LAS VEGAS, NV – April 11, 2023 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Off to a solid start to open her 2023 season in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, Top Fuel star Leah Pruett is ready to take the next step this year at this weekend’s NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Pruett has raced to a pair of semifinal berths over the first three races this season, making strong progress and seeing plenty of improvement from her Tony Stewart Racing Top Fuel team. An early-season victory would do even more for the group’s momentum, especially in the challenging – and thrilling – four-wide setting in Las Vegas.
Pruett, who won last year in Denver to give TSR its first Top Fuel win, is after her first victory at the facility. She qualified well at the four-wide race last spring, taking the third spot and just missing out on advancing to the final quad. With the team showing early promise, Pruett likes her chances this weekend in her 11,000-horsepower Code 3 Associates dragster.
“I think the four-wide event comes at an appropriate time in the season,” Pruett said. “The off-season rust is kicked off and everyone is moving and grooving in working order. We shook off all the single passes of the off-season, gathered a couple dozen side-by-side hits and now turn it up with the focus of four-wide.
“I am working to get a lower median reaction time and garnish a string of validation that the moves we are making with our hot rod are in the right direction. We made wholesale changes earlier and are now in more of the fine-tuning realm, so responsiveness and validation are what I’m looking for. Those two elements are the yellow brick road that will lead us to Wally contention this weekend.”
Brittany Force (Top Fuel), Ron Capps (Funny Car) and Erica Enders (Pro Stock) were last year’s winners of a race that will again be broadcast on Fox Sports 1 (FS1) this season, including eliminations action beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 16. It’s the fourth of 21 races during the 2023 season and Pruett is currently sixth in points in a loaded field, looking to make a move at the first of two four-wide events this year
The first four-wide race of the 2022 campaign predicted later success a year ago, as Force, Capps and Enders all won world titles to finish the season, which Pruett would love to see repeat if she can pick up a victory this weekend in Las Vegas. But it won’t be easy in a star-studded field that…
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