Despite his first-year status as an ADRL Extreme Pro Stock driver, Cale Aronson hates the thought of being called a “rookie.”
“I’ve grown up in mountain-motor Pro Stock; I know the history of the class, all of its major players, and I’ve been driving these cars a few years now,” the son of Pro Stock pioneer Chuck Aronson says. “It just doesn’t sound right to me and I certainly don’t feel like a rookie.”
It’s taken some time, but with a brand-new Jerry Haas-built 2010 Mustang, prodigious Jon Kaase horsepower and the sponsorship of CarSafe behind him, the Chillicothe, Missouri-based racer is beginning to make his presence felt in the ADRL, both on and off the track. He reached his first final round at the most recent race, just a week ago at Madison, Illinois.
Unfortunately, a bizarre incident on the Gateway International Raceway starting line took away Aronson’s chances for a win against Brian Gahm. While preparing to stage, a 10-pound ballast weight fell from beneath the front of his car, breaking the pre-stage beam and also starting the seven-second clock ticking when Gahm bumped into his own stage beam.