Doug Kalitta, Mac Tools Top Fuel Dragster
Finals Broadcast Replay: 9 p.m.-Midnight, Monday, July 29, 2024 on FS2
Qualifying: Doug Kalitta was the No. 1 qualifier at the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals. During the Friday-night session, Kalitta blistered the Sonoma Raceway track with a track record 3.649-second run at 336.40 mph. It was Kalitta’s fifth No. 1 qualifier of the season and the 58th of his career.
Eliminations: Kalitta raced Ron August, Jr. in the first round. Kalitta’s Mac Tools dragster was on a strong run when it smoked the tires; Kalitta pedaled allowing the Mac Tools car to rocket down the track in an attempt to catch August, but Kalitta ran out of race track and lost to August by four hundredths of a second. It was Kalitta’s second first-round loss of the season.
Unofficial Point Standings: Kalitta leaves Sonoma in first place in the NHRA Top Fuel point standings. He leads his teammate, second-place Shawn Langdon, by 125 points.
Kalitta on Sonoma: “I guess it’s just one of those days – just need to learn from our mistakes and these situations. I’m just relieved to get something like this hopefully out of the way before the Countdown so we’ll learn what we need to learn and move on. The guys on this team are doing one hell of a job for Mac Tools, Toyota, Revchem, SealMaster and everyone else that supports us. We’ll just take it to the next one and look forward to getting back on track.”
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