DSR Houston Qualifying Report
NHRA SpringNationals
Event 5 of 24 (Houston)
Royal Purple Raceway
Baytown, Texas
April 20-22, 2018
DSR Houston Qualifying Highlights:
- Defending Top Fuel event champion Leah Pritchett will start race day from the No. 1 spot
- Tony Schumacher ran ‘top three’ of the session during all four qualifying rounds
- Pritchett ran the fastest Top Fuel speed of the weekend (326.00-mph)
- Jack Beckman ran top Funny Car speed of the meet (317.42-mph)
(EXCERPT)
TOMMY JOHNSON JR.
Driver of the Make-A-Wish Foundation Dodge Charger R/T
Qualified: No. 7 (Lane Choice)
The Competition: No. 10 J.R. Todd
The Results:
Q1: 4.157 E.T. at 242.76 MPH
Q2: 8.731 E.T. at 78.73 MPH
Q3: 3.972 E.T. at 307.58 MPH
Q4: 3.926 E.T. at 313.00 MPH
Quotable:
“We’ve had a pretty good race car through qualifying, even with the difficult race track conditions. The guys have done a great job adapting and figuring it out and the performance has improved every run. I feel confident going into tomorrow. Each run we get better and better so it would be nice to do that four more times tomorrow.”