AlBalooshi sees teams hard work paying off on Al-Anabi Gold Dragster

Khalid alBalooshi, Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel Dragster (gold):

Khalid alBalooshi enters the O’Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 NHRA Nationals in sixth place in the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point standings.  He trails fifth-place Doug Kalitta by 34 points and leads seventh-place Morgan Lucas by 57 points.

AlBalooshi was the No. 12 qualifier last weekend in New Hampshire and lost to event winner Spencer Massey in the first round of eliminations.  AlBalooshi advanced to the final round of eliminations at the Toyota NHRA Summernationals earlier this month. It was his first final-round of the season and the second of his two-year Top Fuel career.

AlBalooshi has been a solid qualifier this season; he qualified second, his career best, at both Houston Raceway Park and Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J.  AlBalooshi has qualified in the top six at eight of the season’s 11 races – at the other three events, he qualified No. 12 as he did last weekend in New Hampshire.

One year ago at Route 66 Raceway, alBalooshi was the No. 8 qualifier; he lost to Hillary Will in the first round of eliminations.

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