CHEVROLET IN NHRA
2024 DENSO NHRA SONOMA NATIONALS
SONOMA RACEWAY
SONOMA, CALIFORNIA
TEAM CHEVY RACE ADVANCE | NOTES & STATS
JULY 26-28, 2024
CHEVROLET CARRIES SEASON MOMENTUM WITH AUSTIN PROCK AND JOHN FORCE RACING INTO SONOMA RACEWAY
Notes:
- Team Chevy heads to the 2024 DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals with John Force Racing for the 12th round of the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series July 26-28.
- Austin Prock, driver of the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car, enters Sonoma this weekend with a 256-point lead over Matt Hagan and Bob Tasca, III (tied for second).
- Prock, with his team’s season success so far, has built a points lead that equates to two race events over Hagan and Tasca, III.
- The most recent winner in Funny Car, Austin Prock rolls into Sonoma with four victories in 2024 and looking to add to his eight career (four in Top Fuel) wins overall.
- Brittany Force heads into Sonoma looking to turn around her 2024 season, but currently holds the Sonoma Raceway track record in Top Fuel with her 3.662 seconds E.T. run in July 2022 at 337.75 mph.
- Returning to action next at Brainerd International Raceway, the Chevrolet Pro Stock and Factory X teams do not compete this weekend in Sonoma. Additionally, the FlexJet Factory Stock Showdown COPO Camaros return to action at the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis Labor Day weekend.
Quotes:
AUSTIN PROCK, DRIVER OF THE CORNWELL TOOLS CHEVROLET CAMARO SS FUNNY CAR:
“I wasn’t very impressed with my driving performance last weekend. Going back-to-back like this, I’m going to hopefully get back in a rhythm and hopefully be better. We have the Countdown coming up in just three more races, (so) I’d like to race this thing every day, if I could.”
BRITTANY FORCE, DRIVER OF THE MONSTER ENERGY CHEVROLET TOP FUEL DRAGSTER:
“Sonoma (Raceway) is one of my favorite tracks and I’m excited to get right back in my Monster Energy dragster after a tough weekend in Seattle. The Countdown is coming up quickly, and we have to put ourselves in the best possible starting position. We celebrated a significant win here in 2022. We qualified fifth, ran high 3.60s all day and then ran 3.70 in the final to win my first ever Sonoma Nationals. Our game plan is simple. One, qualify in the top five; two, get down the track every qualifying pass and, three, go rounds on race day.”
How to Watch:
The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series from Sonoma Raceway airs first with the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge on FOX Saturday, July 27 at 6 p.m. ET. Sunday’s race day sees qualifying airing on FOX Sports 1 (FS1) at 2 p.m. ET, followed by Finals airing on FOX at 4 p.m. ET. Coverage streams live throughout the weekend on NHRA.tv, and is available via AppleTV, Android TV, and Roku devices.
TEAM CHEVY BY THE NUMBERS:
1,460: Round wins for John Force (1st all-time).
626: Round wins for Robert Hight; 13th all-time. Cruz Pedregon (Funny Car), sits 12th, with 631.
167: Number of career No. 1 qualifiers for John Force (1st all-time).
164: Number of Chevrolet Racing Funny Car wins since 1967.
84: Number of career No. 1 qualifiers for Robert Hight (6th all-time). Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel) is fifth with 88.
85: Number of Chevrolet Racing Funny Car wins with the Camaro SS body.
47: Number of career No. 1 qualifiers for Brittany Force.
28: Number of NHRA championships Chevrolet holds as a manufacturer since entering the first in 1966. This is the seventh consecutive award and ninth in 11 seasons. No other manufacturer has won it more than Chevrolet.
26: Wins by John Force in a Chevrolet-bodied Funny Car.
20: Chevrolet career Top Fuel wins in NHRA.
16: Number of Chevrolet career wins by Brittany Force.
7: Number of Funny Car driver championships.
2: Number of Top Fuel driver championships.
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