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Lucas Oil NHRA Route 66 Nationals
Chicago
(May 29-June 1)

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Gene Wilson Mopar Parts Dodge Stratus R/T

Reports: Saturday Friday

Chicago, Saturday: Gene Wilson made two more solid passes in his Mopar Parts Dodge Stratus R/T today, but it wasn't enough to crack into the top 16. The Adairsville, Ga., resident ran a 6.816-second elapsed time at 202.18 mph during the third session -- placing him 18th.

Chicago, Friday: Gene Wilson was positive about his second qualifying effort, despite not placing his Mopar Parts Dodge Stratus R/T into the top 16. The Georgia resident logged a 6.898-second elapsed time at 200.08 mph.

“We made an awesome run on that last one,” Wilson said. “It felt really nice, unfortunately, it was done with the air pretty bad. It was three or four hundred feet worse than it was for the first run. It wasn’t conducive to making a run good enough to get into the field. Nonetheless, we have the car where it needs to be. We’re going to have some nice air tomorrow, so we think we can get into the show. We have a real good baseline for tomorrow and I feel real good.”