After 6 months of switching cars back & forth, Team Red of the National Guard thinks it finally has
things in control. In October of last year when Josh hit the wall at the ADRL World Finals at
Ennis, Texas, the team has been moving from car to car competing in the ADRL series, but after the
new McAmis 57 chevy was delivered to the Wylie Facility on May 8th, the team has been finishing out
the car to race ready status, culminating with test sessions at Baytown Tx this past week.
As National Guard Driver Josh Hernandez states, " I believe we have everything back on track now
to be more than competitive. I am looking forward to Memphis so I let the hammer down on this bad
boy".
Supercharger & Engine specialist, Troy Critchley remarked, " We did some low 3.80 test laps in
Houston and we can do much better than that in the new McAmis 57".
Crew Chief & Legendary Tuner Jim Oddy was at the Wylie main facility during the week & tuned the
57 at the test sessions at Baytown. Jim said, " For the first time in a long while, I'm excited at
the potential of this new car. It is light & Troy has given it tons of horsepower".
Hernandez also stated, " Although we were doing 3.80's at Baytown, Tim built the car for the 70's
& even 60's. Baytown was extremely exciting. I had the opportunity to get use to it, as it is
completely different from the old 57 & even the 68 Camaro.
Josh, & Travis Swearingen, driver of the blue team & the rest of the National Guard are signing
autographs & handing out posters at the Chili's Care Center in the Saint Jude's Hospital Complex
Thursday, as the Team Hauler makes it way to Memphis.
Many thanks to everyone who has helped & contributed to this effort: Red Line Oil, NGK Spark
Plugs, InterLinc Mortgage, Permatex Products, Dallas National Insurance, Hammer Superchargers &
Race Engines, VP racing Fuel, & Safety Kleen.
