David Baca drove his David Powers-owned Matco Tools dragster to a first-round effort Sunday at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona to conclude the 2007 NHRA season for the Matco Tools team.
The veteran driver qualified the Matco-backed rail in the No. 3 position with a run of 4.523 seconds on Thursday afternoon at the historic Pomona strip. He used a solid Lee Beard tune-up to drive the Matco Tools dragster to a run of 4.574 seconds at 327.19, but as a result of a better starting line reaction time, Doug Herbert earned the win with a run of 4.624 at 296.05.
“I’m very pleased with David Baca, ” Beard said. “The car ran consistent mid to low 4.50s run after run with David in the car. Doug Herbert had a great light and David had an average light. We had a lot of fun at these two races with David in the car. He’s a great guy and has a great family. If we ever expanded to a third car, he’d be high on the list of people to drive the car. ”
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