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Phil Smida II in the Winner’s Circle

Phil Smida II, Crew Chief Pro customer, wins 2013 U.S. Nationals Super Gas

Phil Smida II and his Wally

Crew Chief Pro customer Phil Smida II won the Super Gas class at the 2013 U.S. Nationals. We send our CONGRATULATIONS to Phil and family for a fantastic job winning the biggest race of the year.

Crew Chief Pro also wants to congratulations Phil for his 2013 Division 3 Championship in Super Street.

Phil wrote: “It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to be successful. I am proud to say I clinched the NHRA division 3 Super Street championship using your Crew Chief Pro Software. With the way my year started out at Indy and with my accident at Norwalk, I would have never guessed I would have accomplished the things I did this season. This year was a true test on how bad I wanted to be successful and never give up. The countless hours of testing to find the right combination finally paid off, thank you for your help this year.”

Is this very successful Junior racer headed for the Pros?

12 year old drag racer may move to pros. Allysia Vaultonburg is 12 years old and racing is her passion. She starting racing junior dragsters when she was 8 years old in Havana, IL at Central Illinois Dragway. The past two seasons we have started traveling quite a bit throughout the season which has made Allysia into the driver she is today.

She follows the Midwest Junior Super Series which consisted of 6 races this year, but they were only able to attend 5. Allysia ended up 2nd in the 8.90 index class out of 42 total participants in that class. Allysia has represented CID at the Division 3 Finals in the Race of Champions for 10-12 year old’s for the past two years. Last season with a quarter final finish, this year she was runner up in that race. Allysia’s dream of course is to race professionally. She has a good head on her shoulder’s and plans to attend college and focus on motorsports engineering. She is a straight A student with a 4.0 gpa in the 6th grade. Typically if Allysia is not studying for school she is usually watching drag racing videos on You Tube or practicing on the practice tree.

During the off season Allysia participates in the NASP (national archery in schools program). Last year was the first year it was offered and Allysia had never picked up a bow until October of that school year. Practice started in January and by April Allysia had placed 4th in the state of Illinois for 5th grade girls earning her a trip to the National meet. The Canton High School team qualified for the World meet and invited Allysia to join their team at the NASP World Finals where she placed in the top 12 of the high school team and as an individual ranked 40th in the world for 5th grade girls.

We at Crew Chief Software congratulate her progress and look forward watching her in the future.

Finish Line Manager

This is an excellent tool for improving your top end driving. Crew Chief Pro Finish Line Manager tells you exactly where your car should be in relationship to your competitor at the 330ft, 660ft, 1000ft timers, and even at the MPH Cone to win the race. Example of information: you should be 12 feet back at the 330ft, 5 feet back at the 1/8th Mile, 6 Feet back at the 1000ft, and 2 feet 3 inches back at the MPH cone if your going to take the stripe.

We even print it out, as below.

The Night the Higgins Swept all Classes

This was Michelle Higgins first time racing. She bracket raced her street car in the No Box ET class. Her race was six rounds which is a long race for a new driver. She won! That same night I won the Quick 32 bracket as well. We finished late into the night and had a blast! She claims she wants to retire from racing with a perfect Winning record now and just be my official Crew Chief.

— Don Higgins

Crew Chief Pro 7.60 makes it easier to see your average reaction time in both lanes.

Crew Chief Pro 7.50 now has added Average Reaction Time, Average 60 foot times, Average ETs, and Average MPH as well. in Both Left and Right Lanes to the bottom of the SEARCH Screen. Every time you click on SEARCH, Crew Chief Pro will show you the average reaction time in both lanes. CLICK ON THE PICTURE BELOW to View the Search Screen.

On our Log Book Screens and Printout we will show you the differences between the runs in all critical areas. CLICK ON THE PICTURE BELOW to View the Log Book Screen.

Junior Dragsters – Does your Car Speed Up in Hot Weather?

Attention Junior Dragster racers!

Crew Chief Pro Jr. has changed the Factors for your type of racing. If your car speeds up when the temperature gets hotter then this update will be very important to you.Here is how it works, on the Factors TAB there is a drop down list of Fuel Types. We added Junior Dragster on Alcohol AND the Junior 12.90 factors.

Use the PRINT Button on the right to print the Existing factors before you change to this option. After selecting Junior Dragster on Alcohol then click RESET FACTORS on the bottom right, Save the Factors and test it. If you have a 12.90 car then call me for suggestions on factors.

Remember, If it is important to you, then it is important to us.

Division 1 Champion IHRA

Grayson Murpy Corvette

In 2009 I got back into drag racing and got a little carried away with it. I raced back in the seventies and thought I knew a lot about it. I soon realized that I didn’t know much at all. We were struggling in our racing effort until I found your program and it sure did make a big difference, we finished first in division one in IHRA in 2011 and 2012.I sure have enjoyed using this program. I have five cars that we campaign in top sportsman and all are sixty three corvette split window style cars.

Grayson Murphy