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Keith Haney ready to strike back in Rockingham with Notorious

Keith Haney is ready for a little payback during this weekend's PDRA Spring Nationals at Rockingham Dragway.

At the season-opener at Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park, Haney lost on a holeshot, the day after he lost a special match race against North Carolina native Jay Cox.

That has only motivated Haney and his Keith Haney Racing team to strike back with their Lucas Oil/RacingJunk.com Chevrolet Pro Nitrous race car.

"We're talking about Notorious," Haney said. "It's coming out to take care of business in North Carolina. She got slapped around a little bit in Tulsa by the North Carolina guy. Now it's time for the Tulsa guy to get back at them in their backyard."

Haney's team, led by tuner Brandon Switzer and Brandon Pesz, is also fired up to get a little revenge.

"We had a good weekend in Tulsa, just not what I wanted," Haney said. "There's nothing wrong with anything, nothing wrong with the team. We haven't touched the motor, the car, nothing.

"I've got to get back on my A-game. I've been sleeping on the wheel a little and maybe taking the other drivers for granted. I've got to get back on my A-game. The goal is obviously to win. We have the car, we have the team, we have the people. There's no reason we can't."

Rockingham Dragway is one of the iconic racetracks on the PDRA tour, nestled in the Sandhills of the state.

"I'm exciting about Rockingham," Haney said. "It's one of my favorite tracks ever. There's something about it I like. I don't know what it is, but I like it."

Haney returns to the driver's seat of one of his KHR cars after missing the Radial Revenge Tour race at Tulsa last weekend to golf in a charity tournament with his longtime business partner. Pesz drove Haney's speedy Drag Radial car -- the fifth-quickest Drag Radial car in the world -- in Tulsa.

"We had a record weekend in Tulsa," Haney said. "Tulsa is now officially the fastest dragstrip in the world in just about every single category, for PDRA to the Radial world. We've broken record after record after record. Now it's time for me to go to other tracks and try to do it with my race team."

Sponsors Lucas Oil, RacingJunk.com, Switzer Dynamics, Pesz Performance & Tuning, Reher-Morrison, M&M Transmission, and Menscer Motorsports Shocks help make Haney's PDRA team possible, and he continues to appreciate the support from wife Dee and children Timber, Alex, Madison, and Logan.

Haney's family of car dealerships includes Suburban Chevrolet in Claremore; Classic Chevrolet in Owasso, Okla.; Miami Auto Supercenter in Miami, Okla.; Regional Hyundai in Broken Arrow, Okla.; Nissan of Muskogee, Okla.; and Bartlesville (Okla.) Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram.

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