NHRA pros at Phoenix, Arizona

Pritchett breaks through

Results compiled by Kay Burk
Photos by Ron Lewis and Michael Fischbeck

(Ron Lewis photo)

Leah Pritchett raced to her first Top Fuel victory Sunday, Feb. 28, at the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals. Tim Wilkerson (Funny Car) and Jason Line (Pro Stock) also picked up victories at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park near Phoenix. The grandstands were nearly full all weekend.

TOP FUEL(Michael Fischbeck photo)

Pritchett used a quicker reaction time and a performance of 3.775 seconds at 323.12 mph in her Quaker State dragster to finish in front of Brittany Force’s 3.774 at 321.35 in her Monster Energy dragster. It was the first all-female Top Fuel final since Shirley Muldowney defeated Lucille Lee in 1982 in Columbus, Ohio.