Carrying the racing hopes of four brands with her, Leah Pruett returned to the NHRA nationals in Brainerd, Minnesota, reaching the final round in a Tony Stewart Racing Dodge//SRT Direct Connection Top Fuel dragster. In her 200th NHRA Top Fuel start, she defeated two Top Fuel world champions and the current points leader, but was nipped from a win by former world champion Antron Brown, who tripped the lights 0.042 seconds faster.
Matt Hagan, four-time 2023 Funny Car winner, had a first round loss and now sits second in points.
The next event is the 68th Dodge Power Brokers NHRA US Nationals on September 1-4.
David Zatz started what was to become the world’s biggest, most comprehensive Mopar site in 1994 as he pursued a career in organizational research and change. After a chemo-induced break, during which he wrote car books covering Vipers, minivans, and Jeeps, he returned with Patrick Rall to create StellPower.com for daily news, and to set up MoTales for mo’ tales.
David Zatz has around 30 years of experience in covering Chrysler/Mopar news and history, and most recently wrote Century of Chrysler, a 100-year retrospective on the Chrysler marque.
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