CLERMONT, Ind. – Rain showers on Saturday wiped out the final two qualifying sessions of the 67th annual Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.
Fields for Sunday’s eliminations are set from Friday’s single qualifying session due to the inclement weather.
Brittany Force (Top Fuel), John Force (Funny Car), Kyle Koretsky (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) will officially claim No. 1 qualifiers at the 13th of 20 races during the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season. It is also the final race of the NHRA regular season before the Countdown to the Championship playoffs begin.
B. Force earned her sixth straight No. 1 qualifier in Top Fuel and eighth this year based on her run of 3.684 seconds at 334.57 mph in her 11,000-horsepower Monster Energy dragster on Friday. She will open race day against Shawn Langdon. Points leader and three-time defending world champ Steve Torrence will start race day from the No. 2 spot and Doug Kalitta is third.
J. Force’s run of 3.877 seconds at 330.72 mph in his 11,000-horsepower PEAK Chevrolet Camaro from Friday hands him his second No. 1 spot this year in Funny Car and 162nd in his career. He’ll open eliminations against Dave Richards. Bob Tasca III qualified second and Robert Hight is third.
Koretsky picked up his first career No. 1 in Pro Stock thanks to his 6.572-second pass at 208.07 mph on Friday in his Lucas Oil Chevrolet Camaro. He’ll start race day against Larry Morgan. Troy Coughlin Jr. qualified second and defending winner Erica Enders is third.
In Pro Stock Motorcycle, Eddie Krawiec grabbed his first No. 1 spot of the year on his Vance & Hines Buell with his run of 6.826 seconds at 199.40 mph from Friday. He’ll take on teammate Andrew Hines in the first round of eliminations. Steve Johnson is second and defending event winner Scotty Pollacheck is a spot behind.