Mick Snyder Gainesville National Event Wrap-up

Snyder Excited About Strides Made in Gainesville​

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This weekend in Gainesville, Mick Snyder and the Knoll Gas - TORCO Racing Fuels / Powersource Transportation Top Alcohol Funny Car opened their 2007 season with a quarter-final finish. The Team made numerous changes to the set-up over the winter and they were anxious to see how it would translate to track performance.

“Overall, it was a very good weekend for us. Even though we struggled some, we were able to get a good line on our new systems that should help us throughout the season. There is nothing like track time and we were able to get quite a bit of that, but as is the norm, we could always use just one more pass. We also got our first round win of the season and in a class as competitive as this one, that is a huge accomplishment,” said Snyder.

“Besides the obvious excitement of going to our first race of the year, our new sponsor, Skip Bakos, the founder and president of Powersource Transportation, Inc. flew in to watch qualifying on Friday. It was really great to have him out at the track to see us start off the new year.”

The defending Division 3 championship team is ready to get back out on the track, but they will have to wait a few weeks until the Division 3 opener in Indianapolis the middle of April. The Team, sponsored by Knoll Gas – Torco Racing Fuels / Powersource Transportation, has already stepped up their performance from last year running in the low 5.6’s all weekend. After qualifying #7, first round, Snyder posted a 5.63 at 257 MPH in a hole shot victory over his opponent. Second round, he stepped up his performance posting a 5.62 at 257 MPH, but it wasn’t enough to hold off his competitor.

“With Knoll Gas – Torco Racing Fuels and Powersource Transportation, Inc. as well as a host of other associate sponsors behind this operation, we feel like we have all the necessary tools to compete at a very high level in this class. Everything takes time and we learn more every time we have the opportunity to be on the track. Hopefully, everything will really come together in the upcoming months and we will have a very successful 2007.”

Quick Facts

• The Team finished with 5 final round appearances and 3 wins during 2006.
• Snyder has had back-to-back-to-back Top 10 finishes in the National points standings and Division 3 championships.
• In 2006, the second-generation driver earned his 2nd straight Spitzer Low Qualifier Series Championship.
• The 25 year-old Purdue University graduate finished in 6th place Nationally last season.
• The Team, which represented Division 3 in the Jeg’s All-Star race during the 2006 season, has the lead in the 2007 points chase.
• The Knoll Gas - TORCO Racing Fuels funny car qualified #1 in 4 events last year including Houston where Mick became the 72nd driver to qualify #1 at a National event in the history of the class. He was the first to do so with a converter equipped car.
• The 15-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 Team would like to thank our major sponsor Knoll Gas - TORCO Racing Fuels and our associate sponsors Powersource Transportation, Inc., Lencodrive Racing Transmissions, R & R Racing Products, Flatout Gaskets, Coan Converters, NGK, Snyder Auto, Long Printing, and Goodson for their continued support this year.

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

The Snyder Motorsports Top Alcohol Funny Car entry is sponsored by TORCO Racing Fuels. By logging onto www.torcoracefuels.com you can access their full line of innovative products including racing gasoline, additives, and Skull Gear.

To learn more about Powersource Transportation, Inc. and job opportunities please log onto www.powersourcetransportation.com.

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