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Post by Franko10 ™ on Nov 13, 2004 12:33:37 GMT -5
8/30/2004 : Cohen's concentrating of qualifying the CMKXtreme Pro Stock Bike in Indy
INDIANAPOLIS, pre-race: Its been a season full of highs and lows for CMKXtreme Pro Stock Bike rider Connie Cohen, but the Connecticut resident will be seeking to turn her luck around Labor Day weekend at the world's largest drag race, the 50th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals. Cohen will be looking to qualify for her second race of the 2004 POWERade season as the most competitive group of bikes seen all year converge on 'The Big Go' in search of fame and glory.
Cohen's racing career received a tremendous reversal of future when she met Canadian Urban Casavant, founder and current Chairman of the Board of CMKM Diamonds, and his brother Ron Casavant. In June she signed CMKXtreme Racing as a major sponsor for the remainder of the 2004 season. Cohen, led by her crew chief and husband Marc Cohen, immediately started turning things around with their Suzuki GSXR. In her fourth race representing CMKX Cohen qualified in Sonoma for her first NHRA national event in 44 starts.
Cohen is no stranger to racing two-wheeled demons down the quarter-mile. She spent five successful seasons competing on AHDRA circuit before she began racing on the NHRA tour in 1998. She also holds the distinction of being the only woman to qualify a Pro Stock Harley-Davidson at an NHRA sanctioned event when she made the field at the non-points earning Winston Showdown in Bristol, Tenn. in 2000.
"We've had some mechanical gremlins bite us at the last two races but we tested in Indy prior to the U.S. Nationals and I'm confident my husband Marc can get the performance of the CMKXtreme Suzuki sorted out," said Cohen. "It's important for us to make a good showing at Indy and finish the 2004 season on a positive note."
Cohen has competed at all 11 completed races on the POWERade Drag Racing Series Pro Bike schedule this season and currently sits 20th in the NHRA national point standings with four events remaining. "We are working very hard to qualify at the last four races of the season and end the year on a high note," said Cohen after testing in Indy this past week. "We want to finish the season running strong so we can give our fans and the folks at CMKX and all of their wonderful shareholders something positive to cheer about "
INDIANAPOLIS, pre-race: Its been a season full of highs and lows for CMKXtreme Pro Stock Bike rider Connie Cohen, but the Connecticut resident will be seeking to turn her luck around Labor Day weekend at the world's largest drag race, the 50th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals. Cohen will be looking to qualify for her second race of the 2004 POWERade season as the most competitive group of bikes seen all year converge on 'The Big Go' in search of fame and glory.
Cohen's racing career received a tremendous reversal of future when she met Canadian Urban Casavant, founder and current Chairman of the Board of CMKM Diamonds, and his brother Ron Casavant. In June she signed CMKXtreme Racing as a major sponsor for the remainder of the 2004 season. Cohen, led by her crew chief and husband Marc Cohen, immediately started turning things around with their Suzuki GSXR. In her fourth race representing CMKX Cohen qualified in Sonoma for her first NHRA national event in 44 starts.
Cohen is no stranger to racing two-wheeled demons down the quarter-mile. She spent five successful seasons competing on AHDRA circuit before she began racing on the NHRA tour in 1998. She also holds the distinction of being the only woman to qualify a Pro Stock Harley-Davidson at an NHRA sanctioned event when she made the field at the non-points earning Winston Showdown in Bristol, Tenn. in 2000.
"We've had some mechanical gremlins bite us at the last two races but we tested in Indy prior to the U.S. Nationals and I'm confident my husband Marc can get the performance of the CMKXtreme Suzuki sorted out," said Cohen. "It's important for us to make a good showing at Indy and finish the 2004 season on a positive note."
Cohen has competed at all 11 completed races on the POWERade Drag Racing Series Pro Bike schedule this season and currently sits 20th in the NHRA national point standings with four events remaining. "We are working very hard to qualify at the last four races of the season and end the year on a high note," said Cohen after testing in Indy this past week. "We want to finish the season running strong so we can give our fans and the folks at CMKX and all of their wonderful shareholders something positive to cheer about "
