One might think that after winning the pre-season PRO Superstar Shootout in his Funny Car debut, after hoisting the trophy in four of the season\u2019s first 11 NHRA tour events, after qualifying No. 1 in all but three starts, and after earning five outright wins in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge, Austin Prock might be less than laser-focused entering this week\u2019s 36th Sonoma Nationals.<\/p>\n
One would be wrong.<\/p>\n
Despite those remarkable numbers and a point lead so massive that he could miss the next two events and still top the driver standings entering the Labor Day U.S. Nationals, Prock will roll the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Camaro SS onto the track at Sonoma Raceway determined to improve upon a performance in last week\u2019s NHRA Northwest Nationals that most considered flawless.<\/p>\n
To recap, the 28-year-old Funny Car rookie was quickest in every qualifying session a week ago, posted quick time of eliminations and won the race.\u00a0His goal this week?\u00a0To improve on starting line reaction times which were \u201conly\u201d .067, .067, .069 and .069 against a field average of .087.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t very impressed with my driving performance last weekend,\u201d said the man whose Camaro bears the same number (#374) as the Funny Cars driven by grandfather Tom Prock, a contemporary of both Don Prudhomme and the late \u201cJungle Jim\u201d Liberman and runner-up to both on the NHRA tour in 1975.<\/p>\n
\u201cGoing back-to-back like this, I\u2019m going to hopefully get back in a rhythm and hopefully be better,\u201d said the man who, before taking over the controls of the Cornwell Chevy for a medically sidelined Robert Hight, was the No. 1 qualifier at last year\u2019s Sonoma Nationals in a Top Fuel dragster.<\/p>\n
Prock\u2019s obsession with improvement, of course, is all about the upcoming Countdown to the Championship which begins Sept. 15 in Reading, Pa.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have the Countdown coming up in just three more races,\u201d he said, \u201c(so) I\u2019d like to race this thing every day, if I could.\u201d<\/p>\n
This story was originally published on July 24, 2024. <\/p>\n
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