J.R. Todd, DHL #AsOneAgainstCancer Funny Car Goes Rounds in Texas

ENNIS, TX – Qualifying: J.R. Todd was the No. 6 qualifier at the Texas NHRA FallNationals. Todd saved his best for the final round of qualifying late Saturday afternoon when he posted a 3.857-second effort at 330.82 mph.

Eliminations: Todd defeated Blake Alexander and Terry Haddock before racing John Force in the semifinals. Both cars smoked the tires early in the run, and both drivers pedaled. Force’s car hooked back up to the race track first, and he went onto win the race.

Unofficial Point Standings: Todd leaves Dallas in sixth place in the NHRA Funny Car point standings. He trails fifth-place Ron Capps by 13 points and leads seventh-place Chad Green by nine points with two races remaining in the season.

Todd on Dallas: “It was a good day overall going rounds and getting to the later rounds – that’s always the key,” Todd said. “We were pretty tuned up there for the semifinals against Force because that car’s been really good all weekend. We figured we had to make a really strong run against them, and we both went up there and threw up.

I just hate when I feel like I could have done a better job pedaling the car. I just hate to give those away. This is definitely the best race we’ve had in a long time. We qualified really well and made our best run there in Q4 – it was the best run we’d made in a really long time. That’s definitely showing some promise going into the last two races of the year. The guys are working really hard for DHL, Revchem, SealMaster and Toyota and not giving up. We’re doing all we can to go out here, run hard and finish strong.”