Tommy D'Aprile knew he would be debuting Mel Bush's new 70 ? Camaro this coming weekend at the ADRL
Summit Racing Equipment Ohio Drags III in Hebron, Ohio, near Columbus but he didn't think he would
need to.
While qualifying Bush's famous '62 Bel Air for the ADRL Hardee's Gateway Drags II in St. Louis
D'Aprile took one of his wildest rides in the seat of a door slammer.
"I figured it was done. I thought for sure I was going to crash. I didn't know what happened but
it was like I ran something over and it threw the car in to the air. I didn't freak; I was like if
it's going to happen it's going to happen but I steered into it when she was on her side and thank
god for prayer everything turned out better than I thought it would," said D'Aprile.
A broken rear suspension bracket tore from the rear housing causing the mishap. Lucky for D'Aprile
and Bush the damage was confined to the rear suspension.
"She bent the four link like a pretzel! I can't believe it's not worse than it is," said crew
chief Kevin Peters. "Luckily the new car was slated for this race and we don't have to rush to get
the Bel-Air ready for this week. We're planning on testing the new car mid week and then head out
for Columbus."
You can follow all the action, this weekend (Aug. 21-22), from the ADRL Summit Racing Equipment
Ohio Drags III in Hebron, Ohio, near Columbus by logging on to http:www.adrl.us or by clicking on
to http://www.dragracecentral.com . For Pit reports try
http://www.competitionplus.com
Mel Bush Motorsports consists of:
Team Owners: Mel and Johanne Bush
62 Bel Air Driver: Tommy D'Aprile
Crew Chief: Kevin Peters
Truck Driver/Mechanic: Jimmy Shremmer
Eric Fahy: Cylinder Head Specialist/Body Specialist Jake "Snake" Fahy: Clutch Specialist
For More Information on Team Driver Tommy D'Aprile check out: http://www.sirthomasinc.com
