Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals Sunday News and Notes

News, notes, quotes and photos of the last day of eliminations at the Gerber Collision & Glass Nhra Route 66 Nationals at Route 66 Raceway. Updated throughout the day.

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It is another cool day and covered in race 66 raceway, which means that NHRA fans should expect to see more record performance of the NHRA pros as a conclusion of the Gerber collision collision and Route 66 of Route 66 of the NHRA.

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Josh Hart progressed in the second round for the fourth consecutive event, but barely. Hart released Clay Millican with a slight margin of victory of 0.006 seconds by an account of 3.733 to 3.746 giving fans of Joliat a large side race to start the day.

It did not take long for the first hoose of the day while Shawn Reed took a slight lead against Dan Mercier and won with a 3,750 for more quickly 3.748. Reed’s crew head, Rob Wendland, admitted that Reed probably organized a little deeply by allowing his reaction time advantage .070 to .101.

After TJ Zizzo smoked the tires, Antron Brown launched one of the most impressive races in the round with a 3.689. Brown also continued its recent series of high speeds with an explosion of 337.16.

Doug Kalitta probably obtained more than what he expected from Lex Joon, but finally prevailed with a 3.724. Joon left first and was in competition before slowing down at a 3.975 to only 255 MPH.

Shawn Langdon, the new chef, protected his advance with a 3.733 in his victory against Kyle Wurtzel, who achieved a spectacular improvement compared to his qualification performance with a 3.783, 316.60 which could well be the most surprising series in the Channel.

The most anticipated series of La Ronde opposed Justin Ashley and Brittany Force and Ashley won the victory at 3.706 after the Monster Energy Dragy smoked the tires. The real story came to the starting line where Force had a very competitive .047 reaction time, but has always left second in Ashley, almost incredible .018, one of the best lights in the season in the upper fuel.

Round two pairs (choice of track first): Tony Stewart against Shawn Reed; Doug Kalitta against Josh Hart; Antron Brown against Justin Ashley; Shawn Langdon against Steve Torrence.

Daniel Wilkerson underwent a clutch dysfunction in his opening race against Bob Pocket III. After having struggled to retreat from professional exhaustion, Wilkerson smoked the tires almost immediately. Tasca also smoked the tires downstream, but maintained the victory with a 4.58 in his Mustang Quick Lane Mustang.

The first upheaval of the Tour came when Cruz Pedregon drove with a 3.948 to stop Jr Todd, who smoked the early tires. The Pedregon team rejected the second session on Saturday after having been exploded earlier during the day. The team returned to their old Snap instant body after damaging their special edition manufacturers and fixers dodging the body.

The cars of Paul Lee and Buddy Hull both crossed the finish line, but Lee was the first with a 4.229 against the 4.293 of Hull. Lee has also helped with an important advantage of the reaction time.

Alexis Dejoria ran a 3.913 and probably deserved a better spell than being at the end of 3.905 of Ron Capps in what is probably the most competitive series in the Round. CAPPS crew chief Dean Antonelli admitted that the team had fired for a 3.88 but missed the configuration with a welding.

After some initial difficulties in qualifying, Austin Prock quickly rebounded on the day of the race with a 3.885 to easily cover the early closure of Bobby Bode 4.184. Prock will have their hands full in the quarter -finals when he should race Paul Lee in a battle between the drivers who are fighting for the head of the championship.

Provising once again that Drag Racing is a sport “good place, good time, Spencer Hyde made one of the best tracks in the round with a 3.889 but did not get the light of victory because Chad Green was in the other way with the fastest pass on the round with a superb 3.866. Green also helped with a very competitive reaction time. 049. Green will now have a choice of track against Jack Beckman, who did the second fastest race in the Channel at 3.880.

Round two pairs (choice of track first): Cruz Pedregon against Bob Tasca; III; Ron Capps against Matt Hagan; Austin Prock against Paul Lee; Chad Green against Jack Beckman.

John Hall left first and never dragged during his victory in the first round on Marc Ingwersen. The two runners ran near their qualification times sold with 6.836 hall covering a 6.886 competitive by Ingwersen.

The second pair produced a little upset while Geno Scalin eliminated Angie Smith. Scali ran a 7,085 for the victory. Smith Enlida’s bike, then headed for the wall when she threw the clutch and fought it during the length of the track before putting herself a little at the finish line.

“How is it for an old man who released a bicycle from his basement after 20 years?” said Scali, the 2003 world champion. “I didn’t expect it, but we are there.”

A slight holehot allowed Jianna Evaristo to win a victory over Chase Van Sant, 6.831 at 6,830. Evaristo missed one of his qualification races, but has made a solid recovery to produce several competitive times.

Chris Bostock won his first victory since Dallas 2023 when he stopped Kelly Clontz. The bostick bike has been significantly faster and more coherent in recent times when it has used its third consecutive race of 6.86 seconds to defeat Clontz, which slowed down to 6.943. Bostick, who has obviously moved during his post-course interview, will now run against Geno Scali in the quarterfinals.

Goodbye races are rarely impressive, but this was not the case for Gaige Herrera, who did the best race of the event with a 6.713 to move in the quarterfinals where he will face John Hall.

Round two pairs (choice of track first): Gaige Herrera against John Hall; Matt Smith against Jianna Evaristo; Chris Bostick vs Geno Scali; Richard Gadson against Steve Johnson.

The battle of the points is likely to become much tighter after Steve Torrence released the leading leader Shawn Langdon in the second round. Langdon smoked the tires, sending the torrence to the semi-final with a conservative 3.772. When entering the Tour, Langdon probably had the most coherent car in the class with the fastest average reaction time.

Doug Kalitta had no problem that he reached a 3.723, the fastest race in the round, in his victory against Josh Hart, who also boiled the tires.

Tony Stewart and Shawn Reed smoked the tires and Stewart was able to recover more quickly to win the victory, extending his late finish sequence.

“It was not an easy turn, I had to pedal it twice but we did it,” said Stewart, adding that “I think the track has warmed a little more than we thought.”

The last pair of the round was a Doozy while Antron Brown smoked the tires, while Justin Ashley overcome tire smoke and a half-chemin board in order to obtain the victory.

Semi-final peers (choice of track first): Steve Torrence against Tony Stewart; Doug Kalitta against Justin Ashley

When is the last time you saw two red lights in a funny car? If you were at Route 66 Raceway, you saw him while Chad Green left at the start of his race against Jack Beckman while Paul Lee followed with a parade against Austin Prock, allowing the two John Force entries to advance even if the two cars smoked the tires.

In a revenge of the Foods Mission # 2Fast2tasty Challenge, Matt Hagan once again obtained the best of Ron Capps in a very competitive side by side. Hagan led his Dodge to a 3.919, slowing down only 0.003 seconds in his first round. Capps followed with a competitive 3,957, a race that would have beaten about anyone else on the field.

Cruz Pedregon’s team returned a crew member to Indianapolis to recover parts after the explosion on Saturday and she paid a 3.947 victory against Bob Tasca III, who smoked the tires. The crew head, Jason Bunker, awarded the turnaround to “come back to the basics and do what we know how to do”. Pedregon will run against Jack Beckman in the semi-finals and will have the choice of Lane.

Semi-final peers (choice of track first): Matt Hagan against Austin Prock; Cruz Pedregon against Jack Beckman

Chris Bostick goes to the semi-finals after a victory of 6.901 to 7.024 on the 2003 world champion Geno Scali.

Matt Smith was able to get out of a difficult battle against his teammate Jianna Evaristo to reach the semi-finals. Smith left first and set up Denso Buell to a 6.799 to cover 6,832 from Evaristo.

Steve Johnson took a big lead on the starting line against Richard Gadson and scored a victory for Holeshot, 6.809 to 6.765. Gadson’s teammate, Gaige Herrera had no problem that he took care of business against John Hall with the fastest race in the Round, a 6,743.

Semi-final peers (choice of track first): Gaige Herrera against Chris Bostick; Matt Smith against Steve Johnson

Do not look now, but Tony Stewart now appears in his fourth consecutive final round after dominating Steve Torrence in the semi-finals. Stewart led his Rinnai Dragster to a 3.762 to move forward after Steve Torrence smoked the tires. Stewart entered the leader in the Chicago race, Shawn Langdon, by 60 points and he reduced the considerable gap.

Stewart will have the choice of Lane in the final against Justin Ashley, who ran a 3.816 in his victory against Doug Kalitta, who smoked the tires. Ashey was again solid on the starting line with a light .040 to reach
The last round for the 30th time in his career.

It was not pretty but Jack Beckman went to the final of the funny car after a victory against Cruz Pedregon. The two drivers turned on the tires, but Beckman was able to recover as well as possible to win with a 4.257

It will be an All-JFR final round after Austin Prock has ahead of Matt Hagan by 0.008-Seocnd in the other half of the semi-cellui. Prock put the nose of his Cornwell Camaro tools to come and maintained himself for a victory from 3.931 to 3.942.

To the surprise of almost nobody, the final tour of Moto Pro Stock will star the competitors Matt Smith and Gaige Herrera, who have combined to win most of the events in the past two years.

Smith took care of business with a 6.797 to clear his rival of 6,862 from Steve Johnson. Herrera joined Smith in the final and won Lane Choice thanks to a 6.763 in her victory against Chris Bostick, who won a respectable 6.886.

Super stock
Donna Morris def. Troy Gailbraith

ACTION
Marion Stephenson def. Ricky Shipp

Super Comp
Jeff Cheney Def. Kimbra Festang

Super gas
David Dahlem def. Prose Nathan

Right Trailers Top Dragster
Greg Rice Def. Tony Elrod

Holley Efi Factory X
Jesse Alexandra def. Conner Statler

FlexJet factory at the origin of the FlexJet factory
Jason Dietsch def. Lee Hartman

Pingel Top Fuel Motorcycle
Larry McBride def. Bob Maloy (no show)

Pro Congruence mod
Mason Wright Def. Gray jr

Peak shoot
Tom Bailey def. Brystone Brystone