SONOMA, Calif. (July 24, 2022) – Brittany Power and the Flav-R-Pac/Beast Energy Chevrolet speedster group overwhelmed Sunday at the DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway to count their fourth success of the time, fifteenth of her profession and first at the darling Northern California office.
The dad girl Power couple barely botched an opportunity to bend over with John Power and the Pinnacle Radiator fluid and Coolant Chevy Camaro wrapping sprinter up in Entertaining Vehicle. Robert Hight went to the elimination rounds with the Vehicle Club of Southern California Camaro and Austin Prock with his Montana Image Rough Mountain Curve group had their day stopped by their partner in the main round.
On the way to triumph, Brittany Power and her David Grubnic and Macintosh Savage drove Flav-R-Pac hot rod group set four histories including the track speed on three distinct sudden spikes in demand for Sunday. They began with a first-round prevail upon colleague Austin Prock where they set out the track slipped by time record of 3.662-second pass and wand their most memorable speed record of 336.07 mph. The 2017 top dog then, at that point, crushed four-time and reigning title holder Steve Torrence in the second round with a 3.663 pass at a significantly quicker 336.49 mph to his 3.716 at 329.18.
It was in the elimination rounds that Power ran the fourth quickest Top Fuel pass in NHRA history at 337.75 mph and 3.675-seconds to overcome veteran racer Shawn Langdon. The success would get her positioned to go against Mike Salinas for not just a list of must-dos succeed at Sonoma Raceway, yet the NRHA Setting up camp World Racing Series Top Fuel focuses lead.
Power would have a great response time at .033-seconds and never trail setting up one more large speed of 335.48 mph to oblige a 3.709-second pass. Salinas would keep the Flav-R-Pac hot rod fair with a 3.741 pass at 320.05.
“Inconceivable race day for this Flav-R-Pac/Beast Energy group. Coming into races, you go off of how you have done before and we’ve generally battled with the Western Swing. Sonoma has forever been one I’ve needed to win. It’s very nearly a home track for me. I’ve watched my father as a youngster with my sisters, hustled super comp and A-Fuel, praised the wide range of various John Power Dashing group wins, to have the option to pull this success is immense,” Power said. “This group has been fabulous the entire day further developing each run, simply a colossal thank you to every one of my folks and David Grubnic and Macintosh Savage. Grimy, he’s one of the most outstanding I’ve at any point worked with, he was certain the entire day today. We had been battling the most recent few ends of the week, yet we were truly ready to turn it around today, this extraordinary.”
John Power and the Pinnacle Chevy still couldn’t seem to make a spotless pass down Sonoma Raceway when they came into the main round as the No. 15 qualifiers to confront defending champ Ron Capps. Group bosses Danny Hood and Tim Fabrisi crushed any questions with a heavenly 3.892-second run at 332.18 mph that would send the winner and his 3.920 at 330.96 home. Going against J.R. Todd in the subsequent round, Power didn’t ease up going 3.932-seconds at 330.88 mph to better Todd’s 3.958 at 326.16.
Power would continue on toward handle the Pinnacle Camaro to a 3.909 at 328.38 and bring down Alexis DeJoria’s 3.933 at 325.06 in the semis. In his 263rd profession last round, Power would go against Bounce Tasca III. The Pinnacle group’s 3.998-second run at 326.48 mph wouldn’t be sufficient to take the success against Tasca and his 3.911 at 325.61.
“It was a decent day for this Pinnacle Chevy. Definitely, would have been exceptional to get the success yet we sorted a few things out from qualifying. Danny Hood and Tim Fabrisi had my dragster running great, we were taking care of business today,” Power said. “We’re in a decent spot, we’ll get and simply get many its again in Seattle several days. Flav-R-Pac race, anticipating putting on an act for everybody, Brittany going in there with a success, ideally rehash it.”
Coming in as the No. 1 qualifier, Robert Hight and the Auto Club Chevy were weak in the principal round going just 4.021-seconds at 260.31 mph after some tire turn mid-track. Fortunately, Jeff Diehl needed to shut down right on time in the wake of losing footing for a 5.284 pass at 137.55. In the subsequent round, Hight would send Jim Campbell and his 3.997 run at 318.54 home with a clean 3.943 at 324.75 setting Hight to go against long-lasting opponent and possible race champ Bounce Tasca III.
It would be a great next to each other race with Hight taking the beginning line advantage. Tasca would barely acquire the lead crossing the end goal first with a 3.907-second pass at 326.87 mph to Hight’s 3.925 at 326.56.
“We had the vehicle to beat throughout the end of the week. This Auto Club Chevy, we’re pushing it and these folks are striving to be wonderful each run. Just couldn’t take care of business today,” Hight said. “Still in the focuses lead, acquired a few valid statements and we’ll simply get and attempt everything over once more in Seattle one week from now.”
Austin Prock and the Montana Brand/RMT Top Fuel group will keep on chasing after their most memorable win of the time subsequent to experiencing a first-round misfortune to partner Brittany Power. Prock would set out a 3.743-second pass at 321.72 mph, yet it wouldn’t be enough for Power’s history 3.662 at 336.49.
“It was an intense coordinate against our colleague Brittany today, yet blissful she took care of business for JFR. We made a serious pass, even on seven chambers. Myself and this Montana Brand/Rough Mountain Curve group are certain that we can drop the entryway Friday and be cutthroat in Seattle one weekend from now,” Prock said. “We gained ground and feel like our vehicle is fit for being a competitor once more. We couldn’t imagine anything better than to keep our defending champion status in Seattle after the following end of the week.”
The Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways in Kent, Wash. right beyond Seattle finishes off the three-race Western Swing on the NHRA Setting up camp World Racing Series one week from now, July 29-31.
– JFR PR –
RPM Top Fuel Round By Round:
Cycle ONE – – Josh Hart, 3.733, 328.38 def. Earth Millican, 3.734, 327.35; Brittany Power, 3.662, 336.07 def. Austin Prock, 3.743, 321.04; Doug Kalitta, 3.719, 325.30 def. Ron August, 3.966, 261.72; Leah Pruett, 3.729, 328.86 def. Jim Maroney, 4.443, 187.42; Mike Salinas, 3.709, 323.66 def. Cameron Ferre, Broke – No Show; Justin Ashley, 3.752, 323.58 def. Alex Laughlin, 3.803, 315.56; Steve Torrence, 3.687, 325.37 def. Tony Schumacher, 5.513, 129.16; Shawn Langdon, 3.743, 326.63 def. Antron Brown, 3.763, 324.05;
QUARTERFINALS – – Langdon, 3.734, 330.96 def. Pruett, 3.758, 323.97; Power, 3.663, 336.49 def. Torrence, 3.716, 329.18; Salinas, 3.701, 334.98 def. Ashley, 3.937, 246.03; Kalitta, 3.728, 332.02 def. Hart, 3.781, 326.95;
Elimination rounds – – Salinas, 3.844, 321.04 def. Kalitta, 4.354, 193.71; Power, 3.675, 337.75 def. Langdon, 3.787, 311.20;
Last – – Power, 3.709, 335.48 def. Salinas, 3.741, 320.05.
See a full recap of the ends of the week victors from David Kennedy at nhra.com:
