Route 66 NHRA Nationals
Event 9 of 24 (Chicago)
Route 66 Raceway
Joliet, Ill.
May 31 – June 2, 2019
DSR Chicago Friday Highlights:
- Ron Capps and the NAPA Brakes Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car team took top honors during day one of qualifying at the Route 66 NHRA Nationals
- Capps collected five bonus points for running ‘best of session’ in Q1 and second-quickest E.T. in Q2
- Jack Beckman ran second-quickest in Q1 and Tommy Johnson Jr. was third-quickest to join their teammate in the top-half of the Funny Car field
- Antron Brown earned the provisional No. 2 Top Fuel qualifying spot by launching his dragster to the second-best pass of Q2
TOMMY JOHNSON JR.
Driver of the Make-A-Wish Foundation Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat
Q1: 3.951 E.T. at 323.04 MPH (One bonus point for quickest run of the session)
Q2: 7.265 E.T. at 85.34 MPH
Bonus Points: One
Provisional Qualifying Position: No. 5