NHRA® Team Report
NHRA Four-Wide Nationals – Charlotte
Pre-Race Report
Cruz Pedregon loves a good four-wide race and he and the team are looking forward to strengthening their fourth place standing in the NHRA Funny Car ranks this weekend. Fans will remember Cruz’s 2018 win in Charlotte that reenergized the team and earned him his 36th Wally as a Funny Car pilot. Heading into North Carolina, the team is coming off a quarter final finish in Houston last weekend and has worked to resolve some clutch issues to have the Snap-on® “Makers and Fixers” Dodge® SRT® Hellcat® ready for the zMAX Dragway Friday.
“Four-wide is my favorite format and at this sixth-race point in the season we’re solid, hanging right in there – that’s been our goal,” says Cruz. “We’re a top five car and we’re proving it since we’ve qualified top five for the first five events. It shows how fast and consistent our car is. We just need to get a little race luck and this weekend we plan to make our own luck.”
For the race, the Snap-on Dodge will once again sport the car body that highlights primary sponsor Snap-on’s call to the Makers and Fixers to share their stories at makersandfixers.com. The Nitro Franchisee on the side of Cruz’s car this week is a “maker and fixer” himself. Matt Hemby was an auto technician before he became a Snap-on franchisee six years ago. This will be his first NHRA race, so it will be a baptism by nitro for this self-proclaimed gearhead. Cruz will be riding along with Matt on his Snap-on route Thursday meeting customers and talking tools and NHRA racing.