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#Rigs of rods drag car mod series#

Driver messed up all day long, even in the finals,” Salinas said after defeating Ashley by about a car length at the finish line. “The car’s been moving on me on the top end. Antron drove my car a few weeks ago, and the car did really nice with him. I’m doing something wrong, and what we’re doing is we’re correcting me,” he said.

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The Camping World Drag Racing Series heads south to Bristol, Tenn., in two weeks. In the meantime, Salinas – who also won this year at Phoenix and Charlotte – said he will be devoting himself to improving his driving skills. We changed different things on the car to find out. And we will win some more races,” Salinas said. In the standings, Salinas leapfrogged Steve Torrence, the No. 1 qualifier this weekend with a track-record elapsed time (3.664 seconds). Torrence lost traction against class newcomer Scott Farley and dropped out in the opening round. He secured his 12th final-round berth by eliminating Joe Morrison, Leah Pruett, and Austin Prock. On the other side of the ladder, Winternationals winner Ashley drove his Phillips Connect powered by Vita C Dragster past Dan Mercier, Scott Farley, and Shawn Langdon to reach his seventh career final-round appearance. In the final, he clocked a 3.782-second performance at 315.78 mph but lost by about a car length. Meanwhile, at Norwalk, Jasmine Salinas was matching her father round for round at the Division 3 regional points meet, where she qualified second. She beat Jeff Chatterson in the final round with a 5.329-second, 275.96-mph run in her Top Alcohol Dragster. “We were runner up at the Norwalk regional last year,” she said, “so it feels awesome to be bringing home a Wally this year. But what makes it even better is that my dad and his Top Fuel team won their race in Epping right before we did. “One day we’ll eventually get another father-daughter double-up at the same event and be in the winners circle together.Įven though we were at different tracks, we were following each other all weekend on so we didn’t miss a thing. I’m looking forward to coming out again for the national event,” Jasmine Salinas said.

That’s a fitting goal for Fathers Day weekend at Bristol’s Thunder Valley Nationals, where Salinas has won in the past two Caping World Drag Racing Series visits. Salinas said the crew of his Valley Services-branded dragster is “so dedicated it’s scary.” He is, too, and he might be scarier once – in his eyes – he masters the subtleties of driving the dragster. MATT HAGAN KEEPS ROLLING WITH EPPING FC VICTORY - Matt Hagan’s first season with Tony Stewart Racing continued its torrid success Sunday at the New England Nationals in Epping, N.H. Hagan clocked a 3.992-second elapsed time at 327.98 mph to defeat Robert Hight who slowed to 6.232 seconds at 110.15 in the final round before a sellout crowd at New England Dragway. This was Hagan’s third win of the season in eight races and the 42nd of his career.