Who is excited to race at zMax Dragway?
For the first time in his 22-year career, Troy Coughlin will enter a drag race as the No. 1 driver in the country when he takes his class-leading JEGS.com Pontiac GXP Pro Street racecar into this weekend’s inaugural Nitto Tire All Star Nationals at zMax Dragway in Concord, N.C. “This is really neat,” Coughlin said. “Things are looking really good for us right now and we’re very excited to race at zMax Dragway. They say it’s the best drag strip in the world and we can’t wait to run our car down there and see how it looks. “My brother Jeg tested his Pro Stock car there just the other day and told me the track’s in great shape. It is going to be hotter than Chicago (site of the last NMCA event) so we’ll have to adjust for that, but if we can keep the same tune-up and have the same kind of consistency and results then I like our chances.” The recently completed fourth annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing at Route 66
It’s been nearly one year since media members were given an intimate tour of a nearly completed zMAX Dragway. On that day, they learned first hand what many fans and competitors would learn later, that Speedway Motorsports Chairman Bruton Smith had been true to his word and delivered the Bellagio of drag strips. Since the Speedway Motorsports development team put the finishing touches on the one-of-a-kind, state-of-the-art, four-lane drag strip, the stock car capital of the world has been introduced to one big straight-line success after another. “Bruton Smith gave NHRA fans an arena like this, which is the greatest facility in the history of our sport,” said 14-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force. Perhaps the late David Poole, noted motorsports writer for the Charlotte Observer, may have put it best last September during the week of the first NHRA Nationals, “zMAX Dragway is by far the best facility that now exists.” Sources:
Open to the public, the Parade of Power will feature racecars from all of the various motorsport events occurring this fall at zMax Dragway at Concord and … Sources: google.
