FACTORY SHOWDOWN CARS SET FIRST DAY INDY PACE
Day one of qualifying at the Chevrolet Performance NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway Park ended with a pair of Factory Showdown-style cars leading the Super Stock and Stock divisions.
Shreveport, Louisiana's Stephen Bell edged out Ray Skillman for the top spot in Super Stock.
Bell's 015 FSS/C 2015 Camaro ran -1.182 under the 9.65 index to beat out Skillman's -1.137 effort. Skillman, in an FSS/E Cobra Jet Mustang, ran an 8.913. Traditional Super Stock racers Mike Cotten (SS/JA), Jeremy Stock (GT/MA) and Christopher Cour (SS/JA) rounded out the top five spots.
There are 163-entries attempting to qualify for the 128-car Super Stock field.
Engine builder David Barton edged out Chris Holbrook for the top spot in Stock.
Barton, driving a naturally aspirated FS/X 2015 Challenger, edged Holbrooks supercharged Cobra Jet by -.006 with a -.46, 8.804 effort. Clay Arnet, Kevin Skinner and Don Fezell were in the top five spots. Eighteen of the top 0 qualifiers were in Factory Showdown cars.
There are 180 Stock entries attempting to qualify for eight spots.