{"id":12492,"date":"2017-09-03T23:05:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T04:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=12492"},"modified":"2017-09-04T09:43:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T14:43:32","slug":"beckman-wins-funny-car-traxxas-nitro-shootout-millican-hagan-anderson-and-krawiec-secure-no-1-qualifiers-at-chevrolet-performance-u-s-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/03\/beckman-wins-funny-car-traxxas-nitro-shootout-millican-hagan-anderson-and-krawiec-secure-no-1-qualifiers-at-chevrolet-performance-u-s-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Beckman wins Funny Car TRAXXAS Nitro Shootout; Millican, Hagan, Anderson and Krawiec secure No. 1 qualifiers at Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jack Beckman. NHRA photo<\/p><\/div>\n

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Courtesy of the NHRA<\/em><\/p>\n

BROWNSBURG, Ind. – Jack Beckman<\/strong> raced his Infinite Hero Foundation Dodge Charger R\/T to the Funny Car NHRA<\/a> Traxxas Nitro Shootout victory Sunday at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, the world\u2019s biggest drag race, at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

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Jack Beckman. NHRA photo<\/p><\/div>\n

In other racing, Clay Millican (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) secured the No. 1 qualifying position in their respective categories at the 18th of 24 events on the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule.<\/p>\n

Beckman ran a 3.952-second pass at 324.67 mph to defeat Robert Hight who smoked the tires to a 4.360 run at 207.11 in his Auto Club of Southern California Chevrolet Camaro SS. It was Beckman\u2019s third Traxxas Nitro Shootout victory, he has never lost in the finals of the Shootout. With the win, Beckman takes home $100,000 in prize money.<\/p>\n

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Clay Millican. NHRA photo<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cJust getting in to the Shootout is incredibly difficult,\u201d Beckman said. \u201cThat\u2019s what makes it exciting, there\u2019s a big litany of ways to make your way into the field but then there\u2019s only one way to get the trophy: You\u2019ve got to beat three of the baddest fuel cars on the planet in one day. There\u2019s always something that makes this Traxxas final round eventful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Millican piloted his Parts Plus \/ Great Clips dragster to his second consecutive Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Top Fuel No. 1 qualifier, his third of the season and eighth of his career with his track elapsed time record pass of 3.663 at 329.10 on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m up here the one talking but (crew chief) David Grubnic is amazing,” Millican said. “It\u2019s his tune up. It\u2019s not someone else\u2019s tune up that he\u2019s massaging. And he\u2019s been working on this for three years. Qualifying to me are definitely the guys that working on it and the tuners. I\u2019ve done this for 19 years and they look and talk about things that I have no idea what they are talking about. Everybody knows their job and we all work together to help each other with their jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Matt Hagan. NHRA photo<\/p><\/div>\n

Millican will lineup against Kebin Kensley for first round eliminations. Following Millican is Leah Pritchett who qualified second with a 3.667 at 329.50. She will see Wayne Newby in the first round. Top Fuel NHRA Traxxas Nitro Shootout winner Steve Torrence is in third and races rookie Ashley Sanford in round one.<\/p>\n

Hagan powered his Mopar Express Lane Dodge Charger R\/T Funny Car to a 3.799 pass at 338.77 for his fourth No. 1 qualifier of the season, 30th of his career and fourth at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals. His run from Friday\u2019s first qualifying session set both ends of the Lucas Oil Raceway track record.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe U.S. Nats is a huge race,\u201d Hagan said. \u201cWe won it last year. I guess no one has ever doubled-up and gone No. 1 twice. It\u2019s a pretty tough stat to hear but hope we can make some history tomorrow and do that. I feel really good about the car, about the race track and what we\u2019re doing. I think it\u2019s going to be similar conditions for tomorrow. Today is really race day set-up and our car ran well today and kind of repeated itself both laps. So, I think it was all we could ask for so I\u2019m pretty excited for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Greg Anderson. NHRA photo<\/p><\/div>\n

Hagan will race Jim Campbell in the first round. In the No. 2 spot is Hight who ran a 3.807 at 333.91 to square off with Justin Schriefer in round one. Ron Capps, driver of the NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger R\/T is qualified eighth but has clinched the No. 1 seed heading into the Countdown to the Championship, NHRA\u2019s six race playoff.<\/p>\n

Anderson secured his 90th career Pro Stock No. 1 qualifier, third of the season and fifth at Indianapolis with the 6.561 pass at 210.11 in his Summit Racing Equipment Chevrolet Camaro from Saturday.<\/p>\n

 \u201cWe knew this afternoon was going to be very, very similar to what we are going to see tomorrow made a lot of changes to the race car and it responded perfectly. My Chevy is just happy up here, it loves this place just as much as I do. It doesn\u2019t seem like it wants to or can make a bad run, knock on wood. I hope it\u2019s going to be great the rest of the weekend. We\u2019re always greedy and we always feel like we don\u2019t make the perfect run but I\u2019m telling you these last three runs you can\u2019t pick much off of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Eddie Krawiec. NHRA photo<\/p><\/div>\n

Anderson faces Kenny Delco in the first round. Rookie Tanner Gray is in second with his 6.566 pass at 209.88 in his Gray Motorsports \/ Valvoline Chevrolet Camaro. He will race Deric Kramer while Drew Skillman is third and sees veteran Jeg Coughlin Jr. in eliminations.<\/p>\n

Krawiec secured his third Pro Stock Motorcycle No. 1 qualifier of the season, 36th of his career and second at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals with his 6.822 pass at 196.62 on his Screamin\u2019 Eagle \/ Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cFortunate for me I\u2019ve had low elapsed time pretty much four out of the last five rounds and tied low E.T. of the first session,\u201d Krawiec said \u201cSo, I have an awesome motorcycle going into tomorrow. And right now my main focus is just going out there keeping good reaction time, making clean laps down the drag strip. Lucas Oil Raceway has been good to me so far so hopefully its really good to me tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Krwaiec will face-off against Jim Underdahl in the first round of eliminations. Krawiec\u2019s teammate, Andrew Hines, qualified second with his 6.825 pass at 194.74 on Saturday and he will race Angelle Sampey in the first round. Points leader LE Tonglet has clinched his No. 1 seed into the Countdown to the Championship after qualifying in the eighth position.<\/p>\n

Eliminations at the 63rd annuals Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals will begin at 11 a.m. Catch the action live on FOX broadcast channel beginning at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

Media Center Interviews:<\/h3>\n

Jack Beckman \u2013<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sunday-JackBeckman-Indy.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Clay Millican \u2013<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sunday-ClayMillican-Indy.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Matt Hagan \u2013<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sunday-MattHagan-Indy.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Greg Anderson \u2013<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sunday-GregAnderson-Monday.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Eddie Krawiec \u2013<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sunday-EddieKrawiec-Indy.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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BROWNSBURG, Ind. — Final round-by-round results from the sixth annual Funny Car Traxxas Nitro Shootout at the 63rd annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

TRAXXAS FUNNY CAR SHOOTOUT: <\/p>\n

ROUND ONE — Jack Beckman, Dodge Charger, 3.872, 331.77 def. Tommy Johnson Jr., Charger, 4.000, 324.98; John Force, Chevy Camaro, 3.949, 309.98 def. Matt Hagan, Charger, 3.918, 331.45; Ron Capps, Charger, 3.871, 330.55 def. Courtney Force, Camaro, 3.911, 329.91; Robert Hight, Camaro, 3.889, 332.34 def. J.R. Todd, Toyota Camry, 3.956, 316.60; <\/p>\n

SEMIFINALS — Hight, 3.893, 332.51 def. J. Force, 3.954, 314.24; Beckman, 4.942, 204.23 def. Capps, 5.568, 129.33; <\/p>\n

FINAL — Beckman, 3.952, 324.67 def. Hight, 4.360, 207.11. <\/p>\n

BROWNSBURG, Ind. — Monday’s first-round pairings for eliminations for the 63rd annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, the 18th of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. Pairings based on results in qualifying, which ended Sunday. DNQs listed below pairings.<\/p>\n

Top Fuel — 1. Clay Millican, 3.663 seconds, 329.10 mph vs. 16. Kebin Kinsley, 3.808, 319.29; 2. Leah Pritchett, 3.667, 329.50 vs. 15. Wayne Newby, 3.795, 321.88; 3. Steve Torrence, 3.673, 329.50 vs. 14. Ashley Sanford, 3.775, 322.04; 4. Tony Schumacher, 3.680, 330.31 vs. 13. Terry McMillen, 3.770, 321.81; 5. Doug Kalitta, 3.682, 329.58 vs. 12. Richie Crampton, 3.756, 329.91; 6. Antron Brown, 3.689, 329.91 vs. 11. Scott Palmer, 3.754, 328.54; 7. Bob Vandergriff, 3.719, 325.30 vs. 10. Pat Dakin, 3.752, 311.49; 8. Brittany Force, 3.734, 330.23 vs. 9. Shawn Langdon, 3.748, 289.82. <\/p>\n

Did Not Qualify: 17. Ike Maier, 3.861, 311.27; 18. Kyle Wurtzel, 3.970, 292.33. <\/p>\n

Funny Car — 1. Matt Hagan, Dodge Charger, 3.799, 338.77 vs. 16. Jim Campbell, Charger, 4.060, 317.94; 2. Robert Hight, Chevy Camaro, 3.807, 336.23 vs. 15. Justin Schriefer, Charger, 4.033, 313.95; 3. Courtney Force, Camaro, 3.837, 334.90 vs. 14. Cruz Pedregon, Toyota Camry, 4.015, 305.70; 4. John Force, Camaro, 3.849, 336.74 vs. 13. Del Worsham, Camry, 3.999, 320.81; 5. Jack Beckman, Charger, 3.859, 333.16 vs. 12. Tommy Johnson Jr., Charger, 3.988, 324.98; 6. J.R. Todd, Camry, 3.865, 332.34 vs. 11. Brian Stewart, Ford Mustang, 3.924, 296.44; 7. Jonnie Lindberg, Camry, 3.865, 329.83 vs. 10. Tim Wilkerson, Mustang, 3.902, 330.23; 8. Ron Capps, Charger, 3.871, 330.55 vs. 9. Alexis DeJoria, Camry, 3.881, 332.02. <\/p>\n

Did Not Qualify: 17. Jeff Diehl, 4.118, 305.01; 18. Bob Bode, 4.983, 158.26. <\/p>\n

Pro Stock — 1. Greg Anderson, Chevy Camaro, 6.561, 210.64 vs. 16. Kenny Delco, Camaro, 6.661, 208.68; 2. Tanner Gray, Camaro, 6.566, 209.88 vs. 15. Deric Kramer, Dodge Dart, 6.628, 207.21; 3. Drew Skillman, Camaro, 6.570, 210.18 vs. 14. Jeg Coughlin, Camaro, 6.625, 209.20; 4. Bo Butner, Camaro, 6.572, 210.34 vs. 13. Vincent Nobile, Camaro, 6.615, 209.46; 5. Alex Laughlin, Camaro, 6.576, 210.01 vs. 12. Shane Gray, Camaro, 6.607, 209.17; 6. Chris McGaha, Camaro, 6.577, 209.95 vs. 11. Erica Enders, Camaro, 6.604, 209.10; 7. Johnny Gray, Camaro, 6.596, 210.11 vs. 10. Allen Johnson, Dart, 6.601, 209.43; 8. Matt Hartford, Camaro, 6.598, 209.62 vs. 9. Jason Line, Camaro, 6.599, 209.65. <\/p>\n

Did Not Qualify: 17. Shane Tucker, 6.668, 206.89; 18. John Gaydosh Jr, 6.681, 207.24; 19. Larry Morgan, 6.684, 207.75; 20. Alan Prusiensky, 6.724, 206.20. <\/p>\n

Pro Stock Motorcycle — 1. Eddie Krawiec, Harley-Davidson, 6.822, 196.70 vs. 16. Jim Underdahl, Suzuki, 6.984, 191.67; 2. Andrew Hines, Harley-Davidson, 6.825, 196.02 vs. 15. Angelle Sampey, Victory, 6.944, 192.06; 3. Hector Arana Jr, Buell, 6.840, 196.16 vs. 14. Cory Reed, Victory, 6.941, 189.02; 4. Matt Smith, Victory, 6.840, 196.02 vs. 13. Joey Gladstone, Suzuki, 6.940, 191.81; 5. Chip Ellis, Victory, 6.848, 194.66 vs. 12. Mike Berry, Buell, 6.936, 190.30; 6. Scotty Pollacheck, Suzuki, 6.862, 194.55 vs. 11. Steve Johnson, Suzuki, 6.932, 192.60; 7. Jerry Savoie, Suzuki, 6.864, 194.72 vs. 10. Angie Smith, Buell, 6.914, 193.93; 8. LE Tonglet, Suzuki, 6.876, 195.96 vs. 9. Karen Stoffer, Suzuki, 6.897, 192.82. <\/p>\n

Did Not Qualify: 17. Ryan Oehler, 7.026, 189.84; 18. Mark Paquette, 7.061, 187.31; 19. Lance Bonham, 7.347, 184.35; 20. Odolph Daniels, 7.444, 174.68; 21. Wendell Daniels, 7.605, 171.29; 22. Andie Rawlings, 7.917, 169.51. <\/p>\n

BROWNSBURG, Ind. — Sunday’s final results from sixth annual Funny Car NHRA Traxxas Nitro Shootout at the 63rd annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. <\/p>\n

Traxxas Funny Car Shootout — Jack Beckman, Dodge Charger, 3.952, 324.67 def. Robert Hight, Chevy Camaro, 4.360, 207.11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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