Now that we have our first race of the season behind us, we are focusing on our second stop this weekend in Phoenix. It’s great to see a good forecast after the wet weekend we had in Pomona. Unfortunately, a supercharged, nitro-burning funny car and rain don’t go well together. Unlike other forms of racing, we can’t put on rain tires. Traction is a key to success in the sport of drag racing. Can’t forget we need traction to slow down at the end of a 300-mph run.

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As we head west to the first race of the 2009 season in Pomona this weekend, it will be a year since I’ve had my 300 mph explosion at this event.

Naturally, I’m being asked if it bothers me to go back after an incident where I caught on fire and landed on every news channel because of it. To be honest, I never thought twice about getting back in the car. I believe mentally, race car drivers are like athletes in the way they think. I don’t believe we’re daredevils. Race car drivers…. (Read the rest of the story at Fox News)