“We did so well with our Pro Extreme car in Europe in 2014 that I plan to run
as many PDRA events as I can in Pro Extreme next year,” relayed Flamholc. “We’ll
run as much as we can in Sweden as well. Every year it’s been like that for the
last four or five years. We probably do 25 races a year.”
Flamholc not only serves as pilot for the team, but handles the roles of Crew
Chief and engine builder as well. Their supercharger is provided by Mike Janis.
“Our U.S. Team is only three or four guys,” Flamholc added. “We work hard. We
try to keep it not too big. It’s easier to have control over it. The same guy
does the same thing every time.
“It makes more sense to have two cars that are similar so I can share data
from what we’re doing over here in the U.S. with what we’re doing in Sweden and
vice versa.”
While Flamholc plans to keep much the same between his two racing operations,
he admits that there are differences between racing on the separate continents.
“The big difference is that drag racing in Europe is not at all as big as drag
racing here. So most of the tracks in Europe are old airfields that some
organization bought and fixed up and is organizing racing on. So they’re
basically all asphalt tracks. It’s harder to race over in Europe. You can’t go
as fast as you do over here. So doing what I do is quite a big difference. If we
run into tricky track conditions [here in the US], it can be an advantage to
have the data from European racing.
“We bought a really, really good car. Brandon [Snider, previous car owner]
was racing a similar setup and a similar budget as what we have, so I hope that
we can run well. The class is competitive, of course, but I really hope we can
be among the top eight teams just like always.”
Flamholc plans to start his U.S. season with the PDRA opener at the Texas
Motorplex in Ennis, Tx. March 20-21,
2015. Updates and additional information on Flamholc Racing can be found
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www.flamholcracing.com.