Matt Hagan. Greg Anderson, Gaige Herrera also post Countdown wins.
Funny Car’s Matt Hagan, Pruett try to give Tony Stewart Racing a nitro double
But No. 8-ranked Clay Millican was the spoiler, beating Pruett by 17-thousandths of a second. It was Millican’s third victory of the season for Rick Ware Racing and second triumph this season in Illinois. He won at Joliet, Ill., in May and at Denver in July. “Like I’ve said so many times, it’s gonna go right down to the wire,” Torrence said of the chase. “We’re halfway through [the Countdown], and there are five drivers who still have a legit shot. I like where I’m sitting with these CAPCO boys behind me and the Countdown coming home to Texas.”Like he did the previous weekend at Charlotte, Torrence got behind in early qualifying and had to scramble the rest of that weekend. He said Friday night “was the hero session, and I guess we forgot our cape.
Since Pro Stock champion Tanner Gray left the NHRA in 2018, barely at age 20, and began a career in stock-car racing, folks wondered when the next teenage sensation would materialize. He has arrived in Cody Krohn, the 19-year-old who owns his own business in Southwest Florida, at Englewood and already has built an equally impressive drag-racing resume.
QUARTERFINALS -- Torrence, 3.783, 322.50 def. Ashley, 3.815, 326.08; Pruett, 3.803, 328.62 def. Kalitta, 4.833, 162.92; Millican, 3.850, 285.53 def. Salinas, 3.807, 318.99; Schumacher, 3.808, 327.43 def. Brown, 3.896, 290.69;
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