Second-to-last race weekend of the season proving to be make or break for several championship contenders.
Funny Car’s Bob Tasca III powered to the track speed record on Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, taking the No. 1 qualifying spot on the final run of the evening at the 23rd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals.Mike Salinas , Kyle Koretsky and Gaige Herrera also qualified No. 1 at the 20th of 21 races during the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season, and the fifth of six races in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.Tasca went a blistering 3.842-seconds at 336.
Cristian Cuadra also made a big jump in the final session, taking third with a 6.604 at 206.80.Pro Stock MotorcycleIn Pro Stock Motorcycle, points leader Gaige Herrera capped off a dominant two days of qualifying in Las Vegas, making the quickest run in all four sessions on his Mission Foods/Vance Hines Suzuki. He went a terrific 6.767 to close out qualifying, with Friday’s track-record run of 6.760 at 199.82 giving him the top qualifying spot for a class-record 12th time this season.
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