{"id":3767,"date":"2019-06-25T16:51:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T16:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=3767"},"modified":"2019-06-25T16:55:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T16:55:15","slug":"tasca-iii-is-two-for-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=3767","title":{"rendered":"Tasca III is Two for Two!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bob Tasca III and the Motorcraft\/Quick Lane Ford Mustang Funny Car team won their second NHRA Mello Yello Series race in a row \u2013 this time in Ford\u2019s backyard.<\/p>\n

The NHRA race in Norwalk, Ohio is just two hours away from Ford Motor Company World Headquarters in Dearborn, Mich. It was the perfect time for Tasca to go to back-to-back final rounds for the first time in his Funny Car career. \u00a0Tasca and the Motorcraft\/Quick Lane team earned the new Ford Mustang Funny Car its first win seven days ago in Bristol, TN.<\/p>\n

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A suddenly surging Bob Tasca III has now won 8 straight rounds within NHRA fuel FC class competition.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve worked seven years to get to this place,\u201d said Tasca, who broke a seven-year drought with his win at Bristol Dragway. \u201cThere were days I never thought I\u2019d get back here. This sport can take everything from you. It can tear your heart out. Everyone told me to never give up and I never gave up, and I thank the people like the fans and Ford employees who never gave up on me. I dreamed of being able to give them the Ford Mustang Funny Car we have right now.\u201d\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tasca had support at the track from Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD) and Ford Performance. With the wins, he\u2019s moved up three spots in the championship points to seventh.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re over the moon,\u201d said Jasmine Pendleton, Marketing Manager, Ford Customer Service Division. \u201cHe\u2019s in his stride. You can\u2019t even quantify how valuable it is to have someone like Bob as a spokesperson for FCSD and Ford. He\u2019s not just a driver. He\u2019s a Ford dealer and he gets us. He knows what we\u2019re trying to do in NHRA. He understands our need to get automotive technicians, he knows this is an effective way to reach our goals and he\u2019s proven it. He\u2019s proven it two weeks in a row.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tasca clocked a 4.383-second run at 245.09 mph to defeat Jack Beckman in the final round \u2014 after entering eliminations for the sixth qualified position.\u00a0 <\/span>He also beat Matt Hagan, Paul Lee and John Force while running his NHRA event winning streak to an 8-0 record over the past two races.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Through his role as team owner and driver, Tasca works to help Ford attract and retain automotive technicians by talking to students who attend NHRA\u2019s YES (Youth and Education Services) programs at the track.<\/p>\n

Tasca debuted the new body at the beginning of the 2019 NHRA season. It was the first new body for Ford in a decade and was the first Ford racecar to skip the full-size prototype phase of development, resulting in a process that had significant cost reduction implications for both road and race vehicle design.<\/p>\n

The Tasca Racing team will now seek a \u201cnatural hat trick\u201d when they head to Epping, N.H. for the series\u2019 next race July 5-7 – the NHRA New England Nationals — which is home territory for the Rhode Island based driver. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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DSR racer Jack Beckman had a strong showing at Norwalk – setting top speed of the meet and going the final round.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Paul Lee had a great event — qualifying #3 (3.914 secs) and winning his first round – before a foul start vs Tasca III.<\/p><\/div>\n

Event Essentials: \u00a0 NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Nationals (June 21-23rd, 2019)\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>\nBob Tasca III<\/td>\n\u00a04.383<\/td>\n245.07<\/td>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 6th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R\/UP:<\/strong><\/td>\nJack Beckman<\/td>\n\u00a011.76<\/td>\n\u00a077.85<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Low ET:<\/strong><\/td>\nRob Capps<\/td>\n\u00a03.879<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Top Speed:<\/strong><\/td>\nJack Beckman<\/td>\n<\/td>\n329.26<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bump Spot:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a04.099<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event Entries:<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a020 Cars<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Tim Wilkerson supported the Summit Racing event with this cool Polarair-sponsored Mustang.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Independent racer Dale Creasy qualified well at #14 (4.030 secs).<\/p><\/div>\n

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The event included a brand new “big show” FC driven by Ohio’s Mike McIntire which looked great but was a DNQ first time out.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ron Capps was the #1 qualifier (3.879 secs) which was also Low ET of the event.<\/p><\/div>\n

Posted with files by Lachelle Laney & Bruce Biegler<\/em><\/p>\n

Photos by Bruce Biegler & Steve Embling\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

To view additional FC class photos from this race – link to our LoudMusicLoudCars \u00a0gallery: \u00a0HERE<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bob Tasca III and the Motorcraft\/Quick Lane Ford Mustang Funny Car team won their second NHRA Mello Yello Series race in a row \u2013 this time in Ford\u2019s backyard. The NHRA race in Norwalk, Ohio is just two hours away from Ford Motor Company World Headquarters in Dearborn, Mich. It was the perfect time for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[58,81,59,32],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3767"}],"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=3767"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3774,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3767\/revisions\/3774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}