Oz Top Fuel outfit Rapisarda Racing missed the cut by one place and .01 sec. at the Big O Tires NHRA Nationals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The Sydney team desperately unlucky not to make the field finishing qualifying in 17 th spot in the field of 27.
After a frustrating first day of qualifying where the car struggled after dropping cylinders on both their runs the team went into second day of qualifying in 21 st place.
“We got the car in the field on our third qualifier with a strong pass of 3.90/316 mph a personal best for the team, but we knew we had to step up for the final run,“According to Santo Rapisarda Junior.
“Moments before our run we got bumped from the field by Shawn Langdon and that meant we had to run a 3.89 sec. pass to get in the field but we fell short with a 3.98 sec. run.”
“We struggled over the weekend trying to get some consistency with our clutch set- up. It was disappointing but we are finally coming to grips with the challenges that you need to overcome if you want to succeed against the big names on the NHRA circuit..”
Rapisarda Racing are expected to go testing at the Las Vegas venue this Tuesday Australian time.
Courtesy Drag News crew at Vegas
