PEAK Motorsports Update- April 15th, 2024

NHRA: FOUR-WIDE NATIONALS - LAS VEGAS

Monday, April 15, 2024: Austin Prock paced John Force Racing by finishing runner-up in Sunday’s final round of Funny Car competition in the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. With team owner John Force failing to advance in the first round and teammate Brittany Force being eliminated in the Top Fuel semifinals, it was left to Prock to carry the banner for JFR.

Prock has had an outstanding start to the season, reaching the finals in three of the first four races. He finished runner-up in the season-opening race at Gainesville, won his first career NHRA Funny Car race last week in Phoenix and won Saturday’s Mission #2Fast2Tasty competition, a race-within-a-race that takes place in each of the 20 NHRA national events.

Prock and his Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car got off to a good start in the final round but couldn’t hold off event winner Bob Tasca III in the final quad. Prock is currently leading the Funny Car points standings heading into Charlotte in 2 weeks.

In Top Fuel, Brittany Force made her quickest and fastest (3.750 seconds/335.90 mph) pass of the weekend in her first quad, to advance to the semifinals. Unfortunately, the two-time NHRA Top Fuel champ fell short in the semis of advancing to the final quad.  Force leaves Las Vegas tied for eighth in the Top Fuel points.

As for team owner John Force, he was looking to repeat his record 156th career win from Phoenix, but fell short, losing in Sunday’s first round. The 16-time NHRA Funny Car champ came into race day the number two qualifier behind Prock, but lost traction halfway down the track, going sideways and lifting to stay out of the wall, ending his day in the opening round. Force falls from third to fifth in the Funny Car standings, just seven points out of fourth.

The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series heads to zMAX Dragway in Concord, NC for the second of two NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, April 26-28th.