Just the beginning

Going to Summit Motorsports Park is always a great experience for Gutierrez Brothers Racing (GBR). “It’s our home away from home track,” says Phil. “We always have an amazing time at Norwalk. The Bader family, NHRA, and Will Tharpe know how to do showmanship!” Not only was the show awesome for fans and crews but GBR had a pretty great race weekend too.

“We have taken the car into a new direction with our tune up and this past weekend it really did what we wanted” says JP. “Each pass went faster throughout qualifying until the 3rd pass where we went 5.25 at 270mph! That was our second fastest pass ever so that felt really good!” GBR qualified 3rd and had to run Taylor Vetter for round one of eliminations. JP was faster on the light and ended up beating Taylor’s 5.33 with a 5.32! Round two GBR had to face up against Julie Nataas. “We made a change before round two and the car clearly didn’t like it. It smoked the tires at the hit and Julie went A to B. Of course we would have loved to win another round but sometimes you have to make a mistake to learn what the car can’t do” says JP.

Besides getting ready for race season the GBR team has also been rebranding the business this year. “This past weekend went well on the track and off. The support we got for taking our business in another direction was unbelievable!” Jp exclaimed.

Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. The schedule posted today shows Friday having qualifying round one at 11:15am and qualifying round two at 2:15pm. Saturday has qualifying round three at 9:30am and round one of eliminations at 11:15am. Sunday will be round two of eliminations at 12:50pm, semi finals at 2:30pm and finals at 3:15pm. If you need to buy tickets still CLICK HERE. If you can’t make it out to the races make sure you follow our FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM for all the results and up to date information!!