After seemingly shooting blanks in the last two races, a DNQ at Richmond and a 1st round loss at St
Louis, due to an un-detected break in a chassis weld, the Red Team is reloading for the race car
war at the Summit Racing Equipment sponsored ADRL's Ohio Drags III.
As Team Red Driver, Josh Hernandez remarked, " Jim (Oddy) and Troy (Critchley) knew something
wasn't right with the chassis, then at St Louis, we finally found it, a broken weld in the chassis
under the drivers seat. I was sitting on it the entire time".
Following the race at St. Louis, the team immediately dropped the "57 Race Car off at the McAmis
shop in Hawk Point MO. for a super quick repair job, then back to Dallas to get the car freshen up
and adjusted for Columbus.
Crew Chief Jim Oddy said, " It was actually a huge relief to find the problem; I was waking up in
the middle of the night with nightmares over that car".
Oddy went on the say, "Give Troy and Ray ( Williams ) credit, they diagnosed the problem. I know
it had the entire team pulling its hair out with these up and down times".
Calm and collected as always, Critchley, who also runs the rapidly expanding Hammer Supercharger
company, remarked, " It all looks good now, the McAmis boys glued it back together and we are
looking forward to doing battle at Columbus. We feel good about our power and tuning set up, and
plus, we have a driver in Josh, who is no stranger to winning World Championships ".
AMS Racing would like to thank it corporate partners for all their support- Red Line Oil, NGK
Spark Plugs, Dallas National Insurance, Permatex Products, Hammer Superchargers, InterLinc
Mortgage, Safetky Kleen, VP Racing Fuels, Mechanix Wear, ADRL and most importantly, the United
States National Guard.
