BERNSTEIN LOOKING FOR CONSISTENT, SOLID PERFORMANCE TO YIELD ROUND WINS IN SONOMA
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SONOMA, Calif. – Brandon Bernstein is in his sixth season as pilot of the Budweiser/Lucas Oil dragster. He has 17 career victories and would love to add a trophy from the Fram Autolite Nationals July 25-27 to his wall of ‘Wallys’ (event trophies named after NHRA founder Wally Parks).
The second generation driver, who is recognized as having the most successful career launch of any other Top Fuel or Funny Car pilot in NHRA history, wants to solidify his position in the top 10 drivers in the Top Fuel category who will enter the playoffs and have an opportunity to run for the championship. Counting Sonoma , there are four races remaining before the field of 10 is set.
“Our team loves to come to the wine country to race,” said Bernstein. “Besides the fact that it’s our sponsor’s title rights event, another of our sponsors, Matt Cordeiro and his family, live in the Sonoma area. There would be a big celebration with lots of Budweiser if we could bring this one home.”
In fact, one more race win would tie Bernstein with Shirley Muldowney for a career total of 18 victories.
Bernstein has four runner-up finishes to his credit so far this season.
“We’ve had some good consistency in the middle of the season,” said Bernstein. “We just came off a runner-up finish at Seattle , and we need to continue our charge to carry momentum into the final six races that will determine the championship.
“There’s a lot of tough competition out there, but we’ve got a tremendous amount of talent with our tuning duo of Tim (Richards, crew chief) and Kim (Richards) along with the remaining members of our tea m. ”
Nitro (Top Fuel and Funny Car) qualifying for the Fram Autolite Nationals begins Friday, July 25 at 4 p. m. with a second session at 7:15 p. m. There are two Saturday qualifying rounds, noon and 3 p. m. with final eliminations scheduled to begin at 11 a. m. Sunday.
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SONOMA, Calif. – Brandon Bernstein is in his sixth season as pilot of the Budweiser/Lucas Oil dragster. He has 17 career victories and would love to add a trophy from the Fram Autolite Nationals July 25-27 to his wall of ‘Wallys’ (event trophies named after NHRA founder Wally Parks).
The second generation driver, who is recognized as having the most successful career launch of any other Top Fuel or Funny Car pilot in NHRA history, wants to solidify his position in the top 10 drivers in the Top Fuel category who will enter the playoffs and have an opportunity to run for the championship. Counting Sonoma , there are four races remaining before the field of 10 is set.
“Our team loves to come to the wine country to race,” said Bernstein. “Besides the fact that it’s our sponsor’s title rights event, another of our sponsors, Matt Cordeiro and his family, live in the Sonoma area. There would be a big celebration with lots of Budweiser if we could bring this one home.”
In fact, one more race win would tie Bernstein with Shirley Muldowney for a career total of 18 victories.
Bernstein has four runner-up finishes to his credit so far this season.
“We’ve had some good consistency in the middle of the season,” said Bernstein. “We just came off a runner-up finish at Seattle , and we need to continue our charge to carry momentum into the final six races that will determine the championship.
“There’s a lot of tough competition out there, but we’ve got a tremendous amount of talent with our tuning duo of Tim (Richards, crew chief) and Kim (Richards) along with the remaining members of our tea m. ”
Nitro (Top Fuel and Funny Car) qualifying for the Fram Autolite Nationals begins Friday, July 25 at 4 p. m. with a second session at 7:15 p. m. There are two Saturday qualifying rounds, noon and 3 p. m. with final eliminations scheduled to begin at 11 a. m. Sunday.
