NHRA Funny Car’s Austin Prock continued to dominate the nitro Funny Car four-wide format ranks, after sweeping both event in April – at Las Vegas and now last weekend at zMax Dragway Concord NC.

In the final round he delivered a massive run of 3.870 secs at 332.92 in the final round in the JFR Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS to defeat Ron Capps, Matt Hagan and Alexis DeJoria.

Prock has won the four-wide race in both Top Fuel and now Funny Car at zMAX Dragway, showcasing last year’s championship form the past two events.

Prock also won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge — but was on another level on Sunday, going low in each round and winning the first two quads. He quickly chased down defending event winner Hagan and Capps in the finals, as his 3.870 was easily the quickest run in eliminations. It’s the second straight win for Prock, who moved into the points lead, and it was the 14th in his young career.

Dating back to last season, Prock now has 10 Funny Car wins over the last 25 races, an impressive feat in the loaded category.

“It’s a great day. Anytime you’re holding one of these Wallys, it’s a great day,” Prock said. “The Prock Rocket bailed me out there in the finals. I had my worst light of the weekend, so it’s just great to be driving this Cornwall Chevrolet SS, especially that round there. We had a lot of difficult scenarios with this race car, but my dad and brother and Nate Hildahl and the whole Cornwell Tools team did their homework all week and got the thing dialed in and made a killer run there in the final. That was a jaw dropper.”
 
For Capps, who was driving a special edition 100th anniversary Napa Auto Parts Toyota at ZMax — he was runner-up for the second time this season.

Austin Prock’s Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge title (on Saturday) saw him slipping past Canada’s Spencer Hyde with a run of 3.949 at 322.50 mph in the title bout. Hyde, who won this bonus race at the Phoenix edition, ran an identical 3.949 secs, but Prock was quicker on the starting with a stout .058 reaction time.

NHRA 4-Wide Nationals – Funny Car Class Summary

WIN: Austin Prock – 3.870 secs 332.92 mph (Career win #14)
R/UP: Ron Capps – 3.920 secs 327.51 mph
Low ET: Paul Lee – 3.829 secs
Top MPH: Bob Tasca III – 336.65 mph
Bump: 4.060
Entries – 18 cars

Posted with files by NHRA Communications & Bruce Biegler
Photos courtesy of NHRA & Gary Nastase