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Jerry Kumre Jr 713 AA/FD N/FC & A-Fuel Stats Height 5' 10" Weight 175 Birthplace Monterey, CA Background Info Jerry attended his 1st race in 1968 at the age of 1 ½ so to say he grew up around the drags is accurate. He started as a crewman for the SanPaolo Bros. Top Alcohol dragsters before becoming co-crew-chief on the SanPaolo-Blackham S/E dragster. 1995 Graduated from the California Drag Race School 1996 Licensed for NHRA in Super Comp and Super Eliminator (7.90) 1997-1999 West Coast Super Eliminator Assoc. Driver Rookie Of The Year Finished 11th in points missing 2 events and qualified for the Korbel Super Eliminator Shoot-out for top qualifiers. Ran in the NHRA Division 7 Sportsman Series Events 1999 Became a Driver-Partner in Z*S*K Racing Autodesk/Redline Oil NHRA A/Fuel Dragster 2000- 2004 Joined American Eagle Racing on the GoodGuys VRA-Nostalgia Drag Racing Series as a crew member. 2002-2003 Hired to drive Old Broke Dick Racing Nostalgia Dragster, Runner Up at 2003 Nitro Nationals at Sears Point, 7th place in final standings (more information can be viewed at: ( http://chutepack722.tripod.com/) 2003-2004 Hired to drive Faultner MotorSports Nostalgia A/Fuel Dragster, debut at the 2003 NHRA Hot Rod Reunion, scheduled to run the full GoodGuys VRA, Nostalgia Drag Race Series. Car was parked midway through the season. 2004 Drove a single event for Scheele/Jennings Racing in the teams debut in the A/FD Class at the Las Vegas event, Qualified 15th ran a best of 7.19 2004 Drove a single event for Dennis Murphy Racing at the GoodGuys Finals Qualified 5th, reached the Semi-Finals running a best of 6.81 in A/FD. 2005 Selected to drive the Foothill Flyer AA/FD, debuted at the GoodGuys Nitro Nationals after running a single event, the 46th March Meet, for Fred Smith’s A/Fuel Dragster team. 2006-2007 Hired to drive the Eddie Camp Racing Nostalgia A/Fuel Dragster running a best of 6.66 at 210 mph and a semi final finish at the Govenors Cup 2008 Earned Nostalgia Funny Car License 2007-2009 Drove Selected Nostalgia Events in both Top Fuel and Funny Car for, Fugowie Racing, Lenarth Racing, Trouble Maker MotorSports, Ground Zero Racing and HotWheels Crazy Horse Racing. 2010-Current: Hired to drive Dennis Murphy’s new A/FD full time. Finished #10 in 2010 and #3 in 2011 Highlighted with a win at the 2011 opening event SpeedWorld AZ and a runner up in Las Vegas. Finished #3 in 2012 and 2013 Jerry Kumre Jr. currently has in place a co-marketing agreement with several companies and will be representing their products and services. Jerry is also featured in an upcoming Racing Reality-Dragumentry Film titled Fast Lane Summer through Media Group, http://www.fastlanesummer.com/ |
::713 A/FD ~Nostalgia Top Fuel & Funny Car :: |
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