![]() “Our two valve program was very, very strong,” said Savoie. The WAR trailer is stocked this weekend with pounds of meat hunted at Savoie’s big game ranch in Mexico, but Jerry claims that he and the team could-and might-drop 20 pounds off the bikes and go back to their 2V program. “It feels good,” said Jerry, claiming no rusty effects from the extended time off after his Ida-shortened season. Now, just as things get back to normal, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine once again has travelers sticking close to home rather than engaging in overseas shopping.īut being back at the track and making test hits this week has been good for Savoie. The end product of Savoie’s alligator farming is the luxury goods market-hit hard by reduced travel in the COVID era. It’s been an erratic two seasons for everyone, with 2021 being nearly as truncated for WAR as ’20 because of Hurricane Ida’s effect on Savoie’s Southern Louisiana business and home. Once we did get them working, it really worked well. But I think coming off on a better foot is helpful for the team.” ![]() “So we’ve worked really hard on on being better right out of the gate. And that means implementing more things that we know works instead of banking on these R&D projects that kind of had us struggling for three or four races. Jerry Savoie and Tim Kulungian during the 2016 championship year “And then around Englishtown-when it existed-we’d kind of get going a little bit, and our team would kind of build a little bit more momentum. “There was just kind of this bell curve in early, early WAR days-we always did a terrible job in the first three or four races of the season,” said Kulungian. WAR‘s season has traditionally followed Kulungian’s process on any given race weekend-start slow and build methodically to a strong finish. With a very competitive teammate in a very competitive class and a new sponsor to please, WAR tuner/manager Tim Kulungian might be feeling some added pressure to show results sooner than his usual routine fosters. ![]() He also makes it clear that he would like to win another championship. He annually talks about retiring from racing, and this year is no different. Savoie won the championship in 2016 during a particularly thriving period for the team. We are looking forward to seeing how this season goes and hope our involvement can help propel them to another championship year.” Keith Nichols and Jerry Savoie in the WAR pit (photo courtesy of WAR) “Their performance and professional approach to the sport are a great match for our company. “We are very excited to be working with the WAR racing team,” said Van Sant. Bruce is seeking to expand his company’s exposure to NHRA teams and fans, and has selected WAR as the vehicle. Now his son Chase has taken up the sport and made quite a name for himself racing 4.60. Veteran racer Van Sant started the Trick-Tools business to fund his own Pro Mod Motorcycle racing career, but the business and a growing family completely took over. So the WAR team of Savoie and Stoffer has much to look forward to in 2022, including a lot more 4Vs at their disposal than they had last year, and a new marketing partnership with Bruce Van Sant’s Trick-Tools. Stoffer ran a 2 valve motor much of last season, but when Hurricane Ida cut Savoie’s season short, she got his 4 valve motor to use and finished the season with the quickest motorcycle in the raceday field. Angelle Sampey on a ‘Busa in the ’21 Bristol final Teammate Karen Stoffer actually prefers the how the TL1000 body fits her and how she fits quite neatly into the TL body. Savoie did eventually get his ‘Busa body, pictured in the featured photo above. ![]() Team boss Jerry Savoie decided that his customers came first, and he’d get a body on his bike once they were all taken care of. This time last season, the White Alligator Racing NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle team was so focussed on delivering their Gen2 Hayabusa bodies to Suzuki teams, that they didn’t even have time or availability to mount one on their own bikes.
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