Mick Snyder has grown up around drag racing and learned at an early age; do-overs in drag racing are a rarity. Friday, the former Top Alcohol Funny Car racer from Demotte, Ind., was granted a second chance.

During Friday’s Pro Extreme qualifying at the ADRL U.S. Drags III in Richmond, Va., Snyder was given a second chance to make a first impression.

Mick Snyder has grown up around drag racing and learned at an early age; do-overs in drag racing are a rarity. Friday, the former Top Alcohol Funny Car racer from Demotte, Ind., was granted a second chance.

During Friday’s Pro Extreme qualifying at the ADRL U.S. Drags III in Richmond, Va., Snyder was given a second chance to make a first impression.

Snyder has made the conversion from alcohol floppers to alcohol doorslammers and on his first pass in testing back in March crashed his 1963 Corvette.

This weekend will be on the job training for Snyder, who is a teammate to two-time champion Jason Scruggs in 2010.

“I guess you can call this my second, first pass,” said Snyder with a smile.

Friday’s first pass was kinda sorta his first run down the track in a Pro Extreme car. Snyder stopped by Gateway International Raceway outside of St. Louis for some testing. In seven runs, he made it only once to the finish line under full power.

“We were all a little nervous after that first pass and then we wouldn’t talk about it,” admitted Snyder. “In the end, it was not a real big deal.”

The crash and his subsequent test session, along with Friday’s qualifying taught Snyder a lesson of the differences between the two breeds of race cars.

“It’s night and day really; it’s like a cross between a Funny Car and a dragster,” Snyder explained. “It takes the finesse, it’s different that’s for sure. With all the suspension stuff if you lift on the car it only takes it a half-second to settle down.”

 Snyder was eighth in the final after two sessions.