{"id":3220,"date":"2018-09-06T14:04:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T14:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=3220"},"modified":"2018-09-06T19:56:16","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T19:56:16","slug":"back-to-back-at-indy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=3220","title":{"rendered":"Back to Back at Indy!"},"content":{"rendered":"

J.R. Todd and the DHL\/WIX Filters team emerged victorious with their second straight NHRA Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals fuel Funny Car title.<\/p>\n

Todd was the dominate car throughout the race weekend. He started the weekend with a 3.910 second pass that put him in the position to earn his first career no.1 qualifier. He followed that up with several more solid passes, and led the pack with 12 bonus points. He would earn his first pole for the DHL\/WIX Filters team and become the 19th driver in NHRA history to earn no.1 qualifiers in both Top Fuel and Funny Car.<\/p>\n

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JR Todd won the most prestigious event in drag racing for the 2nd consecutive year.<\/p><\/div>\n

In the first round, Todd drew Jim Campbell. The DHL team, led by Jon Oberhofer and Todd Smith, tuned Todd to a stellar 3.996 second pass, which was the second best pass of the entire round to defeat Campbell.<\/p>\n

However, Todd drew the only man who beat him in the second round, Robert Hight. Hight was on the tree, but had issues. Todd did as well, but the DHL\/WIX Filters Toyota Camry hit the line first moving Todd back to the semifinals.<\/p>\n

In the semifinals, Todd faced Tommy Johnson Jr. Todd again moved first, and the tune up was on point once again, as the DHL\/WIX Filters machine blazed down the track in 4.045 seconds, which was low of the round.<\/p>\n

That took Todd back to the final, this time against Matt Hagan, and Todd would not be denied his second straight U.S. Nationals trophy. He took the lead by the time they passed the Christmas Tree and never looked back. Todd became just the sixth driver to score back-to-back wins at Indy and keeps his Indy record in a Funny Car to perfect. (Posted by Cody Poor<\/em>)<\/p>\n

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Matt Hagan placed runner-up at Indy driving the Mopar-sponsored Dodge\/SRT Hellcat<\/p><\/div>\n

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Event Essentials: \u00a0 NHRA Chevrolet Performance US Nationals (Aug 30-Sept. 3rd, 2018)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nNAME<\/strong><\/td>\nET<\/strong><\/td>\nMPH<\/strong><\/td>\nCAREER WIN<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Winner:<\/strong><\/td>\nJR Todd<\/td>\n\u00a04.062<\/td>\n311.70<\/td>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 12th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R\/UP:<\/strong><\/td>\nMatt Hagan<\/td>\n\u00a04.141<\/td>\n300.60<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Low ET:<\/strong><\/td>\nJR Todd<\/td>\n3.910<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Top Speed:<\/strong><\/td>\nCourtney Force<\/td>\n<\/td>\n325.69<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bump Spot:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a05.068<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event Entries:<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a018 Cars<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Shawn Langdon had a great event in this super cool Global Technologies – Tom “Mongoose” McEwen tribute car – which he took to a “final four” finish on Monday<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bob Tasca III paid homage to legendary Bob Glidden at Indy with his Motorcraft Ford Mustang – with which he qualified #2.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sweden’s Jonnie Lindberg ran this special edition retro look scheme for car owner Jim Head.<\/p><\/div>\n

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As she quite often does – Courtney Force set top speed of the event — this time at 325.69 mph.<\/p><\/div>\n

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“Fast Jack” Beckman debuted a new Hellcat body on his DSR Dodge.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bob Bode also debuted a new car at Indy – running this Ford Mustang to the second round.<\/p><\/div>\n

Photos by Bruce Biegler – Dave DeAngelis – Brennan Shortall<\/em><\/p>\n

To view additional Funny Car images from the Chevrolet Performance US Nationals – link to our event photo gallery: HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

J.R. Todd and the DHL\/WIX Filters team emerged victorious with their second straight NHRA Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals fuel Funny Car title. Todd was the dominate car throughout the race weekend. He started the weekend with a 3.910 second pass that put him in the position to earn his first career no.1 qualifier. He followed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3220"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3235,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3220\/revisions\/3235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}