Mike Knowles’ Blown Money Team Hoping for a Better Outing at NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Spring Nationals
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Photo By Roger Richards
Grand Junction, CO – Mike Knowles and his Blown Money team have found some consistency early this season but need a little good luck to move to the next level. Heading into the O’Reilly Auto Parts Spring Nationals Knowles sits
sixth in NHRA Pro Modified points and if not for some bad luck at the previous race in Charlotte the team could be a few rungs higher on the points ladder.
“After our first round win at ZMax we performed our regular maintenance but we didn’t start the engine until our routine warm up prior to our second round match up with Brad Brand. When we tried to fire the car the starter swung over free, like it wasn’t turning anything.
We thought it wasn’t engaging or the starter was bad but found out that the flex plate bolts sheared off. With no time to go through the rest of our pre race routine we quickly pulled the transmission and replaced the bolts with just enough time to get to the starting line. Mike was a little off on his reaction time and we didn’t have the right tune up in her; we just knew we needed to get up there for the points and hope for the best,” said Car Chief Bill Rice.
“It didn’t go our way that round but we would’ve never even made the round without the help of Mike Castellana’s crew. Our entire team is very thankful for their help. I just hope that last race was our big SNAFU for the season and we can put it behind us and start going rounds,” added Rice.
Knowles and the rest of the Pro Care RX NHRA Pro Modified teams are scheduled for three qualifying sessions, two on Friday (1 PM and 4 PM) and one on Saturday at 1:30 PM prior to the first round of eliminations at 4 PM. Eliminations continue with the second round on Sunday during Professional eliminations.
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