Points leader Jonathan Allegrucci drove his Mustang Cobra Jet to the No. 1 qualifier at the most prestigious drag race in the country today, the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals. This is Allegrucci\u2019s third No. 1 qualifier of the racing season, but first since the Charlotte Four-Wide Nationals. His quickest run came today in the opening qualifying session when he crossed the finish line with an improved time of 7.714 seconds at 179.54 mph.
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\u201cIt doesn\u2019t feel real yet. Going No. 1 wasn\u2019t the plan,\u201d said Allegrucci. \u201cWhen we looked at the entry list, we didn\u2019t think it was going to happen. But we made four perfect runs, and the car\u2019s just been great. The adjustments have been great, and we were able to just keep building.\u201dAlex Anderson made a solid pass of 7.719 seconds at 178.52 in the third qualifying session, followed by James Betz who improved from his best Friday time but slid three spots running 7.723 seconds at 178.76 mph. Reigning Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown world champion Mark Pawuk jumped to No. 4 from No. 17 with 7.744 seconds at 179.90 mph run.<\/p>\n
In the final session, Allegrucci held on to the top spot and will go into race day with a competition bye. He made a solid run in the last session but was slightly off the three quickest runs of the final session. If he is able to secure the race day win, it will be his first U.S. Nationals title. Jason Dietsch ran 7.769 seconds at 176.74 mph followed by Richard Hord\u2019s 7.771 seconds at 176.19 mph and Raymond Nash with a run of 7.793 seconds at 175.55 mph.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just have to do us,\u201d said Allegrucci. \u201cWe have to forget everything else. Just do what we did in qualifying. Look at the weather. Look at the data. Adjust the suspension, the tune and just do us. Don\u2019t worry about anything else. Racing Flexjet Factory Stock is the only thing I\u2019ve ever dreamed of doing. I love all the aspects of drag racing, but this is by far my love, and I don\u2019t think it gets any better.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Friday night during qualifying there were no major changes from the first session which saw James Betz and his Ford Mustang Cobra Jet run the quickest time of Friday, a 7.822 second pass at 172.10 mph.<\/p>\n
Norwalk and defending U.S. Nationals winner Taylor Dietsch will head into the first round of eliminations tomorrow with the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown $1,000 bounty on the line. Tony Scott will have the first chance to grab the bonus cash if he can turn on a win light in the first round. Other notable first round match-ups include No. 2 in Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown points Raymond Nash versus Mike Clark, and reigning champion Pawuk versus Kim Shirley.<\/p>\n
The first round of eliminations at the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals will begin Sunday morning with three rounds of eliminations for the all-run field. Monday will feature the semifinals and final round. Fans can follow the racing action at\u00a0www.nhra.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Jonathan Allegrucci Runs to Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown No. 1 At NHRA U.S. Nationals<\/a> first appeared on Drag Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Points leader Jonathan Allegrucci drove his Mustang Cobra Jet to the No. 1 qualifier at the most prestigious drag race in the country today, the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals. This is Allegrucci\u2019s third No. 1 qualifier of the racing season, but first since the Charlotte Four-Wide Nationals. His quickest run came today in […]<\/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-104735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104735","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=104735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}