September 3, 2008 - Rockdale, TX – New Breed Racing’s Alesi and Ayrton Gerthe made the trip to “Tulsa Town” recently to participate in the Skull Shine Sooner Nationals at Tulsa Raceway Park.
The team competed in Quick Rod, with both driver’s winning first round on Saturday, but bowing out in the second round on Sunday.
“All around we had a great weekend of racing. The cars and our driver’s both performed well,” said Duane Gerthe. “Ayrton also made his fastest pass to date, unintentionally. The heat and humidity forced us to make some changes to our normal setup so he was a little fast, but it only took us a couple of qualifying passes to hit 8.90. Ayrton actually hit it perfectly with an 8.900, but was a bit slower at the light than his competitor in round two. Alesi had a stellar .004 light in round one to pick up the win.”
The teams next planned stop was to be the Sportsman National at State Capitol Dragway in Baton Rouge, LA this past weekend, but Hurricane Gustav forced the event to be cancelled for 2008. Our thoughts and prayers are with those dealing with the aftermath of this latest storm.
