AMERICUS, Ga. - The next five weeks will be especially challenging for the Sovereign-Star Racing Team as they prepare and field two Pro Stock motorcycles in the four upcoming races of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. The team will race this weekend at the O'Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by Super Start Batteries in Chicago, Ill.

During the past four weeks since the NHRA SuperNationals in Englishtown, the crew has made some significant improvements to the program to prepare for a demanding schedule taking them from Illinois to Ohio, then out to Colorado and California.  

"This is our first back-to-back race where the truck and team leave and won't come back for two races," team co-owner George Bryce said. "We're basically looking at four races in only five weeks, and from a preparation standpoint this could be a nightmare for our team or it could be our best advantage. We've ramped up our R&D efforts with the bikes to find more power and basically dynoed our butts off these past few weeks!"

The team's two rookie racers, John Hall and Scotty Pollacheck, have qualified at every race, won four rounds in four races and remained consistently in the top 10 points standings. They are now looking to take their team to the next level.

"I think what we should be shooting for and thinking about is to be the fastest Buell out there," Pollacheck said. "I don't know what would happen with the Harley situation, but if we could be faster than the other Buells and Suzukis in the field, that would be making serious progress."

Hall said, "Going rounds would be the next step because we haven't been able to put a string of rounds together. Of course we want to win - that's a given - but we also need to concentrate on the rounds and qualifying in the top half, which makes Sunday a little bit easier and puts you in a better position to win."