By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
Cornwell Tools Funny Car driver Austin Prock has won the prestigious 70th annual Toyota NHRA U.S. Nationals. He defeated NAPA Auto Parts driver Ron Capps in the final round.
Prock went 3.885 for 327.98 mph to get the win at the 70th annual NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in Brownsburg, Indiana. Capps, who had a special tribute to the legendary Don “The Snake” Prudhomme, went 3.935 at 331.45 mph.
“I had a feeling we were going to get it done,” Prock said. “My grandfather is here. This is the first race he’s been to since I (started driving) this Funny Car with his number on the side of if (#374). He started this legacy and today we marked another one off the list as a family.
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“That’s unbelievable to win the U.S. Nationals with your dad tuning it (and) your brother the assistant crew chief. This whole Cornwell Tools Chevy team, they are just badasses,” he said. “I was chopping down the tree all weekend and I just wanted to make sure everyone knew I was back.”
In the previous Funny Car meetings, each driver had won one round. However, this was the first time that they faced each other in the final round.
Prock had the starting line advantage. After the starting line, he began to pull away.
As he was going down the track, Prock was extending his lead. Capps also made a good pass.
However, he ran out of space in trying to catch up to Prock.
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The young Prock won by 0.0781 seconds. Or approximately 38 feet.
This is Prock’s fifth win of the season. He has nine career wins overall.
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