Mick Snyder Indy Divisional Wrap-up

Runner-up Finish for Snyder in Indy



This past weekend, Mick Snyder and the Snyder Motorsports Race Team were in Indianapolis, Indiana for the Division 3 event. After putting up an impressive 5.61 in qualifying to earn the #1 spot and the Spitzer low qualifier money, Mick made it to the final round of the event before parts failure ended his day.

“It’s frustrating when your day ends like that. We were ahead, but when something breaks in the motor there is really nothing we can do about it. I had a pretty good fire, but all the safety equipment worked and the new underbody paint worked well so that didn’t get hurt,” said Snyder.

After qualifying #1 for the event with a 5.61, Snyder earned the first round win and ran a session low 5.63 in the semi’s to take the win and lane choice in the finals.

“Overall, it was a pretty good weekend and a runner-up finish is still good. The car was running well and Dad had a good handle on the tune-up. Since it was the first race of the year in D3, we got to see some good friends that we hadn’t seen all winter and some people from home made the trip down to watch; it was really nice having them around. I wish things could have ended better, but we are going to get this thing back together and take her to the Thunder Nationals in Martin, MI and try to make it to the winner’s circle.”

The next event for the Team will be the Thunder Nationals at US131 Motorsports Park in Martin, MI on May 9th.

Quick Facts

• Snyder qualified number one for the event, running 5.61 at 256 mph.
• 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 has qualified #1 in 4 events last season.
• The Team has represented Division 3 in the prestigious Jeg’s All-Star race for three straight years.
• 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 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
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