Mick Snyder - Brainerd National Wrap-up

Snyder Remains Positive After Quarterfinal Finish



After another good qualifying effort, the weekend ended a little too early for Mick Snyder and the Snyder Motorsports Race Team in Brainerd, Minnesota.

“We have shown that we have the horsepower and the car to run the big numbers, we have been qualifying well all year. But, when it comes to eliminations we just haven’t been able to put it all together. Little things in the motor keep breaking so it is very hard for us to get the data and runs we need to step up the car throughout the weekend,” said Snyder.

After qualifying #2 for the event with a 5.70 at 252 mph, Snyder took out his first round opponent with a 5.77 at 250 mph. In-between first and second round with the shortened turn around times, the team had a mad thrash to change one of the heads and make it up to the line in time. With a lot teamwork, they were able to make it back and run their best time of the weekend, 5.65, but it wasn’t quite enough to overtake their competitor.

“It was a fun weekend, Brainerd always is. After being off so long it was good to see some people, and Skip and Barb from Powersource were there and Dave from Goodson came out for the weekend too. They have both been really supportive of our operation, and we can’t thank them enough. The crew is working great together and the car runs good too when we can get it to stay in one piece. We are going to head to Bowling Green and then Indy, we just need a little luck and at the end of the weekend we hope to be standing in the winner’s circle.”

The next event for the Team will be in Bowling Green, Kentucky for the Division 3 Lucas Oil Divisional Series event.

Quick Facts

• The Team, based out of DeMotte, Indiana, went to 4 final rounds last year and earned three wins including the Lucas Oil National event in Brainerd, MN and the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona, CA.
• Snyder ran his career best ET earlier this year in Gainesville, FL, 5.54.
• With a 6th place finish in 2008, the second-generation driver earned his 4th Top 10 finish in the Lucas Oil National points standings in the last 5 years.
• The Powersource Transportation Funny Car qualified #1 in 4 events last season.
• The 16-year veteran of the sport currently runs the family owned business, Snyder Motorsports, which sells racing parts for Jr. Dragsters and full size race cars, including Lencodrive transmissions. He also is the President of McSnyder Designs.

The Snyder Motorsports Race Team would also like to thank their associate sponsors Lencodrive Racing Transmissions, R & R Racing Products, Flatout Gaskets, NGK, Lucas Oil, Snyder Auto, Long Printing, Goodson, Auto Meter, Jeg’s, The Winning Team, Spitzer Enterprises, Weld Racing Wheels and VP Racing Fuels for their continued support this year.

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

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