All four John Force Racing teams took advantage of unseasonably cool temperatures to post solid qualifying runs Friday for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals after a strong chance of rain in the Norwalk area forced NHRA officials to move up the day\u2019s qualifying sessions by six hours.<\/p>\n
The two Friday sessions were originally scheduled for 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. ET but were eventually run at 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.<\/p>\n
Alexis DeJoria and the Bandero Caf\u00e9 Chevrolet SS Funny Car team made two solid runs, going 3.947 seconds at 331.53 mph in Q1 (second quickest of the round) and a quicker 3.918 seconds at 330.63 mph in Q2, which was good enough for third quickest of the day.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Friday sessions went really well for our Bandero Caf\u00e9 team,\u201d said DeJoria. \u201cOn the first run, we qualified second with a 3.94-second run and earned two bonus points. On the second run, they tuned it up a bit. We were the second-to-last pair so we got to see all the cars in front of us and they were running really good numbers. So, we went out and ran a 3.91 or 90. We dropped to third but still walked away with another bonus point for a total of three today. The rain stayed away and we feel really good going so far.\u201d<\/p>\n
Josh Hart and the Speedmaster team posted the fifth-quickest Top Fuel time with a Q2 run of 3.803 seconds at 332.34 mph after dropping a cylinder in Q1.<\/p>\n
Jordan Vandergriff put the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car into the sixth spot with a Q2 run of 3.936 seconds at 329.18 mph after smoking the tires in Q1.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t looked at the numbers too closely, but if you look at our 60-foot to 330 time, I think they\u2019re gonna be almost identical,\u201d Vandergriff said. \u201cI think we pushed a little too hard in Q1 so we pulled it back a little\u2026maybe too much. Most importantly, the 3.936 is very impressive for this team. We wanted to get down the racetrack in that right lane and we did.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack Beckman and the PEAK Chevrolet SS Funny Car team smoked the tires in Q1 but came back in Q2 with a solid run of 3.945 seconds at 327.59 mph to grab the No. 8 spot.<\/p>\n
Qualifying sessions for Saturday, June 27, are scheduled for 12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.Television coverage includes qualifying action on Sunday, June 28, from 12-2 p.m. ET on FS1, leading into eliminations from 5:30-9 p.m. ET on FOX.<\/p>\n
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