J.R. Todd, DHL Funny Car
Finals Broadcast Replay: 8:30-11:30 p.m. eastern time Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 on FS1
Qualifying: J.R. Todd was the No. 9 qualifier at the In ‘n Out Burger NHRA Finals. The Funny Car class was able to complete one qualifying session Friday afternoon before rain washed out the second session. Todd made his best qualifying attempt in the first session Saturday afternoon when his DHL GR Supra reached the finish line in 3.878 seconds at 331.45 mph.
Eliminations: Todd raced Cruz Pedregon in the first round for the third-consecutive race. Todd got the win and advanced to the second round with an excellent 3.858-second effort at 330.07 mph. Unfortunately, he raced newly crowned NHRA Funny Car champion Austin Prock in the second round. Todd left the starting line first, but the DHL GR Supra didn’t have enough. Todd ran 3.900 secs. at 332.84 to Prock’s 3.850-second effort.
Unofficial Point Standings: Todd finished the season in eighth place in the NHRA Mission Foods Funny Car point standings.
Todd on Pomona: “It was refreshing to see a 3.85 come on the board in the first round; that was a great run for this DHL GR Supra team – I don’t know if we’d run that well all year. We definitely felt like we had a chance second round, but we were lined up against (Austin) Prock and slowed down. If we run 3.85 again (against Prock), we win that round, but that’s kind of the way our season’s gone this year. At the end of the day, we just wanted to be able to reward the DHL guys for how hard they work. They deserve it; and DHL, Revchem, SealMaster, Dayco and everyone else that supports us deserve it, too. They’ve been supporting us all season long. We’ll use all of it as motivation going into 2025.”
Next Race: Team Kalitta will be back in action March 7-9, 2025 at the NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla., the opening race of the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. For additional information, please visit www.nhra.com. For additional information on Kalitta Motorsports, please visit www.teamkalitta.com.
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