Austin Prock stayed nearly perfect in qualifying, taking his third Funny Car No. 1 qualifier in four races on Saturday during the 24th annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.Doug Kalitta and Jerry Tucker also qualified No. 1 at the fourth of 20 races during the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.Funny Car Prock, who also won his first Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge on Saturday, rolled to the top spot in Funny Car on Saturday, going 3.
“I’m just trying to get my driving together and I think it’s finally coming together. This is the car that Erica drove last year and I managed to make three solid runs,” Tucker said. “It takes a year or so to learn how to drive properly. For the first five or six races you’re just riding along. Then you start to get a feel for it, but it takes a while to really figure it out. From 1 to 16, they are all tough. I really don’t see any difference between anyone in the field.