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LEAH PRUETT, MINI TYRRELL Dominate Weekend With Major NHRA, Late Model Wins

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January 1, 1990

GRRL! SUMMARY:

  • LEAH PRUETT claimed her 13th NHRA Top Fuel career win at Bristol with a stellar 3.794 pass, her first victory since Texas 2023 after two-year maternity break, keeping her third in NHRA Mission points standings.
  • PRUETT qualified No. 1 for Sunday eliminations but fell to points leader Shawn Langdon in quarterfinals after tire smoke off the line ended her double-win weekend bid at Thunder Valley Nationals.
  • MINI TYRRELL dominated CARS Late Model Stock Car action at Dominion Raceway with back-to-back victories, executing a daring three-wide pass with five laps remaining for her fifth overall LMSC Tour win.

UPCOMING:

  • NHRA Summit Racing Nationals at Norwalk, Ohio – Qualifying June 26 at 6 p.m. EDT, Finals June 28 at 11 a.m. EDT

LINKS TO RACER'S PROFILE PAGES:

LEAH PRUETT

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GRRL! summary based upon reporting originally appearing on media.stellantisnorthamerica.com