Justin Ashley, Ron Capps, Greg Anderson lock down No. 1 qualifying spots.
Top Fuel standout Antron Brown picked up his first win in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge, defeating defending world champion Brittany Force in the finals of the bonus event on Saturday at Brainerd International Raceway as part of this weekend’s 41st annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals.
“We've been wanting to win this for a long, long time,” Brown said. “We made it a couple times, and it felt good to get past that first round today. All these cars are just tough, tough competitors. To go into that final round against Brittany and the way their car's been running, to go against Justin first round. They're the two heavy-hitters in the class, so to pull off that is very, very special for us.
“I'm looking forward to what will hopefully be a long and exciting raceday. It's going to be cool out tomorrow, so I think you're going to see a lot of really close racing and a lot of really fast racing.”NHRA/National DragsterIn Funny Car, it was a matchup of standouts in the final round of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge, as Robert Hight prevailed over points leader Matt Hagan with a run of 3.988 at 315.05 in his Cornwell Tools/AAA Chevrolet Camaro SS.
Capps’ 3.894 at 330.23 in his 11,000-horsepower NAPA Auto Parts Toyota GR Supra held up from Friday, giving the back-to-back Funny Car world champ his second No. 1 qualifier this season and 38th in his career. He’ll look for his seventh win at Brainerd on Sunday, opening eliminations against Jim Campbell. J.R. Todd took second with a 3.907 at 327.98 and Hagan’s 3.910 at 328.06 put him third.
“This is very exciting,” Enders said. “We went to the finals last weekend and weren't able to get it done, so to get it done here is pretty exciting. I'm really excited to put that car in the winner's circle and put our name on that trophy. Coming into the year, we thought, we're going to do some good – and then we haven't. So it's very meaningful.
“It's very gratifying to know that you can run in heat, you can run in cool, you can run in any conditions. I'm proud of the KB Titan Racing guys and the job they've done this weekend,” Anderson said. “I'm looking forward to tomorrow, it'll be a more fun day for racers. The cars will be fast and hooked up. It'll be a throw everything you've got at the racetrack and it should hold it. Those are exciting days for us, that's how we love to race.
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