NHRA

Memphis: Bob Tasca III preview

TASCA AND MOTORCRAFT/QUICK LANE RACING TEAM LOOKING TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS IN MEMPHIS DEARBORN, MI -- September 30, 2009 -- The Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing team, led by driver Bob Tasca III, consider Memphis the turning point in their quest of ...

Edited: Oct 8, 2009, 2:27 AM

Copy link

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

TASCA AND MOTORCRAFT/QUICK LANE RACING TEAM LOOKING TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS IN MEMPHIS

DEARBORN, MI -- September 30, 2009 -- The Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing team, led by driver Bob Tasca III, consider Memphis the turning point in their quest of their first NHRA Countdown to 1 championship title.

Entering the third race of a four-week road trip, the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing ramps up its efforts knowing that every point matters with four races left on the schedule. Tasca is fifth in series standings and 71 points behind leader Robert Hight, approximately two-and-a-half rounds out of the top spot.

"Memphis has positioned itself as a make it or break it race," said Tasca. "You've got six races to win the championship and we'll be half way through it at Memphis. You need to be in the top three or four coming out of Memphis. It's a race that I'm looking forward to get to this weekend."

The team is looking to break out of their second round loss blues in Memphis. Tasca and crew chiefs Chris Cunningham and Marc Denner learn more every week and hope that knowledge will pay results. Known for their preference of hot tracks, the trio knows that Memphis can be challenging, especially entering the fall season.

"The best crew chiefs and the best teams are the ones that can adapt," said Tasca. "They can learn at the race track what needs to be done to put the team in a position to win. All season Chris, Marc and the guys have given me a Mustang that can win. We've won. We'll win again and for our team and our championship hopes, we need a win or some final rounds in the next four races."

MEMPHIS RACE NOTES

- Tasca qualified 16th during last year's event at Memphis and lost in the first round to Ashley Force Hood.

- Tasca is fifth in points heading into the 21st race of the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. Tasca is 71 points behind leader Robert Hight.

-credit: tasca/motorcraft

We want your opinion!

What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?

Take our 5 minute survey.

- The Motorsport.com Team

Read and post comments

Share Or Save This Story

Copy link

Share on Viber

Previous article Ferrari announcement on signing Alonso

Next article Kansas: Wood Brothers Racing preview

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

Latest news

IndyCar 2026 season review: ECR

IndyCar

Indy IndyCar 33 min

IndyCar 2026 season review: ECR

Toto Wolff reflects on Mercedes’ non-title years: ‘We weren’t complete losers’

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Sao Paulo GP

49 min

Toto Wolff reflects on Mercedes’ non-title years: ‘We weren’t complete losers’

Renger van der Zande moves to IMSA’s LMP2 class full-time with Tower Motorsports

IMSA

IMSA IMSA 1 h

Renger van der Zande moves to IMSA’s LMP2 class full-time with Tower Motorsports

Nick Sanchez will compete for 2027 NASCAR Truck title with McAnally-Hilgemann

NASCAR Truck

NSTR NASCAR Truck

Homestead

1 h

Nick Sanchez will compete for 2027 NASCAR Truck title with McAnally-Hilgemann

Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.

From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.

You have 2 options:

Become a subscriber.
Disable your adblocker.

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts