Team Patron looking for redemption in E-Town

Team Patron looking for redemption in E-Town

Englishtown, NJ (June 10, 2010) – After a spectacular accident sidelined the Patron team for three months at last year’s race in Englishtown, driver Alexis De Joria is looking for redemption as the team prepares for this weekend’s 41st Annual United Association Supernationals.

“Englishtown has been bitter sweet to our Patron team, after running my personal quickest and fastest run in Top Alcohol Funny Car, we had a part malfunction tearing off my parachutes and coating the brakes with rear-end fluid preventing me from stopping the car before the sand trap”. De Joria said. “I did everything possible to slow our Mustang down and aim it as straight into the trap. It completely destroyed our car and required us to once again start from scratch as we did at the beginning of the season”.

De Joria knows that the Patron team will have her Mustang 110% ready going into the race and is unfazed by the concern others have for returning to the famed Englishtown track. “I accept that accidents are part of the racing business said De Joria, this is how I choose to make my living and believe that NHRA Drag Racing is one of, if not the safest motor sport today. Safety is an evolution and with respect to NHRA, the teams and fans, we will continue learning”. “We incorporated several additional safety elements into the new car built after Englishtown last year and feel confident that we can once again get our performance level back so we can compete for the win this year”.

Like all great drivers, Alexis has made the commitment to overcome last years incident and focus on improving on her current 8th place position in championship points.

Event Schedule

The 41st Annual United Association NHRA Supernationals begin qualifying Friday for the Top Alcohol classes with two qualifying sessions at 11:00 a.m. (ET) and 1:30 p.m. continuing Saturday at 11:00 a.m. with first round eliminations at 5:30 p.m. and final eliminations at 12:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon.

ESPN2 TV Schedule

6/19 – Eliminations: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (ET)