Rebuilding a race team is almost as tedious as rebuilding one's life
following a devastating accident. If you don't believe that talk to
Dale Creasy, Jr. and you'll be exposed to a story about winning.
Creasy has worked hard over the past year at rebuilding his legs
following a devastating crash in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in July of
2008 during the IHRA Rocky Mountain Nationals at Castrol Raceway.
During that time his race team has struggled right along with him.
Earlier this year, Creasy returned to the scene of his “incident” for a
match race. Now, its time to take the next step towards a complete
return to competition.
Creasy's first run down the 1000 foot at Brainerd Int'l Raceway during
the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals was a bit of a satisfying struggle.
“It was good,” said Creasy, Jr., taking a quick pause from working on
prepping his race car for the second round to answer questions about
his first run in NHRA competition in over a year. “We've been
struggling with this new car a little bit. I guess everybody else has,
too. Just me being back in the car is a wonderful thing. I am just
happy to be back and hopefully we can get this thing down the
racetrack.”