AUXIER MAKES MOST OF OFF WEEKEND
Sat, 2009-08-01 18:33
What does a racer do with his free time after weeks on the road?
Keep racing more, of course.
And that is exactly what Dixie, W.Va. native Burton Auxier is doing with his weekend off as he and his team made a last minute decision to make the haul to Martin, Mich. this weekend for the IHRA Northern Nationals presented by Dart Machinery.
“We have been working on the car a little bit and just decided it would be a good place to come and race,” Auxier said. “We have been wanting to run IHRA and we weren’t racing anywhere this weekend so we decided to come on out. What does a racer do with his free time after weeks on the road?
Keep racing more, of course.
And that is exactly what Dixie, W.Va. native Burton Auxier is doing with his weekend off as he and his team made a last minute decision to make the haul to Martin, Mich. this weekend for the IHRA Northern Nationals presented by Dart Machinery.
“We have been working on the car a little bit and just decided it would be a good place to come and race,” Auxier said. “We have been wanting to run IHRA and we weren’t racing anywhere this weekend so we decided to come on out.
“We have been running every weekend and everybody was getting tired, but we got home for a couple of days and everybody got rested and said lets go racing.”
Driving his popular orange and purple Al-Anabi backed ’67 Camaro, Auxier has to be considered one of the favorites this weekend after a great season competing in multiple racing organizations.
In IHRA competition Auxier has one start this season, qualifying eighth back in April at
Rockingham
Dragway on his way to a second round exit at the Spring Nationals.
Outside of the IHRA Auxier has three final round appearances this year
including a win at Bristol.
While Auxier has always been a talented driver, a lot of his recent success has come from his partnership with Al-Anabi Racing almost one year ago.
“It has been a really good year for us. There are a lot of cars and a lot of information sharing at Al-Anabi and quite a bit of support from everyone. Shannon, Mike and that team and the Sheik – they all love racing and provide a ton of moral and financial support,” Auxier said. “It makes racing a lot more fun.”
Now Auxier’s focus shifts to Martin as he tries to qualify in one of the toughest Pro Mod fields of the year.
“It should be a really good weekend. The car is capable, it has been 5.98 and it will go faster. If we make the right calls and have a little bit of luck we will do just fine,” Auxier said.
Keep racing more, of course.
And that is exactly what Dixie, W.Va. native Burton Auxier is doing with his weekend off as he and his team made a last minute decision to make the haul to Martin, Mich. this weekend for the IHRA Northern Nationals presented by Dart Machinery.
“We have been working on the car a little bit and just decided it would be a good place to come and race,” Auxier said. “We have been wanting to run IHRA and we weren’t racing anywhere this weekend so we decided to come on out. What does a racer do with his free time after weeks on the road?
Keep racing more, of course.
And that is exactly what Dixie, W.Va. native Burton Auxier is doing with his weekend off as he and his team made a last minute decision to make the haul to Martin, Mich. this weekend for the IHRA Northern Nationals presented by Dart Machinery.
“We have been working on the car a little bit and just decided it would be a good place to come and race,” Auxier said. “We have been wanting to run IHRA and we weren’t racing anywhere this weekend so we decided to come on out.
“We have been running every weekend and everybody was getting tired, but we got home for a couple of days and everybody got rested and said lets go racing.”
Driving his popular orange and purple Al-Anabi backed ’67 Camaro, Auxier has to be considered one of the favorites this weekend after a great season competing in multiple racing organizations.
In IHRA competition Auxier has one start this season, qualifying eighth back in April at
Rockingham
Dragway on his way to a second round exit at the Spring Nationals.
Outside of the IHRA Auxier has three final round appearances this year
including a win at Bristol.While Auxier has always been a talented driver, a lot of his recent success has come from his partnership with Al-Anabi Racing almost one year ago.
“It has been a really good year for us. There are a lot of cars and a lot of information sharing at Al-Anabi and quite a bit of support from everyone. Shannon, Mike and that team and the Sheik – they all love racing and provide a ton of moral and financial support,” Auxier said. “It makes racing a lot more fun.”
Now Auxier’s focus shifts to Martin as he tries to qualify in one of the toughest Pro Mod fields of the year.
“It should be a really good weekend. The car is capable, it has been 5.98 and it will go faster. If we make the right calls and have a little bit of luck we will do just fine,” Auxier said.
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