After Bob Vandergriff announced that dissolves own team, no job besides Leah Pritchett stayed and co-pilot «stables» Dave Connolly. And if racers turned to continue the fight for trophies because of occasional sponsors ready to support it in the individual of Event, the Connolly much less fortunate. Against Pritchett, scored this season for his first win in his career, Dave's candidacy was not so appealing.
However, at the last event in Atlanta Connolly returned to his roots — in the Pro Stock class, where he won twenty-six wins before the transfer to the cockpit Top Fuel dregster.
Place the wheel for him, unfortunately, it was not found, but the position of the leading technical advisor yet hardly a bad prospect.
Dave will be part of the team Gray Motorsports and will work side by side with his old friend and former teammate Shane Gray, who this year is not marked by outstanding performance and at the moment occupies the eleventh place in the standings. However, given the overwhelming superiority KB Racing, is now absolutely all the drivers in the division are experiencing is not the best of times.
«Dave became my family. We spent more than a year — shared Shane Gray. — And it's a damn good thing that we now have an opportunity again to work as a team. I am sure that sooner or later the acquisition of a valuable frame Dave will bear fruit. It is not the first day in the sport and experienced professional opinion is never superfluous. „
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A lot has changed: the other tires, other fuel, now even electronic injection replaced carburettors familiar to me. I carefully study the new technical aspects, but that many things remain the same as before. I, anyway, repeatedly faced with injection systems identical to those used in the class now, and I do not think I have any big problems in order to understand all the intricacies in the very near future...
Dave Connolly:
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