John Montecalvo continues his past success at Tulsa Raceway Park by taking the top spot in
qualifying at this weekend's Sooner Nationals and by winning the Quarter-Max Pro Stock Challenge
"Last Man Standing" award. Montecalvo ran in the top half of the field in the first two sessions
maintaining the fourth position with a 6.451, but he pulled out a big number (6.385 at 218.80) in
the final session to take over the number one spot.
"My team has been working hard all day in this Oklahoma heat, and it's paid off," tells Montecalvo.
"I've got to give credit to Tommy, William, Bobby and my wife Lois Anne, as well as Pat Norcia with
Ram Clutches and Doug Schriefer with Braswell Carburetors. I have a great team and I can't thank
them enough for their hard work and dedication.
Sonny [Leonard, of Sonny's Racing Engines] has put together a great motor for us. That 6.385 was a
big number to pull out in this heat. It was really great to get Last Man Standing honors as well.
Thanks to Rick Jones [owner of Quarter-Max] for sponsoring that program again this year. We're
running an RJ car and it's obviously working great for us. It's fun to be able to win the award in
one of Rick's cars."
Montecalvo heads confidently into Sunday's eliminations. "We've made good runs every time down the
track today and I feel confident for eliminations. We need this to be a breakout race for us so we
can start making some headway in the points standings. We should have some good Pro Stock racing
tomorrow. They had an excellent crowd here today and I hope they come back and cheer us on
tomorrow!"
