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After a strong weekend advancing to the Finals at the last Four-Wide Nationals event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, how much confidence does that give you heading into another four-wide event? “The four-wides are still the four-wides and you never know what you’re going to get. Even though we went to the […]

“Dickie (Venables – crew chief) is always a great racer on Sunday. The TSR team put a great race car under me today and we would have liked to put the Operation Healing Forces (OHF) car in the winner’s circle with the Nellis Air Force base next to the track. We are making progress with the […]

You earned a double-up victory at last year’s NHRA Four-Wide Nationals with Tony Stewart in the Top Alcohol Dragster. How special would it be to double up with him now in Top Fuel? “Anytime you can double-up, it’s always special. It was really cool being able to do that last year with Tony in the […]

“It was a tough weekend for us with three qualifiers and a tricky race track. Our setup and combination didn’t really work well all weekend. We were kind of behind the eight ball for the first round and it backed up a little bit too much. We just got out ran out there. I don’t […]

As part of the Arizona Nationals, you’ll be completing the final-round of the Winternationals. Talk about how special it would be to be able to capture two Wallys in one weekend. “The Phoenix weekend is going to be very busy during qualifying. We were hoping they would add an extra qualifying session in there, since […]

“We didn’t leave here a loser today, so that’s a good thing. It’s always challenging to take your car to a race track that you don’t have very many runs at, in order to finish a race. But that’s what we’re going to do. The weather made things difficult to finish in Pomona, so I […]

You’re the defending event winner at Pomona and you’re looking to bring home your fifth Wally from In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip. What would it mean to record another win there? “We’re coming off of Gainesville, where we thought we could have won three races in a row. But at the end of the day, we […]

“That is obviously not the way we want to start the season and the Gatornationals, as the defending event winner the last two years. But that is drag racing and the sport will humble you. We have to keep things in perspective. No one in the trailer was expecting the car to knock the tires […]

You’re entering a new season as the reigning Funny Car Champion and you’re once again retaining all your crew members. What confidence does that give you heading into 2024 as you chase a fifth championship? “We are One Team, All Team here at TSR, but having a group of guys that have earned your trust […]

“It was really neat making it to the final with all of the JHG guys here and having them on the car. It’s been a busy week with all of the testing before the race weekend started. I’m so thankful for my crew and how hard they all work. We had a good test session. […]