HAMMONDS' GROWING ENGINE PROGRAM
Mon, 2008-02-18 17:00
Tom
Hammonds admitted he sacrificed much of his 2007 season but did so with
a bright future in mind. He’s hoping to write a new chapter in the book
this weekend.
“The engine program is coming along reasonably well,” said Hammonds. “This is our first year in our new shop and we've had the winter to kind of work on our engines. I think we've improved our engines. We're just scratching through the surface I believe. As the year progresses I think it could get better and better. As Jimmy Oliver gets more time in the shop and gets to massage a lot of the things that he wants to massage and tries a lot of the things that he wants to try we should get better.”
Tom
Hammonds admitted he sacrificed much of his 2007 season but did so with
a bright future in mind. He’s hoping to write a new chapter in the book
this weekend.
“The engine program is coming along reasonably well,” said Hammonds. “This is our first year in our new shop and we've had the winter to kind of work on our engines. I think we've improved our engines. We're just scratching through the surface I believe. As the year progresses I think it could get better and better. As Jimmy Oliver gets more time in the shop and gets to massage a lot of the things that he wants to massage and tries a lot of the things that he wants to try we should get better.”
One of the Hammonds engines was in Kenny Koretsky’s NitroFish car in Pomona. Koretsky qualified 13th.
“It's just a testament in how far I think we've come,” Hammonds said.
Hammonds flew blindly for much of last year without the use of a dyno to measure engine strength or tune-up. He moved into a new 11,000 square-foot shop just off of Interstate 10 in Holt, Florida.
“If you could've saw where we came from last year and to see where we're at now, you'd be astonished,” said Hammonds. “The dyno is working and the shop is at 100% capacity now, not capacity effectiveness now, all of our equipment is up and running. It's just a joy for me to get up every morning and go to do something that I love to do. When I go around and talk to people I try to tell people the same thing, I believe you can do anything you want in life as long as you trust in the Lord and you've got to have faith and work for what you believe in. You can be successful and that's what I believe.”
The Pomona venture with Koretsky was just a means of getting their feet wet. Hammonds pointed out that inquiries about lease programs shouldn’t be far off.
“I think it'll probably start increasing,” Hammonds said. “I'm not in this business to start releasing engines. That's not what I'm here to do. I'm here to have our program working 110% and go out there and have a chance to run for a championship. That's my goal -- my goal is to not lease engines. We did that for Kenny Koretsky because I've known him for a long time and he needed a good competitive engine. I thank God that it ran good for him and he's running well so far.”
“The engine program is coming along reasonably well,” said Hammonds. “This is our first year in our new shop and we've had the winter to kind of work on our engines. I think we've improved our engines. We're just scratching through the surface I believe. As the year progresses I think it could get better and better. As Jimmy Oliver gets more time in the shop and gets to massage a lot of the things that he wants to massage and tries a lot of the things that he wants to try we should get better.”
One of the Tom Hammonds' engines was in Kenny Koretsky’s NitroFish car in Pomona. Koretsky qualified 13th.
“The engine program is coming along reasonably well,” said Hammonds. “This is our first year in our new shop and we've had the winter to kind of work on our engines. I think we've improved our engines. We're just scratching through the surface I believe. As the year progresses I think it could get better and better. As Jimmy Oliver gets more time in the shop and gets to massage a lot of the things that he wants to massage and tries a lot of the things that he wants to try we should get better.”
One of the Hammonds engines was in Kenny Koretsky’s NitroFish car in Pomona. Koretsky qualified 13th.
“It's just a testament in how far I think we've come,” Hammonds said.
Hammonds flew blindly for much of last year without the use of a dyno to measure engine strength or tune-up. He moved into a new 11,000 square-foot shop just off of Interstate 10 in Holt, Florida.
“If you could've saw where we came from last year and to see where we're at now, you'd be astonished,” said Hammonds. “The dyno is working and the shop is at 100% capacity now, not capacity effectiveness now, all of our equipment is up and running. It's just a joy for me to get up every morning and go to do something that I love to do. When I go around and talk to people I try to tell people the same thing, I believe you can do anything you want in life as long as you trust in the Lord and you've got to have faith and work for what you believe in. You can be successful and that's what I believe.”
The Pomona venture with Koretsky was just a means of getting their feet wet. Hammonds pointed out that inquiries about lease programs shouldn’t be far off.
“I think it'll probably start increasing,” Hammonds said. “I'm not in this business to start releasing engines. That's not what I'm here to do. I'm here to have our program working 110% and go out there and have a chance to run for a championship. That's my goal -- my goal is to not lease engines. We did that for Kenny Koretsky because I've known him for a long time and he needed a good competitive engine. I thank God that it ran good for him and he's running well so far.”
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