{"id":40739,"date":"2022-10-15T16:20:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T21:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=40739"},"modified":"2022-10-16T13:11:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T18:11:29","slug":"kris-thorne-clinches-world-championship-in-fueltech-nhra-pro-mod-drag-racing-series-presented-by-d-wagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/15\/kris-thorne-clinches-world-championship-in-fueltech-nhra-pro-mod-drag-racing-series-presented-by-d-wagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Kris Thorne clinches world championship in FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

ENNIS, Texas \u2013 With a victory in the first round of eliminations on Saturday as part of the 37th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex, Kris Thorne clinched the world championship in the FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon.<\/p>\n

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Kris Thorne. Photo courtesy of the NHRA<\/p><\/div>\n

Thorne went 5.857-seconds at 244.00 mph in his ProCharger-powered Camaro, rolling past Rickey Fischer in the opening round of eliminations. With a sizable points lead entering the race weekend, the first-round victory was enough to hand Thorne his first career NHRA world championship. It caps off an incredible 2022 season for Thorne, who has earned three victories through the first nine races this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been a dream of mine all my life,\u201d Thorne said. \u201cWe moved our way up, we\u2019re really feeling blessed and now we\u2019re the champs. I really have to give a special thanks to my family and everyone who has helped us out. I\u2019ve been a little disappointed in the way I\u2019ve driven this year, but I\u2019ve got the best crew and they\u2019ve backed me up every run. Without them, I would have never made it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

The race in Dallas, which is powered by JBS Equipment, is the last of 10 events during the 2022 season in the FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon.<\/p>\n

Thorne grabbed the points lead at the first race of the season and never looked back, putting together an impressive performance in Gainesville en route to the win. That started his wire-to-wire championship run and Thorne also picked up victories in Charlotte in the spring and Norwalk, advancing to four final rounds thus far.<\/p>\n

He also earned three No. 1 qualifiers, showcasing strong consistency and performance throughout the year against a loaded field. That yielded him plenty of success and, ultimately, a world championship and a moment he will never forget.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo many people have backed me all year and I couldn\u2019t have done it without them,\u201d Thorne said. \u201cI\u2019ve got one of the best hot rods anyone could ask for. This hasn\u2019t set in yet, but one day it will, and this means everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stevie \u201cFast\u201d Jackson qualified No. 1 at this weekend\u2019s race and also picked up a victory in the opening round. Eliminations in the FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon will continue on Sunday at Texas Motorplex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Courtesy of the NHRA ENNIS, Texas \u2013 With a victory in the first round of eliminations on Saturday as part of the 37th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex, Kris Thorne clinched the world championship in the FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon. Thorne went 5.857-seconds at 244.00 mph in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":676,"featured_media":40654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[880,6,851,328],"class_list":["post-40739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhra","tag-kris-thorne","tag-nhra","tag-texas-fall-nationals","tag-texas-motorplex"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/NDB_2314-1536x1024-1.webp?fit=1536%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7hzTZ-aB5","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/676"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40740,"href":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40739\/revisions\/40740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}