Brittany Force’s Castrol EDGE Dragster left the starting line first with Todd in hot pursuit. At the halfway mark, Brittany was still out on Todd but then her engine began to lose power due to a mechanical failure. Brittany stayed in throttle as long as she could, determined to get to the finish line first but it was to no avail as Todd got around her before the finish line.

“I told my guys earlier, I’m so proud on how we did all weekend. With four qualifying runs, we only made one good pass so to be able to only work off one good run and go all the way to the finals here in Denver on race day is pretty exciting. I know I’ve already said it but again, I can’t tell you how proud I am of every single one of these guys, they’ve worked so hard, especially my crew chiefs, Todd Smith and Dean Antonelli, they’ve been so patient with me, they are awesome in how they got this dragster turned around,” said Brittany Force.

Clay Millican lost his first-round match with Larry Dixon.

Dixon qualified in the No. 4 spot and eliminated Millican and Antron Brown before losing a close one to J.R. Todd in the semifinal. Todd turned in a 3.912/300.26 to Dixon’s 3.936/304.80.

Jenna Haddock, wife of Funny Car driver Terry Haddock, made her Top Fuel debut as the 17th woman to qualify for a Top Fuel field. She got a first-round win over Tony Schumacher when Sarge’s dragster when up in tire smoke. In the next round Brittany Force’s 3.990/303.84 got the nod over Haddock’s 4.166 at 270.75 mph.