BRAINERD — Austin Prock is operating away within the factors race for the Humorous Automobile and he saved up that momentum by taking the highest qualifying place after the primary day of the forty second Annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Friday, Aug, 15, at Brainerd Worldwide Raceway.
Prock completed outdoors of the highest three spots after the primary spherical of qualifying as JR Todd locked down the highest place with an elapsed time of three.944 with a excessive velocity of 326.95 mph within the opening spherical.
Jack Beckman made a return to Brainerd after three years away from the automobile and vaulted to the highest spot with a time of three.907, however on the following run Prock ran an ET of three.893 at a prime velocity of 331.45 mph to maneuver previous Beckman.
Veteran driver Jim Campbell stepped again into the automobile to take over for Buddy Hull, who injured his hand in Sonoma two weeks earlier. Hull, who was on the Menards in Baxter on Friday with followers, nonetheless offered shade for the general public handle through the qualifying runs. Campbell sits in 14th.
Bob Bode gained in Brainerd in 2010 and his son Bobby returned for the second straight 12 months. He and Hunter Inexperienced bought the primary qualifying session off to a quick begin with a 3.946 and a 3.96. Nonetheless, solely three automobiles had been capable of run below 4 seconds within the first qualifying spherical.
That modified early within the second spherical with a run of three.92 seconds from Ron Capps which put him within the prime spot till Prock’s second run.
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