CHARLOTTE (Sept. 16) - It's not taken very long for zMax Dragway to become one of Leah Pruett's favorite places on Earth.
Pruett won the NHRA Pro Mod Series presented by ProCare Rx race at the O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals for a second consecutive year. She guided the ProCare Rx turbo Ford Mustang around Mike Knowles in the finals to secure the victory.
"It feels phenomenal," Pruett said. "To think that the three times I've been here in this car, I've reached the finals all three times and won twice. At the beginning of this race, I had a good feeling about getting to the final round and back in the winner's circle."
Pruett reached the final in the spring race at zMax Dragway earlier this year.
Against Knowles, Pruett had her best reaction time of the weekend to launch to a final pass of 5.936 seconds at 246.44 mph. Knowles got out of shape early and coasted to a pass of 9.088 at 102.78 mph, but Pruett didn't know what was going on behind her....
