AMERICUS, Ga. - The AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals this weekend, Sept. 20-22, will present a special opportunity for Sovereign-Star Racing driver No. 4 Michael Ray to relive his first career win from last season as he and teammate No. 5 Scotty Pollacheck compete at Texas Motorplex in Dallas, Texas.

This weekend's event marks the second of six races in the NHRA Countdown to the Championship and is also the second of four back-to-back race weekends in Charlotte, N.C.; Dallas, Texas; St. Louis, Mo.; and Reading, Pa.

As the Sovereign-Star Racing crew heads out on the road for the next three weeks, their first stop will be Texas Motorplex in Dallas where Ray claimed the first NHRA national event win of his career in 2012 while also breaking the Harley-Davidson Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines team's 16-race winning streak.

Instead of focusing on all the hype surrounding his win from last year, Ray hopes to channel the positive energy from that experience to focus on another win at his home track this year.

"There's definitely going be a lot of media attention toward it, especially since we've had so much success this year with the Sovereign-Star team. It'll be fun to go back home, and I know my way to victory lane there. We just want to seize the moment and enjoy it. It was great winning last year, but you have to keep pushing forward because nothing in the rearview mirror is going to help you go anywhere," Ray said.

So far during the 2013 NHRA season, the S&S Cycle-powered Sovereign-Star Racing Buell motorcycles have claimed two NHRA national event wins, five final round appearances, two No. 1 qualifying positions, two low ETs of the event, and a new track speed record.

The team is expecting good performance numbers at Dallas after qualifying No. 2 and claiming the low ET of the day during final eliminations at Charlotte last weekend.