Mike Knowles NHRA SpringNationals Preview

Grand Junction, CO – Many an oil man hustled their way to fortune around the Houston, TX area. This weekend Mike Knowles and his Blown Money team look to “strike it rich” drilling Christmas trees in “The Energy Capital of the World”.

Mike Knowles of Knowles Trucking and Knowles Enterprises is no stranger to the energy business or “drilling the tree”. The Grand Junction, Colorado resident makes his living in the energy sector but, he gets his thrills behind the wheel of his methanol burning 68’ Camaro rocketing down the ¼ mile at over 240 miles per hour.

In his last outing, at the season opener in Gainesville, Fl, Knowles came up short in the first round but, not without taking a shot at the tree; “Drilling it” with a .037 reaction time and loosing by a mere 29 thousandths of a second. This weekend the Blown Money team heads to Houston, Texas aka “The Energy Capital of the World” for the 27th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA SpringNationals with Pro Mods Presented by J&A Service.

The 27th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA SpringNationals with Pro Mods Presented by J&A Service is the second race on the ten race NHRA Pro Modified Series. The SpringNationals are held at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas; 25 miles east of downtown Houston on the weekend of April 25th-27th.

Each Pro Modified team will be afforded three qualifying attempts with the first set for Friday at 6:00 PM. The final two attempts are scheduled for Saturday at 2:00 PM and again at 4:30 PM.

First round of eliminations are scheduled for 9:45 AM Sunday with the second round set for 12:00 PM, the semifinals at 1:55 PM and the finals scheduled for 3:40 PM.

The Pro Modified class at the 27th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA SpringNationals is presented by J&A Service. J&A Service, based out of Grand Junction, Colorado, is a leader in Oil and Gas Field Exploration Services.