Brogdon scores runner-up in Shreveport
GILLIAM, La. - Rodger Brogdon’s RoofTec Race team today worked their way towards yet another final round performance in 2006, at the LODRS event contested here this weekend. While the final round results didn’t see the team in the winner’s circle at the conclusion of the event, Rodger was happy with the overall results.
“I knew I had a great reaction time when I let the clutch out, but when it launched, she got all of the starting line. It carried the front end out well past the 60-foot cone, and when it finally set the front end back down, it was just a touch to the right of the groove. Easing it back into the center of the groove cost us some valuable time, and it showed at the stripe coming up just inches short, I thought I had him reeled in.”
Stats from the final round show that the race between the reigning division 4 champ, Brogdon, and the reigning division 5 champ, Michael Johnson, was everything it could possibly be between two championship contenders. Brogdon was better off the line with a .035 to .072 reaction time advantage, but Johnson car prevailed at the stripe with a 60 under, lap in comparison to Rodgers 55 under shot. Crunching all of the performance numbers, Johnson’s F/SMA prevailed by a scant eight thousandths at the finish line stripe, mere inches as the two cars hit the finish line at over 150 miles an hour.
Said Rodger after the race “While we always hate to lose a final round decision, we couldn’t have lost this weekend to any better people. Michael and his parents Cordis and Mary Johnson are some of the best people in the sport. It isn’t often that you give your final round competitor a hug and wish them the best before you climb into your respective cars.”
Next stop on the tour for the RoofTec team will be the LODRS event in Rusk, TX, as the team will miss the NHRA national events in Topeka and Joliet. Best friend and crew chief Pete Smallwood’s daughter graduates the weekend of the Topeka event and Rodger is staying home to attend the ceremonies. Brogdon has also relinquished his Jeg’s AllStars berth at the Joliet, IL event to allow time for the team to prepare for the soon to be delivered Chevy Cobalt AA/SM coming from the EasTexas Race Cars shop. Like Rodger said, “This new car is going to be quick and fast, and we want to be ready to really get after the points chase for the balance of the season. Taking some time now to prepare can only help make the rest of the season go smoother.”
Those words and that plan are certainly not the words the rest of the Comp field wanted to hear. The battle for the 2006 Lucas Oil Comp Eliminator championship is going to be interesting, very interesting.
Contact: Bob Unkefer, Rodger Brogdon Racing
GILLIAM, La. - Rodger Brogdon’s RoofTec Race team today worked their way towards yet another final round performance in 2006, at the LODRS event contested here this weekend. While the final round results didn’t see the team in the winner’s circle at the conclusion of the event, Rodger was happy with the overall results.
“I knew I had a great reaction time when I let the clutch out, but when it launched, she got all of the starting line. It carried the front end out well past the 60-foot cone, and when it finally set the front end back down, it was just a touch to the right of the groove. Easing it back into the center of the groove cost us some valuable time, and it showed at the stripe coming up just inches short, I thought I had him reeled in.”
Stats from the final round show that the race between the reigning division 4 champ, Brogdon, and the reigning division 5 champ, Michael Johnson, was everything it could possibly be between two championship contenders. Brogdon was better off the line with a .035 to .072 reaction time advantage, but Johnson car prevailed at the stripe with a 60 under, lap in comparison to Rodgers 55 under shot. Crunching all of the performance numbers, Johnson’s F/SMA prevailed by a scant eight thousandths at the finish line stripe, mere inches as the two cars hit the finish line at over 150 miles an hour.
Said Rodger after the race “While we always hate to lose a final round decision, we couldn’t have lost this weekend to any better people. Michael and his parents Cordis and Mary Johnson are some of the best people in the sport. It isn’t often that you give your final round competitor a hug and wish them the best before you climb into your respective cars.”
Next stop on the tour for the RoofTec team will be the LODRS event in Rusk, TX, as the team will miss the NHRA national events in Topeka and Joliet. Best friend and crew chief Pete Smallwood’s daughter graduates the weekend of the Topeka event and Rodger is staying home to attend the ceremonies. Brogdon has also relinquished his Jeg’s AllStars berth at the Joliet, IL event to allow time for the team to prepare for the soon to be delivered Chevy Cobalt AA/SM coming from the EasTexas Race Cars shop. Like Rodger said, “This new car is going to be quick and fast, and we want to be ready to really get after the points chase for the balance of the season. Taking some time now to prepare can only help make the rest of the season go smoother.”
Those words and that plan are certainly not the words the rest of the Comp field wanted to hear. The battle for the 2006 Lucas Oil Comp Eliminator championship is going to be interesting, very interesting.
Contact: Bob Unkefer, Rodger Brogdon Racing
