DSR Las Vegas Four-Wide Nationals
Friday Qualifying Report
NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
Event 4 of 24 (Las Vegas I)
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas, Nev. April 6-8, 2018
DSR Las Vegas Friday Qualifying Highlights:
- Antron Brown leads Friday qualifying at the inaugural Las Vegas NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
- Tommy Johnson Jr. celebrated his 50th birthday by running low E.T. of the second qualifying session
- Leah Pritchett and Ron Capps also made bonus point-worthy runs
- Defending Top Fuel Event Champion Antron Brown off to a Hot Start on Friday
(EXCERPT)
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (April 6, 2018)
TOMMY JOHNSON JR.
Driver of the Make-A-Wish Foundation Dodge Charger R/T
Q1: 4.092 E.T. at 303.57 MPH
Q2: 3.983 E.T. at 315.49 MPH (Three bonus points for quickest run of the session)
Provisional Qualifying Position: No. 2
Bonus Points: Three
About Don Schumacher Racing
Don Schumacher Racing, headquartered in Brownsburg, Ind., fields seven professional NHRA teams. In Top Fuel, the U.S. Army dragster driven by eight-time world champion Tony Schumacher, the Matco Tools/U.S. Army dragster driven by three-time world champion Antron Brown and the Mopar/Papa John’s Pizza/Pennzoil/FireAde/U.S. Army dragster driven by Leah Pritchett; and in Funny Car, 2016 world champion Ron Capps in the NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge Charger R/T; two-time world champion Matt Hagan in the Mopar Express Lane Dodge Charger/Sandvik Coromant R/T, and 2012 NHRA world champion Jack Beckman in Terry and Doug Chandler’s Infinite Hero Foundation Dodge and the Chandlers’ Make-A-Wish Dodge driven by Tommy Johnson Jr.
DSR has won 320 NHRA national event titles and 16 world championships.