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Don’t forget, we will have LIVE coverage of the San Antonio Nitro Jam presented by CarSafe and Good Vibrations Motorsports throughout the weekend online at www.ihra.com and www.nitrojam.com .
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (April 3, 2013) – The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Nitro Jam series returns to San Antonio Raceway in Texas April 5-6 for the San Antonio Nitro Jam presented by Good Vibrations Motorsports and CarSafe.
There is nothing more exciting than being the first to do something.
Just ask Pearisburg, Virginia’s Austin Johnson.
When 14-year-old Johnson began racing in the IHRA Junior Dragster program in 2009 Johnson never dreamed he would one day have an opportunity to be a World Champion, at least not until he moved up to a big car. But when the IHRA announced in early 2012 that it would be adding Junior Dragster to the highly popular and extremely successful Summit SuperSeries program beginning this year, it opened up doors for the IHRA’s youngest competitors to have an opportunity to chase a championship and share the stage with some of drag racing’s biggest stars.
Imagine this.
After a dominating year that included a third consecutive points championship at your local track, a win at the Division 2 West Summit Team Finals and a trip to Memphis International Raceway to compete for a world championship upcoming and suddenly bam! No more car.
That was exactly the situation faced by Ragland, Alabama’s Shane Kay who blew the motor on his regular championship winning machine at the same Team Finals in which he qualified for the World Finals and was suddenly left without a ride with the biggest race of his career just one week away.
Thankfully for Kay, this story actually has a happy ending. Just a few days later the owner of Kay’s home track of Alabama International Raceway Jason Collins, an experienced racer in his own right, lent Kay one of his cars for the big race. Four days later Kay was in the winner’s circle with the borrowed car celebrating his first major championship as winner of the Mod class during the Summit SuperSeries World Championship presented by AMSOIL and Moser Engineering.
Have you ever had one of those mornings where things just felt like they weren’t going to go your way?
Tim Butler sure has.
When the Sarasota, Florida awoke on Saturday at the IHRA Summit World Finals at Memphis International Raceway, he just couldn’t shake this feeling that it just wasn’t going to be his day. A runny nose, sore throat and an overall ache left Butler a little more down than usual on race day.
But one thing that always cures a sickness is winning and Butler won bigger than anyone at the IHRA World Finals in Memphis as the Floridian crossed the line first and laid claim to the Top World Championship and one of the most lucrative prize packages in the sport all during the Summit SuperSeries World Championship runoff presented by AMSOIL and Moser Engineering.
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