{"id":62490,"date":"2022-06-20T07:03:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T11:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=62490"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:20:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:20:22","slug":"quarterfinal-performances-for-dodge-srt-at-nhra-thunder-valley-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/racing\/2022\/06\/quarterfinal-performances-for-dodge-srt-at-nhra-thunder-valley-nationals.html","title":{"rendered":"Quarterfinal Performances for Dodge\/\/SRT®<\/sup> at NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The\nNational Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Camping World Drag Racing series made its\nninth stop of the 22-event season at the Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol\nDragway where all three Dodge\/\/SRT\u00ae<\/sup> supported entries recorded quarterfinal\nperformances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tony\nStewart Racing (TSR) driver Matt Hagan qualified his TruHarvest Farms Dodge\nCharger SRT Hellcat No. 4 on the eliminations ladder with a best lap of 4.014\nseconds at 318.09 mph and also earned two bonus points for setting the third\nquickest time in both the first and third session. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The\nthree-time world champion staged his 11,000 horsepower Dodge\/\/SRT Funny car\nnext to No. 13 seed Phil Burkhart for the opening round, launched first, and\nbegan to pull away while his opponent lost traction early in his run. As the\nTSR machine approached the finish, it too began to lose traction forcing Hagan\nto ease off the throttle before earning his category-leading 24th round-win of\nthe season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In\nhis quarterfinal matchup against No. 12 qualifier Alexis DeJoria, Hagan was\nonce again quicker on the draw and in the lead when he lost traction and tried\nto pedal it a few times to try to stay in front. However, DeJoria was able to\ntake advantage of Hagan\u2019s issues to make the pass and turn on the win lights to\nend his day earlier than usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hagan\u2019s\nquarterfinal exit came on the heels of his win at the New England Nationals,\nthe team\u2019s third victory of the season, and six final elimination appearances.\nThe result was enough to keep the Dodge\/\/SRT Mopar\u00ae<\/sub> Funny Car atop the\ncategory\u2019s standings and ahead of his closest challenger, Robert Hight, by 42\npoints after nine national events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sitting\nfifth in the category standings, Cruz Pedregon qualified his Snap-on\u00ae Tools\nDodge Charger SRT Hellcat in the sixth place position on the eliminations\nladder at Bristol Dragway with a 4.068 seconds\nat 312.71 mph run and earned a bonus point for running third quickest in\nthe second session. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In\nthe opening round of eliminations, Pedregon had a quicker start and won a good\nside-by-side battle with No. 11 seed J.R. Todd to advance to the quarterfinals\nwhere he would face No. 3 qualifier John Force. Pedregon\nsaw Force get off the start line first but was gaining ground on his opponent\nwhen he lost a cylinder and fell back, marking the team\u2019s sixth quarterfinal\nresult this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TSR driver Leah Pruett put her Mobile 1 Dodge\/\/SRT dragster\nin the tenth spot on the eliminations ladder for her 180th career Top Fuel\nstart with a best lap of 3.867 seconds at 318.32 mph in the third qualifying\nsession. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The nine-time event winner faced off against No. 7 seed Austin Prock in the first round and took her HEMI\u00ae<\/sup>-powered machine straight down the lane with her quickest run of the weekend at 3.835 seconds at 324.36 mph to advance to the quarterfinals where she would be paired with No. 2 qualifier Steve Torrence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pruett beat Torrence on the tree but soon saw him make the pass as her ride began to lose cylinders and end her day  The NHRA is back in action next weekend at the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals, June 23-26, at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park near Norwalk, Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n