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Jasmine Salinas Powers Through NHRA Northwest Nationals Momentum
Highlights
- Jasmine Salinas earned her first No. 1 qualifier position.
- Fastest Friday qualifying run: 3.794 seconds at 328.38 mph.
- Received Oris watch awards from Pacific Raceways and Ben Bridge.
- Won first elimination round against Clay Millican with 3.759 seconds.
- Engine failure ended second-round race versus Doug Kalitta.
- Team aims to regroup and challenge contenders in upcoming events.
Jasmine Salinas sustains her surge at the NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways, building on her Sonoma final. The Valley Services/Scrappers Racing Top Fuel entry continues progressing.
Running part-time yet targeting full-time contenders, the team manages risk on Friday by skipping Q1 to protect the engine. In Q2, Salinas clocks 3.794s at 328.38 mph, fastest of the day.
Fastest Friday qualifying run: 3.794s at 328.38 mph, earning three bonus points and provisional No. 1.
The lap delivers three bonus points and her first career provisional No. 1, underlining execution and power-unit management amid shifting Northwest conditions.
Recognition follows, with Pacific Raceways and Ben Bridge presenting Oris watches to the top qualifier. Saturday brings a Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge berth earned via Sonoma semifinals.
Oris watch awards from Pacific Raceways and Ben Bridge recognize Salinas as Friday’s top qualifier.
Salinas leaves first and posts 3.741s at 332.75 mph to edge Leah Pruett’s 3.762. Track evolution then swings the final toward Antron Brown, who secures the win.
Despite that turn, the final qualifying order places Salinas 11th, compressing her route through eliminations and tempering expectations after Friday’s pace.
Sunday opens against Clay Millican. Salinas reacts cleanly and delivers 3.759s at 333.66 mph, while Millican loses traction, sending the Scrappers entry through to round two.
First-round victory: 3.759s at 333.66 mph over Clay Millican.
Round two brings two-time and reigning champion Doug Kalitta, recreating the Sonoma final. Salinas gains the early advantage but suffers a cylinder misfire and dramatic fireball, forcing shutdown.
Engine trouble and a cylinder misfire create a fireball, ending Salinas’s second-round bid against Doug Kalitta.
The early exit halts a second straight final attempt, yet the part-time operation again shows it can score and trouble frontrunners on outright performance.
Salinas describes the opening round as the weekend’s sternest mental test, noting lingering nerves despite Sonoma. The team keeps converting confidence into measured, process-driven execution.
The crew targets root-cause analysis on the engine issue during the break, prioritizing reliability without blunting performance and preserving crucial momentum across the calendar.
Based in Brownsburg, Indiana, Valley Services/Scrappers Racing prepares for its next Mission Foods tour appearance, with return timing still to be confirmed.
Visual Summary
Nicholas Rivera delivers NHRA Top Fuel and Funny Car news, including eliminator-round results and reaction-time stats. He brings track-side interviews, contender profiles, and championship-point breakdowns straight from drag-racing’s biggest national events.
