"It's all about discipline," said Skuza, who has enjoyed the fruits
of co-crew chiefs John Stewart and Lance Larsen's labor. "John (Stewart)
has brought that to the table. Many people think we tried to rotate
the earth last week in our final with John. That's just not the case.
We were trying to run a 5.00-second elapsed time, maintain consistency,
and a cheap part bit us.
"The feeling in our pit is different now," Skuza continued. "We go
into every race with the confidence to win. You can see it in each one
of our faces -- it's a confidence. We're definitely not looking past
anyone, but we also know we can beat anyone out there." - David Harris
A COUPLE OF GOOD SPORTSMEN
Jay Payne took the FMFC win over Frank Manzo.
Mark Hentges won in Boise, Idaho the preceding week and then towed
to Florida and was rewarded with his first national event win in Federal-Mogul
Dragster.
A SMALL BUT COLORFUL PRO MOD FIELD
Due to a conflicting IHRA race, only four Pro Mods were able to return
to Gainesville for their NHRA exhibition race. In the semi-finals, Rickie
Smith (left) got the win when Todd Tutterow red-lighted-a lucky thing
for Smith as he accidentally left the line in second gear and turned
a 7.12/145.06.
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