CHEVROLET AT DALLAS  What: Texas NHRA FallNationalsWhen: Friday, Oct. 8-Sunday, Oct. 10Where: Texas Motorplex in Ennis, TexasTV: FS1 will telecast eliminations live at 3 p.m. ET Sunday, Oct. 10
Chevrolet looking for Texas-size results in FallNationals
Title contenders in all three pro classes enter Round 4 of Countdown

DETROIT (Oct. 6, 2021) – Round 4 of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Countdown to the Championship at the Texas Motorplex starts off the second half of the playoff series for Chevrolet Pro Stock drivers.
The Texas NHRA FallNationals is also the fourth of seven nitro playoff events for Chevrolet title contenders Brittany Force in Top Fuel and John Force Racing teammates John Force and Robert Hight in Funny Car competition. 
Greg Anderson and Erica Enders – both four-time Pro Stock world champions – are separated by only 17 points following Enders’ fourth victory of the season at World Wide Technology Raceway two weeks ago. Anderson’s KB Racing teammate Kyle Koretsky is 97 points off the pace in third.
Anderson, a three-time winner and four-time runner-up in the HendrickCars.com Camaro SS through 14 races, has been the points leader from the outset of the season. His next victory will break a tie at 97 with Warren Johnson for the most in Pro Stock history.
“(Texas Motorplex) has been a good track for us all along and everything you want for Pro Stockers,” said Anderson, who has five career wins at the facility in Ennis, Texas. “We’ve been able to parlay that into a lot of wins in the past. I need to get the win and extend the points out.”
Matt Hartford, driver of the Total Seal Camaro SS, won the 2020 event, defeating Anderson in the final. Enders, a Texas native, has advanced to the final round in three of the past four races, winning twice.
“We put ourselves back within striking distance of Greg and we’ve just got to go to work,” said Enders, driver of the Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Camaro SS.
On Oct. 5, Anderson was inducted into the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame. 
“To have my name alongside so many legends in the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame is something I never could have dreamed of,” he said.
Brittany Force, driving the Monster Energy/Flav-R-Pac Chevrolet dragster, enters the event second in the Top Fuel standings. 
“We’re in a great place sitting No. 2 in points,” said Force, who set an NHRA Top Fuel single-season record with eight consecutive No. 1 qualifier honors. “I’ve struggled a little on my end but I’m looking to bounce back this weekend with a win at Dallas.”
John Force, driver of the PEAK Antifreeze & Coolant Camaro SS, is third and Hight, driver of the AAA Texas Camaro SS, is tied for seventh in the Funny Car standings. Hight has won twice (2018, 2017) in his last three appearances at Texas Motorplex.
Nitro categories and Pro Stock were allowed a test day Wednesday, Oct. 6, at the track, and a second round of night qualifying was added to the schedule for Friday, Oct. 8, for four total qualifying attempts. 
FS1 will telecast eliminations live at 3 p.m. ET Sunday, Oct. 10. 
CHEVROLET FROM THE COCKPIT
TOP FUEL:
BRITTANY FORCE, JOHN FORCE RACING, MONSTER ENERGY/FLAV-R-PAC CHEVROLET DRAGSTER (Second in points; holds track elapsed time record, set in October 2019): “This Monster Energy/Flav-R-Pac team is looking forward to this weekend’s FallNationals in Dallas. This event is going to be a big one. I’ve won here before and I’m looking forward to doing it again. We’re in a great place sitting No. 2 in points. I’ve struggled a little on my end but I’m looking to bounce back this weekend with a win at Dallas.”
FUNNY CAR:
JOHN FORCE, JOHN FORCE RACING, PEAK ANTIFREEZE AND COOLANT CHEVROLET CAMARO SS (Third points; six-time winner at track): “We’ve had a great season. Danny Hood, Tim Fabrisi, they’ve worked hard on this PEAK Chevy and it’s paying off. We’re in the hunt, that’s all that I want, to be in the hunt, to have a chance at the championship. That’s all any of us want. It’s what we live for. I’ve just got to keep up, keep taking that PEAK Camaro from A to B and just do my job.”
ROBERT HIGHT, JOHN FORCE RACING, AAA TEXAS CHEVROLET CAMARO SS (Tie for seventh in points; four-time winner at track; holds track elapsed time and speed records, set in October 2017): “We’ve had some inconsistency. This AAA team has either been on or off. There’s been no in between. We need to be on this weekend. We have a lot of work to do. Is it still possible? Yes, and if any team can do it, it’s this one with Jimmy Prock and Chris Cunningham leading the way.”
PRO STOCK:
GREG ANDERSON, KB RACING, HENDRICKCARS.COM CHEVROLET CAMARO SS (Points leader; five-time winner at track; holds track elapsed time and speed records, set in 2015): “Everything that we’ve been doing is right and has been good. We just had a little hiccup Sunday (at St. Louis) and I came up with a bad reaction (time) and that was it. Up till then, we were getting all the points in qualifying, and the car was running great again. I can’t make a mistake like that again and I feel confident I won’t. I gave a few points away there. (Texas Motorplex) has been a good track for us all along and everything you want for Pro Stockers. We’ve been able to parlay that into a lot of wins in the past. I need to get the win and extend the points out.” (About being inducted into the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame) “When you race as much as we do, you don’t very often stop and think about what you’ve accomplished. I don’t know if I’m in the prime of my career, but I’m still digging as hard as ever, and somehow, we’re still winning races. All of these incredible things that have been happening — including tying Warren Johnson in wins and being inducted into the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame — these are things I never planned on or even set as a goal. This is beyond anything I ever thought would happen.”
ERICA ENDERS, ELITE MOTORSPORTS, MELLING PERFORMANCE/ELITE MOTORSPORTS CHEVROLET CAMARO SS (Second in points): “We’re halfway through the Countdown now. We put ourselves back within striking distance of Greg (Anderson) and we’ve just got to go to work. We still have a lot of work to compete for fifth championship, but I have the utmost confidence in my guys.”
DALLAS GLENN, KB RACING, RAD TORQUE SYSTEMS CAMARO SS (Fourth in points): “Having a weekend off the recharge after our St. Louis runner-up was needed but the racer in me wanted to go racing again the next day in my RAD Torque, KB Racing and Summit Equipment Chevrolet Camaro. We lost by .002 in the finals and I wanted that win bad. I’m motivated to come out swinging this weekend in Dallas. This championship isn’t over yet.”
AARON STANFIELD, ELITE MOTORSPORTS, JANAC BROTHERS RACING CHEVROLET CAMARO SS (Fifth in points): “I want to show up and I want to win. I’m not sure what the championship scenarios are. I’ve got to get up on it behind the wheel and we have to start making some nice runs again and see if we can get that momentum rolling. (Regarding 2022) I would say the plan is for me to continue to drive a COPO Camaro and try to go after that third championship as well as compete in Pro Stock. I would like to put ourselves in the position to have the opportunity to win two championships at the same time. That would be over the top.”
TROY COUGHLIN JR., ELITE MOTORSPORTS, JEGS.COM/ELITE MOTORSPORTS CHEVROLET CAMARO SS (Sixth in points): “It would be a big honor to go there and win the race, get one of those cowboy hats, and ride outta there on top of the world. My teammate Erica (Enders) is in a very tight battle for the championship and we are looking for any way possible to put her over the top. Of course, with this incredible team, all technology is shared so we all benefit. It’s just awesome to see the work put in every day by this group. I expect us to have a big weekend. We continue to show, both individually and as a group, tremendous horsepower and we feel we can beat anyone in the world. It’s just super-close in Pro Stock, pretty much like it is every year.”