MISSION, B.C. (June 10, 2015) – Northwest native Greg Hunter now has even more reason to like Mission Raceway, one of his local tracks. Hunter successfully defended his 2014 event championship at Mission's NHRA Lucas Oil Series regional race on Sunday.
Driving the Synoil Energy Services/Exact Air Top Alcohol Funny Car for Canadian drag racing legend Geoff Goodwin, Hunter qualified No. 2 with a 5.828 at 251 mph.
Even though the race had a short field, Hunter and the Synoil team approached the event with as much intensity as they would a stacked national event. An eagerness to get a second consecutive Mission win certainly played a part in the team's attitude.
“We were cautiously optimistic going into the race. We have had some issues at the last few races so we had a plan going in to correct them. We didn't think too much about experimenting in qualifying because we had an eye on the first-round bye run that comes with qualifying No. 1,” Hunter recalled.
Hunter and the Ryan Protz-tuned Synoil Racing machine stepped up for the first round of eliminations against Brian Hough, laying down a 5.706 at 256 mph to take the round win and low et of eliminations. A consistent 5.709 lap followed in the final round, allowing Hunter to take the event win over Shane Westerfield, who ran 5.754.
“We had an electrical gremlin that we worked out so we were super stoked to make two nearly identical runs in eliminations,” Hunter noted. “Brian and Shane are both excellent drivers with great cars so that really added to the excitement!”
The next event for Greg Hunter and the Synoil Energy Services Top Alcohol Funny Car team is the IHRA Nitro Jam Rocky Mountain Nationals, July 17-19, at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, AB.
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, Landale Signs, MD Truck Repair, and Mobil1.
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