Positive news from Indianapolis Raceway Park – every Australian and Australian team who has hit the track has qualified for race day!
After more rain delays on Sunday morning, the sun came out and actually resulted in a warm afternoon where most competitors were unable to improve on their Saturday times.
Shane Tucker was outside the top 12 coming into Sunday meaning his earlier times did not count but thankfully a solid 6.637 put him into the show at 14th and he will face Shane Gray in the first round of eliminations. Amazingly the difference from first to 14th on the ladder was less than five hundredths of a second.
In other Australian news, Steve Harker did not improve from his Saturday time and dropped a position as John Lombardo Jr slotted into second spot. Top Alcohol Funny Car’s last qualifying session was bumped into the night due to rain delays.
“The Geico Top Fuel team is doing a fantastic job,” he said. “We’ve got a fresh race car we just brought out and it’s responding well and running really good out there. Whether it’s a cold track, hot track, it seems to respond well and that makes me very confident going into race day.”
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