Holding steady in the NHRA Top Five Funny Car standings, Cruz Pedregon and team are looking forward to showing what the Snap-on® "Makers and Fixers" Dodge® SRT® Hellcat® can do in Thunder Valley.

“Our qualifying efforts prove we’re fast. We’re right on the cusp of really breaking through, and I believe we’re going to bust through one of these days soon. We have the speed; we just need to keep maintaining that consistency throughout the event. And we plan to make that happen at Bristol Dragway," says Cruz. "We took some time to regroup after a strong showing at Epping.  J.C. (John Collins), Rip (Reynolds) and I made a trip to Las Vegas to make some noise in the desert firing up our back-up car for Snap-on’s SuperSpeedway contest winners and franchisees at Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club. It was a great way to spend the weekend off, and we even got to talk racing with Formula Drift drivers Chris Forsberg and Ryan Tuerck.”

When he gets to Bristol, Cruz and team will host 150 associates from Snap-on’s Elizabethton, Tennessee manufacturing facility. The Elizabethton plant manufactures the hand tools Cruz’s pit crew relies on every weekend racing. He’s visited their plant as well as shops in the area with this week’s Nitro Franchisee Bivins Giddens, whose name is on the side of his car this week. Bivins worked in route sales for a major brand before deciding he “wanted to be his own boss” and investing in a Snap-on franchise. He says he enjoys interacting with his customers and helping them solve problems. If you’re one of the Makers and Fixers relying on hand tools in your work, be sure to share your story at makersandfixers.com.

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