Addition of Capps Means Three GR Supra Funny Cars at Charlotte
CONCORD, N.C. (April 30, 2022) – Justin Ashley claimed his first career top-qualifier with a 3.669 second run during Friday night’s qualifying session at the 4-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Concord, North Carolina. Thursday’s announcement of Ron Capps joining the Toyota Gazoo Racing North America family means that three GR Supra Funny Cars will take to the track for Sunday afternoon’s event. In Capps’ inaugural race with Toyota, he took the number three qualifier position at 3.873 seconds.
Toyota Post-Qualifying Recap
NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series
zMax Dragway
Race 6 of 22
TOYOTA TOP FUEL QUALIFYING POSITIONS
Name | Car | Qualifying Position | First Round Opponent |
Justin Ashley | Phillips Connect Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 1 – (3.669) | C. Ferre (3.854)A. Prock (3.719)A. Brown (3.729) |
Doug Kalitta | Autodesk Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 4 – (3.700) | A. Laughlin (3.777)M. Salinas (3.706)D. Foley (3.774) |
Steve Torrence | Capco Contractors Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 3 – (3.694) | S. Langdon (3.798)J. Hart (3.715)C. Millican (3.756) |
Antron Brown | Matco Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 9 – (3.729) | J. Ashley (3.669)C. Ferre (3.854)A. Prock (3.719) |
Shawn Langdon | CMR Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 14 – (3.798) | S. Torrence (3.694)J. Hart (3.715)C. Millican (3.756) |
(*non-Toyota driver)
TOYOTA FUNNY CAR QUALIFYING POSITIONS
Name | Car | Qualifying Position | First Round Opponent |
John Force | JFR Funny Car* | 1 – (3.850) | B. Tasca (3.909)A. DeJoria (3.936) |
Ron Capps | NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota GR Supra | 3 – (3.873) | J. Todd (3.893)D. Creasy Jr. (4.100)C. Green (4.002) |
J.R. Todd | DHL Toyota GR Supra Funny Car | 6 – (3.893) | R. Capps (3.873)D. Creasy Jr. (4.100)C. Green (4.002) |
Alexis DeJoria | Bandero Tequila Toyota GR Supra Funny Car |