{"id":103896,"date":"2026-06-10T15:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/allegrucci-goes-for-three-in-a-row-at-bristol-pawuk-looks-to-get-back-on-track\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T15:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:44:07","slug":"allegrucci-goes-for-three-in-a-row-at-bristol-pawuk-looks-to-get-back-on-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/allegrucci-goes-for-three-in-a-row-at-bristol-pawuk-looks-to-get-back-on-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegrucci Goes for Three in a Row at Bristol; Pawuk Looks to Get Back on Track"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown series will roll into Bristol Dragway this weekend, June 12-14, with history on the line for points leader Jonathan Allegrucci and his Ford Mustang Cobra Jet. The driver from Scott Township, Pa., is looking to win his third consecutive race in a row in the ultra-competitive factory stock class. Through the first three races, the drivers wheeling Cobra Jets, Chevrolet COPO Camaros and Dodge Challenger Drag Paks have battled it out on tracks across the country. This weekend\u2019s Super Grip Thunder Valley Nationals will be another test for Allegrucci who is on a hot streak but was almost faced with a tough decision heading into this weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is by far our best racing streak we have had. This stretch has been great,\u201d said Allegrucci. \u201cWe had a lot of things going on at home too that are good. We are only coming to Bristol because we had our baby early. We were supposed to be in the hospital this Wednesday, delivering the baby, which meant no Bristol, but he must have heard us all talking about him and he came earlier. Everything\u2019s good with mom and the new baby so we are going racing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The last time a driver won three Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown races in a row was current Top Fuel driver Leah Pruett, who drove her Dodge Challenger Drag Pak to three straight wins to close out the 2018 season and clinch her world championship in the factory stock class before moving into Top Fuel. Allegrucci is enjoying this run but also trying to stay focused on the task at hand.
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\u201cI don\u2019t know that I would call it pressure,\u201d said Allegrucci. \u201cYou start feeling you are running well and you almost start to expect it a little. We\u2019ve been doing this for a long time, and it took a while to get that first win. You just can\u2019t take it for granted. If three in a row doesn\u2019t happen, it\u2019s okay. Hearing that when Leah did it, she also won the championship is a good sign if we could pull it off.\u201d
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He will face tough competition from 2025 Bristol Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown winner and two-time world champion Mark Pawuk. Pawuk has been racing a new car this season and has shown flashes of success. Heading to historic Bristol Dragway has the Ohio-based driver excited and ready to get back into the winner\u2019s circle with his Empaco-backed Dodge Charger Hustle Stuff Drag Pak.<\/p>\n

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Mark Pawuk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt has been very cool to be the first to run the new \u201826 Dodge Charger,\u201d said Pawuk. \u201cIt\u2019s their platform for the future. For me to be a part of that has been a real honor. We\u2019ve had our struggles, but my team is working with the group of Dodge engineers who are working to get this thing turned around. It\u2019s a brand-new race car. It\u2019s totally different than everything that\u2019s run out there. It\u2019s got a longer wheelbase and it\u2019s a wider race car. It\u2019s just going to take time to get it figured out. But long term I think it\u2019s going to be a very competitive car.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pawuk has a long history at Bristol Dragway going back decades to when the track was sanctioned by the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) and as a Pro Stock competitor in the NHRA. For years, victory eluded Pawuk. Last year as Pawuk was chasing his second Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Series world championship things fell into place and the veteran driver took advantage of a victorious weekend.\u201cI started racing in Bristol early in my career, and I never ran good there,\u201d said Pawuk. \u201cI think I got to the semifinals one time in Pro Stock. Last year Bristol was kind of a jumpstart for me. We won Bristol and Norwalk back-to-back and that got me back into the championship. I\u2019ve always loved that place. It\u2019s a beautiful area. I would love nothing more than to get my Dodge Charger back in the winner\u2019s circle this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Allegrucci is also ready to take on the challenge of winning again with a new rules package. The NHRA Technical Department announced they are allowing the Dodge Charger competitors to increase the supercharger overdrive by changing the upper\u00a0supercharger pulley. Throughout the season the NHRA regularly adjusts the rules across all classes of competitors to create parity across all classes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been some rule changes, but I\u2019m not gonna lie, I think they were needed,\u201d said Allegrucci. \u201cWe all want good close racing. It\u2019s got to be the combination of the car, the crew and the driver all working together. I feel good heading to Bristol.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Flexjet bounty will double to $2,000 during the Thunder Valley Nationals with back-to-back winner Allegrucci trying to push the bounty to $3,000 after this race by continuing his hot streak.<\/p>\n

Qualifying will get underway on Friday for the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Series at 2:15 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. On Saturday one more round of qualifying at 11:15 a.m. will set the 16-car field. The Fords, Chevrolets and Dodges will roll into the first round of eliminations on Saturday evening and wrap up with three more elimination rounds on Sunday. For information on the Super Grip Thunder Valley Nationals visit www.nhra.com.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published on June 10, 2026. \"Drag<\/p>\n

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The Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown series will roll into Bristol Dragway this weekend, June 12-14, with history on the line for points leader Jonathan Allegrucci and his Ford Mustang Cobra Jet. The driver from Scott Township, Pa., is looking to win his third consecutive race in a row in the ultra-competitive factory stock class. Through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103896\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}