Wayne Dupuy appears to have found a home with Cruz Pedregon’s operation.  He was frantically thrashing on the car’s engine moments before Saturday's first session after a valve spring broke while they were warming up.

Wayne Dupuy appears to have found a home with Cruz Pedregon’s operation.  He was frantically thrashing on the car’s engine moments before Saturday's first session after a valve spring broke while they were warming up. 

Dupuy says, “If we can keep this car ‘right’ it’s gonna haul ass this year.  A top five or six place finish would be a good start, but we want a lot more than that.  It’s going to take something between a 4.72 and seventy-four to be competitive this season.  It’s gonna be brutal.  The main thing is to get the car to go down the track consistently.  That’ll be the key.” 

Like many teams, Pedregon’s has undergone a complete makeover in terms of the men turning the wrenches.  Dupuy has, at least thus far, brought the team together in a cohesive manner, but let’s not forget that we’re only at the end of the first event of racing this season!