Despite missing the season's first five races because of sponsorship challenges, Chevy driver Dave Connolly has muscled his way into the top 10 of the Pro Stock standings on the strength of his second victory of the season.  

In an all-Chevy Pro Stock final round, Connolly drove his Charter Communications Chevy Cobalt to a narrow hole shot win over his teammate, Jeg Coughlin Jr., in the JEGS.com Chevy Cobalt with a winning elapsed time of 6.628 seconds at 207.69 mph to Coughlin's slightly quicker 6.627 e.t. at 207.24 mph.   Despite missing the season's first five races because of sponsorship challenges, Chevy driver Dave Connolly has muscled his
way into the top 10 of the Pro Stock standings on the strength of his second victory of the season.  

In an all-Chevy Pro Stock final round, Connolly drove his Charter Communications Chevy Cobalt to a narrow hole shot win over his teammate, Jeg Coughlin Jr., in the JEGS.com Chevy Cobalt with a winning elapsed time of 6.628 seconds at 207.69 mph to Coughlin's slightly quicker 6.627 e.t. at 207.24 mph.   

"I definitely had my doubts about this weekend (coming off the disappointing loss at Seattle), but you can only beat this team down so much before we're going to bounce back," Connolly said.  "I hadn't drove that well and today I told myself it's time to remove my head from my rear."

Amazingly, Connolly has advanced to four final rounds in his 10 races this season with victories at Bristol and now Sonoma, and runner-up finishes at St. Louis and Englishtown.  This impressive surge has pushed him into the top 10 that qualify for the Countdown to 1, and today's 19th career win leaves him with a 52-point cushion over 11th-place Warren Johnson with just three races remaining before the Countdown cutoff after the U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis.