This last year made a huge difference on our Toyota Camry. As I mentioned before in my last blog, our first two years were a struggle. As with any new team, building a competitive, winning operation takes time — finding the right people, clutch set up, and so on.
All this hard work has finally paid off, and I am proud to say we have just won our second race in just four races this season. Two out of four is pretty good for a team that only made it to one final and a handful of semifinal rounds in two and a half years on the pro circuit — not to mention running a career best and female world record with a 3.997-second run in our season opener at the Auto Club raceway in Pomona, Calif.
Our crew chiefs, Tommy DeLago and Glen Huszar, joined the team at the beginning of last year. We had a good year with Del Worsham at the helm in 2012, but there was a shift in the Kalitta Motorsports camp and Del was asked to drive the DHL Funny Car. Full Story