CHEVROLET IN NHRA
2024 DENSO NHRA SONOMA NATIONALS
SONOMA RACEWAY
SONOMA, CALIFORNIA
TEAM CHEVY RACE RECAP | NOTES & STATS
JULY 28, 2024
JOHN FORCE RACING AND CHEVROLET RACE TO THE SEMIFINAL ROUND AT SONOMA WITH AUSTIN PROCK AND BRITTANY FORCE
Chevrolet Captures Pro Stock Wally with Aaron Stanfield and Super Stock Win with Jim Grossi
Notes:
- Austin Prock, driver of the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car, fell to Bob Tasca, III in a tight semifinal round at Sonoma with his run of 3.901 seconds E.T. at 333.99 mph to Tasca, III’s 3.931 seconds E.T. at 336.15 mph.
- While he didn’t capture the Wally trophy this weekend, Prock did win his fifth-straight Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge Saturday and sixth overall, pocketing bonus points and a cash prize with his defeat of J.R. Todd is the first round and Blake Alexander in the second.
- Prock maintains his sizeable lead over Tasca, III in second in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Championships standings heading to Brainerd.
- Capturing both his 128th career No. 1 qualifier and fourth of the season, Greg Anderson, driver of the HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro SS Pro Stock, also captured his second straight Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge victory with his run of 6.595 seconds E.T. at 204.94 mph.
- Racing to her third semifinal round of the season and 39th of her career, Brittany Force and her Monster Energy Chevrolet Top Fuel team showed progress during the weekend in Sonoma despite being defeated by Antron Brown.
- Aaron Stanfield, driver of the Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage Chevrolet Camaro SS Pro Stock machine, captured his third win of the season and 11th career Wally trophy. Stanfield’s win is Chevrolet’s 393rd since 1970 in Pro Stock and 274th in the Camaro.
- In his second start after transitioning from Pro Stock Motorcycle to Pro Stock, Cory Reed made his final round debut with KB Titan Racing, facing off against Stanfield and Elite Motorsports in his 20th career final round.
- In Super Stock, Jim Grossi defeated Justin Lamb in his bright orange Chevrolet Corvette, to capture the Sonoma Nationals Wally with his pass of 8.500 seconds E.T. at 156.43 mph.
- Wrapping four qualifying sessions Saturday evening, Prock powered to the No. 4 qualifying position heading into race day, running 3.872 seconds E.T. at 335.07 mph. Force’s run Friday held for the No. 3 qualifying position for the NHRA Sonoma Nationals.
- Force led the John Force Racing duo in qualifying Friday, racing to a provisional No. 2 spot with her run of 3.668 seconds E.T. at 335.57 mph.
Quotes:
AUSTIN PROCK, DRIVER OF THE CORNWELL TOOLS CHEVROLET CAMARO SS FUNNY CAR:
“I had my best light of the weekend. You shouldn’t even be staring up there to be honest (at the bulbs). John Force taught me that. We made a good run, and they (Bob Tasca, III) made an outstanding run. He had the top bulb out; that’s seven inches, and that’s seven-hundredths. So, he probably went .86, .87, and we probably ran .90 straight up. It sucks to get beat by a (thousandth), but I mean, I’m so proud of this Cornwell Tools Chevrolet team, but when you get beat by a (thousandth), you get beat by a (thousandth). Hopefully, it goes our way the next time.”
BRITTANY FORCE, DRIVER OF THE MONSTER ENERGY CHEVROLET TOP FUEL DRAGSTER:
“Overall, this was a really good weekend for this Monster Energy / Flav-R-Pac / Cornwell Tools / HendrickCars.com / PEAK Chevy team. We made quite a bit of progress. Our goal was to qualify in the top five. We qualified third. We were pretty consistent during qualifying. Race day, first round, we laid down a .68, which was an outstanding run for this team. Then we came out second round, ran a .74. The track was heating up. We slowed it down a little, but another solid, clean run. We made a semifinal round appearance. Unfortunately, we got beat by Antron Brown. It’s a tough team over there, tough competitor. We gave it our all, but with the track heating up, we drove into smoke. I let the car settle and tried to pedal it. I could see him too far out ahead of us, so we just let that one go. We will pack up, and actually we will head to Norwalk [for Night Under Fire match race] next, where we can keep continuing figuring this car out and getting her ready for closing in on this countdown.”
Up Next:
The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series next heads to Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, Minn. for the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Aug. 15-28. Eliminations air Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on FOX. Coverage of qualifying and the race stream live throughout the weekend on NHRA.tv, and is available via AppleTV, Android TV, and Roku devices.
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