GONZALEZ RUNS THIRD QUICKEST PM ET, EN ROUTE TO NO. 1

by Bobby Bennett    Sat, 2019-04-27 07:14

 

Jose Gonzalez was quick on Friday evening during the lone Pro Modified qualifying on Friday evening at the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.

Gonzalez covered the zMax Dragway quarter-mile in 5.657 seconds at 257.14 miles per hour. Not only was the run No. 1 provisionally, it also marks the third quickest run in NHRA Pro Modified history.

"Since last year in Vegas we’ve had a very good car," Gonzalez said. "The car has been flawless, it’s just we’ve had some very bad luck this year. First race of the year, we got weather that we had never ran in before so we struggled a little bit there. Then the second race we broke a motor and broke a converter.

"So we got our game cut off basically on that. I mean what can you expect when I have the best tuner with me in the sport of drag racing right now and the best crew I can have? Backing me up by Pro-Line Racing and Q80. I mean this Q80 racing car is flawless right now. My job is the easy part. I guess these guys are the ones that need to take all the credit."

Gonzalez believes there was a little bit more performance left on the table during the run.

"We might have a little bit more in it, I’m not gonna say a whole lot but you always leave a little bit there just in case," Gonzalez said. "We want to get down, that’s what we were trying to do and we were definitely trying to go fast. I wasn’t expecting that number that fast. We were expecting more like a .67 or a .68. But the car had the best 60 foot we’ve ever had in NHRA. We went a .960 60 foot which for a turbo car is pretty stout."

If the run holds, Gonzalez will have qualified No. 1 in back-to-back races.

Alex Laughlin was second with a 5.708, 256.55 just ahead of the quickest supercharged entry, the '68 Camaro driven by Todd Tutterow (5.714, 250.04) and nitrous car, Chad Green (5.718, 249.16).

Erica Enders is eighth with a 5.755; her 260.41 mile per hour blast is the current top speed.

Michael Biehle anchors the field with a 7.414 elapsed time.

 

 

 

 
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