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Special from McGunegill Engine
Performance
McGunegill
Engines Sweep Top-Five at the Winchester 400
MEP Power Leads
Lawler to Record-Setting Pole, Race Win and Plenty More Accolades
CONCORD,
NC (October 18, 2007)
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The Winchester 400
is one of the most grueling races on equipment in all of short track
asphalt racing. Four-hundred laps around a high-banked,
lightning-fast half-mile track like Winchester can take its toll on
engines, not to mention on suspensions and body panels.
In order to
succeed in a Super Late Model in the Winchester 400, there must be a
 powerful,
yet durable, engine beneath the hood of the car. A balance of speed
and strength will lead to victory lane.
In the case of
McGunegill Engine Performance engines, speed and strength not only led
to victory lane in the October 13th running of the
Winchester 400, but it meant for a sweep of the top-five finishing
positions in one of the toughest Super Late Model races in the
country.
The top-five sweep
for McGunegill customers proves that McGunegill Engine Performance has
the most successful and durable engines in asphalt short track racing
and has both racers and fans alike buzzing about their performance.
“The Winchester
400 is one of the most brutal races there is. Durability is the key,”
said DeWaine McGunegill of McGunegill Engine Performance. “That race
reflects what our company’s motto is…you must first finish to finish
first. That’s what is the strong suit of our McGunegill sealed Super
Late Model engine. It is very dependable, and it will get you to the
finish line.
“But still, it’s
really just sinking in now just how great of a weekend it was. The
phone has been ringing off the hook with customers and different
manufacturers congratulating us on the weekend. What was really
special to me was a fan stopped me while I was leaving the racetrack.
He said, ‘aren’t you Mr. McGunegill?’ He said, ‘I just want to thank
you for helping short track racing and for building an affordable
engine that will perform for the racer.’
“Right there, that
meant a lot to me because we love asphalt racing. That’s our goal, to
keep people racing. When a fan can see that, that means a lot to us.”
The McGunegill
sealed engine helped Ryan Lawler set fast time in qualifying for the
Winchester 400 with a track record speed. Then, in the 400-lap
feature, Lawler was able to back up his qualifying effort with a
winning performance. Behind Lawler, second-place finisher Johnny Van
Doorn also had a McGunegill power plant beneath the hood. As did
third-place David Stremme, the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series star, who was
returning to his short track racing roots in the Winchester 400.
Both Van Doorn and
Stremme joined Lawler on the podium with McGunegill engines beneath
the hood, with fourth-place Rick Turner and fifth-place Terry Fisher,
Jr., in tow, all with McGunegill power.
The winning car of
Lawler was built by legendary racecar chassis builder Robert Hamke, as
was Stremme’s third-place machine. Both Hamke, as a car builder, and
Stremme as a racer, have been around short track racing for years and
can have their pick of the litter when it comes to engines. That’s
why both rely on McGunegill engines.
“It means a lot
that guys like Robert and David run our engines in their racecars,”
added McGunegill. “It gives us a lot of satisfaction because Robert
Hamke is a legend. David Stremme is an Indiana native, and I have a
lot of respect for him. When David called and questioned about an
engine, he had heard good things about it. I was just excited to know
that he wanted to run one of our engines and we are really excited to
see him perform well with it.”
The Winchester 400
kicked off a stretch of prestigious Super Late Model year-end events
that also includes races such as the Mason-Dixon Meltdown, the
All-American 400 and the Snowball Derby. With a sweep of the top-five
finishers in the Winchester 400, McGunegill customers are leading the
way into the tough season-ending races throughout the country.
“I started
planning early, back in July, for these races. We’ve been preparing
for when it comes down to these big, late-season shows and when we’ve
got to have all of our customers prepared for them. We make sure that
every customer is going to have the best product they can have for
these shows. We prepare all year long for these big end-of-the-season
shows like this because we want to see our customers do well in them.”
Contact McGunegill
Engine Performance for more information on how
McGunegill sealed motors can step up any Super Late Model racer’s
program affordable price. Give them a call at 765-282-1913 and check
them out online at
www.mcgunegillengine.com
For more
information on McGunegill Engine Performance, contact Matt Kentfield
at 704-788-2134 x 5.
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