Castellana Preparing for Winning Weekend at US 131 Motorsports Park
MARTIN, MI – Taking full advantage of the two days worth of open testing leading up to this weekend’s ADRL Summer Drags IX at 
Martin, Michigan’s US 131 Motorsports Park, Mike Castellana and the Al-Anabi Racing Pro Nitrous team are running the wheels off their 2013 Chevy Camaro, hoping to further dial-in the potent, record-setting Reher-Morrison-built, Speedtech Nitrous-assisted engine under its hood. Castellana hopes a solid baseline in testing, combined with the potentially favorable atmospheric conditions this weekend, could lead to a dominating weekend for his team.
Having enjoyed a wildly successful championship-winning campaign in the Arabian Drag Racing League series earlier this year, Castellana, led by world renowned nitrous tuner and crew chief Shannon “Iceman” Jenkins, would like nothing more than to repeat the team’s 2012 performance at the ADRL Summer Drags, where they qualified No. 1 and scored the win in Pro Modified competition.
“We decided to come up to Martin a little early to test,” says Castellana, who made the 12-hour driver over from his home in Westbury, New York, yesterday. “We’ve brought out some new stuff this year and we’re just doing what you have to do to make progress and move forward. It can be a little frustrating at times – when you have something unexpected happen – but it’s par for the course when you’re trying to advance your program.
“We didn’t have the kind of race weekend we wanted at the last ADRL event in Virginia, so Shannon [Jenkins, crew chief], the crew and I, we’re looking to rebound here in Martin – we’re ready to get after it. There are already quite a few cars here on the property, some nitrous cars that we haven’t seen this year, so we’re excited. It should be an interesting weekend.”
Castellana, the reigning ADRL Pro Modified champion, returned to the virtually unlimited Pro Nitrous division this season where he also earned a world title in 2011, and has every intention of continuing his team’s history of success by winning a third-straight ADRL title.
“All the credit for our success over the years goes to Shannon and my crew,” says Castellana. “I couldn’t do any of this without all of them, and that goes for Sheikh Khalid and Al-Anabi Racing, too. We’ve got some work to do yet this season, but you can be sure we’ll be ready this weekend.”
Qualifying for the ADRL Summer Drags IX gets underway at 11:30 AM on Saturday, June 29th, with three rounds of qualifying scheduled for each professional category. Eliminations are slated to begin on Sunday at 11:00 AM with the winner’s circle celebration anticipated to begin at 4:30 PM.
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