10.01.07 - Snip from Tony Pedregon Interview by MotorSport.com
(Tony’s currently #1 in Funny Car Countdown points)
- - With important Countdown races on the horizon and in the wake of John Force's incident in Dallas, Pedregon and the Q Horsepower team are implementing changes aimed at improving driver safety and chassis performance. "We are going into Richmond with a new chassis," said Pedregon. "Ideally, we'd like to put a few testing runs on it, but we've done this several times before.In those instances, we've adapted to a new chassis almost immediately.We feel we've hit the limit in terms of the number of runs on our chassis.It's now time to run a new chassis, especially as we go into the Countdown. "We are working in concert with custom chassis manufacturer, Murph McKinney," said Pedregon. "The new chassis will have upgrades to the area in front of the driver's legs that are designed to prevent it from failing like it did in John's accident. It is another step to improve the safety of driver while improving the performance characteristics of the car."
2nd NHRA Article
No Longer Able to Hide in Background, Points Leader Tony Pedregon Eyes Title No. 2
By Rob Geiger Sr., NHRA.com senior editor
10/1/2007
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