NHRA Gator Nationals 2009
GAINESVILLE, Fla.: Bob Tasca raced to his first career Funny Car victory Sunday at the ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals.
Larry Dixon, Jason Line and Hector Arana also were winners at the NHRA event at historic Gainesville Raceway.
Tasca, in his second-year in NHRA, earned his first No. 1 qualifying position on Saturday and ran strong all weekend. He finished the job by powering his Ford Mustang to a final-round performance of 4.200 seconds at a top speed of 280.72 mph to hold off defending Gatornationals winner Tony Pedregon, whose Chevy Impala trailed with a 4.536 at 210.90.
“I’m speechless,” Tasca said. “It’s one of those weekends where you qualify No. 1 and then have to beat John Force and Tony Pedregon to get your first win. It’s a big accomplishment and just a credit to this Motorcraft team.
“If you’ve got to pick a place to win your first race, I couldn’t think of a better place to do it.”
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NHRA Drag Racing
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In round 3 of qualifying at the Inaugural 2010 NHRA 4 Wide Nationals at Zmax Dragway, Matt Hagan and Jeff Diehl both have terrifying explosions. First Jeff Diehl’s body comes flying off his car and sails in the air onto the guard rail after his engine lets go, then Matt Hagan has a huge explosion through the lights and his body disintegrates and he almost hits Del Worsham bringing the car to a safe stop. Del runs a 4.064 @ 307.30MPH and Matt managed a 4.104 @ 296.50MPH.
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The effervescent Jenna Arend, 10-year old daughter of Jeff Arend, driver of the DHL Funny Car for Kalitta Motorsports, and his wife, Windy, put together this amazing video as the debut of “Jenna Arend’s Show”. Jenna puts Jeff through the paces with some tough questions about racing FOUR WIDE in Charlotte at the Inaugural 4 Wide NHRA Nationals at zMax Dragway, March 26-28, 2010, and about his questionable breakfast diet. Plus much more! Enjoy!
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