Jack Beckman was third after Friday\u2019s qualifying runs, but the PEAK SQUAD found a little bit extra in Saturday\u2019s first run to move the PEAK Chevrolet SS Funny Car to the No. 1 qualifying position for the NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway.<\/p>\n
Beckman ran 3.866 seconds at 332.59 mph to supplant John Force Racing teammate Alexis DeJoria\u2019s Friday Q1 run of 3.882 seconds at 334.65 mph from the top spot. It was his third No. 1 Qualifier of the season (Chicago, Maryland) and the 36th\u00a0of his Top Fuel career. The PEAK Chevy ran 3.944 seconds at 326.56 mph in the fourth and final qualifying session. Beckman will face No. 16 qualifier Dale Creasy Jr. (4.234 seconds) in Sunday\u2019s first round of eliminations.<\/p>\n
\u201cRelative to the conditions, that pass (Q3) was probably one of the best runs of the year,\u201d Beckman said. \u201cWe weren\u2019t pushing to run an .86. We got everything there was out there \u2014 maybe a little bit more. The racing gods gave us a hundredth in Q3. We\u2019ve got a car that\u2019s basically good enough to win all the time. It\u2019s just about eliminating that small stuff \u2014 that hundredth of a second, that five-thousandth of a second that can eat you alive. Every qualifying run matters. We\u2019ve got to keep doing stuff like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alexis DeJoria and the Bandero Caf\u00e9 Chevrolet SS Funny Car team were knocked from the top spot but still qualified second with their Q1 run of 3.882 seconds at 334.65 mph Friday afternoon. The Bandero Chevy ran 3.913 seconds at 332.51 mph in in Q3 and 3.910 seconds at 328.30 mph in Q4. DeJoria will face No. 15 qualifier Bobby Bode (4.047 seconds at 319.90 mph) in round one.<\/p>\n
Jordan Vandergriff and the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car qualified seventh with their Q2 Friday night run of 3.906 seconds at 328.94 mph. Vandergriff ran 3.923 seconds at 329.26 mph in Saturday\u2019s first session and had his hands full at the top end in the final session, slowing to a run of 4.176 seconds at 227.15 mph. The Cornwell Tools Chevy will like up against No. 10 qualifier Cruz Pedregon (3.928 seconds at 321.27 mph) in Sunday\u2019s opening round of eliminations.<\/p>\n
Josh Hart and the Speedmaster Top Fuel team\u2019s Q1 run Friday afternoon of 3.717 seconds at 333.41 mph earned the No. 6 qualifying position. Hart ran 3.769 seconds at 330.80 mph in Saturday\u2019s first session and smoked the tires in the final session. Hart will face No. 11 qualifier Tony Stewart (3.733 seconds at 337.50 mph) in Sunday\u2019s first round of eliminations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Final eliminations are scheduled for Sun., Oct. 4, beginning at 10 a.m. CT.\u00a0Television coverage includes a second-day qualifying show scheduled to air Sun., Oct. 4, from 11 a.m.-noon on FS1. Elimination rounds will air Sun., Oct. 4, on FOX from 2-4 p.m. ET and 4:30-6:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n
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