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Chris McGaha is one of the few people who have been able to produce wins while combating some of the big guns in NHRA\u2019s Pro Stock class.<\/p>\n
The driver of Harlow Samoans\u2019 Chevrolet Camaro in the Mello Yello pro series was a bright spot in the 2017 24-race campaign, earning victory in the Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte and securing a ninth place result for the season, despite racing in only 19 of last season\u2019s races.<\/p>\n
With the intent of running all 24 events on the 2018 docket, Odessa, Texas\u2019 McGaha is ramping up his program with the addition of crew chief Adam Hornberger, who most recently served as crew chief with Allen Johnson\u2019s team and has worked with Jeg Coughlin Jr and Mike Edwards prior to joining the Johnson family squad.<\/p>\n
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The winner of five NHRA Pro Stock Wally trophies in eight final rounds, McGaha acknowledged the need to advance his program if he wanted to contest every race this year. \u201cAdam is adding knowledge to our team that we\u2019ve never had before, especially with shock packages. That\u2019s really cool,\u201d McGaha said, \u201cbecause I know nothing about that stuff! I know a lot about my Camaro but his knowledge about shocks is huge. That\u2019ll only help our team moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hornberger, a Reading, Penn. native, is looking forward to working on a Chevrolet Camaro again, after tuning Johnson\u2019s Mopar Dodge Dart the past three seasons, finishing eighth in last year\u2019s standings.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t care what manufacturer a racecar is, because a racecar is a racecar to me. In saying that, though, I had a very good season and start to my career while tuning a Camaro; I\u2019m excited to get back out there and into the swing of running a car the way I like to run it,\u201d Hornberger said.<\/p>\n
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Always a courteous owner\/driver, McGaha went out of his way to thank Modern Racing\u2019s Justin Elkes, who helped him the past few years. \u201cHe\u2019s devoting more of his time to Modern Racing so he won\u2019t be out there with us this year, but we will still have access to him if and when we need it. Justin really helped our program and we can\u2019t thank him enough.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series gets underway the second weekend of February, Feb. 8-11, with the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals, held on the Auto Club Raceway at Pomona dragstrip. Most teams will travel to the second venue of the season, Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park outside Phoenix, for testing the week prior to the start of the season.<\/p>\n
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