![]() ![]() ![]() John Force is the defending winner in Funny Car – Anne Proffit photoįunny Car is going forward with 16 entries this weekend, and none of the competitors has more success in this race than 16-time Flopper champ John Force, who is bringing his Chevrolet Camaro SS to Charlotte in the hopes of taking a fourth consecutive four-wide win overall. Matt Hagan and Dallas Glenn are the other two racers eligible to earn a sweep. Brown, on the other hand, is one of three drivers who have an opportunity to sweep this particular swing, just as he’s swept the NHRA’s Western Swing. No dragster driver has more wins in four-across events than the 40-year-old Texan, who has earned victory in five of the last six zMAX four-wide events. ![]() Torrence, who leads the standings after finishing runner-up to fellow Toyota racer Brown two weeks ago, is the sole driver to sweep the two races at zMAX in a single year (2018). Joining that group and hoping to upend the standings are eight-time champ Tony Schumacher, Clay Millican, Dan Mercier, Lex Joon, Pat Dakin, Keith Murt, Doug Foley and Jacob McNeal. All the top-10 drivers will be on-site: Steve Torrence, Justin Ashley, Brittany Force, Antron Brown, Mike Salinas, Leah Pruett, Austin Prock, Shawn Langdon, Doug Kalitta and Josh Hart. Of course everyone in the Top 10 are on-site and raring for action. With 18 Top Fuel dragsters on the entry list, two racers won’t get to play on Sunday. Monday is supposed to be cooler and partly cloudy, so that’s when final eliminations could take place. Rain had been falling steadily in the area and, with slight respite Thursday was expected to continue with thunderstorms on Friday, the possibility of partly cloudy skies on Saturday and thunder-borne showers for Sunday. The 50-foot track will feature action from children of four-time Top Fuel champ Steve Torrence and dragster racer Josh Hart’s daughters, Funny Car racer Blake Alexander’s son, Pro Stock standout Troy Coughlin Jr.’s and Pro Stock Motorcycle standout Joey Gladstone’s daughters.Įven with all of these side entertainments, the main course remains the four-wide racing in all Camping World classes, along with Pro Mod, Top Alcohol Dragster and Funny Car, Competition Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock Eliminator, Super Comp Super Gas, Top Sportsman, Top Dragster and Factory stock Showdown.Īll of this activity makes for a busy weekend – or at least that’s the hope, because it’s looking very likely that rain could headline the activities. The off-spring of elite pro drivers will race on upgraded trikes, featuring five-across racing for the first time in drag racing history. There’s also a race for two-year-old members of the NHRA family, wherein Tykes on Bikes will take place just before the fourth and final qualifying session Saturday evening. Todd facing NASCAR Cup Series rookie Ty Gibbs, among other, as yet undisclosed matchups. Some of the racers include Top Fuel standout Justin Ashley taking on NASCAR Cup Series rising star Tyler Reddick, three-time dragster champ Antron Brown against 223Xi’s Bubba Wallace, 2018 Funny Car titleholder J.R. The matches will be emceed by NHRA’s Brian Lohnes and NASCAR’s Michael Waltrip. Deep in the heart of NASCAR country, zMAX is owned by Speedway Motorsports, which also owns The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.Įven before the four scheduled qualifying sessions and final eliminations begin for Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle racers, there will be grudge matches on Thursday night – free with a donation to Speedway charities – that pit NHRA against NASCAR racers, beginning at 6:15PM EDT. This 13th annual Circle K NHRA 4Wide Nationals occurs at the first racetrack to adopt this type of straight-line racing: zMAX Dragway, which lies adjacent to the 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway oval. ![]() Just about two weeks ago, NHRA held the first of its two such events in Las Vegas the second which, last year was sandwiched by the now-deceased Houston event, now follows this weekend. The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and its Camping World Drag Racing Series’ professional tour has two anomalies on the annual schedule and both are four-wide races. ![]()
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