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Las Vegas, NV. – After winning the Best
Appearing Crew award at the NHRA Toyota Nationals at the Strip as Las Vegas
Motor Speedway, Johnny Ahten quipped that they may not be the fastest this
weekend, but they were the best looking. The new duds debuted at the August
Seattle race and were designed and sponsored by Island Renovations and Howard
Katano.
“Howard and his company Island
Renovations have done so much for our team,” said Ahten. “We were really
excited when we heard we won. They grabbed us for the photo shoot just as we
were coming down the return road after our qualifying lap on Saturday. I still
had my fire suit on but to see the smile on Howard’s face made it that much
sweeter,” added Ahten.
The Island Renovations / Combust Filters
Team started out qualifying with a 5.488@256.94 in Friday’s first round. That
put Ahten in number six spot, but the crew felt like something was missing. In
Saturday’s second round of qualifying, a 5.507@252.57 was no help. In the final
qualifying session, a cylindrically challenged 5.418@255.43 was a step in the
right direction. Other than that errant piston that decided not to fire, the
run was good enough to set a final qualifying position of eleventh. Sunday’s
opponent would be Mark Taliaferro. The crew made the decision to swing for the
fence. They hopped the Stump Puller up and prepared to launch one into the
upper deck. Johnny was crowding the plate looking for the fastball and took a
mighty swing with a .027 reaction time. All was well and good until the rear
tires lost traction within a nanosecond. Tire smoke filled the air as
Taliaferro ripped off a 5.345@267.59, with Johnny coasting across the line at a
pedestrian-like 63.69 mph.
“The car sounded angry and I was ready,”
added Ahten. “I saw some cars in front of us strike the tires, but I just
assumed our tune-up would prevail. The fast ball I was looking for never came.
My guys all worked their tails off. It was great to have some of our sponsors
in our pits this weekend. Their support has been overwhelming. I would also
like to mention and thank Jim Dunn Racing for their help. Jim has been very
generous to us and for that I am grateful," said Ahten.
Winning the Best Appearing Crew Wally
did help to ease the discomfort of a first round exit at the Vegas event. Ahten
and his crew now are on a mission to add another Wally this weekend at the
Vegas Regional and at the World Finals in Pomona. They will still look to hit
the long ball, but now with both eyes on the approaching pitch.
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