BRAINERD — With memories of last year’s failure, Funny Car driver Austin Prock entered the final round of the Lucas Oil Nationals Sunday, Aug. 17, with a chip on his shoulder.

The extra motivation helped as he captured the Wally at Brainerd International Raceway.

During his rookie season in a Funny Car last year, Prock won eight times on his way to a World Championship. One would be hard-pressed to find failure in that, but his performance at Brainerd last year stuck with him. In the second round of eliminations, Prock lost on a hole shot to JR Todd.

“Getting beat on a hole shot is never something that you want to do as a driver and I think my legs are still sore from walking from the top end of the racetrack back to my pit,” Prock said. “But we got it done today and I came here with a

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