Reassuring Weekend for Alexander in Dallas

Release courtesy of Nate Van Wagnen
Photo courtesy of Blake Alexander Racing

ENNIS, TX – Though his weekend ended early in the first round, Blake Alexander is content with the performance of the Auto Service Plus Funny Car at the AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals. After all, he earned his career-best qualifying position and gave first round opponent Ron Capps a run for his money.

“We went into the weekend with the goal of running high four-teens and qualifying well. We achieved both of those, qualifying 11th with a 4.18. I tried my best first round. I staged so shallow that the stage light flickered. I think it threw off both of us. I got off the line first and held the lead until the 330 mark,” Blake said.

The young Funny Car rookie was unable to get the win over Capps, running 4.189 to Ron’s 4.119. “There’s a reason that he’s the Funny Car points leader,” Blake added.

The weekend was a step in the right direction for Alexander, who struggled at his last race in Indianapolis.

“It felt good to get back to making runs. I didn’t really make any full pulls with all eight cylinders lit at Indy so it was great to be able to run well again,” said Alexander, who earned his nitro Funny Car license just after last year’s Fall Nationals. “I can’t wait to get back in the Auto Service Plus car at the Uni-Select/Auto-Plus race in a few weeks.”

Blake’s next event will be the Auto-Plus Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway, October 5-7.