Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Hight continues as interim top qualifier warm startup

Funny car points leader Robert Hight continued his torrid start of 2011 season by winning the No. 1 position provisional VisitMyrtleBeach.com NHRA width of four nationals at zMAX Dragway qualification. The other preliminary qualifiers No. 1 in the fourth of the 22 races of the NHRA Full Throttle drag racing series 2011 season were Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock).

Hight, the NHRA Full Throttle series 2009 champion, won two of the first three races this season, and it is located at the top of the order Funny car with his pass 4.062 dry 313.07 MPH in his Auto Club Ford Mustang of qualification.

"When you run aggressive as Jimmy Prock fact, why return to offshore," Hight said. "" "". This is why we have many qualifiers No. 1. That is why we are no. 1 in points. »

If the holder, it would be 1 39th of the Hight No. qualifier in just his 143ème career race, placing shy only six Top-10 status on the list of all time of the NHRA of no. 1 qualifiers (No. 10 on the list now is Angelle Sampey with 45).

Top fuel, Kalitta won provisional first place with a pass 3.814 dry a track-record 325.45 mph.

"True identified it after this race," Kalitta of said, who made a significant improvement in its Q1 3,910 pass in the drag racing Kalitta Air. "Dixon (3.824) and some other cars on this first round really mater many." I'm back and spoke to my team leader, Jim O (berhofer) and has to ask if he could intensify this thing so that we can run with those guys and he did an excellent job. »

In Pro Stock, four times and defending champion Anderson, neighbor Mooresville, N.C., received the No. 1 with a 6.566 s provisional pass to 210.37 km in his Summit Racing Pontiac GXP.

"You cannot be too conservative with one of these cars almost ' is of this class.". You have to go almost every time there, "said Anderson.

VisitMyrtleBeach.com NHRA width of four nationals qualifying concludes with the third and fourth sessions Saturday when the fields will be set for the final eliminations Sunday.


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