All three Toyota GR Supra Funny Cars qualify in the top half of the field
MORRISON, Colo. (July 16, 2022) – Justin Ashley closed the four qualifying passes in the Top Fuel class with a stellar 3.765 elapsed time that nearly earned Ashley his second no.1 qualifying spot of the season at the stunning Bandimere Speedway just outside of Denver. Ashley is joined in the top-half of the field by veteran Doug Kalitta (eighth).
In Funny Car, all three Toyota GR Supra Funny Cars qualified in the top half of the field with 3.96 second runs. Defending Funny Car champion Ron Capps led Toyota with a 3.961 elapsed time in fifth, with J.R. Todd (sixth) and Alexis DeJoria (seventh) following with identical 3.964 second passes.
Toyota Post-Qualifying Recap
NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series
Bandimere Speedway
Race 11 of 22
TOYOTA TOP FUEL QUALIFYING POSITIONS
| Name | Car | Qualifying Position | First Round Opponent |
| Brittany Force* | Flav-R-Pac Top Fuel Dragster | 1st (3.758) | T. Totten |
| Justin Ashley | Phillips Connect Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 2nd (3.765) | C. Ferre |
| Doug Kalitta | Mac Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 8th (3.827) | J. Hart |
| Steve Torrence | Capco Contractors Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 10th (3.845) | A. Prock |
| Shawn Langdon | DHL Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 12th (3.901) | G. Carrillo |
| Antron Brown | Matco Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 14th (4.069) | L. Pruett |
(*non-Toyota driver)
TOYOTA FUNNY CAR QUALIFYING POSITIONS
| Name | Car | Qualifying Position | First Round Opponent |
| Matt Hagan* | Dodge Power Brokers Charger SRT Hellcat FC | 1st (3.908) | J. Wyatt |
| Ron Capps | NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota GR Supra Funny Car | 5th (3.961) | P. Lee |
| J.R. Todd | DHL Toyota GR Supra Funny Car | 6th (3.964) | C. Pedregon |
| Alexis DeJoria | Bandero Tequila Toyota GR Supra Funny Car | 7th (3.964) | T. Wilkerson |
(*non-Toyota driver)
TOYOTA QUOTES
JUSTIN ASHLEY, Phillips Connect Toyota Top Fuel Dragster, Davis Motorsports
TF Qualifying Result: 2nd
What is it like to come up here and race on the mountain?
“It’s stunning. This whole facility is gorgeous. It’s important to take a minute and say thank you to the fans, because they came out in droves all weekend – Friday, Saturday. I can’t wait to see what it’s like tomorrow. It’s a blast from a driver’s perspective to walk around the facility and see how engaged everybody is. It just gives you that much more motivation. For everybody that is here from Velocity, Bendix, everybody at Toyota, Vita C Energy, and of course, Phillips Connect, we are excited to keep this going and we are excited about tomorrow.”
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