PR - MICK SNYDER - U.S. NATIONALS WRAP-UP

Submitted by: Shanna Snyder-Bell
Contact email address: shanna_bell@conseco.com

Semi-final Finish for Snyder in Indy

The Snyder Motorsports Top Alcohol Funny Car made it to the semi-final round of the U. S. Nationals for the second straight year. Driver Mick Snyder had been to 4 straight final rounds coming into the weekend. Unfortunately, his streak ended with a semi-final loss at Indianapolis Raceway Park.

Snyder commented, “We had some issues with our tires the first couple of qualifying runs. That put us a little behind the rest of the class as far as the amount of data we were able to accumulate. It showed as we got to the later rounds of competition. As a team we are happy with the way the weekend played out. We had a good showing here at the U. S. Nationals, qualifying in the top half of the field and getting down to four cars in this competitive class.”

The TORCO Racing Fuels sponsored Top Alcohol Funny Car qualified #7 with a 5.692 at 254.04 mph. Eliminations for the class were scheduled to begin on Sunday morning at 10 AM. After almost a 9 hour delay, Snyder finally suited up for his first round of competition. He took the win light by running a 5.690 at 252.85 mph. In the second round of competition held Monday morning, Snyder took the advantage off the line and motored down the historic quarter mile at 5.683 and 254.04 mph for the win. Unfortunately, Snyder was unable to hold off his opponent in the semi-final round when he ran a 5.682 at 253.90 mph.

“We learned more about the car this weekend and we are going to use that data to make the car better in the future. We are all looking forward to a couple of weeks off. Then we are going to load up and head to Columbus to try to take home the Division 3 Championship. We are always out to win the race, but in this sport where the outcome is determined in less than 6 seconds, you have to be happy when you are able to go rounds.”

The Snyder Motorsports Race Team will head to Columbus, Ohio September 23rd thru the 25th. The Team will be competing in the final race of the 2005 Division 3 Lucas Oil Sportsman Series. They will also be competing in the rain delayed Bowling Green Divisional event that was called just before the semi-final round was to take place.

As always, the Team would like to thank our major sponsor TORCO Racing Fuels and our associate sponsors Coan Converters, Design 500, Flatout Gaskets, Lencodrive Racing Transmissions, Long Printing, R & R Racing Products, Snyder Auto and Spitzer Race Cars for their continued support.

Please visit the Snyder Motorsports official website at www.snydermotorsports.com.

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