SONOMA Nationals Recap

SONOMA Nationals Recap

July 25, 2022

DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals
Sonoma Raceway
Sonoma, CA
July 22 - 24, 2022

LEAH PRUETT
  • Earned No. 1 provisional qualifying position in Q1 on Friday (3.689 ET at 327.59 mph).
  • Scored three bonus points for quickest run of the session.
  • Maintained No. 1 qualifying position based off Q1 run on Friday. In Q2 on Saturday, Pruett ran a 5.753 ET. (Speed was unavailable due to a malfunction.)
  • Secured No. 1 qualifying position based off Q1 run on Friday. In Q3 on Saturday, Pruett ran a 3.779 ET at 326.87 mph.
  • Advanced to Round 2 on Sunday.
  • Round 1: 3.729 ET at 328.86 mph, defeated Jim Maroney (4.443 ET at 187.42 mph).
  • Round 2: 3.758 ET at 323.97 mph, lost to Shawn Langdon (3.734 ET at 330.96 mph).

  • Currently tied with Langdon for sixth in the Top Fuel championship standings, 381 points behind leader Brittany Force.

Leah Pruett at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals

 Leah Pruett at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals

Leah Pruett at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals

Leah Pruett at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals

 

From Leah:

I think our takeaway this weekend was that we were able to continue the momentum from Denver. We have a thorough understanding of our power level, and that started Friday night. We went up with a semi-conservative setup that actually ended up locking us into the No. 1 spot, so it shows we have more power, like we thought. As we moved into race day, you can’t take anyone lightly. I used to race Jim Maroney 10 to 15 years ago and I know how great of a racer he is. We put down a solid .72 and had a nice, clean run. Ultimately, we missed it for the second round. We went up to do the same thing. We were the first cars on track that session and the cars behind us were able to run a .66. We went up to run a .74 or .75 and it ran a .75, but it wasn’t good enough to get around Langdon’s .73. What that does for us is it gives us the confidence to start turning the wick back up. We’ve been racing on the shy side of power and we’ve been doing pretty well, but now we can turn back the knobs, and that’s something we haven’t been able to do. Our momentum will continue as our baseline grows and, most importantly, we were able to make a lot of connections with people about sharing the Rayce Rudeen Foundation’s mission of fighting the stigma of addiction and the support of the communities they’re building.

Contact: Ashley Wilson, (303) 594-8147, Ashley.Wilson@TrueSpeedCommunication.com