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Thacker Heads to Texas​

Fresh off a win at the prestigious Jeg’s All-Star event held in Joliet, Illinois last weekend, Marty Thacker and the Rapid Transit Race Team are packing up the rig again and heading the 800 miles south to Rusk, Texas. They will be competing in the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Division Four event held at Cherokee County Motorsports Park. The defending Division 3 championship Team is hoping to pick up their second win of the season and gain some ground in the National and Divisional point chases.

“Cherokee County Motorsports Park will be a new stop for our Knoll Gas - Torco Race Fuels team. The weather man is calling for temps in the 90s, so we thought we'd better fill up the rig with diesel and head down there,” Thacker said.

“There are so few races where the weather gets hot enough for the blown alcohol cars to be able to perform with our injected nitro brothers, that we need to take advantage of the favorable conditions while we have the opportunity. Hopefully it turns out to be a good move for us.”

After making some changes to the set-up of the car, the Team, sponsored by Atlantic Industrial and Knoll Gas – Torco Race Fuels, ran some of their best numbers of the season last weekend in Joliet. They are hoping to continue to step up their performance this weekend.

Qualifications for the event will begin at 6 PM on Friday and continue on Saturday at 1 and 6 PM. Eliminations will begin on Sunday at noon. For coverage of the event please log onto www.dragracecentral.com.

Quick Facts

• This will be the first trip to Cherokee Motorsports Park for the Rapid Transit Race Team.
• The Team is coming off their first win of the season last weekend at the prestigious Jeg’s All-Star event.
• The defending Division 3 Champions currently sit in the Top 10 in the points standings following the first event of the series.
• The Team, based out of Robinson, Illinois, has won 5 UDRA National Championships and 2 NHRA Divisional championships.
• Four of the Rapid Transit Race Team crew members race in the NHRA Super Comp class.

Please visit the official team website www.rapidtransitracing.com.

You can access the full line of innovative products offered by our major sponsor TORCO Racing Fuels including racing gasoline, additives, and Skull Gear at www.torcoracefuels.com.

Visit the websites of our current associate and product sponsors at the following websites:

Atlantic Industrial – www.atscaf.com

Valvoline - www.valvoline.com/pages/racing

Hoosier Racing Tire – www.hoosiertire.com

Fatheadz – www.fatheadz.com

Submitted by: Shanna Snyder-Bell

Contact Person: Marty Thacker
Contact email address: mlthacker@mapllc.com