Tasca and Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing Qualify Third for
Sunday's NHRA Nationals in Concord; Best Qualifying Effort of 2010
Season
Bob Tasca III
Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Shelby Mustang
Nitro Funny Car class
NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series
Third Annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Carolina Nationals
zMAX Dragway in Concord, NC
September 17 - 19, 2010
Race 19 of 23
Countdown to 1 - Race 2 of 6
TASCA AND MOTORCRAFT/QUICK LANE QUALIFY THIRD FOR SUNDAY’S NHRA NATIONALS IN
CONCORD; BEST QUALIFYING EFFORT OF 2010 SEASON
CONCORD, NC – September 18, 2010 – Bob Tasca III and the Motorcraft/Quick
Lane Racing team entered the Charlotte race looking to perform well, move up
the points standings and closer to the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car
Championship. Tasca and the team leave the track on Saturday evening
confident that they’ve prepared themselves to walk away on Sunday with a
victory.
After completing four qualifying sessions, Tasca and the Motorcraft/Quick
Lane Racing team sit in the third qualifying position. This effort marks
their best starting position of the 2010 season and the 15th time this
season the team has qualified on the top half of the ladder.
Tasca’s best qualifying pass of the weekend took place during Friday’s night
session where he raced his red and black Shelby Mustang to third on the
timing sheet with a 4.109 second run at 304.39 miles per hour. Tasca earned
one additional point for posting the third quickest ET of the session.
“Our weekend started out pretty good with the 4.10 second run on Friday
night,” said Tasca. “We came out this morning and tried to really push the
envelope in the third qualifying session and smoked the tires. But in the
last session we wanted to go A-to-B and get some good data for race day. We
ran a 4.17 which certainly puts us in a competitive place going into
tomorrow. It is going to be hot with very similar conditions to what we saw
today, so we have a really good baseline. We’re looking forward to racing
on Sunday.”
During the first elimination round on Sunday, Tasca faces 14th qualifier Bob
Bode. The last time the pair met was during the quarterfinals at Brainerd
where Bode defeated Tasca.
“I’ve raced against Bob Bode a few times and the last time I raced him I
didn’t like the result,” said Tasca. “I think it is my time to reach the
finish line first against Bode since he defeated us in the second round at
Brainerd.”
Charlotte is the second of six races in the 2010 Countdown to 1. Tasca’s
goals for the weekend included qualifying in the top half of the field,
racing to the final and winning a Wally at the team’s home track.
“Charlotte is a race where we need to perform well at to keep our
championship hopes alive,” said Tasca. “We qualified strong and we’re ready
for tomorrow. We put ourselves in a position to win the race this weekend.
It’s going to be exciting. This is a race that I said we have to do well
at and we’ve set ourselves up to do that on Sunday.”
NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Funny Car Qualifying Order
1. Cruz Pedregon. 2. John Force. 3. Bob Tasca III. 4. Matt Hagan. 5. Jeff
Arend. 6. Del Worsham. 7. Jack Beckman. 8. Tony Pedegon. 9. Melanie Troxel.
10. Ron Capps. 11. Ashley Force Hood. 12. Jim Head. 13. Robert Hight. 14.
Bob Bode. 15. Paul Lee. 16. John Smith.
Did not qualify – Tim Wilkerson and Jeff Diehl
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Television
Sunday, Sept. 19, ESPN2 and ESPN2HD will televise qualifying highlights
coverage at 10:30am (ET).
Sunday, Sept. 19, ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD will televise NHRA Race Day, at 6:30
p.m. (ET).
Sunday, Sept. 19, ESPN3.com will televise live coverage of eliminations at
noon. (ET)
Sunday, Sept. 19, ESPN2 HD will televise three hours of eliminations
coverage at 7 p.m. (ET).
About Motorcraft
Motorcraft® offers a complete line of replacement parts that are recommended
and approved by Ford Motor Company. From routine maintenance to underhood
repairs, Motorcraft parts offer exceptional value with the highest quality
and right fit at competitive prices. Motorcraft parts are available
nationwide at Ford and Lincoln Mercury dealers, independent distributors,
and automotive parts retailers and are backed by Ford Motor Company’s
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www.motorcraft.com.
About Quick Lane Tire & Auto Centers
Quick Lane® provides automotive quick services for all makes and models.
Quick Lane’s nationwide network will surpass 600 facilities, each providing
the convenience of an aftermarket company (no appointment necessary, service
while you wait, evening and weekend hours, competitive prices) with the
confidence of a major automotive manufacturer (quality parts,
factory-trained technicians). Quick Lane® is a registered trademark of Ford
Motor Company. For more information, visit www.quicklane.com.
About FordParts.com
FordParts.com allows customers to shop online for over 283,000 Genuine Ford
and Motorcraft parts. With FordParts.com, repair shops, body shops, fleets
and do-it-yourselfers can shop for, order and ultimately receive parts 24/7
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Ford or Lincoln Mercury dealership for the parts expertise, personal
delivery assistance, and post-sale follow-up associated with a traditional
purchase. All customers visiting FordParts.com will benefit from its
comprehensive, yet user-friendly nature, perhaps best expressed in the way
Ford and Motorcraft parts are shopped for and selected. To do so, customers
can enter a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) and shop with unmatched
accuracy for parts uniquely associated with the vehicle or start by entering
the year, make and model of the vehicle. Adding to the site’s functionality
is the ability to view 22,865 technical illustrations on many of the parts
and assemblies. For more information, visit www.fordparts.com.
About Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn,
Mich., manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. With
about 159,000 employees and about 70 plants worldwide, the company’s brands
include Ford, Lincoln and Mercury, production of which has been announced by
the company to be ending in the fourth quarter of 2010. The company
provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. For more
information regarding Ford’s products, please visit www.ford.com.
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