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Friday's Funny Car qualifying in Brainerd produced a slew of three-second runs but none of them were quicker than Matt Hagan's 3.890 in his Mopar Dodge Charger.

Jason Line, seeking his first win of the 2019 season, leads the Brainerd Pro Stock field after each of Friday's first two qualifying sessions.

There was plenty of action both on and off the track on day one of the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals and National Dragster's Marc Gewertz captured much of it. Here’s a look at some of his best images of the day.

After a win and a runner-up on the Western Swing, red-hot Matt Hartford and his Total Seal team are ready to continue their pursuit of the Mello Yello Pro Stock championship.

In the high-stakes game of musical chairs for the final spot in the Countdown to the Championship playoff, Billy Torrence appears to have the upper hand.

The ongoing battle four Countdown spots, the chance to earn a coveted NHRA Wally trophy, and of course, the famed Brainerd Zoo, will all be front-and-center during NHRA's annual visit to Minnesota's Brainerd Int'l Raceway.

There’s a certain affinity Ron Capps has with Brainerd International Raceway and its huge on-site campground known as “The Zoo.” After all, there is a part of the campground named after the Funny Car world champion.

Steve Torrence, Robert Hight, and Greg Anderson roll into Brainerd as Tricky Tipster’s pre-race favorites for the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals.

Austin Prock is still savoring every part of picking up his first career NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series victory in Top Fuel in Seattle, but it’s only pushed him to try to do more, especially with the Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship approaching.

Doug Kalitta will be campaigning a new-look Top Fuel dragster adorned in the logo of new Team Kalitta business partner, Minnesota-based LaBounty, at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals.

With just two races remaining in the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series regular season, the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals this weekend in Brainerd is a crucial race for all four members of Kalitta Motorsports. NHRA's John Kernan reports from Ypislanti, Mich.

Hailing from Wright, Minn., the annual visit to Brainerd International Raceway, site of this weekend's Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals, is always a welcome trip for Jason Line, but he wouldn’t mind his luck changing at the facility just over an hour from his hometown.

After a three-race hiatus NHRA Pro Stock racer Shane Tucker is ready to get back on track this weekend at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals, and is bringing a new corporate partner in NCMachine.com, a Winnipeg, Man.- based full-service machine shop.

The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series returns to fan-favorite Brainerd International Raceway for the 38th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals, the second-to-last event of the 2019 Mello Yello regular season.

Rick Jackson Motorsports and 2017 Top Alcohol Funny Car champion Shane Westerfield are celebrating Lucas Oil during this weekend’s annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals.

Idaho Governor Brad Little and NHRA President Glen Cromwell recently participated in a ceremony on the starting line of Firebird Raceway where the governor delivered a proclamation to Firebird Raceway for its preservation of drag racing history and statewide historic significance in the Gem State.

The 2019 NHRA Championship Drag Racing Awards will once again return to Hollywood’s Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Monday, Nov. 18.

Found at the front of the engine attached to the snout of the crankshaft, harmonic dampers are used to quell the harmonics of the crankshaft and are vital parts of your hot rod.

Mike Salinas took a long and winding path to the peak of the Top Fuel category. The San Jose businessman sat down with NHRA on FOX reporter Jamie Howe to discuss family, racing and more on the latest edition of Mello Yello MY Journey.

Driving a Pro Stock car is an abject lesson in the fine art of frustration. It’s a task that simply can’t be mastered. Matt Hartford is giving it his best shot.

Matt Hagan and Leah Pritchett took to Woodward Avenue in their nitro-burning Funny Car and Top Fuel dragster as part of Roadkill Nights. Watch the Mopar-sponsored Don Schumacher Racing drivers take part in the festivities surrounding the long-running drag racing event.

Shaun Vincent captured the Comp Eliminator Wally at the fourth Division 5 event of the season, held at Brainerd International Raceway in Minnesota.

Leah Pritchett will once again perform a burnout in her Mopar 1320 Top Fuel dragster during Roadkill Nights in Detroit. Before she burns rubber on Woodward Avenue, the Don Schumacher Racing driver gave Mopar CAP students a taste of nitro.

NASCAR driver Erik Jones joined Toyota Racing teammate Doug Kalitta to fire up his Top Fuel dragster at Kalitta Motorsports headquarters in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

At this year's Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, as they have been for the last 60 years, when the event was held in Detroit, two longtime fans of the sport will be settled into their seats watching all of the action at the 65th edition of the "Big Go."

Some of the best street car racers on the planet will come together at the 65th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals to compete for the chance to reset the Street Car E.T. record in the NHRA Street Car Showdown.

Division 7 Super Stock and Stock racer Kyle Rizzoli finished the Western Swing with two wins and a runner-up in Stock and Super Stock

NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel world champion Steve Torrence went head to head with four-time National Finals Rodeo world champ Tuf Cooper in their respective worlds of drag racing and tie-down roping in the NHRA Horsepower Shootout. Watch the full episode on NHRA.tv beginning on Friday.

NHRA National Dragster magazine's 15th issue of 2019, which includes coverage of the Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals and the NHRA Sonoma Nationals, is online for NHRA members and in the mail to homes and shops around the world.