{"id":27032,"date":"2019-06-14T20:40:52","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T01:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=27032"},"modified":"2019-06-30T18:19:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T23:19:08","slug":"john-force-and-doug-kalitta-are-provisional-qualifying-leaders-at-the-nhra-thunder-valley-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/14\/john-force-and-doug-kalitta-are-provisional-qualifying-leaders-at-the-nhra-thunder-valley-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"John Force and Doug Kalitta are provisional qualifying leaders at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

BRISTOL, Tenn. \u2013 The Funny Car 16-time world champion John Force<\/strong> went to the top of the category during the second qualifying session Friday evening at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway.<\/p>\n

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John Force. NHRA photo<\/p><\/div>\n

Doug Kalitta is also the provisional No. 1 qualifier in Top Fuel for the 11th of 24 events on the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series<\/a> season.<\/p>\n

Force paced the Funny Car category Friday evening with a run of 3.911-seconds at 326.95 mph in his PEAK Chevrolet Camaro SS. He is chasing his third No. 1 qualifier of the season, first win of the year and fifth at Bristol Dragway.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re learning and I really thought that there would be a number of cars that would step up,\u201d Force stated. \u201cEspecially Jimmy Prock (Robert Hight\u2019s crew chief) and I thought he would run an .88 or something. Our car went though, and it was really hunting down there. Tomorrow is a new day but I\u2019m excited for my guys. It\u2019s a good race car and I\u2019m proud to drive it. I\u2019m learning about it and at my age I thought I knew everything about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shawn Langdon sits in the No. 2 spot with his pass of 3.944 at 324.51 in his Global Electronics Toyota Camry and Bob Tasca III rounds out the top three.<\/p>\n

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Doug Kalitta. NHRA photo<\/p><\/div>\n

Kalitta powered to the top of the class with a run of 3.755 at 324.67 during the second round qualifying in his MAC TOOLS dragster. He is looking for his first No. 1 qualifier of the season, second victory of the year and seventh career final round at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are always excited to come here,\u201d Kalitta said. \u201cI remember coming here when I was working on Connie\u2019s (Kalitta, team owner) cars back in the \u201880s so it\u2019s a lot of cool history coming here just for me. It was a nice run though. It\u2019s been awhile since we were low qualifier any of the days. I\u2019m real proud of my guys though. We\u2019re working our tails off to try and make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leah Pritchett is currently in the second position with her second qualifying pass of 3.757 at 323.04 and defending world champion Steve Torrence is third.<\/p>\n

Qualifying continues for the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at 1 and 4 p.m. ET on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Media Center Interviews:<\/h3>\n

John Force \u2013<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Friday-JohnForce-Bristol.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Doug Kalitta \u2013<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Friday-DougKalitta-Bristol.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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BRISTOL, Tenn. — Friday’s results after the first two of four rounds of qualifying for the 19th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway, 11th of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. Qualifying will continue Saturday for Sunday’s final eliminations.<\/p>\n

Top Fuel — 1. Doug Kalitta, 3.755 seconds, 324.67 mph; 2. Leah Pritchett, 3.757, 323.04; 3. Steve Torrence, 3.768, 326.00; 4. Antron Brown, 3.768, 325.14; 5. Mike Salinas, 3.774, 325.69; 6. Austin Prock, 3.783, 325.92; 7. Brittany Force, 3.790, 325.45; 8. Terry McMillen, 3.795, 312.78; 9. Richie Crampton, 3.807, 320.13; 10. Dom Lagana, 3.811, 323.58; 11. Scott Palmer, 3.834, 311.77; 12. Clay Millican, 3.837, 316.30; 13. Pat Dakin, 4.080, 219.72; 14. Audrey Worm, 4.978, 144.50; 15. Lex Joon, 5.361, 130.17; 16. Cameron Ferre, 11.244, 69.28.<\/p>\n

Funny Car — 1. John Force, Chevy Camaro, 3.911, 326.95; 2. Shawn Langdon, Toyota Camry, 3.944, 324.51; 3. Bob Tasca III, Ford Mustang, 3.959, 318.54; 4. Jack Beckman, Dodge Charger, 3.976, 319.90; 5. J.R. Todd, Camry, 3.984, 318.99; 6. Robert Hight, Camaro, 3.998, 318.99; 7. Matt Hagan, Charger, 4.012, 317.27; 8. Tommy Johnson Jr., Charger, 4.025, 313.51; 9. Cruz Pedregon, Charger, 4.054, 310.70; 10. Terry Haddock, Mustang, 4.156, 300.33; 11. Blake Alexander, Mustang, 4.198, 236.42; 12. Tim Wilkerson, Mustang, 4.497, 191.02; 13. Jim Campbell, Charger, 4.573, 190.48; 14. Ron Capps, Charger, 5.217, 142.10; 15. Jeff Diehl, Camry, 10.986, 76.66.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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