Team Patron rolls into the Big D

Team Patron rolls into the Big D

Dallas, TX (September 22, 2010) – Coming off a runner-up finish at the recent Division Two event in Atlanta, GA, driver Alexis De Joria and the Patron Alcohol Funny Car Team are looking forward to this weekend’s 25th Anniversary O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Super Start Batteries.

“Our Patron team ran well in Atlanta on a challenging racetrack said De Joria, and Dallas is going to be in the high 80’s all weekend so we feel good about our tune-up and chances to run competitively”. “We have a lot of data from the Motorplex and after our runner-up finish there last year at this race, we hope to put ourselves in the finals again only with a different outcome this year”.

De Joria went on to say, “We have two more divisional and three nationals events to compete at this year and our goal to finish in the top 10 in Lucas Oil championship points is still a reality. Our Patron team made up a lot of ground last year at this time and we plan on doing it again this year too. With a little bit of racing luck this just might be our winning weekend”.

The entire Patron team wishes to express their condolences to the family of legendary supercharger guru Mert Littlefield. Littlefield passed away on Monday, September 20th and will be sadly missed by everyone in the NHRA community.

Event Schedule

The O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Super Start Batteries begins qualifying on Friday, September 23rd at 12:30p.m. and 4:00 p.m. for the Top Alcohol Funny Cars and continues Saturday, September 24th at 1:00 p.m. First round eliminations begin Saturday at 4:15 p.m. Final eliminations begin Sunday at 12:30 p.m.

ESPN2 TV Schedule

October 3 – Eliminations: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (ET)