Once he arrived at O’Reilly Raceway Park, he was shuttled to a Driver’s meeting before he could even put his briefcase down, and then it was a press conference for the eight drivers who made the Skoal Showdown — a $100,000 race-within-a-race to be contested on Sunday afternoon. I mean, this is my first year owning a Funny Car team, and we made it to the Countdown and the Skoal Showdown. To top it off, as he pulled to the line for his lone qualifying pass of the day, there was an amazing ceremony unveiling a unique, Chip Foose-designed tribute car Ashley will drive only at the U. Nationals and then the car will be auctioned off at the Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction in Scottsdale, Ariz. read more
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