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TASCA, KALITTA AND J. COUGHLIN PICK UP WINS AT NHRA 4-WIDE NATIONALS
LAS VEGAS – Bob Tasca III recorded just the third triple holeshot win in NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series history on Sunday at The 
Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, picking up his second career four-wide victory at the 24th annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals.
Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) and Jeg Coughlin Jr. (Pro Stock) also won at the fourth of 20 races during the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.
Funny Car’s Tasca went 3.915-seconds at 329.75 mph in his 11,000-horsepower Ford Mustang in a final quad that featured Austin Prock, reigning world champ Matt Hagan and Ron Capps. Tasca’s time was the slowest of the foursome, but his .034 reaction time made the difference, as he slipped past all three by a razon-thin margin to claim his first win of 2024 and the 16th in his career.
It was the first triple holeshot win in Funny Car history and Tasca needed every bit of his starting-line advantage to pick up a memorable victory in an incredible final round that is certainly one of the most thrilling in four-wide history. Continue reading
NHRA SET TO CELEBRATE HISTORIC 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF U.S. NATIONALS IN 2024 AT LUCAS OIL INDIANAPOLIS RACEWAY PARK
INDIANAPOLIS – NHRA’s most iconic race turns 70 in 2024. The NHRA U.S. Nationals, the world’s biggest drag race, will celebrate its 
70th anniversary this year, as The Big Go will put all the stars of the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series on the sport’s biggest stage from Aug. 28-Sept. 2 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
The highly-anticipated 70th anniversary event will include a host of special events and celebrations to be announced in the coming weeks, with the 70th annual NHRA U.S. Nationals logo released on Friday.
Loaded with special events, a massive event payout and an illustrious history that spans seven decades, the NHRA U.S. Nationals will be an event that can’t be missed in 2024. Commemorating the 70th anniversary in 2024 will make for an even more spectacular weekend weekend, with plenty of extraordinary events in store to close out the regular season in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. Continue reading
PROCK, KALITTA AND TUCKER TAKE TOP SPOTS ON FINAL DAY OF QUALIFYING IN VEGAS
VEGAS – Doug Kalitta – Top Fuel No. 1 Qualifier
Mac Tools Top Fuel dragster – 3.738 seconds, 336.82 mph
Austin Prock – Funny Car No. 1 Qualifier
Cornwell Tools/AAA Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car – 3.904 seconds, 326.95 mph
Jerry Tucker – Pro Stock No. 1 Qualifier
Outlaw Mile Hi Light Beer / SCAG Pro Stock Car – 6.612 seconds, 206.61 mph
Video courtesy of the NHRA
Video: BROWN, PROCK AND COUGHLIN WIN VEGAS MISSION #2FAST2TASTY CHALLENGE
VEGAS – Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge Winners
Top Fuel Winner: Antron Brown
Matco Tools Toyota Top Fuel dragster – 3.792 seconds, 330.172 mph
Funny Car Winner: Austin Prock
Cornwell Tools/AAA Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car – 3.915 seconds, 326.95 mph
Pro Stock Winner: Jeg Coughlin – Pro Stock Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge Winner
SCAG Power Equipment/Outlaw Mile Hi Light Beer Pro Stock Car – 6.628 seconds, 207.62 mph
Video courtesy of the NHRA.
PROCK, KALITTA AND TUCKER ROLL TO NO. 1 SPOTS AT NHRA 4-WIDE NATIONALS
LAS VEGAS – Austin Prock stayed nearly perfect in qualifying, taking his third Funny Car No. 1 qualifier in four races on Saturday during 
the 24th annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) and Jerry Tucker (Pro Stock) also qualified No. 1 at the fourth of 20 races during the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.
Prock, who also won his first Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge on Saturday, rolled to the top spot in Funny Car on Saturday, going 3.904-seconds at 321.42 mph in his 11,000-horsepower Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Camaro SS to claim his second straight top spot and third in four races. The team continues to roll, as Prock made three consecutive standout runs to slip past John Force, J.R. Todd and Bob Tasca III to get to the top. He’ll be in an opening-round quad that features Jeff Diehl, Blake Alexander and Alexis DeJoria a week after picking up his first Funny Car victory. Continue reading
BROWN, PROCK AND COUGHLIN WIN FIRST FOUR-WIDE MISSION #2FAST2TASTY CHALLENGE IN LAS VEGAS
LAS VEGAS – Defending event winner Antron Brown picked up a victory in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge on Saturday at The 
Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, holding off Tony Stewart, Shawn Langdon and Doug Kalitta to win the specialty race as part of the 24th annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals.
Austin Prock (Funny Car) and Jeg Coughlin Jr. (Pro Stock) also won the specialty race at the fourth of 20 races during the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.
In the Top Fuel Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge on Saturday, Brown was the quickest in the talent-filled quad, going 3.792-seconds at 330.72 mph in his 11,000-horsepower Matco Tools dragster. It’s the second win in the specialty race for Brown, who won the 4-Wide Nationals a year ago in Las Vegas. In a quad that also included Stewart, Langdon and Kalitta, Brown drove around Kalitta and then held off Langdon, who went 3.798, to win as part of what the three-time world champ hopes is a double-up weekend. Continue reading
FRIDAY NIGHT PRO PROVISIONAL #1 RUNS
KALITTA, TASCA AND J. COUGHLIN TAKE PROVISIONAL NO. 1 SPOTS AT NHRA 4-WIDE NATIONALS
VEGAS – NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, Race 4 of the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series
Doug Kalitta – Top Fuel Provisional No. 1 Qualifier
Mac Tools Top Fuel dragster – 3.779 seconds, 332.02 mph
Bob Tasca III – Funny Car Provisional No. 1 Qualifier
BG Products Ford Mustang – 3.931 seconds, 332.02 mph
Jeg Coughlin – Pro Stock Provisional No. 1 Qualifier
SCAG Power Equipment/Outlaw Mile Hi Light Beer Pro Stock Car – 6.641 seconds, 206.89 mph
video courtesy of NHRA
KALITTA, TASCA AND J. COUGHLIN TAKE PROVISIONAL NO. 1 SPOTS AT NHRA 4-WIDE NATIONALS
LAS VEGAS – Reigning world champion Doug Kalitta made the quickest Top Fuel run on Friday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 
powering to the provisional No. 1 spot at the 24th annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals.
Bob Tasca III (Funny Car) and Jeg Coughlin Jr. (Pro Stock) are also the provisional No. 1 qualifiers at the fourth of 20 races during the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.
Kalitta went to the top position with a run of 3.779-seconds at 332.02 mph in his 11,000-horsepower Mac Tools dragster, putting the defending champ in line for his first No. 1 qualifier this season and the 54th in his career. He also looks to add to Kalitta Motorsports’ success this season, after teammate Shawn Langdon has won two of the first three races in Top Fuel, while J.R. Todd also sits in the points lead. Continue reading
GREG ANDERSON LOOKS TO CARRY PHOENIX MOMENTUM INTO LAS VEGAS AT 4-WIDE NATIONALS
LAS VEGAS – Pro Stock veteran Greg Anderson is no stranger to the NHRA winner’s circle as proven by his 104 career wins. This weekend at 
the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas, he’ll look to add another to his impressive resume at a track that means a great deal to him.
Anderson, the winningest driver in the Pro Stock field, and the rest of the stars of the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series will again take to the track this weekend at the 24th annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Anderson is coming into Las Vegas hot after his win in Phoenix, his first of the year in his HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro.
“I’m excited to get to Vegas because obviously I love the Black family,” said Anderson. “Ken and Judy Black have been my team owners for 20 plus years. We now have new ownership but they’re still the greatest supporters you could ever imagine. They text, they call at races. They certain are not out of the sport. They’re at home but they’re still watching. They’ll be in Vegas next weekend and I would love nothing better than to show off in front of them so I can’t wait to get there.”
STRONG START IN FUNNY CAR HAS AUSTIN PROCK FEELING GOOD AHEAD OF VEGAS’ NHRA 4-WIDE NATIONALS
LAS VEGAS – Less than a week after his first NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Funny Car win, Austin Prock has a chance to keep 
rolling at this weekend’s NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The 2019 NHRA Rookie of the Year moved to the Funny Car ranks for the first time this season for John Force Racing, joining a successful team that also includes his father, crew chief Jimmy Prock, and his brother, Thomas.
He stepped in for Robert Hight, who stepped out of the car prior to the season to deal with a medical situation, and Prock has proven to be a natural piloting the 11,000-horsepower Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Camaro SS.
Prock has picked up two No. 1 qualifiers in three races and grabbed his first NHRA Funny Car win on Sunday in Phoenix, becoming just the 19th driver in NHRA history to win in both Top Fuel and Funny Car. Now, he’ll aim to get his first Vegas four-wide victory just days after a monumental weekend. Continue reading
