NHRA

Dallas: Richie Stevens Jr Saturday summary

STEVENS IMPROVES CAREER-BEST ET, QUALIFIES NO. 6 IN TEXAS DALLAS (Oct. 8, 2005) - Richie Stevens Jr. is determined to make a move in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Pro Stock standings before year's end. He and the Team Mopar/Valspar ...

Published: Oct 9, 2005, 8:08 PM

Copy link

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

STEVENS IMPROVES CAREER-BEST ET, QUALIFIES NO. 6 IN TEXAS

DALLAS (Oct. 8, 2005) - Richie Stevens Jr. is determined to make a move in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Pro Stock standings before year's end. He and the Team Mopar/Valspar HEMI-powered Dodge Stratus R/T crew are looking at that opportunity in Sunday's O'Reilly Fall NHRA Nationals at the Texas Motorplex.

No. 7 in points Stevens, who qualified sixth with a career-best 6.688-second elapsed time at 205.79 mph in the last session, will face his teammate and No. 11 qualifier Jeg Coughlin in the opening stanza, who is 36 points behind Stevens. Adding to Stevens' potential rise in points is the fact that Jim Yates (40 points behind in 10th) did not qualify, and Ron Krisher and Greg Stanfield (eighth and sixth in points) face each other in the first round.

"I'm surprised we moved up in that last session. I wasn't expecting it," said Stevens, who was 10th going into the final round. "I'm not saying that we weren't capable. I just didn't think that would be the better session (in the heat of the day).

"It's good that last run bumped us up, but it's bad that we have to face Jeg first round. It's unfortunate we have to race each other, but at least one of the Don Schumacher Pro Stock cars will be moving onto the second round. Hopefully it will be the Mopar/Valspar Dodge.

"I think I've raced him more than anyone else in Pro Stock this year," said Stevens, who faces Coughlin for the fourth time this season in the first round, and fifth total for the year.

"We should be able to go some rounds. The good news is Jim Yates did not qualify, so that gives us some breathing room. If we can go a few rounds past Krisher and Stanfield, then it will get us closer to where we want to be.

"We could use a win, we're trying to stay alive. I'd like to end up sixth or seventh in points when it's all said and done (Stevens is currently No. 7, 23 points behind sixth place Stanfield). Hopefully we'll have a good Sunday and pull out a win.

-dsr-

We want your opinion!

What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?

Take our 5 minute survey.

- The Motorsport.com Team

Read and post comments

Share Or Save This Story

Copy link

Share on Viber

Previous article Dallas: Dave Connolly Saturday summary

Next article Dallas: Cory McClenathan final summary

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

Latest news

William Byron and Rudy Fugle really needed this one

NASCAR Cup

NAS NASCAR Cup

Martinsville II

3 h

William Byron and Rudy Fugle really needed this one

It's all over but the dog and pony show as Kyle Larson nears third Cup

NASCAR Cup

NAS NASCAR Cup

Martinsville II

3 h

It's all over but the dog and pony show as Kyle Larson nears third Cup

Penalty drops Oscar Piastri out of F1 Mexico GP points

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Mexican GP

3 h

Penalty drops Oscar Piastri out of F1 Mexico GP points

Alpine drivers penalised post-race, Ryo Hirakawa scores on F1 debut at Mexico GP

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Mexican GP

4 h

Alpine drivers penalised post-race, Ryo Hirakawa scores on F1 debut at Mexico GP

Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.

From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.

You have 2 options:

Become a subscriber.
Disable your adblocker.

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts