{"id":5023,"date":"2021-11-17T14:49:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T14:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=5023"},"modified":"2021-11-17T19:40:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T19:40:39","slug":"tasca-to-top-at-nhra-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=5023","title":{"rendered":"Tasca to Top at NHRA Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bob Tasca III and the Motorcraft\/Quick Lane Funny Car Team were winners at the Auto Club NHRA Finals (Nov. 14) – the 2021 season concluding event for NHRA\u2019s Camping World Drag Racing Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, Tasca vaulted into third place in the final 2021 NHRA Nitro Funny Car standings, setting a personal best. Today\u2019s win was also Tasca\u2019s third race victory of the season, yet another career high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t win the war, but we won the battle today in this Motorcraft car,\u201d said Tasca. \u201cIt\u2019s just such a privilege to drive this for the Ford fans and for the sponsors on this car. I\u2019ll tell you this, Jim Farley (Ford CEO) is watching. He\u2019s got Ford Motor Company on fire and he\u2019s got this team on fire. When no one believed in me, he did. He set us on this path to win and chase a championship. We didn\u2019t get it this year but we\u2019re coming after it next year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bob Tasca III certainly ended his 2021 on a high – winning NHRA’s season concluding AAA Auto Club Finals event.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Tasca-driven Mustang knocked off a pair of former world champions en route to today\u2019s victory. Tasca toppled 2018 champ J.R. Todd in the first round before edging 16-time champ John Force by 0.0049 seconds (approximately 2 feet) in the semifinals. In the final against Alexis DeJoria, Tasca was first off the starting line and led for the duration of the race, clocking a 3.955 ET at 321.65 mph. His margin of victory was 0.0448, or nearly 21 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tasca III defeated Alexis Dejoria in the final round winning by a 3.955 secs to 3.974 secs margin.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tasca\u2019s other two wins this season occurred in back-to-back events, Las Vegas (April 18) and Atlanta (May 2). He now owns nine career NHRA Nitro Funny Car wins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll of us at Motorcraft are thrilled to see Bob finish off the 2021 season on a high note in Los Angeles,\u201d said Jonathan Orth, Marketing Manager for Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD). \u201cFord and Motorcraft are incredibly thankful for the excellent work that Bob and his team have put into representing our organizations this season. We\u2019re already looking forward to 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Event Essentials: AAA Auto Club Finals  (Nov 12-14th 2021) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/td>NAME<\/strong><\/td>ET<\/strong><\/td>MPH<\/strong><\/td>CAREER WIN<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
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Winner:<\/strong><\/td>Bob Tasca III<\/td> 3.955 <\/td>321.65<\/td> 9th<\/td><\/tr>
R\/UP:<\/strong><\/td>Alexis DeJoria  <\/td> 3.974 <\/td>322.58<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Low ET:<\/strong><\/td>Robert Hight <\/td> 3.886<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Top Speed:<\/strong><\/td>Robert Hight  <\/td> <\/td>330.55<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Bump Spot:<\/strong><\/td> 4.138<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Event Entries:<\/strong><\/td> 20 Cars<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Robert Hight was the quickest and fastest car at the Pomona Finals – running 3.886 secs and 330.55 mph during qualifying.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Despite just a 2nd round finish at Pomona – Ron Capps clinched his 2nd career NHRA World Championship title for Funny Car racing.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Posted with files by Matt Trevor & Bruce Biegler<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos by Bob Johnson – Ron Lewis and Auto Imagery <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bob Tasca III and the Motorcraft\/Quick Lane Funny Car Team were winners at the Auto Club NHRA Finals (Nov. 14) – the 2021 season concluding event for NHRA\u2019s Camping World Drag Racing Series. As a result, Tasca vaulted into third place in the final 2021 NHRA Nitro Funny Car standings, setting a personal best. Today\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[104,58,16,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5023"}],"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=5023"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5027,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5023\/revisions\/5027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}