AMERICUS, Ga. - During a whirlwind rookie year in the NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) Full Throttle Series, Sovereign-Star Racing's Scotty Pollacheck honored the team with a No. 7 finish in the Countdown to the Championship and a finalist nomination for the 2012 Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award, among his many other accomplishments throughout the 2012 racing season.

Pollacheck and his S&S Cycle powered XB12R Buell qualified at all 16 Pro Stock Motorcycle events, ending on a high note with his best qualifying position of No. 3 at the AAA Auto Club NHRA World Finals in Pomona, Calif. He also claimed 12 elimination round wins and made his way to the impressive No. 5 position in the Countdown to the Championship.

"Overall, just to be able to say that we qualified for all the races and that we always did our job as a team is a major accomplishment in itself. On top of that, I feel like we were competitive. We qualified for every race, and in the end we were competitive with the Hectors and much closer to the Harleys. Plus, improving on career bests two or three different times is also nice. We actually started that the first day the team assembled for test and tune in Valdosta," Pollacheck said.

Pollacheck claimed his current career best and the Star Racing team best 6.859-second Elapsed Time (ET) at the NHRA Finals in Pomona and a best 1.03-second 60-foot time at the Sonoma Nationals in Sonoma, Calif., that topped Star Racing's 25-year career in NHRA competition.  

"Before going into this season, I think that I was pretty well versed on the competition side of things as far as being used to high pressure situations in racing, but I definitely think that I improved this season as a racer as far as technique and getting the motorcycle down the track in the correct way.