Hernandez looking
forward to hometown Houston experience
HOUSTON, Texas (03-02-2006) – Some
drivers draw added pressure from racing at
home but then there are those such as
Conroe, Texas-based Josh Hernandez who often
gain enthusiasm and personal motivation from
such an element. The second-year driver of
the Dr. Moon's Rage Pro Modified entry will
be racing at Houston Motorsports Park for
this weekend’s Flowmaster American Drag
Racing League’s RacingJunk.com Dragpalooza
event.
Hernandez is more than cool, calm and
collected than one would envision for a
driver performing at his sponsor’s event in
front of a hometown crowd. "The support of
the Houston fans just drives me to be more
focused on performing at my best."
“This is an exciting endeavor for us to be
working with the RacingJunk.com team.
Winning against the best in the ADRL’s Pro
Extreme class would be a huge momentum
builder for our team.”
Hernandez opened his 2006 ADRL season two
weeks ago in Valdosta, Ga., with a
quarter-final finish in a field that
produced an unheard-of 14 three-second
runners.
Hernandez is driving the same car that
propelled him to Rookie of the Year
accolades on the NHRA tour. This same trusty
ride also produced four national event
victories and four pole positions in 2005,
one of which was the prestigious NHRA U.S.
Nationals in Indianapolis.
Even though he has a new Camaro earmarked
for IHRA and NHRA competition in 2006, the
1957 Chevy will still do battle on the
ever-tough Flowmaster ADRL campaign.
“She’s a fighter,” Hernandez said, speaking
about the ’57 Chevy. “This old hot rod still
has plenty of fight in it. We have just
found that it is better in the long run to
have purpose built racecars for each series.
It saves us the trouble of having to switch
combinations for every different sanctioning
body and series we run.
“ADRL events are essentially eighth-mile,
no-holds-barred races. This ’57 Chevy pulls
no punches. It was a mean hot rod back in
the Fifties and Sixties and even four
decades later, it’s still one fierce
machine.”
