Doug Kalitta, Erica Enders and Gaige Herrera also claim top spots as Countdown heats up big time.
Looking to move into the points lead in the NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs for the first time in his career, Funny Car’s Bob Tasca III clinched the No. 1 qualifier on Saturday at World Wide Technology Raceway at the 12th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals.
“Very exciting, but one round at a time, one run at a time,” Tasca said. “We really don't pay as much attention to what the cars around us are running. We have enough data now with this car and enough track information to go up there and try to go as quick as we can for the conditions that are presented.
“I was really happy with that .72 in that last session,” Kalitta said. “My car has been really consistent. I just can't say enough about how hard everybody is working on my car. Great crowd here today, a sellout. Connie Kalitta is our fearless leader out here and given me a great opportunity over the years.
“I'm definitely excited to head into raceday,” Enders said. “St. Louis has always been really good to us, and we hope that the trend will continue tomorrow – but there are a lot of really tough competitors out there. I'm hopeful to park that JHG/Melling Performance car in the winner's circle. We've got our work cut out for us, but I'm looking forward to it.
“We tried to do different things on the bike today, the track is kind of a little tricky for us, so I feel like we made good passes considering. We'll go back and go over all our data and be ready for tomorrow. All in all, I felt pretty good on the bike and it should be good tomorrow.”
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