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Steve Torrence made the best run for the second straight session, a 3.791 that accompanied earlier passes of 3.773, 3.824, and 3.873, setting himself up as a Sunday favorite. Clay Millican stayed No. 1 with his Friday 3.74.

Jianna Salinas qualified for her first Pro Stock Motorcycle race, while Andrew Hines secured pole position at the Virginia NHRA Nationals.

Fernando Cuadra Jr. qualified for his first Pro Stock race at the Virginia NHRA Nationals while Jason Line captured the pole for the first time in 2019.

Photo highlights from Day 2 of the Virginia NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park.

Matt Smith Racing found immediate gains at Virginia NHRA Nationals after testing

The hot weather and hot track affected the Funny Cars as much as it did their longer-wheelbase Top Fuel brethren, as none of the floppers could run in the threes, with Tommy Johnson Jr.’s 4.029 being the best of the pack.

Racing on the hottest track temperature seen all season, the Top Fuelers struggled in Q3 but reigning world champ Steve Torrence still put up a respectable 3.82 pass to lead the way.

The Vance & Hines Harley-Davidsons lead the Pro Stock Motorcycle field at the Virginia NHRA Nationals following three qualifying sessions.

Jason Line remained the No. 1 qualifier, but Deric Kramer ran the best time in the third Pro Stock qualifying session at the Virginia NHRA Nationals in his American Ethanol Chevy Camaro.

Terry Haddock has been racing nitro cars or more than 20 years, but even as he continues to teach new drivers who rent his Top Fuel dragster, he admits he’s still learning, too.

After breaking the 11-year-old track record on their first run Friday, Clay Millican and the Parts Plus/Straightline Strategy Group team opted to sit out the evening session, all part of the plan that puts the emphasis on the word "strategy," even if that means passing up a "hero run."

Former part-time racer Deric Kramer ready to return to Pro Stock racing in Richmond

John Force, Clay Millican, Jason Line and Matt Smith lead their respective Mello Yello categories after one day of qualifying at the NHRA Virginia Nationals with two more sessions scheduled Saturday.

Photo highlights from Day 1 of the Virginia NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park.

Friday qualifying is in the books and John Force (Funny Car), Clay Millican (Top Fuel), Jason Line (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are in the lead at the Virginia NHRA Nationals.

No one could better Clay Millican’s opening lap of 3.749, but Mike Salinas came closest, cranking off a 3.754 in the Scrappers Racing entry for the best run of Q2.

John Force picked up nearly a tenth of a second over his opening lap of 3.97 and recorded Virginia Motorsports Park’s first 3.80-second Funny Car pass, a 3.899, and is now halfway to what would be his sport-leading 157th low qualifying effort

Jason Line holds the provisional Pro Stock pole at the Virginia NHRA Nationals after two terrific passes.

Matt Smith secured the provisional pole at the Virginia NHRA Nationals and took all six bonus points in Pro Stock Motorcycle along the way.

Randy Eakins hit the wall in his SAMTech.edu NHRA Factory Stock Showdown Mustang during qualifying at the Virginia NHRA Nationals.

Joey Gladstone and Cory Reed are ahead of the curve when it comes to the race to 60-feet in Pro Stock Motorcycle.

Clay Millican, still looking for his first win with new crew chief Mike Kloeber, took the No. 1 spot in Top Fuel after the opening qualifying session with a 3.749 to lead a strong opening stanza

Ron Capps and crew chief Rahn Tobler, hot off of their win two weeks ago in Atlanta, kept that winning NAPA Brakes livery past its one-race special-edition  expiration plan and blasted down the warm track to a 3.927 to lead the field after Q1.

Jason Line leads the Pro Stock field at the NHRA Virginia Nationals after the first qualifying session at Virginia Motorsports Park.

Matt Smith made the quickest run of the first Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying session and ran top speed at Virginia Motorsports Park.

Fans may have done a double take when they saw two dragsters roll out of the Paton Racing trailer in the pits this weekend, but there’s a method behind the multi-machine madness.

The Virginia NHRA Nationals marks a new chapter in crew chief Mike Green's career as he takes over the tuning duties on Austin Prock's Montana Brand/Rocky Mountain Twist dragster after trading place with Jon Shaffer, who took Green's spot on Bob Tasca III's Funny Car.

Second-generation racer Fernando Cuadra Jr. to take first steps of long Pro Stock journey at Virginia NHRA Nationals 

The Pro Stock class returns to the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series after a three-race "spring break" to highlight NHRA's second return to Virginia Motorsports Park. Two Mello Yello qualifying sessions are scheduled for today.