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Nitro fans at the Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals are in for a treat today with three qualifying sessions following Friday’s night’s hero session plus two more sessions for Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle.

The nitro teams have some experience in this, having done it at the Virginia Nationals the last two years, but both of those races were in extreme heat to with three runs in the same day in prime conditions, fans at Pacific Raceways could see some really great runs.

There’s not a lot to transfer over from Q1, where Doug Kalitta was the leader in Top Fuel and his Funny Car teammate J.R. Todd No. 1 in Funny Car in sessions loaded with tire shake.

Brittany Force would surely love to get a win here where her dad has nine victories, and younger sister Courtney also has a win. She got close here in 2022, where she was runner-up to Tony Schumacher, and her 340-mph Friday night speed shows that the car is there.

Todd would love to become just the fifth driver in event history to win in both nitro classes in Seattle, joining Austin Prock, Ron Capps, Tommy Johnson Jr., and Del Worsham on that short list. Todd won here in Top Fuel a decade ago and would love to get his first win with new crew chief Dickie Venables.

The dynamic duo of Greg Anderson and Dallas Glenn both broke the incoming track record in Pro Stock to place them in the favorite’s role and with two more sessions today under cool conditions, may well drive the record lower.

The drama in Pro Stock Motorcycle is not who will qualify (spoiler: they all will) but who, between two-time world champ Gaige Herrera and six-time champ Matt Smith, will qualify higher to earn the top speed and the first callout for next weekend’s GETTRX All-Star Callout in Sonoma.

Today’s action also includes the Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge, pitting semifinal rematches from the most recent event in Norwalk:
Top Fuel
•    Clay Millican vs. Tony Stewart
•    Justin Ashley vs. Shawn Langdon
Funny Car 
•    Matt Hagan vs. Cruz Pedregon
•    Austin Prock vs. Ron Capps  
Pro Stock 
•    Dallas Glenn vs. Matt Hartford 
•    Cory Reed vs. Greg Anderson
Pro Stock Motorcycle
•    John Hall vs. Gaige Herrera 
•    Richard Gadson vs. Matt Smith 

2024 EVENT WINNERS

Steve Torrence, Top Fuel; Austin Prock, Funny Car; Jeg Coughlin Jr., Pro Stock; Chase Van Sant, Pro Stock Motorcycle

MOST VICTORIES

Tony Schumacher and Joe Amato, 5, TF; John Force, 9, FC; Bob Glidden, 6, PS; Gaige Herrera, 1, PSM.

TRACK RECORDS

• Top Fuel - 3.685 sec. by Antron Brown, Aug. ’16; 334.73 mph by Brittany Force, July ‘23.
• Funny Car – 3.832 sec. by Del Worsham Aug. ’16; 334.15 mph by Jack Beckman, Aug. ’16.
• Pro Stock – 6.488 sec. by Chris McGaha Aug. ’15; 213.40 mph by McGaha, Aug. ’15.
• Pro Stock Motorcycle – 6.704 sec. by Jianna Evaristo July ’24 200.56 mph by Hector Arana Jr., July ‘23.

NATIONAL RECORDS

• Top Fuel - 3.670 seconds by Doug Kalitta, July ‘24; 3340.47 mph by Brittany Force, July ‘25.
• 3.832 seconds by Del Worsham, Aug ‘16; 338.51 mph by Bob Tasca III, July ‘24.
• Pro Stock –  6.472sec. by Greg Anderson, July '25; 213.40 mph by McGaha, Aug ‘15
• Pro Stock Motorcycle - 6.704 seconds by Jianna Evaristo, July ‘24; 203.95 mph by Evaristo July ‘24.

SCHEDULE

SATURDAY, July 19
NHRA LUCAS OIL SERIES eliminations at 9:30 a.m.
NHRA MISSION FOODS SERIES qualifying at 12:30 p.m., 2:45 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.

SUNDAY, July 20
Pre-race ceremony, 9:45 a.m.
NHRA MISSION FOODS SERIES eliminations begin at 10:30 a.m.

TELEVISION

• Sunday, July 21, FS1 will televise two hours of qualifying coverage at 1:00 p.m. (ET).
• Sunday, July 21, FOX will televise three hours of live finals coverage at 4 p.m. (ET).
• All weekend: NHRA.tv

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