CONCORD, N.C. — Anthony Perrego earned an edge over his Super DIRTcar Series competitors Wednesday at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, by setting quick time for Thursday’s World of Outlaws World Finals program.
Perrego was the 17th driver to earn the Billy Whittaker Cars and Trux Quick Time award in 2024 with a 16.241-second lap. He also earned five points toward the championship standings.
Even with his first quick time, Perrego said he’s been building momentum toward strong qualifying runs all season.
“We’ve improved on our qualifying laps, and it’s gotten us up front in heat races,” Perrego said. “To come here to Charlotte and unload like we did tonight is great. We were eighth in hot laps and said we needed to pick up two-tenths, and we got two-tenths.”
With rain falling prior to Friday’s qualifying session, was postponed to Friday afternoon, with five more bonus points up for grabs in the race for the 2024 title.
Thursday’s Qualifying Results
Qualifying Group A Thursday (2 Laps): 1. 4*-Anthony Perrego, 00:16.241[1]; 2. 58-Louden Reimert, 00:16.298[6]; 3. 88-Mat Williamson, 00:16.373[7]; 4. 84Y-Alex Yankowski, 00:16.375[22]; 5. 9S-Matt Sheppard, 00:16.450[16]; 6. 3-Justin Haers, 00:16.461[3]; 7. 26-Ryan Godown, 00:16.467[12]; 8. 12-Darren Smith, 00:16.496[9]; 9. 25-Erick Rudolph, 00:16.619[11]; 10. 165-Rex King Jr, 00:16.653[4]; 11. 02-Jack Lehner, 00:16.681[21]; 12. 98H-Jimmy Phelps, 00:16.745[17]; 13. 21C-Brian Calabrese, 00:16.779[23]; 14. 27JR-Daniel Johnson, 00:16.809[13]; 15. 48T-Dave Rauscher, 00:16.834[5]; 16. 18B-Bobby Varin, 00:16.861[10]; 17. 410-Mike Fowler, 00:16.863[8]; 18. 8-Rich Scagliotta, 00:16.926[14]; 19. 35C-Chris Curtis, 00:16.939[24]; 20. 35B-Francois Bellemare, 00:16.976[19]; 21. 15X-Justin Stone, 00:17.059[15]; 22. 5-Tyler Siri, 00:17.084[2]; 23. 0-Glenn Styres, 00:17.126[18]; 24. 99L-Larry Wight, 00:17.188[20]
Qualifying Group B Thursday (2 Laps): 1. 11T-Jeff Taylor, 00:16.580[3]; 2. 21A-Peter Britten, 00:16.606[10]; 3. 44G-Sebastien Gougeon, 00:16.625[22]; 4. 19-Tim Fuller, 00:16.648[19]; 5. 83X-Tim Sears Jr, 00:16.659[13]; 6. 70A-Alex Payne, 00:16.659[20]; 7. 27J-Danny Johnson, 00:16.726[23]; 8. 28-Michael Trautschold, 00:16.734[11]; 9. 101-Billy Pauch Jr, 00:16.736[9]; 10. R70-Ryan Arbuthnot, 00:16.740[4]; 11. 111-Demetrios Drellos, 00:16.752[15]; 12. 21M-Bob Mcgannon, 00:16.764[18]; 13. 35-Mike Mahaney, 00:16.806[14]; 14. 18-Ryan Macartney, 00:16.816[8]; 15. 14-CG Morey, 00:16.821[6]; 16. 1M-Mathieu Desjardins, 00:16.984[16]; 17. 66M-Corbin Millar, 00:17.002[17]; 18. 22-Mike Engwer, 00:17.120[12]; 19. 91-Felix Roy, 00:17.142[7]; 20. X1-Ken Eckert, 00:17.333[5]; 21. 21X-Eric Williams, 00:17.351[1]; 22. 82-Wally Wade, 00:17.781[2]; 23. (DNS) 17-Marcus Dinkins, 00:17.800