DALLAS GLENN KEEPS HIS PRO STOCK NO. 1 QUALIFYING SPOT IN EPPING

by Tracy Renck    Sat, 2022-06-04 18:55

 

Sometimes athletes have great rookie seasons in sports and then they vanish and were a fluke.

That isn’t the case for 2021 NHRA Rookie of the Year Dallas Glenn.

Glenn is still going strong in year two as evident by him capturing the No. 1 qualifying spot at the New England Nationals.

Glenn clocked a 6.543-second elapsed time at 209.33 mph in Q1 Friday and it held through Saturday’s two qualifying sessions at New England Dragway. Glenn is part of the KB Racing stable.

“Going No. 1 is kind of cool,” Glenn said. “I was talking after my first No. 1 (qualifying spot) last year with Matt Hartford and he was telling me how all the years he had been racing he had never been No. 1 before. These guys have been racing for a very long time and this is just my second year and here I have my second one. It was kind of an interesting one as well. We are packed in there really tight. I feel like I definitely made my best run when I needed it. The air was a little worse (Saturday) and we kind of missed it on both my runs and overcompensated for it.”

Kyle Koretsk, Erica Enders, and Deric Kramer were second, third and fourth on the qualifying ladder with 6.544-second elapsed times. Koretsky had a faster mph than Enders and Kramer to move into the second spot.

This is Glenn’s first No. 1 qualifying spot in 2022 and the second of his career as he was atop the qualifying ladder in Houston in 2021. Glenn arrived in Epping fourth in the points standings and has one win this season in Gainesville.

Glenn faces Alan Prusiensky in round one Sunday.

“I think we will be good for (Sunday),” Glenn said. “I think we got something for them.”

In Q3, Glenn clocked a respectable 6.583-second run, which feels will benefit him on Sunday.

“I feel like the crew chiefs definitely learned what they needed to on that one with my car and what they need to do for (Sunday),” Glenn said. “I think the air will be a little bit better and it is going to be a little bit cooler (Sunday). I feel good about what they are doing. Whatever they happy with, I’m pretty happy as well. As far as my driving, I didn’t feel like it was too bad. Both my runs I went a little left and I think I hit the chip on a couple of gears because of it. I feel really solid on the tree. I think I was .029, .025 and .026 on my runs.

"I was really consistent there and I feel like as long as I can keep doing it (Sunday), I can squeeze a little more out of it when I need it.”

Glenn has a simple approach for race day.

“I think we just need to be better than the guy next to us,” Glenn said. “We don’t have to be the fastest car out there we just need to better than the guy next to us every run. It is going to be tough because it is a pretty tough ladder. I think as long as I keep doing my job on the track and on the tree, I know that (his crew chiefs) Dave Connolly and Rob Downing definitely know what they are doing. I think they can race with the best. If you put any two crew chiefs out here together, I don’t know if any of them are going to have more wins than Dave Connolly and Rob Downing.”

The Pro Stock class has not competed in a national event since April 24 in Houston, so Glenn wasn’t surprised how quick and bunched up the drivers were in qualifying.

“It was kind of expected because whenever you give that much time off to people, they are definitely going to do some more R&D, more experimenting and typically they will usually find a little bit. Honestly, going into that last run I was feeling the air was a little bit better than it was on the first run (Saturday) and I didn’t think it would hold up. Then when I heard the third driver go (6.)544 I was like maybe I do have a chance. Maybe the luck on my side for this one.

“Everybody came back ready to go. Even if they might of all missed a little bit on the first one (Friday), they definitely made up for it today and made some really nice runs.”

 

 
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