DIXON BACK ON TRACK
Sat, 2009-02-21 08:00
Larry Dixon fully believes his first run in Phoenix during the NHRA Lucas Slick Mist Nationals, was 
essentially the non-existent second qualifying session from two weekends ago in Pomona, Ca.
Dixon missed the field in rain-abbreviated qualifying at the season-opener but more than made up for that shortcoming with the provisional top qualifying effort during the second event on the tour this weekend.
“Alan [Johnson] and Jason [McCulloch] made the adjustments from that first run in Pomona to the first one here in Phoenix and the car went down the track,” Dixon said. “That is what they wanted to do and I had all of the faith in the world that they would have done the same thing in Pomona.” Larry Dixon fully believes his first run in Phoenix during the NHRA Lucas Slick Mist Nationals, wasessentially the non-existent second qualifying session from two weekends ago in Pomona, Ca.
Dixon missed the field in rain-abbreviated qualifying at the season-opener but more than made up for that shortcoming with the provisional top qualifying effort during the second event on the tour this weekend.
“Alan [Johnson] and Jason [McCulloch] made the adjustments from that first run in Pomona to the first one here in Phoenix and the car went down the track,” Dixon said. “That is what they wanted to do and I had all of the faith in the world that they would have done the same thing in Pomona.”
Dixon leads the Top Fuelers headed into Saturday with a 3.807 elapsed time at 313.95-miles per hour. He also led the first session with a 3.843-second run.
The 12 days between Pomona and Phoenix didn’t present any undue stress for the Alan Johnson Racing/Al-Anabi driver Dixon leading into Friday’s start of the next event.
“As dire straits as it may have appeared to be, I’ve been in worse situations,” Dixon said. “You have to keep it all in perspective.”
Dixon refused to let himself get down after Pomona, yet he wasn’t going to celebrate heavily following this first day Pomona success wither.
“With my personality, I try not to get too down or too up,” Dixon admitted. “I have a good ride in a good car and it’s simple – you just do your job. I just try to hold up my end of the deal.
“I know it’s cliché, but you can only go one round at a time and that’s what I am trying to do.”
essentially the non-existent second qualifying session from two weekends ago in Pomona, Ca.Dixon missed the field in rain-abbreviated qualifying at the season-opener but more than made up for that shortcoming with the provisional top qualifying effort during the second event on the tour this weekend.
“Alan [Johnson] and Jason [McCulloch] made the adjustments from that first run in Pomona to the first one here in Phoenix and the car went down the track,” Dixon said. “That is what they wanted to do and I had all of the faith in the world that they would have done the same thing in Pomona.” Larry Dixon fully believes his first run in Phoenix during the NHRA Lucas Slick Mist Nationals, was
essentially the non-existent second qualifying session from two weekends ago in Pomona, Ca.Dixon missed the field in rain-abbreviated qualifying at the season-opener but more than made up for that shortcoming with the provisional top qualifying effort during the second event on the tour this weekend.
“Alan [Johnson] and Jason [McCulloch] made the adjustments from that first run in Pomona to the first one here in Phoenix and the car went down the track,” Dixon said. “That is what they wanted to do and I had all of the faith in the world that they would have done the same thing in Pomona.”
Dixon leads the Top Fuelers headed into Saturday with a 3.807 elapsed time at 313.95-miles per hour. He also led the first session with a 3.843-second run.
The 12 days between Pomona and Phoenix didn’t present any undue stress for the Alan Johnson Racing/Al-Anabi driver Dixon leading into Friday’s start of the next event.
“As dire straits as it may have appeared to be, I’ve been in worse situations,” Dixon said. “You have to keep it all in perspective.”
Dixon refused to let himself get down after Pomona, yet he wasn’t going to celebrate heavily following this first day Pomona success wither.
“With my personality, I try not to get too down or too up,” Dixon admitted. “I have a good ride in a good car and it’s simple – you just do your job. I just try to hold up my end of the deal.
“I know it’s cliché, but you can only go one round at a time and that’s what I am trying to do.”
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