After a good Saturday qualifying showing at the O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals, the Budweiser/Lucas
Oil team was included in some bizarre early round upset losses of Countdown to 1 competitors.
"The weather in Memphis for Friday and Saturday's qualifying runs was gorgeous," said driver
Brandon Bernstein. "We qualified No. 7 (3.878/312.50) but more importantly we were second and
third quick of the Saturday sessions. Rain moved in on Sunday and nobody turned a wheel. We were
back Monday morning with a little race delay from some mist in the area.
"We were second pair down the track after a day of rain so it didn't give Rob (Flynn, crew chief)
much time to get a read on the race track and make a judgment call on the tune-up," explained
Bernstein. "We tried to be competitive, yet safe, and we just didn't give it quite enough power.
"This is a tough loss for everyone on the team because we were so pumped up after doing well
Saturday and even earning bonus points in both qualifying rounds. This sport can take you from
highs to lows in less than four seconds.
"All the teams will hustle over to Richmond, Va. for next weekend's race No. 4 in the six-race
Countdown. We're hoping for some redemption there."
Bernstein is seventh in NHRA Full Throttle Top Fuel point standings.
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