spent some time with Tony Pedregon's team. Tony's car is very fast!
Jim Kipp and Jim Sullivan handle publicity and media relations and made us feel right at home.
Tony's crew made all the right adjustment to his car's complicated engine prior to a breathtaking trial. His best time is 4.68 in the 1/4 mile at 331.28 mph, wow.
Everybody is very nice here but I keep telling Big Mack, "Don't leave the women alone with the drivers."
After each run the crew has just 75 minutes to take the engine apart, replace some key parts and put it all back together in time for the next run. They are not much for small talk.
This car sure is fast!
Liz was having a great time. The surrounding energy was electric.
Liz was having a great time. The surrounding energy was electric.
I have to get one of these for cruising around my quiet neighborhood on Sunday afternoons. It will look great on the boulevard on Saturday night as well. Hey, what is the gas mileage like?
Series: Funny Car
Car: Quaker State Chevy Monte Carlo
Crew Chief: Dickie Venables
Birth Date: March 8, 1965
Hobbies: Designing and painting custom helmets
Home Town: Ft. Gratiot, Michigan
BIOGRAPHY
Pedregon was the 2003 NHRA POWERade champion after posting four second-place finishes in 1996-97, 1999 and 2002. Since his Rookie of the Year season in 1996, the 40-year-old Pedregon has won 29 national events, advanced to 52 final rounds, posted seven top-five and 10 top-10 finishes. In 2004 he fulfilled a lifelong dream when he became a car owner for the first time, and last year, the Chevy Monte Carlo driver won two races including the season-ending NHRA Finals in Pomona which shot him from ninth to seventh place in the points standings. He has won at least one race in nine of the last 10 years and more than one national event in eight of the last 10 race season. Entering 2006, Pedregon has qualified for every national event since the O' Reilly Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, Tenn., in April, 2001, a streak of 110 races.
Fast Facts:
Career Wins: 29
Career Final Rounds: 52
Career-Best Elapsed Time: 4.68 seconds
Career-Best Speed: 331.28 mph
CAREER
Established career-bests for wins (eight), No. 1 qualifying awards (eight) and round wins (47) in 2003. Captured victories at Pomona, Las Vegas, Houston, Atlanta, Topeka, Columbus, Chicago and second Las Vegas event. Became the first NHRA Funny Car driver other than John Force to win the championship since 1992.
Qualified for first NHRA event at the wheel of a Top Fuel dragster in 1993.
Earned first career victory at Atlanta in 1996. Named the inaugural winner of the NHRA Road to the Future award. Finished second in Funny Car standings behind teammate John Force. Captured one win in seven final rounds.
Raced in five finals in 1997. Defeated Cruz Pedregon at Houston in first Funny Car final-round between two brothers.
Captured two victories in two final rounds in 1998. The no. 1 qualifier at four events and won three events in 1999. Went to the finals six times in 2000 and collected two victories.
Car: Quaker State Chevy Monte Carlo
Crew Chief: Dickie Venables
Birth Date: March 8, 1965
Hobbies: Designing and painting custom helmets
Home Town: Ft. Gratiot, Michigan
BIOGRAPHY
Pedregon was the 2003 NHRA POWERade champion after posting four second-place finishes in 1996-97, 1999 and 2002. Since his Rookie of the Year season in 1996, the 40-year-old Pedregon has won 29 national events, advanced to 52 final rounds, posted seven top-five and 10 top-10 finishes. In 2004 he fulfilled a lifelong dream when he became a car owner for the first time, and last year, the Chevy Monte Carlo driver won two races including the season-ending NHRA Finals in Pomona which shot him from ninth to seventh place in the points standings. He has won at least one race in nine of the last 10 years and more than one national event in eight of the last 10 race season. Entering 2006, Pedregon has qualified for every national event since the O' Reilly Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, Tenn., in April, 2001, a streak of 110 races.
Fast Facts:
Career Wins: 29
Career Final Rounds: 52
Career-Best Elapsed Time: 4.68 seconds
Career-Best Speed: 331.28 mph
CAREER
Established career-bests for wins (eight), No. 1 qualifying awards (eight) and round wins (47) in 2003. Captured victories at Pomona, Las Vegas, Houston, Atlanta, Topeka, Columbus, Chicago and second Las Vegas event. Became the first NHRA Funny Car driver other than John Force to win the championship since 1992.
Qualified for first NHRA event at the wheel of a Top Fuel dragster in 1993.
Earned first career victory at Atlanta in 1996. Named the inaugural winner of the NHRA Road to the Future award. Finished second in Funny Car standings behind teammate John Force. Captured one win in seven final rounds.
Raced in five finals in 1997. Defeated Cruz Pedregon at Houston in first Funny Car final-round between two brothers.
Captured two victories in two final rounds in 1998. The no. 1 qualifier at four events and won three events in 1999. Went to the finals six times in 2000 and collected two victories.
