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“Antron was the first one to kind of start the cycle there, so we leaned on to Antron a lot at the beginning. “Those two in particular were a very, very, very large help,” he said. Stewart credits new fellow NHRA team owners Antron Brown and Ron Capps with helping him get his own NHRA team up and running. It's the action really the majority of the actions in the pit versus the majority of the action being on the racetrack like we see it in NASCAR now.” It is a polar opposite of what we're used to seeing, or what I'm used to seeing, I should say, versus what we do on the NHRA side. “That's something that's a big draw to those guys. And for a lot of our partners being able to see the work going on. So we can have that same entertainment, but in a different form. That's why we have the hospitality rigs in our pit areas. I mean, those cars are only going to run two, they're only going to be there two minutes at a time, and the rest of the time they're going to be back in the pit. “Where the NHRA side is drastically different. And it's a really good platform for that. They go up into a suite and get to watch the race from a suite. “Where a Cup race you bring your customers, you bring your people, your executives, they get to go down on pit road before the race.

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That seems to be the biggest thing that we see.īoth TSR drivers won the NHRA Fallnationals in Texas. “I think it just depends on how they want to activate. “I think it's a little different,” Stewart said. “That even made it a more special weekend than it already was.”Īs for attracting new sponsors to the NHRA team. MORE FROM FORBES Nascar Legend Tony Stewart To Make NHRA Debut In Vegas By Greg Engle Leah’s dragster carried a Mobil 1 paint scheme. Mobil 1 signed on for the NHRA season with TSR in Top Fuel and that was rewarded when both team’s Top Fuel drivers, Leah and Matt Hagan recently won in Texas at the NHRA Fall nationals. “It was something that made sense for a one race deal and, and they got a ton of press from it, which made me feel good.” (Photo by Jeff Speer/LVMS/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Icon Sportswire via Getty Images does a burnout prior to his second qualifying run at the NHRA Nevada Nationals on October 28, 2022, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, NV. LAS VEGAS, NV - OCTOBER 28: Tony Stewart (314 TA) Mobil 1 McPhillips Racing Top Alcohol Dragster. “And I said, ‘Hey, you guys want to be a part of this?’ I said, ‘I think it'll get a bunch of media attention and it's not a big spend.’

“One of the biggest things that happened was when I got the opportunity to run the alcohol car at Vegas a year ago,” Stewart said. Because of that relationship It took little convincing to have them join Stewart when he raced a top alcohol (a lower class than top fuel) dragster in 2022. Mobil 1 a synthetic motor oil owned by ExxonMobil has been with Stewart since he joined Stewart-Haas Racing. One of the things Stewart has been able to carry over from NASCAR to the NHRA is a legacy sponsor. It's this way in all aspects of it whether it's the NASCAR program, sprint car program, an NHRA program, having the right people in the right positions is absolutely one of the biggest keys.” So when you have a group that's that small, it's very, very important. And when I say small company, I mean, each of these teams has eight to nine people on them. And that becomes even more critical when you have a small company. “It's attention to detail and it's people, it's hiring the right people to do the right jobs. “Yeah, absolutely,” Stewart said chuckling. (Photo by Mike Comer/Getty Images) Getty ImagesĪnd while there are differences between the NHRA and NASCAR when it comes to the number of people and the costs there are similarities. portrait at the zMAX Dragway on Octoin Concord, North Carolina. CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 14: (L-R) Matt Hagan, Tony Stewart, and Leah Pruett stand for a.

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