{"id":1,"date":"2012-06-21T12:11:18","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T12:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2012-07-04T05:02:28","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T05:02:28","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Season Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mid-Season Review<\/strong><\/h3>\n

NHRA\u2019s 2012 Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season schedule hit the halfway mark during last weekend\u2019s Toyota Super Nationals held at Englishtown NJ. So far it\u2019s been quite a ride for Edmonton\u2019s Todd Lesenko within his first full year in the brutally tough fuel FC category\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Todd Lesenko<\/p><\/div>\n

There is no denying that after a very rapid start to the 2012 season; Lesenko\u2019s racing fortunes have taken a turn. In more recent times a string of DNQ event efforts have dashed his standings in the points chase, and placing outside the field last weekend (17th<\/sup> at E-Town 4.267 secs) did not help matters.<\/p>\n

But For Lesenko and his Jim Dunn Racing teammates the future truly does look bright and optimism continues to ooze from within. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately in recent times the nitro Gods have not been all that kind to us,\u201d Todd reflected. \u201cWe have had some issues with getting a handle on our clutch. The motor has been loading too far down and dropping cylinders. We think we have that figured out now however and we are working on getting our tune-up in the car to coordinate with the clutch.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is all part of the learning curve however,\u201d Todd continued. \u201cWhere we race there is very fast fields and there is really no sneaking into any shows. Racing at this level requires you have to be both aggressive and on your game plan \u2014 just to qualify. That\u2019s the ongoing challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lesenko added that part of the team\u2019s issue is the reality that they have not done any testing this year to date. All of their runs have been contained within NHRA race events and race conditions only.<\/p>\n

Going forward however there are some big things on the horizon for fans to watch for. The team will be announcing some additional new sponsorships and they will have a new look and major car change in time for NHRA\u2019s annual Western Swing this summer beginning with Denver’s Mopar Mile High Nationals (check back for more information on that soon!)<\/p>\n

Posted by: Bruce Biegler \u2013 Photo by: Bruce Biegler www.DragRaceCanada.com<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mid-Season Review NHRA\u2019s 2012 Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season schedule hit the halfway mark during last weekend\u2019s Toyota Super Nationals held at Englishtown NJ. So far it\u2019s been quite a ride for Edmonton\u2019s Todd Lesenko within his first full year in the brutally tough fuel FC category\u2026. There is no denying that after a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}