Jimmy Makar and Larry Dixon guests on Wind Tunnel
04/24/09
Jimmy Makar, Senior Vice President of Racing Operations for Joe Gibbs Racing, will join Dave Despain live in the Wind Tunnel studio as a featured guest this Sunday, April 26. Makar has been with JGR since its inception in 1991, as he and his brother-in-law, Dale Jarrett, were the team’s first two employees. During his tenure with the team, Jimmy has helped mold the organization into one of the sports most prominent operations. They’ve won the Daytona 500, the Brickyard 400 three times, and have three CUP championships to its credit with drivers, Bobby Labonte and Tony Stewart.
Larry Dixon, 2-time NHRA Top Fuel drag racing champion, will also be a featured guest on Wind Tunnel this Sunday. After spending twenty years as a crew member and driver for Don Prudhomme Racing, winning 43 races and 2 championships, Dixon switched to a different team for 2009. This year, Larry is driving a Top Fuel dragster for the newly formed Alan Johnson Al-Anabi Racing. In six events this season, Larry has a win at the Gatornationals and sits 6th in the standings as the series heads into St. Louis next weekend.
Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain airs Sunday night at 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm ET live on SPEED.