After completing testing, Bronge Racing and
the new nostalgia-legal Detail Concrete Punisher will make its first
appearance at a race this weekend at the 2nd annual Good-Guys Nostalgia
Nationals being held at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
This will be a return visit to Beech Bend this year, where the Punisher in
June took a runner-up spot at the NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion. However,
the car has been dramatically changed since destroying a blown-alcohol
engine on the final run.
"We had been planning on changing from the 14-71 blown alcohol Chevy motor
to the nostalgia-legal 6-71 nitro Hemi anyway, we just had to move the
change up to this season rather than do the change during the winter",
said Anthony Bronge, driver and co-owner of the Detail Concrete Punisher.
"Through the great work of our cooperative marketing partner, McKinney
Corporation of Lafayette, Indiana, we were able to get the new engine in
the car in time for testing, and now to make the race this weekend", said
Bronge. The Punisher is a brand new McKinney Corp. built chassis with a
Donnie Reeves '69 Camaro body.
Importantly, through McKinney's work, all of the safety modifications now
used by the professional fuel funny car teams are incorporated into the
Punisher. "We have one rule at Bronge Racing, and that is safety comes
first, in the car, the hauler and in the shop", said Ernst Kosower,
co-owner of the team.
The team is excited about this weekend's race as it continues to search
for sponsors and other co-operative marketing partners for 2010 and
beyond. Details of that effort can be found on our website at
www.brongeracing.com.
