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GT Tonglet

Date of birth:
April 09, 1983
Hometown:
New Orleans
Sponsor/Car:
GT Motorsports
Crew Chief:
Gary and GT Tonglet

Career Wins: 3
PSB: 3
Career Final Rounds: 9
PSB: 9
Career Best E.T.:
7.007
Career Best Speed:
197.45

2010: Entered only one race and failed to qualify, Sonoma
2009: Advanced to second round in Memphis
Rode to a runner-up finish at the fall Las Vegas event
2005: Capped off his most successful season with a career-best second-place finish in the POWERade top 10; Finished in the top 10 for the third consecutive year; Earned a single-season career-best two No. 1 qualifiers
2004: Set career-best elapsed time; advanced to final round at Gainesville and lost to teammate Andrew Hines in the first all-Harley-Davidson Pro Stock Motorcycle final in NHRA history
2003: Earned the No. 1 qualifying spot at Denver, becoming the first rider to take a factory-backed Harley-Davidson to the top qualifying spot; was the runner-up at St. Louis; finished in the top 10 of the Pro Stock Bike standings for the second time in three seasons
2002: Unveiled the first factory-backed Harley-Davidson in NHRA competition
2001: Finished sixth in the final standings during his rookie campaign; Earned the Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award; Advanced to first career final round and notched first career win (St. Louis)

Wife: Nicole
Height/weight: 5’11”, 165 lbs.
Learned to ride a motorcycle at the age of 3 even before he learned to ride a bike
At 14 became a crew chief for his father's NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle team

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