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Gardella Racing is a sport compact racing team founded in 2001 by Howell, New Jersey native Gary Gardella. Gardella started racing on a drag race, at Englishtown Raceway Park. He then started moving into chassis, engine and motor program modifications. In the beginning, all team members were voluntary. Some of those early team members included, Jon Perry, Jason Smith and Kemel Campbell. After several successes, Gardella was able to hire a full-time crew chief, Jon Perry. Gardella Racing has been involved in sport compact racing, drifting and Road Racing. ==Drag Racing History== NHRA Sport Compact Drag Racing and NDRA racing were the pinnacle for the grassroots drag racer in the 2000s. Gardella made his debut in the NHRA Sport Compact Drag Racing Series in 2001. He qualified sixth and faced Angela Proudfoot, with crew chief Chris Neidemire, in the first round. This was his first-ever NHRA elimination-round win. In 2002, Gardella ran and qualified at all five NHRA races he competed at. At the end of the season he finished eight in the final point standings. Running in the Hot Rod category Gardella raced at nine events and earned his first two career wins. His first win, that earned him the coveted NHRA Wally trophy, came at Gainesville Raceway, and the second win was in Englishtown. At the same event in Englishtown Gardella ran the first ever 8.4 second 180-mph run in the Hot Rod category. Overall he finished third in the driver standings. In 2004 Gardella Racing ran in both NHRA Sport Compact Racing and NDRA. He continued his wins with one in NHRA at Atco, NJ. He finished second in both NHRA and NDRA series'. Three wins in 2005 vaulted Gardella to the runner-up position in NHRA Sport Compact Drag Racing. He won at Atco Raceway, Bandimere Speedway and Moroso Motorsports Park. Gardella also finished the NDRA as season champion in Pro 4 Cylinder. Overall he finished the two series' events with 14 wins in 16 final-round appearances. A jump to Pro FWD happened in 2006 for Gardella Racing. GM jumped on board with factory support on a new Chevy Cobalt. The car was powerful and consistent, but Gardella could not repeat the success of the 2005 season. He had one runner-up finish at Atco Speedway. In 2007 he entered the season with a brand-new purpose-built full-tube chassis racecar. GM continued their support, and a new title sponsor came on board: Red Bull. After a disappointing first-half of the NHRA season, Gardella came back strongly in the second half and won the season championship in Pro FWD. With the championship in hand, Gardella added to the honors by being named "Driver of the Year" by (UrbanRacer.com ). Sadly, the sport compact drag racing world lost the Pro FWD category forever after the 2008 season. In 2008, Gardella Racing tried the 1/8-mile racing of ADRL series. The rear wheel-drive race cars were no match for the Gardella Racing FWD Cobalt. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gardella Racing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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