DIXON COURTING SUCCESS
Sat, 2009-06-27 08:01
Larry Dixon admits he’s past the courting stages in his new racing relationship. He's loving his 8,000 horsepower, Alan
Johnson Racing Al Anabi Top Fuel dragster.
And, the more he drives her, the more he likes her.
“I got a new girlfriend,” Dixon explained Friday evening after qualifying No. 1 in Norwalk, Ohio with a 3.976 elapsed time. “It takes awhile to find out the personalities and all those things that take place; it's just a matter of everybody adjusting for it.”
Dixon has found his comfort zone during the recent three week swing on the NHRA Full Throttle tour winning two of the three events.
“It's just been about getting into that comfort zone,” Dixon said. “They were working on the car and I was working on my driving. The big turnaround was a month ago, when we left Bristol and went to Atlanta and ran for a couple days. They really got to work on the motor and the clutch set up and hot lap the car in hot conditions like this. All the tracks we've gone to have been pretty warm so we've been able to work well on those set ups. We had a cool weather setup but not a warm one and the warm one is working right now.”
Johnson Racing Al Anabi Top Fuel dragster.
And, the more he drives her, the more he likes her.
“I got a new girlfriend,” Dixon explained Friday evening after qualifying No. 1 in Norwalk, Ohio with a 3.976 elapsed time. “It takes awhile to find out the personalities and all those things that take place; it's just a matter of everybody adjusting for it.”
Dixon has found his comfort zone during the recent three week swing on the NHRA Full Throttle tour winning two of the three events.
“It's just been about getting into that comfort zone,” Dixon said. “They were working on the car and I was working on my driving. The big turnaround was a month ago, when we left Bristol and went to Atlanta and ran for a couple days. They really got to work on the motor and the clutch set up and hot lap the car in hot conditions like this. All the tracks we've gone to have been pretty warm so we've been able to work well on those set ups. We had a cool weather setup but not a warm one and the warm one is working right now.”
Should the provisional effort during the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals holds, it will represent his third top qualifying effort of the season.
“The first run obviously went down the track. It ran decent,” Dixon said. “You're just trying to gauge it off the track temperature. That's the biggest thing everybody looks at. You can adjust for the weather with the engine, the clutch and all that, you just make adjustments for it. They hit it. They were going to run a high 3.90 and they did. For the second session, it's just a matter of how much the track temp comes around. That long delay in the middle of the session really helped us out to where they could do a little bit more adjustment, the track tightened up a little bit more. It probably dropped five or ten degrees just from the start to the finish of the session and we were able to sneak one in.”
When you’re in love, you’re able to sneak one in.
Roger Richards
And, the more he drives her, the more he likes her.
“I got a new girlfriend,” Dixon explained Friday evening after qualifying No. 1 in Norwalk, Ohio with a 3.976 elapsed time. “It takes awhile to find out the personalities and all those things that take place; it's just a matter of everybody adjusting for it.”
Dixon has found his comfort zone during the recent three week swing on the NHRA Full Throttle tour winning two of the three events.
“It's just been about getting into that comfort zone,” Dixon said. “They were working on the car and I was working on my driving. The big turnaround was a month ago, when we left Bristol and went to Atlanta and ran for a couple days. They really got to work on the motor and the clutch set up and hot lap the car in hot conditions like this. All the tracks we've gone to have been pretty warm so we've been able to work well on those set ups. We had a cool weather setup but not a warm one and the warm one is working right now.”
Larry Dixon admits he’s past the courting stages in his new racing relationship. He's loving his 8,000 horsepower, Alan
Roger Richards
And, the more he drives her, the more he likes her.
“I got a new girlfriend,” Dixon explained Friday evening after qualifying No. 1 in Norwalk, Ohio with a 3.976 elapsed time. “It takes awhile to find out the personalities and all those things that take place; it's just a matter of everybody adjusting for it.”
Dixon has found his comfort zone during the recent three week swing on the NHRA Full Throttle tour winning two of the three events.
“It's just been about getting into that comfort zone,” Dixon said. “They were working on the car and I was working on my driving. The big turnaround was a month ago, when we left Bristol and went to Atlanta and ran for a couple days. They really got to work on the motor and the clutch set up and hot lap the car in hot conditions like this. All the tracks we've gone to have been pretty warm so we've been able to work well on those set ups. We had a cool weather setup but not a warm one and the warm one is working right now.”
Should the provisional effort during the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals holds, it will represent his third top qualifying effort of the season.
“The first run obviously went down the track. It ran decent,” Dixon said. “You're just trying to gauge it off the track temperature. That's the biggest thing everybody looks at. You can adjust for the weather with the engine, the clutch and all that, you just make adjustments for it. They hit it. They were going to run a high 3.90 and they did. For the second session, it's just a matter of how much the track temp comes around. That long delay in the middle of the session really helped us out to where they could do a little bit more adjustment, the track tightened up a little bit more. It probably dropped five or ten degrees just from the start to the finish of the session and we were able to sneak one in.”
When you’re in love, you’re able to sneak one in.
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