NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

It’s been four months since Australian Pro Stock racer Shane Tucker made a lap on a NHRA Mello Yello Series track and after getting his bearings with the new fuel-injection earlier this season, he’s eager to get back on the track at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals with one noticeable change since the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in late March: an Elite Performance engine beneath the hood of his Auzmet Architectural Chevrolet Camaro.
 
“We’re extremely excited to be back in the NHRA and racing at the U.S. Nationals is huge,” Tucker said. “We’ve had a lot of fun racing with the guys at Elite Performance back in 2014 and we decided to run with them again this season.”
 
To get reacquainted with his matte-gray Camaro, Tucker joined Elite over the weekend to do a little testing.
 
“Our team had a lot of fun over the weekend testing the car and the car performed really well,” he added. “Conditions were extremely warm and humid and obviously the naturally-aspirated cars don’t like a lot of water in the air so it made it pretty tough to run quickly. But, by the end of the weekend, it had a pretty good 60 foot and a decent mile per hour and if we can get it right at Indy, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be a top five runner this weekend.”
 
Tucker’s plan is to race five out of the remaining seven races in 2016. The current plan is to miss only the St. Louis and Reading events.
 
“We’ve only run once this season but we hope we can win some rounds and take away some points from some of the drivers in the countdown to help out our teammates [Elite drivers Jeg Coughlin and Erica Enders]. I think my teammates have a good chance of winning the Championship and hopefully I can lend a helping hand by taking away some points from other guys going for the Championship.”