Pine Valley Raceway

New Breed Racing’s Alesi & Ayrton Gerthe competed at the IHRA Division 4 Pro-Am races and Sportsman National at Pine Valley Raceway, June 19-21, 2009 near Lufkin, Texas. “It was great to have Alesi and Ayrton both racing again. Ayrton jumped back into his dragster and you would have never known he had not raced this season. The extreme heat Texas is experiencing was a struggle, but we worked through it and had a great time,” said Lisa Gerthe. “Our best day of racing came on Sunday with Ayrton making it down to eleven cars.”

Wolverine/Academy display and Tulsa National

New Breed Racing’s Alesi Gerthe competed at her third IHRA national event of the season at Tulsa Raceway Park, June 13-14, 2009. The weekend began with a display for Wolverine at a Tulsa area Academy.

“We had a great time at the Wolverine Boots and Apparel/Academy Sports and Outdoors display. It is always fun to introduce potential fans to the sport of drag racing. Wolverine’s Jeremy Pevehouse brought all kinds of goodies for the display and fans had the opportunity to win a free pair of Wolverine boots. We would like to extend our thanks to Wolverine, Academy and Harmony from IHRA for putting together an awesome display,” said Alesi. “Rain delayed Sunday’s race and we were not able to race first round until around 3:00 pm. We lost a close race in round one, but I’ve put that behind me and I am ready to hit the track again this weekend."

Amalie Oil Texas Nationals

New Breed Racing’s Alesi Gerthe participated at the Amalie Oil Texas Nationals May 29-31 at Dallas Raceway in Crandall, TX. “Last Thursday Dad and I replaced my transbrake button, changed the car’s launch RPM, put in some fresh Amalie Oil and polished our Mickey Thompson’s in preparation for the Amalie Oil Texas Nationals in Crandall,” said Alesi. “We struggled a little in qualifying and found ourselves qualified 47th. Sunday was a different story; the car ran well all day and we ended up making it to the quarterfinals and down to seven cars in a fifty-five car field. I would like to thank all of our friends who came out to support us at Dallas Raceway,” concluded Alesi.
Photo by Robert Grice