his immense skills as a tuner .
Add in a victory at the Shakedown Nationals and it was truly a career year for Muenks and his team .
“ It ’ s been a phenomenal year ,” Muenks says . “ Our team works so well together . Jeff has the tune-up down and it ’ s just a whole team effort . I have 100 percent confidence everything is done to perfection when I go to the starting line . I don ’ t have to worry about anything . Everyone does their job to a ’ T .’”
Muenks faced plenty of stout competition and barely hung on for a championship after sitting out a couple of late-summer races , but his string of nearly perfect performances was too much to overcome . He won at Texas Motorplex and St . Louis early in the season , and then added two more victories late in the year to secure a championship he had waited his entire career to come .
“ It ’ s just unbelievable ,” Muenks continues . “ All that hard work from everyone has definitely paid off . Dave Pierce and this team have put so much time , effort and money into this program and we ’ ve got it dialed in . It took eight years to get to this level .”
Other champions in the Mid-West Drag Racing Series included Kelvin Brown , who won the title in Top Sportsman , and Matt Sackman , who claimed the championship in Top Dragster . Sackman claimed his first MWDRS title on the strength of a pair of victories in 2020 . DI
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