CHEVROLET IN NHRA
2024 PlayNHRA VIRGINIA NATIONALS
VIRGINIA MOTORSPORTS PARK
NORTH DINWIDDIE, VIRGINIA
TEAM CHEVY RACE ADVANCE | NOTES & QUOTES
JUNE 21-23, 2024
CHEVROLET RETURNS TO VIRGINIA MOTORSPORTS PARK READY TO DEFEND JOHN FORCE RACING’S 2022 DOUBLE WINS
Notes:
- Team Chevy heads to the 2024 PlayNHRA Virginia Nationals, the ninth round of the season, June 21-23 at Virginia Motorsports Park.
- Last competing at Virginia Motorsports Park in 2022, John Force Racing left with a handful of hardware, capturing both the Funny Car event win with Robert Hight and the Top Fuel event win with Brittany Force, who also qualified No. 1 ahead of eliminations.
- Austin Prock, driver of the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car, enters Virginia Motorsports Park as the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Funny Car points leader, coming off his most recent victory at Bristol Dragway.
- Leaving Bristol, Prock’s team owner and teammate, John Force, 16-time champion and driver of the PEAK Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car, trails in second in the championship standings by just 64 points.
- From a three-team semifinal finish in Bristol, all three John Force Racing entries will compete in the Mission Foods NHRA #2Fast2Tasty Challenge on Saturday during Q2 in Richmond. Force, Prock, and Force will face off for bonuses of additional prize money and championship points.
- Last competing at Virginia Motorsports Park, Bo Butner, III raced to victory in 2019, with Jason Line taking the No. 1 qualifier in Pro Stock that year.
Quotes:
BRITTANY FORCE, DRIVER OF THE HENDRICKCARS.COM CHEVROLET TOP FUEL DRAGSTER:
“Excited to return to Richmond, Virginia with HendrickCars.com as our primary sponsor coming out of a strong weekend in Bristol. This team has made some progress on the track, and we know we are starting to see results on race day. After a semi-final round finish in Thunder Valley, our team will enter Virginia Motorsports Park and have a chance to compete #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge for extra bonus points and prize money. This weekend, Richmond is changing things up. It will be a 2-day event, which is something I’ve never done in my career. I’m interested to see the fan response for a Saturday and Sunday event. It will definitely speed things up and we are hoping for a positive outcome.”
AUSTIN PROCK, DRIVER OF THE CORNWELL TOOLS CHEVROLET CAMARO SS FUNNY CAR:
“Excited to get to Richmond. We’ve got a 2-day show this weekend with three qualifying passes on Saturday and our race day on Sunday. It will be interesting to see how the fans and competitors take in the new format. Richmond is one of the flattest tracks on circuit which will be much appreciated by the tuners with this weekend’s temperatures. It’s going to be a hot one! As I always say, ‘I never like an off weekend!’ I’m excited to get back into my Cornwell Quality Tools Camaro SS and get back in the groove of things. We’re looking for another strong weekend.”
JOHN FORCE, DRIVER OF THE PEAK ANTIFREEZE & COOLANT CHEVROLET CAMARO SS FUNNY CAR:
“Glad to be back in Richmond with my PEAK Chevy. We have won the race a number of times. I’m excited to run it as a two-day race. It’s something new for the fans, the drivers, and the crew chiefs. And we get to run that Mission Foods race in the middle of it. One day of qualifying with a race built right in. It’s pretty exciting. Brittany’s (Force) HendrickCars.com dragster is starting to run better and (Austin) Prock’s Cornwell Tools Chevy is on fire, so we are all looking forward to being back in the seat here in Virginia.”
How to Watch:
The 2024 PlayNHRA Virginia Nationals from Virginia Motorsports Park kick off Friday, June 21 with Friday’s qualifying airing at 1 p.m. ET Saturday. Saturday’s qualifying airs Sunday at 1 p.m. ET, with Finals following at 5 p.m. ET. All sessions from Epping, New Hampshire air with NHRA on FOX on FOX Sports 1 (FS1). Coverage streams live throughout the weekend on NHRA.tv, and is available via AppleTV, Android TV, and Roku devices.
TEAM CHEVY BY THE NUMBERS:
1,459: Round wins for John Force (1st all-time).
626: Round wins for Robert Hight; 13th all-time. Cruz Pedregon (Funny Car), sits 12th, with 630.
167: Number of career No. 1 qualifiers for John Force (1st all-time).
163: 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.
83: 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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