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Doug Kalitta Closes Season with Quarterfinal Finish at Pomona

Pomona, CA – Veteran Doug Kalitta and the Mac Tools Top Fuel dragster team were looking to close out their 20th season together with a win at the Auto Club NHRA Finals. Through two days of qualifying on Friday and Saturday Kalitta rolled into race day as the No. 10 qualifier and a first round race with rookie Josh Hart. Kalitta’s best qualifying effort of 3.757 seconds at 321.65 mph had the 49-time winner ready for race day.

Facing one of the rising stars in the sport Kalitta and his team rose to the occasion in the opening session. Both dragsters left together but it was Kalitta who had the run to win hitting the finish line stripe with a winning time of 3.709 seconds at 327.66 mph. Kalitta was out in front for most of the race and took the win to advance to the quarterfinals

In the quarterfinals Kalitta matched up with Steve Torrence looking to advance to his third semifinal of the season. Kalitta and the Mac Tools dragster launched off the starting line and was charging down his lane when just past half-track his dragster lost traction. Kalitta regained control almost immediately and was working to chase down Torrence who also had a traction issue. He was unable to get his second win light of the day and closed the NHRA Finals with a quarterfinal finish.


“The first round win was a good win for this team and we were on our way in the second round,” said Kalitta. “This has been a challenging Countdown but we never gave up. This Mac Tools team gave it their all every race and today it just didn’t go our way.”

Kalitta will finish the season in the Top Ten for the 24th consecutive year.

Statistics:
Qualified: No. 10 (3.757 sec, 321.65 mph)
Bonus points: 0

Race Details:

First Round
Driver                                  Qual       R/T         ET           MPH
Doug Kalitta                      10           .074       3.709     327.66 (W)
Josh Hart                            7             .061       4.391     181.03

Second Round
Driver                                  Qual       R/T         ET           MPH
Doug Kalitta                      10           .087       5.456     121.56
Steve Torrence                    2             .069       4.253     200.89 (W)

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