LANGDON, DEJORIA LEAD DAY ONE VRHRA SUMMERNATIONALS QUALIFYING
Past NHRA Top Fuel champion Shawn Langdon's voting base came alive on Wednesday, the first day of qualifying for the Virtual Reality Hot Rod Association propelling the Kalitta Motorsports driver past season leaders Terry McMillen, Clay Millican, and Brittany Force for the provisional top spot. Qualifying ends this evening at 7 PM, EST.
Langdon holds a 14-percent share of the votes, while second place Brittany Force stands 12-percent and Clay Millican trails her by one vote. Justin Ashley is fourth with 10-percent.
Terry McMillen, the winner of one event and top qualifier in all, is sixth with 9-percent. Steve Torrence sits on the bubble at 4-percent.
Over in Funny Car, Alexis DeJoria is in a battle with point leader Tim Wilkerson, where her 20-percent share of the votes leads the floppers. Wilkerson, winner of the season opener at Orange County International Raceway is second 18-percent.
Rookie driver Alex Miladinovich made a big impression, snaring 16-percent of the votes.
Past NHRA champion Jack Beckman anchors the provisional field at 3-percent.
Pro Stock has seen a major momentum shift as Jason Line has a firm hold on the top spot at 22-percent, with Aaron Stanfield second with 16-percent. Kenny Delco is third at 14-percent.
Undefeated Kyle Koretsky is sixth at 7-percent, just 18 votes ahead of provisional first alternate Jeg Coughlin Jr.
Angelle Sampey is looking to make it back-to-back No. 1 qualifiers as she heads into the final day of voting with a commanding 23-percent share of the votes, ahead of Steve Johnson, who is second with 19-percent. Matt Smith is third at 16-percent.
Rickie Smith, who stands undefeated in eliminations, is ahead in the battle to dethrone final round rival Stevie "Fast" Jackson, who is perfect in qualifying this year. Smith is at the top with a 25-percent share, while Jackson is a distant second with 17-percent. Alex Laughlin is third.
Qualifying ends this evening, April 9, at 7 PM, EST.
WEDNESDAY'S QUALIFYING LEADERS
ALL-STAR TOP FUEL
333 Shawn Langdon 67
3 Brittany Force 59
25 Clay Millican 58
1211 Justin Ashley 50
2 Doug Kalitta 48
21 Terry McMillen 41
5050 Scott Palmer 32
Steve Torrence 21
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777 Leah Pruett 20
123 Antron Brown 19
8 Austin Prock 15
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FTI PERFORMANCE FUNNY CAR
771 Alexis DeJoria 188
10 Tim Wilkerson 165
7492 Alex Miladinovich 147
4 John Force 82
373 J.R. Todd 82
28 Ron Capps 60
116 Paul Lee 54
2 Jack Beckman 30
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1 Robert Hight 25
5 Robert Tasca III 22
717 Jeff Diehl 16
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JEGS.COM PRO STOCK
4 Jason Line 187
442 Aaron Stanfield 139
150 Kenny Delco 118
1 Erica Enders 75
7 Greg Anderson 66
K139 Kyle Koretsky 57
3 Bo Butner III 51
9 Chris McGaha 40
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2 Jeg Coughlin Jr 38
40 Alex Laughlin 37
5 Matthew Hartford 7
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STRUTMASTERS PRO STOCK BIKE
7 Angelle Sampey 50
751 Steve Johnson 43
3 Matt Smith 36
4 Karen Stoffer 17
5 Eddie Krawiec 17
2 Gerald Savoie 11
8 Angie Smith 8
10 Hector Arana 7
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1 Andrew Hines 6
9 Ryan Oehler 5
6 Hector Arana Jr 4
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AEROMOTIVE PRO MODIFIED
43 Rickie Smith 65
1 Steve Jackson 43
40 Alex Laughlin 36
3 Mike Janis 22
5087 Jim Whiteley 18
213 Chip King Jr 10
4000 Jason Scruggs 8
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5450 Steve Matusek 7
2 Todd Tutterow 7
44 Mike Castellana 7
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