EPPING, N.H. — It’s troublesome to think about touring quicker than 330 mph and shedding a drag race by a number of inches, however that was the story for Tony Stewart throughout Sunday’s NHRA New England Nationals.
Racing his Tony Stewart Racing Direct Connection Dodge Prime Gasoline automotive in his fifth consecutive NHRA Prime Gasoline closing spherical, Stewart suffered a slender defeat to Brittany Drive.
Stewart, the driving force often called “Smoke,” certified second on Saturday at 3.694 within the TSR Direct Connection Dodge//SRT dragster and drove to the ultimate spherical with wins over Rit Pustari with a 3.699, Justin Ashley with a 3.733 and present World Champion Antron Brown with a 3.711. Then, within the closing spherical, Stewart posted a spectacular 0.049 response time without work the beginning line, however Drive ran over 340 mph to nip Stewart on the end line by a mere 0.0074 seconds.
With Stewart’s fifth straight closing spherical look, the NASCAR Corridor of Famer, who has received NHRA Prime Gasoline races at Las Vegas and Chicago this 12 months, prolonged his NHRA Mission Prime Gasoline factors result in 71 over Shawn Langdon because the 20-race sequence strikes to Bristol (Tenn.) Dragway June 6-8.
“I’m very proud of the weekend,” stated Stewart. “We gained factors in qualifying in two of the rounds. We got here into eliminations at this time because the quantity two qualifier, which was nice. We had a strong day. We fell a bit of quick within the finals, however I’m proud of my lights within the semifinals and the finals. I’m pleased with my response instances, and I’m pleased with our staff for making 5 finals in a row. We’re the one staff in Prime Gasoline that has made it previous the primary spherical in each race.
“Neal (Strausbaugh – crew chief), Mike (Domagala – co-crew chief), Ryan (McGilvry – automotive chief), Phil (Shuler – Hagan’s co-crew chief) and all the blokes are simply crushing it proper now. We’ve got a racecar now. We’re exhibiting as much as race and that’s precisely the place I wish to be. We’re working with the large canine and we’re extra constant than lots of them. So, we’ll stay up for going to NASCAR nation subsequent weekend at Bristol and having some enjoyable.”
