Nitro Dude
Hauler Driver and Cylinder Head Maintenance
It looks like Bob Bode will be back in action starting at the Joliet Il race at the end of June. His last race was at the World Finals in Pomona Ca at the end of last year. Our crew chief has just been to busy this year with his own company and has not been able to go racing. We have landed veteran tuner John Stewart to tune us starting in Joliet. I worked for Stew when he was the crewchief on the F/C that Tim Wilkerson drove in 1998 & 1999 and I am really excited to be able to work with him again. Stew has been in racing for over 45 years and he brings a vast amout of experience and knowledge to the team. He was the youngest driver to receive a Top Fuel license at the age of 16, and is a member of the 5 second club. Stew, has crewed for Joe Amato, Don Prudhomme, Connie Kalitta, Shirley Muldowney, Darrell Gwynn, Shelly Anderson, Cruz Pedregon, and he has been the crew chief for Tim Wilkerson, Dean Skuza, Jim Epler, Bob Vandergriff, the Carrier Boys, and his latest stint was 6 years with the Lucas Oil team where he was team manager and crew chief on the T/F dragsters for Morgan Lucas and Brandon Bernstein. The car that we ran last year doesn't have that many runs on it and we have a brand new one up in the top of the trailer. Bob has ordered a lot of new parts, so the car should run pretty good, and that always makes the season a lot more fun.