Tasca covered the track at Chicago in a blistering 3.998 secs.
By: Bob Tasca III on July 11, 2013
Ford Racing - Bob Tasca III is 10th in the NHRA Funny Car points.
We made history in Chicago -- the first Ford Funny Car to break the four-second barrier! We ran a 3.988 to make the Three Second Club in Saturday qualifying in Chicago, with my dad on the starting line and our sponsors at the track. What a cool moment.
We did it with JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) on the car too, with our contest winner Blake Lillicraf and his family watching, so it was extra special.
Think about all the big moments in sports?this was one of ours.
Our New England-Chicago-Norwalk Swing is over and now it's time for the Western Swing. The Western Swing became legend because it used to be the toughest stretch of the NHRA schedule. Now it's not even close.
Our Motorcraft/Quick Lane trucks will head out to Denver [July 15] for the first races in three weeks. We'll go from Denver to Sonoma, Calif. to Seattle, Wash. When it comes to taking in the scenery, you can't beat it. My family usually comes with me for the trip and we take a few mini-vacations along the way. After the last two months, I need it.
After Englishtown, the last time I wrote, we raced in Bristol, Tenn. and Epping, N.H. Bristol is always one of my favorite places to race because it gets great support from the Ford dealerships down there. The Blue Oval is all over that track. The people are great and it's an SMI track, so the facility is first-class too. There's nothing like being home, though.
I've driven every race car I've ever owned down New England Dragway. Racing in Epping, N.H. was so special to me. I can't even tell you. I told ESPN2 I was excited to go there because it's the only race where people won't tell me I talk funny. I was joking, but then again, it's true.
I will never forget driving my Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Shelby Mustang Funny Car down that track for the first time. For a second I was 16 years old again and about to take my first car for a lap. I was proud to hear all the other racers talk about how nice the fans were, how happy they were to finally have the NHRA Mello Yello Series -- the world's fastest motorsport -- come to THEIR track. Such a proud weekend.
Ford Racing - Robert Hight, left, and Bob Tasca III threw out the first pitch for a recent game at Fenway Park in Boston.
Before the race, Robert Hight and I threw out first pitches at Fenway Park before the Red Sox played Tampa Bay. I'd never thrown out a first pitch before so you know me, I studied. I practiced. I didn't want to bounce it in front of home plate. I threw a strike. Even though I practiced, I still couldn't believe I'd actually thrown it straight to the catcher. My guys had been teasing me for weeks about not bouncing it and I was glad I didn't.
My family came with me to Fenway and to the race that weekend. So many cool things happened that week but you know what? One of the best memories I have will be going to my son Bob IV's elementary school graduation. He was so excited, telling everyone his dad was going to come see him graduate. I can't believe how fast times goes. It seems like he was just a baby, and now here he is graduating from elementary school.
It wouldn't have happened if we were racing anywhere else.
Now we head off for the Western Swing. The [Countdown to the Championship] playoffs will be here before we know it. We have this weekend off, though, and I'll be -- guess what? Going to the drag stip. This weekend my kids get to drive. Two, anyway. They get to race their junior dragsters at Piedmont Dragway for the Junior Dragster Championships. If you want to come, you can check out this website for details: http://www.piedmontdragway.com/. We'll be there with Roy Hill, who taught my kids how to race. I've also been his student a few times.
Until then, I'll get some work done around the dealership.
The "Our Everyday Heroes" Race Car Design Contest for JDRF raised $57,127 for T1D research this year. Fans can still donate to the cause by texting "JDRF" once to 20222 until Aug. 16. Money raised will be added to Lillicraf's $6,550 fundraising total.
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