Ms. Pritchett got her first Top Fuel win in just her second event with new sponsor Quaker State. (Ron Lewis photo)

“It is the happiest day of my life, besides getting married of course,” said Pritchett, who posted a runner-up finish in her only other Top Fuel final, last season at Atlanta. “This is what dreams are made of.”

Pritchett’s dragster ran 4.361/245.54 to defeat J.R. Todd’s troubled 4.612/168.05 in the first round, and advanced into the semifinal when Antron Brown turned on the red light. A 3.832 at 317.05 mph against Clay Millican’s 3.878/299.86 got Pritchett to the historic final round.

Pritchett had a starting line advantage against Force and held on for the holeshot win by 0.0207 of a second (about 10 feet) to earn her first Top Fuel victory.