Austin Prock interview regarding his Q4 run (21 Viewers)

[TooTall999]

My $64 question is: Why did this car not go down the track so many times? Tasca's 2025 car at least did some of the time! Jimmy Prock did not forget how to tune a fuel car, I can understand not qualifying but not even making one decent run in testing or the Gatornats? Countless tuners have lost their way but can anyone remember someone being this far off for that many times in a row?

Maybe the transition from Force pipe and parts to DSR pipe and parts is taking Jimmy a little longer to figure out than he thought it would?

 

[ironpony]

My $64 question is: Why did this car not go down the track so many times? Tasca's 2025 car at least did some of the time! Jimmy Prock did not forget how to tune a fuel car, I can understand not qualifying but not even making one decent run in testing or the Gatornats? Countless tuners have lost their way but can anyone remember someone being this far off for that many times in a row?

IMO similar to above, going from JFR pieces and parts along with the inventory to choose and match clutch disks etc. to AJP pieces and parts and limited inventory is gong to take some time to figure out and acquire new data.

 

[NitroRichFire]

Tasca team will be back at the next race, no nitro funny car team has ever not qualified twice in a row, have they?

 

[Leebone]

His replacement Jordan qualified and new JFR driver Alexis made it to the final. Any other excuses?

 

[twostep]

My $64 question is: Why did this car not go down the track so many times? Tasca's 2025 car at least did some of the time! Jimmy Prock did not forget how to tune a fuel car, I can understand not qualifying but not even making one decent run in testing or the Gatornats? Countless tuners have lost their way but can anyone remember someone being this far off for that many times in a row?

Point to ponder - Austin Prock ran 3.89/329 less than 3 weeks ago at that track - in that car. In conditions that weren't any better than Q2. So what made the difference? I'd have no idea other than perhaps the tune was simply too hot for the conditions. Too much clutch too early, perhaps. Six FCs ran 330+ at Gainesville Q2 so that tells me traction was there for the taking.

 

[Percboy]

.... no nitro funny car team has ever not qualified twice in a row, have they?

In 75 years of competition, yeah, probably dozens.