Australian Top Alcohol Funny Car driver, Steve Harker is geared up and ready to defend his National
Event win from this event in 2008. Harker and his team are preparing to compete against nineteen
other teams this weekend at the NHRA O'Reilly Summer Nationals to be held at Heartland Park
Raceway.
Last year Harker defeated west coast competitor, Sean O'Bannon with an impressive 5.644 seconds run
at over 256 mph. This was also a personal victory for Steve as he and wife, Jenelle celebrated
their 33rd wedding anniversary that Sunday of the event.
Harker and his team are also coming off a successful season start with two wins and a runner-up
victory from their first three events. Harker is also the reigning South Central Division Four Top
Alcohol Funny Car Champion and number two in the National Championship in 2008.
"We are looking forward to a competitive weekend" comments Harker "We got bitten by an electrical
bug at our last event in Houston. We finally got the problem fixed and the car ran well but not
enough to get us through round one. This weekend we are looking to keep the consistency going that
we had at our first three events."
Qualifying for the Top Alcohol Funny Cars and Dragsters begins Friday at 11am and 2pm with final
session on Saturday at 10am. Eliminations for the Top Alcohol category begin Saturday afternoon at
3.30pm following the Professional Cars qualifying session. Sunday will see the conclusion of
Eliminations for all NHRA categories.
About Harker Motorsport
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