B. Force, Hight, Butner and M. Smith qualify No. 1 in front of a sellout crowd at Maple Grove Raceway.
“I'm not sure dramatic is what we were going for. That's not how any of us wanted to do it, but we had a solid, good run and that's really what we needed,” Force said. “ we gained some points, another No. 1 qualifier, and we're just looking for a long raceday tomorrow. There was pressure not just for me as a driver but our entire team. It's tough to come into the first race of the Countdown and not be able to perform as we have been. Everything is a team effort.
Hight stayed on top in Funny Car, picking up his 75th career No. 1 qualifier in his 11,000-horsepower Auto Club Chevrolet Camaro SS on the strength of his 3.867 at 331.20 from Friday. It also gives Hight his fourth top spot this season and he also closed out Saturday with another stellar run in the 3.80s. In a nod to the consistency of the team and car, the points leader picked up bonus points in every qualifying session, putting him on course to try for a seventh win this season.
On the side-by-side qualifying run with Hight to close out the day, defending world champ Ron Capps moved into the second spot with a run of 3.878 at 331.45. That bumped John Force to third with his 3.890 at 329.99. Force will be making his 800th career start on Sunday. Bob Tasca III and Matt Hagan round out the top five.
“I'm glad, but to be No. 1 in this field is tough. You have to make a right time, right place kind of run,” Butner said. Everybody is close so it's going to be a good race tomorrow. Our JHG team, the Elite team, they try very hard, and it showed with our car. I feel like tomorrow will maybe be a little warmer, so with the earlier start that first run is going to be the best run. If you can survive that first run, then you just have to make good runs.
“Angie had a great run yesterday. I just didn't know if the conditions this morning would be good enough to overtake her, but they were and we did,” Smith said. “The MSR camp has picked up a bunch of bonus points. We just need to continue, put together a round at a time, and hopefully we can turn on four win lights and Angie can turn on three or four and we can meet in the final.
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