Pre-Race Test Session Provides Confidence for Hunter and Synoil Racing Team

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LAS VEGAS (April 9, 2015) – Past Las Vegas semifinalist Greg Hunter returns to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend for the SummitRacing.com Nationals. The driver of Canadian drag racing legend Geoff Goodwin's Synoil Racing Top Alcohol Funny Car reached the winner's circle on the regional level since last year's Vegas spring race, and is hoping to reach his first national event winner's circle this weekend.

Hunter, Goodwin and tuner Ryan Protz tested at The Strip at LVMS prior to the Vegas racing events, which continue next weekend with an NHRA Lucas Oil Series regional event.

“We've kind of been struggling for the last couple races and we feel that we figured out what our problem was and we're confident that we have it fixed. We did confirm that our problem is fixed but we didn't get to make a run to prove it. We're looking forward to getting on to a really good, well-prepared NHRA track surface. I feel that we're going to run really good this weekend,” confirmed Hunter, who spent two seasons in Top Alcohol Dragster before returning to TA/FC last year.

Las Vegas has been good to Hunter. It's where he earned his crossover license for TA/D and where he won his first round in the dragster. But it was last year's SummitRacing.com Nationals experience that Hunter and his Synoil Energy Services team will be thinking about as they pull up to the waterbox this weekend. The Wyoming driver qualified No. 2 and raced to the semifinals, where aggressive traction issues ended what would've been a good race with class veteran Jay Payne.

Greg Hunter and the Synoil Racing team have raced together at several events since then, learning more about the ever-changing track conditions and parts and equipment combinations.

“We definitely have learned that consistency is a key factor. We lost a little of that consistency but we're hoping to get that back this weekend, and actually quicker and faster, too. We think we have more power, but we've got to harness it,” Hunter noted.

Though they're regularly joined by legions of sponsors, friends and family, Greg and the Synoil Racing team are especially looking forward to hosting a large group of guests from the team's primary sponsor, Synoil Energy Services, a leading provider of proprietary and patented well servicing stimulation fluids.

Top Alcohol Funny Car qualifying action at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals, April 10-12, begins on Friday with runs at noon and 3:15 PM. Qualifying continues with one session at 12:30 PM on Saturday, followed by first round of eliminations around 3 PM. Eliminations continue on Sunday. The race coverage will air on ESPN2 on April 19th at noon EST.


Greg Hunter and Geoff Goodwin's Synoil Racing Top Alcohol Funny Car team are returning for their second season together in 2015. With primary support from Synoil Energy Services and Exact Air Compliance Systems, Hunter will run a full schedule of NHRA Mello Yello Series national events and LODRS regional events. Synoil Racing receives additional support from Northgate Industries Ltd., Ron Hodgson Chevrolet-GMC-Buick, Twister Piling Inc., Proform Concrete Services Inc., Prowler Contracting, Pumps & Pressure Inc., Hampton's Oilfield Services, Mobil1, Landale Signs, MD Truck Repair, and CleanBoost Oils.

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