3-time NHRA Champion to make ’09 debut in Gainesville

Three-time and defending NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster champion Bill Reichert and his Rislone Engine Treatment team will begin their title defense this weekend in Gainesville, Fla. 

Reichert is enthused with the opportunity to begin yet another title defense season. 

“We just finished the car this past weekend, and we are very eager to get it to the track," Reichert said. "We have really high expectations for the car this weekend, and Gainesville has always been pretty good to us,” said Reichert.

Subscribing to adage of leaving well enough alone, Reichert made few changes in the off-season. 

3-time NHRA Champion to make ’09 debut in Gainesville

Three-time and defending NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster champion Bill Reichert and his Rislone Engine Treatment team will begin their title defense this weekend in Gainesville, Fla. 

Reichert is enthused with the opportunity to begin yet another title defense season. 

“We just finished the car this past weekend, and we are very eager to get it to the track," Reichert said. "We have really high expectations for the car this weekend, and Gainesville has always been pretty good to us,” said Reichert.

Subscribing to adage of leaving well enough alone, Reichert made few changes in the off-season. 

“Truthfully, we’ve avoided any wholesale changes to the car.  It was running great at the end of last year, and we hope to basically pick up in Gainesville where we left off.”  He went on to add that “NHRA has mandated a nitro percentage change in an effort to slow everyone down a bit, so we’ll have to tune the car appropriately to deal with that.  But we are heading into the event prepared to make changes as needed; we even have some different cylinder heads and a different camshaft we can utilize if needed.”

Gainesville is frequently noted for its favorable track conditions that often produce spectacular results, and that’s what Reichert is counting on. 

“I actually tuned a car at an event a few weeks ago in Gainesville and we picked up the win, so I’ve got a pretty good idea of what to expect down there.  Our Rislone top alcohol dragster is naturally aspirated, and it has always liked the atmospheric conditions found at sea-level tracks like Gainesville.”