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2012 NHRA: Shane Gray Drives NTB Service Central Camaro To The Semifinals In Norwalk
For Pro Stock driver Shane Gray and the NTB/Service Central team, raceday at the 6th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk was a pleasant departure from the two days of qualifying that preceded it. Ultimately, a semifinals performance at Summit Motorsports Park lifted the second generation driver up a position to 8th in the Full Throttle Series standings.
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The Gray Motorsports team put forth tremendous effort to qualify their Chevy Camaro during one of the hottest bundle of qualifying rounds the Full Throttle Series tour has seen all season long, and it came down to the wire – with Gray jumping into the field only on the final pass.
A good night’s rest and a regrouping of spirits had the team eagerly anticipating a first-round match with multi-time world champion Greg Anderson, both a rival and a friend. Gray was on his game and clocked a .021 reaction to Anderson’s slightly delayed .061 and won the round on a holeshot. Anderson’s 6.640 at 208.01 was the quickest and fastest run of the weekend to that point, but Gray’s 6.664, 205.69 got the nod by .0168-second (approximately five feet).
Gray was first to launch in his quarterfinals match with another former world champion, Mike Edwards, but this time he sealed the deal by also making the journey down the quarter-mile at a quicker pace, 6.687 at 206.51 to 6.709, 207.82.
In the semifinals, the Denver, N.C., resident arrived at the starting line ready to take on Anderson’s Summit Racing teammate, defending Pro Stock series champion Jason Line. The pair were very close in reaction time (Line had a .007-second advantage), but the competition took a highly unusual turn as Gray lost traction and Line quickly followed suit. Both were able to get it back into gear and race towards the finish line, but Line got there first for a bizarre 8.211 to 9.142 victory.
“Boy, that was a strange one,” said Gray. “I would rather have flipped a coin to figure out who was going to the final, because that really wasn’t much of a race. But it was a good weekend overall. This NTB/Service Central team built up some confidence and maybe a teeny bit of momentum. This was a better day than we’ve had in quite a while, and we’ve got nothing to complain about.
“The Countdown to the Championship is getting closer, and we needed to add some points to our pot. We were able to do that and move up, and now we will go home and concentrate on getting better before we go to Denver.”
Shane Gray NTB/Service Central Chevy Camaro
Qualifying position: No. 14
Round one: Gray (6.664-second at 205.69 mph) def. Greg Anderson (6.640, 208.01)
Round two: Gray (6.687, 206.51) def. Mike Edwards (6.709, 207.82)
Semifinals: Jason Line (8.211, 175.14) def. Gray (9.142, 134.10)
1. Greg Anderson 1033
2. Jason Line 998
3. Allen Johnson 974
4. Mike Edwards 835
5. Vincent Nobile 810
6. Erica Enders 728
7. Ronnie Humphrey 550
8. Shane Gray 498
9. Rodger Brogdon 492
10. Ron Krisher 437
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- 2012 NHRA: Massey, FRAM/Prestone Team Relishes Cooking In Heat, Best Run At Norwalk Hot News Of Top Fuel Qualifying (07/08/12)
- 2012 NHRA: JFR Ready To Bring The Heat On Sunday At Norwalk (07/08/12)
- 2012 NHRA: Capps, Tobler Learn From Streak-Ending Loss At Norwalk To Qualify No 4; Faces DSR Teammate Beckman In First Round (07/08/12)
- 2012 NHRA: Hagan Watching Clock As NHRA Countdown Deadline Approaches, Needs To Make Move Sunday At Norwalk (07/08/12)
- 2012 NHRA: NTB Service Central Driver Shane Gray Pumped Up For Challenging First-Round Norwalk Match (07/08/12)
- 2012 NHRA: Johnny Gray Keeps NTB Service Central Funny Car On The Pole In Norwalk (07/08/12)
- 2012 NHRA: Beckman, Schumacher Electric Funny Car Warms Up To Heat But No 13 Spot Pairs Him With DSR Teammate In First Round (07/08/12)
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