The recent update from Cruz Pedregon\u2019s racing team reveals several exciting developments as they gear up for the upcoming NHRA season. With a new fresh paint scheme for the Snap-on\u00ae \u201cMakers and Fixers\u201d Dodge\u00ae SRT\u00ae Hellcat\u00ae and haulers, the team aims to pay tribute to the invaluable work of makers and fixers. This initiative encourages NHRA fans to engage with the Makers and Fixers community on social media and share their own stories.<\/p>\n
The team has also changed its lineup with key additions, including Jason Bunker as Crew Chief, Johnny West as Assistant Crew Chief, Andrew Moore as Car Chief, Chris Balance as the Clutch Specialist, Aiden Campos as the Cylinder Head Specialist, Caleb Krueger on Super Chargers, Jonathan Whitley on Bottom End and John Rios on Tire & Body.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very enthusiastic about the team. We\u2019re not changing a lot, just some smaller things on the engine. Making it breathe better, it has more power than we had last year, and it goes down the track nice and smooth. So, I\u2019m looking forward to a good winning season,\u201d said Pedregon. \u201cI feel like the Snap-on car will be one of the surprises of the season, I really do. I feel like we\u2019re flying under the radar right now, based on our preseason testing and my conversations with Jason (Bunker), he has a really good handle on this setup. We have a great group of guys we\u2019ve assembled, headed by Jason Bunker, a younger up-and-coming crew chief who has a lot of enthusiasm. Then I\u2019ve paired him with veteran Johnny West who has\u00a0nearly\u00a060 years of experience. So, I think it\u2019s going to be a good 1-2 combination heading up the team. A lot of young guys,\u00a0too, that\u00a0are very excited to be on the team and part of the Snap-on Dodge crew.\u201d<\/p>\n
Furthermore, Pedregon shares his favorite memories of the Gainesville track, emphasizing its significance on the NHRA circuit and recounting personal anecdotes that highlight the unique challenges and experiences of racing in such a distinctive location.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was born and raised in Southern California, so I\u2019ve never really been around alligators or knew much about them other than that there was once one on the racetrack. They spotted the gator and showed it to everyone. There were pictures of it, and that scared the heck out of me. We get out of the car at the finish line and I\u2019m thinking man, I\u2019ve got to start looking around here because I don\u2019t want one of these gators sneaking up on me,\u201d said Pedregon.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember one time the\u00a0throttle\u00a0hung open on the car, this was back in \u201908 one of our championship years, and I remember thinking I\u2019m going to go for a ride and I\u2019m going to wind up in water because there was a body of water at the finish line, way beyond the catch net area. I\u2019m thinking to myself, if I survive this and I make it to the end then I\u2019m going to be in this water, trying to swim out of there and dodging gators. So that scared the heck out of me because like I said, I\u2019ve never really been around gators being from California, that was something that was not even in the equation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Kenny Cholewinski has been selected as the Snap-on Nitro Franchisee for the Gatornationals. He is in his 29th\u00a0year of operating a Snap-on Franchise, and he\u2019s been coming to the Gatornationals the past 25 of those.<\/p>\n
To see the latest Cruz news, like his\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page, on\u00a0X<\/a> and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Cruz Pedregon to Pay Tribute with \u2018Makers and Fixers\u2019 Dodge Hellcat for 2024 NHRA Season, Beginning at Gatornationals<\/a> first appeared on Drag Illustrated | Drag Racing News, Opinion, Interviews, Photos, Videos and More<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The recent update from Cruz Pedregon\u2019s racing team reveals several exciting developments as they gear up for the upcoming NHRA season. With a new fresh paint scheme for the Snap-on\u00ae \u201cMakers and Fixers\u201d Dodge\u00ae SRT\u00ae Hellcat\u00ae and haulers, the team aims to pay tribute to the invaluable work of makers and fixers. This initiative encourages […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}