DSR Charlotte 1 Qualifying Report
NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
Event 6 of 24 (Charlotte 1)
zMAX Dragway
Concord, N.C.
April 27-29, 2018
DSR Charlotte 1 Qualifying Highlights:
- Antron Brown ran top speed of the meet (331.77-mph)
- Tony Schumacher and Brown start race day seeded in the ‘top three’ (Top Fuel)
- Ron Capps and Tommy Johnson Jr. also start race day from the ‘top three’ (Funny Car)
(EXCERPT)
TOMMY JOHNSON JR.
Driver of the Make-A-Wish Foundation Dodge Charger R/T
Qualified: No. 3
The Competition:
No. 6 Cruz Pedregon
No. 11 Matt Hagan
No. 14 John Smith
The Results:
Q1: 5.352 E.T. at 135.35 MPH
Q2: 3.887 E.T. at 328.70 MPH (Two bonus points for second quickest run of the session)
Q3: 5.387 E.T. at 133.43 MPH
Q4: 4.414 E.T. at 197.39 MPH
Bonus Points: Two
Quotable:
“I think the track will come back to everyone on Sunday. Should be better track conditions than what we saw on Saturday. Good qualifying effort by the Make-A-Wish team. The car ran great when the conditions were good, but the sunny track with a little bit different prep on it is throwing everybody a curve. Hopefully tomorrow’s cool conditions will bring it back to us a little bit and we’ll make some good runs.”