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Toliver Hopes to Turn Test Success into Victory at U.S. Nationals Numbers can be deceiving. Take a look at last week's Funny Car test session results from O'Reilly Motorsports Park and notice Jerry Toliver's quickest elapsed time was fifth ...

Edited: Aug 31, 2007, 2:37 AM

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Toliver Hopes to Turn Test Success into Victory at U.S. Nationals

Numbers can be  deceiving. Take a look at last week's Funny Car test session
results from  O'Reilly Motorsports Park and notice Jerry Toliver's quickest
elapsed time was  fifth best (4.995 seconds).

And he did it without really  trying.  It was, in fact, the only full
1320-foot run he  made.

"We weren't looking for quarter-mile results then, because we were testing," said the enthusiastic owner/driver of the ROCKSTAR Toyota Solara. "Our crew chief, Dale Armstrong, was concentrating on improving our incremental times from 60 to 330 feet. During the three-day test, we made 15 laps and ran really well.

"It was more preparing for the  (Mac Tools) U.S. Nationals because this is
the race we all want to win more than  any other. We opted to test and we are
all very pleased with the  outcome."

Toliver's team joined the POWERade Series fracas four  races into the 23-race
marathon.  One of the problem areas Armstrong  defined was the Toyota's need
for quicker early-track numbers.  "The car's  performance from 60 to 330 is
very important," explained Toliver.  "It's a  critical part of the track if
you want to run winning elapsed  times."

After addressing several other trouble spots and fine-tuning everything else, the driver from Temecula, Calif., said his team is "ready to go. We are looking forward to good things at Indy."

The number Toliver would like most on Labor Day is 4 -- like four round wins.

Toliver does have one more qualifying session than usual in NHRA's most prestigious event.

-credit: jtr

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