Alex Laughlin relatively recently made his debut in professional drag racing at the wheel of the car Pro Stock class, and this year has become a full participant in the national championship. Stars from the sky is not a beginner enough, and in the context of the total KB Racing team dominate his failure looked absolutely natural, even against the backdrop of performances titled more riders.
However, it remains behind Countdown To The Championship, Laughlin was like the charge that same fighting spirit that was so necessary to him to shoot. As a result of the semi-finals in Concord and Wally in St. Louis. The first victory in the career of Alex created a furor among the thematic public, because the presence on the podium by Greg Anderson and Jason Line has become so commonplace that the triumph of the other racers — is a sensation. This young pilot did not stop, and after a stage at Reading, he will take the test for a license class Top Alcohol. For Laughlin is not an end in itself, but the next step to the cherished dream — Management Top Fuel dregster.
«I love Pro Stock, and I still believe that it is in this division is my future — shared Laughlin. — On the other hand gain experience managing the fastest machine in the industry — this is what I dreamed of for a long time. Perhaps I will speak in two classes at the same time the following season, but at the moment poorly imagine it, because the competition is there and there is simply prohibitive, and if you plan to fight for the highest regalia, then sit just will not succeed on two chairs. All I can promise all my fans that this year I do skated in cockpit Gas Monkey Energy Chevrolet Camaro»(Recall that each pilot can act on a particular event only one Pro class).
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And if in the coming Monday all goes well, then in the end of October the driver to try his luck in the pursuit of the right to manage the 10,000-strong monster.
«I love Pro Stock, and I still believe that it is in this division is my future — shared Laughlin. — On the other hand gain experience managing the fastest machine in the industry — this is what I dreamed of for a long time. Perhaps I will speak in two classes at the same time the following season, but at the moment poorly imagine it, because the competition is there and there is simply prohibitive, and if you plan to fight for the highest regalia, then sit just will not succeed on two chairs. All I can promise all my fans that this year I do skated in cockpit Gas Monkey Energy Chevrolet Camaro»(Recall that each pilot can act on a particular event only one Pro class).
Photo: dragillustrated.com, nationaldragster.net
