NHRA Arizona Nationals/Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge Saturday preview

The ultimate day of qualifying for the NHRA Arizona Nationals is not going to solely set the fields for Sunday’s ultimate eliminations but in addition shall be highlighted by the inaugural operating of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Problem through the day’s two qualifying periods.

The Mission #2Fast2Tasty Problem pits the semifinalists from the earlier occasion in a collection of rematches for money and bonus factors with all runs additionally counting in direction of qualifying. The winners of these two semifinal rematches will face off within the ultimate qualifying session for the most important share of the spoils.

In Prime Gasoline, eventual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals winner Mike Salinas will face off once more with Leah Pruett, whereas Doug Kalitta will hope to reverse the result of the Gainesville occasion by beating Steve Torrence.

Coming into Saturday,Kalitta and Salinas seem like clear favorites. Kalitta certified his Mac Instruments dragster No. 1 within the Arizona Nationals discipline with a 3.679 whereas Torrence is fifth with a 3.724 Salinas, final 12 months’s NHRA Arizona Nationals champ, appears to have the higher hand, however solely barely, towards Pruett. Salinas’ Scrappers Racing entry ran 3.689 to qualify No. 2 within the occasion discipline, whereas Pruett is seventh at 3.737, giving Salnas lane selection for his or her rematch,

The Humorous Automotive portion of the Problem will give Alexis DeJoria the prospect for somewhat revenge on Gatornationals champ Matt Hagan whereas Gainesville runner-up J.R. Todd hopes to once more activate the win gentle towards Chad Inexperienced.

After Friday’s lone qualifying session, Inexperienced definitely appears to be like to have the perfect deal with on what was a difficult monitor Friday, taking his Daniel Wilkerson-tuned Bond Coat entry to a 3.952 that has him certified No. 2 within the Arizona nationals discipline. His opponent, Todd, did not; take it down the monitor below energy, nor did Hagan or DeJoria, making the opening pairings an attention-grabbing combine.

Gatornationals winner Troy Coughlin Jr., who was the runner-up on the Arizona Nationals final 12 months, will even participate in immediately’s #2Fast2Tasty Problem in Professional Inventory, pitted once more towards Dallas Glenn, whereas Gatornationals runner-up Mason McGaha will once more attempt to beat the category’ most prolific winner, Greg Anderson, of their rematch.

Coming into Saturday, Glenn is the quickest of the 4 Problem opponents after clocking a 6.556 that positioned him third within the discipline behind shock chief Fernando Cuadra Jr. and Kyle Koretsky, His opponent, Coughlin, posted a 6.571. Anderson had Friday’s eighth quickest automobile with a 6.577, virtually two- hundredths faster than McGahan’s Eleventh-ranked 6.586.

2022 EVENT WINNERS

Mike Salinas, Prime Gasoline; Robert Hight, Humorous Automotive; Aaron Stanfield, Professional Inventory

TRACK RECORDS

Prime Gasoline
3.643 seconds by Brittany Pressure Feb. ’20; 
337.92 mph by Pressure, Feb. ’20.

Humorous Automotive 
3.823 seconds by Matt Hagan, Feb. ’22; 
337.16 mph by Courtney Pressure, Feb. ’18.

Professional Inventory
6.498 seconds by Mike Edwards, Feb. ’13;
213.77 mph by Edwards, Feb. ’13.

SCHEDULE

SATURDAY, February 25- Lucas Oil Sequence eliminations at 8 a.m. Tenting World Sequence Professional Inventory qualifying at midday and three p.m. Tenting World Sequence Prime Gasoline and Humorous Automotive qualifying at 12:30 p.m. and three:30 p.m. 

SUNDAY, February 26 – Pre-race ceremony, 10 a.m. Tenting World Sequence eliminations start at 11 a.m

TELEVISION SCHEDULE

SUNDAY, Feb. 26, FS1 will televise two hour of qualifying highlights at midday (ET) 
SUNDAY, Feb.26, FS1 will televise three hours of finals protection at 7 p.m. (ET)

Or watch all day on NHRA.television