BAYTOWN, Texas — Brittany Power had the quickest go in Houston Raceway Park historical past Friday to take the lead in High Gasoline qualifying on the closing NHRA SpringNationals.
Power broke her personal velocity document on the observe with a 3.695-second run at 333.58 mph. The observe that hosted its first nationwide occasion in 1988 is closing after the occasion to make room for Katoen Natie’s increasing port facility.
“That is simply enormous for our workforce and everybody that was a part of tonight,” Power mentioned. “It is the ultimate race right here in Houston, so to placed on a present for them like that’s fairly thrilling for all of us. We had been proper on our goal with our run and simply our season, we have put up some fairly huge speeds. It was cool to placed on a present like that for our followers.”
Ron Capps topped the Humorous Automobile discipline, Camrie Caruso led in Professional Inventory and Karen Stoffer was the quickest in Professional Inventory Motorbike.
Defending sequence champion Capps had a 3.864 at 326.16 in a Dodge Charger. Caruso had a 6.547 at 209.39 in a Camaro in her fifth profession begin. Stoffer, the winner within the opener in Gainesville, Florida, ran a 6.776 at 199.64 on a Suzuki.