Quotes for the upcoming Seattle race –
Cruz Pedregon, two-time Funny Car World Champion
“It’s close to the halfway point in our season, and we’ve spent the first half learning the team and getting the car dialed in for all the track conditions. So, we’re now looking ahead to a strong second half of the season. We’d love to get that started in Seattle after having a couple of weeks off from racing to regroup and get everyone’s batteries recharged. The goal is going rounds and even punching it in for the win there.”
“Seattle’s a great venue and it has a rich history for nitro cars. The western swing gives us time to get out of the real heat, but it will still be warm enough for good racing conditions. We enjoy coming out to the West Coast and showing the fans what we do. With Friday qualifying being moved to the evening, there should be some great night racing. For the first time at this race, fans can come out on Friday and experience seeing the header flames of the nitro cars.”
“Our primary sponsor, Snap-on, will have members of its leadership group coming out to Seattle to root us on. We love having them out to support us and would really love to race well for them.”
Name on the side of Cruz’s car – Snap-on Nitro Franchisee Blade Weibert
● Check out the name of Blade Weibert on the side of Cruz’s Makers and Fixers Dodge. He’s the Snap-on Nitro Franchisee for the Northwest Nationals.
● Blade was a mechanic in a coal mine before becoming a franchisee.
● He’s hosting 10 of his customers in Cruz’s pit this weekend.
● Members of the Snap-on leadership team will join him in the pit Saturday where they will be among the many Makers and Fixers at the track. As Cruz’s primary sponsor, Snap-on encourages professionals who make and fix the essentials, like vehicles and machinery, to follow Makers and Fixers on Instagram and submit their inspiring stories to makersandfixers.com.
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