Hernandez
marches to his Third
Straight
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COMMERCE,
Ga. (April
29, 2007)
Josh
Hernandez,
driver of
the Dr.
Moon's rage
'67 Camaro
Pro Mod, won
the battle
of the
quickest
field ever
in the AMS
Staff
Leasing Pro
Mod
Challenge
presented by
Tindle
Enterprises,
Inc. from
the No. 1
qualifying
position all
the way to
the winner's
circle at
the Summit
Racing
Equipment
NHRA
Southern
Nationals.
Hernandez
had to pass
through a
star-studded
and
difficult
road on the
way to his
third
victory. The
Howard
Moon-tuned
Camaro
eclipsed
IHRA World
Champion
Quain Stott,
AMS Pro Mod
2006 Rookie
of the Year
Matt Hagan,
defending
AMS World
Champion Jay
Payne, and
No. 2
qualifier
and the only
other car to
run in the
five-second
zone this
weekend,
Doug Palmer.
"What an
amazing
weekend,"
Hernandez
said. "The
weather was
fantastic,
the guys had
the car
running like
a top, and
the crowds -
fantastic. I
heard they
were turning
people away
because
there was no
place for
them to sit!
And, when I
would do my
burn out and
open the
door to back
up, I could
see the fans
all standing
and cheering
- these
Atlanta fans
love Pro
Mod!"
Hernandez
said.
A perfect
three for
three in AMS
Pro Mod
competition
this year,
Hernandez
took home
the AMS
Eagle for
the third
time this
season with
his
final-round
win over No.
2 qualifier
Doug Palmer.
Palmer's
Voodoo
Racing/R2B2
'63 Corvette
was shut off
at the line
because of a
fuel line
leak in the
final round
leading to
an
anti-climactic
win for the
Houston
native, but
according to
Hernandez, a
win is a
win, ugly or
not.
"I know Doug
and his guys
must be
kicking
themselves,
because we
actually got
too
aggressive
and smoked
the tires
after the
hit, but,
that's
racing,"
Hernandez
said.
The AMS/Rage
crew heads
straight to
St. Louis
for the next
race in the
AMS Staff
Leasing Pro
Mod
Challenge
presented by
Tindle
Enterprises,
Inc. at the
O'Reilly
NHRA Midwest
Nationals
next
weekend, May
4-6.
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