When Chad Head left the NHRA’s employ years ago to join the Indy Racing League he wondered if he’d worked his last job in
Chad
Head (right) poses for a picture with his dad Jim Head, a noted nitro
racer. The second-generation Head returns to drag racing as the team
manager for Alan Johnson's Al-Anabi operation.
drag
racing. Shortly before Alan Johnson’s announcement that he’d signed an
agreement to field a two-car nitro team in conjunction with Al Anabi
Motorsports, his questions were answered.
Head is the team manager for Johnson’s Alan Johnson/Al Anabi
Motorsports team scheduled to debut in January 2009 when testing opens.
He can say with a high amount of certainty that he’s happy to be back
in drag racing.
“Alan called me when he was putting the team together and asked me if I
would be interested,” Head said. “Considering the long-standing
relationship between my dad, myself and the Johnson family the decision
was really a no-brainer. The toughest part of the decision was leaving
the Indy Car series and the person I worked for -- Brian Barnhart.”