Dubbin Motorsports will bypass the upcoming Chicago NHRA Route 66 Nationals after the team failed to find a competitive footing across all four qualifying sessions and the first round of competition in Top Alcohol Dragster at the Charlotte NHRA 4-Wide race, leaving the team roughly a tenth off the pace of the front-runners.<\/p>\n
The team\u2019s A\/FD posted a best of 5.318 at 270.05 mph in Q4 \u2013 its quickest pass of the weekend \u2013 but Wolf remained parked at the 12th position on the ladder. Wholesale tune-up adjustments between sessions produced no measurable improvement, prompting the team to swap powerplants ahead of eliminations.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomething was up with that motor,\u201d said team owner Dean Dubbin. \u201cIt just would not respond to the changes we were making, and we were making big changes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first-round quad against John Ausherman, five-time TAD National Champion Joey Severance, and Melanie Johnson driving a McPhillips team car did not deliver the desired results. The car struggled from the 1-second mark through the finish, placing fourth in the quad and ending the weekend for Kirk Wolf and the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe made some wholesale changes in the new engine and even changed cam timing in hopes of really making this engine angry,\u201d Dubbin said. \u201cWhen you are way down the ladder from the top-running teams, you have to make some aggressive moves and really step it up to have a chance against these guys.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wolf framed the result plainly: \u201cIt was a very frustrating weekend to say the least. The car just isn\u2019t responding like it should. Hopefully, we can go make some test laps to get this all figured out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dubbin confirmed the schedule change and outlined the path forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have decided that this car is not leaving the shop until we figure out what\u2019s going on with it. We are going to bypass the Chicago race and get this problem fixed. We will park it in the shop and go over every inch of this car and go through every engine. You can\u2019t do that at the track effectively. Everyone is working way too hard on this car for it to be running like it is \u2013 it should be running much better. It\u2019s disappointing and frustrating. We will find the problem and maybe go do some testing before we return to the track for competition.\u201d<\/p>\n
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