We Have To Hit The Ground Running

J.R. Todd, DHL Funny Car

Finals Broadcast Replay: 7-10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024 on FS1

Qualifying: J.R. Todd was the No. 10 qualifier at the Toyota NHRA U.S. Nationals. Todd’s best qualifying effort came in the first Saturday afternoon session when he reached the finish line in 3.918 seconds at 323.12 mph. That qualifying round was also the first round of the Mission Foods NHRA Challenge, a rematch of the semifinals and finals from two weeks ago in Brainerd, Minn. Todd won that special event on Saturday – it was his third Mission Foods Challenge win this season.

Eliminations: Todd raced Ron Capps in the first round; Todd’s DHL GR Supra was leading the race when it smoked the tires giving the round win to Capps.

Unofficial Point Standings: Todd finished the regular season in fourth place in the NHRA Funny Car point standings, and he’ll be the fourth seed when the Countdown to the Championship NHRA Playoffs begin in two weeks.

Todd on Indianapolis: “We made some solid runs this weekend – we won the Mission Foods deal Saturday so that was good, but we didn’t get it done on race day – that’s really unfortunate for DHL, Revchem, SealMaster, Toyota and everyone that supports us. I said before the race you want to be top five going into Reading to give yourself a better shot running for the championship. We’ll be the fourth seed so we’re where I hoped we’d be, but we have to hit the ground running when we start the Countdown in two weeks. This DHL GR Supra team will be ready.”