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Photo highlights from the final day of the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway.

John Force, gunning for career win No. 150, advanced to the semifinals with a 3.920 alongside and in front of Matt Hagan’s 3.953 to lead the eight racers headed on in Funny Car competition.

Scott Palmer and Dom Lagana, both of whom failed to make a full run in qualifying, pulled the surprise of round one as both advanced to the Top Fuel semifinals after finishing 1-2 in their quad ahead of Antron Brown and Brittany Force.

Karen Stoffer and Hector Arana Jr. tied for low E.T. of the opening round of Pro Stock Motorcycle eliminaitons.

Down to their last qualifying run, Ron Capps and crew chief Rahn Tobler make a bold move by changing cars.

After finishing the 2018 season with an unprecedented six-race win-streak sweep of the Countdown to the Championship, world champ Steve Torrence is winless through five Top Fuel races this season. Is he worried? Hardly.

Is the Reed Motorsports team preparing for a breakthrough first victory? Cory Reed certainly seems to think so.

Welcome to raceday at the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway. After two days of qualifying, Sunday promises to be a real four-wide shootout.

Robert Hight earned his fourth No. 1 start in six events this season by stealing the pole from Friday leader Jack Beckman with a 3.883.

Incoming qualifying leader Mike Salinas didn’t better his 3.68 Friday field leader, but the Scrappers Racing pilot let everyone know he was ready for Sunday eliminations with a best-of-session 3.728.

Mike Salinas (Top Fuel), Robert Hight (Funny Car), and Karen Stoffer (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are the top qualifiers for the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway and will lead their respective fields into eliminations Sunday.

Photo highlights from the second day of the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway.

Karen Stoffer captured the fourth pole of her career, and her first since the 2015 season at the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.

The day before he saddled up in the Matco Tools dragster for his first qualifying run of the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals marked the 20-year anniversary of Antron Brown’s first career win. He still looks back on those formative days that made him what he is and helps him get through the rough patches.

Reigning world champ Steve Torrence had the best run of the second Top Fuel session, racing his Capco Contractors dragster to a 3.756. Friday leader Mike Salinas stayed atop the pack with his 3.687.

Robert Hight, Jack Beckman, and Tommy Johnson Jr. were the quickest drivers in the third Funny Car qualifying session.

Karen Stoffer betters Friday's run to lead Q2 while teammates Joey Gladstone and Cory Reed make big gains at zMax Dragway.

Karen Stoffer has big expectations for her first season as a member of Jerry Savoie’s White Alligator Suzuki team.

Don Schumacher Racing has expanded the team’s ongoing partnership with Okuma to include a primary sponsorship of Leah Pritchett’s Top Fuel dragster at three NHRA events in 2019, and associate support of Tommy Johnson Jr.’s Make-A-Wish Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car.

Mike Salinas didn't ponder long after his breakthrough win in Las Vegas. After a celebratory ice cream, for him it was a simple as, "OK, now that I've proven I can win, let's go win again." He makes no bones about it: He expects success. He's a goal setter and a problem solver, whether it's in his business or his racing.

Second-year Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Kelly Clontz has become a consistent qualifier on her Steamfitters Union Local 602 Suzuki.

The second of two four-wide races of the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season continues today with two qualifying sessions at zMAX Dragway outside of Charlotte, N.C.

North Carolina fans have learned to love their nitro like they love their NASCAR, and this weekend they have a homestate favorite to cheer for in veteran Bob Gilbertson.

Photo highlights from the opening day of the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway.

Mike Salinas, Jack Beckman, and Karen Stoffer are the early leaders after and abbreviated day of qualifying at the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway.

Karen Stoffer rode Jerry Savoie’s Suzuki to the top spot during Friday’s Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying in Charlotte.

Mike Salinas set a new zMAX Dragway track record, blasting his Scrappers Racing dragster to a 3.687, breaking the 3.689 mark set last year by Brittany Force.

Jack Beckman has the lead halfway through Funny Car qualifying after powering his Infinite Hero Dodge to a 3.891 under the lights at zMAX Dragway.

After what is undoubtedly the combined shortest and weirdest Funny Car qualifying session in history, Dale Creasy Jr. is the low qualifier with a 7.713-second elapsed time.

Pro Stock Motorcycle champ Matt Smith believes his win at all costs mentality is perfectly suited for four-wide racing.