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PROCK, KALITTA, TUCKER CLAIM NHRA VEGAS 4-WIDE NATIONALS TOP QUALIFYING SPOTS

BROWN, PROCK, JEGGIE COUGHLIN WIN FIRST FOUR-WIDE MISSION #2FAST2TASTY CHALLENGE IN LAS VEGAS

 

Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Austin Prock (Funny Car), and Jeg Coughlin Jr. will go down in drag racing history as the first to ever win a Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge in the four-wide configuration at the 
24th annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas.

Brown was the class of the Top Fuel portion, beating all in a quad that included Tony Stewart, Shawn Langdon and Doug Kalitta. He drove around Kalitta and then held off Langdon, who went 3.798, to win as part of what the three-time world champ hopes is a double-up weekend.

BOB TASCA III ZOOMS TO PROVISIONAL NO. 1 SPOT IN FUNNY CAR IN VEGAS

 
After two forgettable races early in the 2024 NHRA season in Pomona, CA., and Phoenix, nitro Funny Car owner/driver Bob Tasca III and his team needed some good news.
 
They got just that Friday at the 4-Wide Nationals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
 
In his Dark Horse Mustang, Tasca clocked a 3.931-second time at 332.02 mph to snare the provisional No. 1 qualifying spot at The Strip.

DOUG KALITTA ROARS TO TOP OF 4-WIDE VEGAS QUALIFYING CHART

 

Veteran Top Fuel driver Doug Kalitta checked the ultimate box off for himself last season, capturing his inaugural NHRA championship.

Now, the reigning world champ is trying to get his first win of the 2024 season this weekend at the 4-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Kalitta took a step in the right direction with his Mac Tools Kalitta Motorsports team on Friday, taking the provisional No. 1 qualifying spot with a 3.779-second run at 332.02 mph.

KALITTA ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH PROVISIONAL NO. 1, TASCA, JEGGIE SET THE PACE

 

Doug Kalitta is the defending NHRA Top Fuel champion, and for him, through no fault of his own his been the third fiddle of publicity within his own team. 

Kalitta is not having a bad season by any means. It's just his teamates Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel) and J.R. Todd (Funny Car) have been on a tear. 

Kalitta set the pace for the first day of competition at the 24th annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in the Top Fuel division. He was joined at the top of the leaderboard by Bob Tasca (Funny Car) and Jeg Coughlin Jr. (Pro Stock).

WIN ON SUNDAY, SELL ON MONDAY MASH-UPS - THE MERCURY TOPAZ

A mash-up of car ads and their on-track presentation. Inspired by Ford dealer Bob Tasca, we've created what Detroit conveyed to the consumer and what drag racers delivered.

STANFIELD PULLING DOUBLE-DUTY IN THE FACTORY HOT ROD DIVISIONS

 

Staying busy has never been a problem for third-gen drag racer Aaron Stanfield. 

This weekend, in addition to his traditional gig of driving the Johnson's Horsepowered Garage / Melling Performance / Janac Brothers Racing Camaro at this weekend's NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Stanfield will also be fielding an entry in the Factory X class.

HAS IT REALLY BEEN A DECADE SINCE J.R. TODD WAS SUMMONED FROM THE SIDELINES?

 

Oh, how a situation can change in a decade. Time can also fly by when one is having fun. 

Past NHRA series champion J.R. Todd is admittedly having the time of his life as the Funny Car point leader. This weekend’s NHRA event in Las Vegas marks a decade when Todd was sitting on the sidelines watching NCAA basketball when Kalitta Motorsports called inviting him to drive their Top Fuel dragster. 

Todd was to be the replacement for David Grubnic, who was unceremoniously dumped after Friday’s two sessions. Todd had one shot to prove his worth.

MEXICAN DRAG RACER CANTU MAKING TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER DEBUT IN LAS VEGAS

 

The transition between jet propulsion and piston-driven horsepower is a transition Mexican drag racer Juan Cantu is proving seamless.

Cantu, a native of Monterrey, Mexico, will compete in this weekend's NHRA Four-Wide Nationals as a Top Alcohol dragster competitor after spending time piloting a jet dragster in an NHRA exhibition capacity. 

Cantu will drive the Rich McPhillips Top Alcohol Dragster, the same one motorsports icon Tony Stewart drove on his road to Top Fuel racing. Stewart also won last season's NHRA Vegas Four-Wide Nationals. 

TF DRIVER ROB PASSEY MAKING HIS 2024 SEASON DEBUT IN LAS VEGAS THIS WEEKEND

 

Veteran Top Fuel driver Rob Passey’s passion to compete remains as strong as ever. 

The Salt Lake City, Utah, native will feed his passion when he makes his 2024 season debut at the Four-Wide Nationals, April 12-14 in Las Vegas.

When Passey’s team rolls into The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway it will be with backing from the Salt Depot and their Purple Heat Ice Melt brand, which has Passey’s Team Seven23 excited to return to competition this weekend.

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