Brittany Force powered to the top spot to close out qualifying on Saturday at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, earning her first No. 1 qualifier of the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season at the 64th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals.

Matt Hagan (Funny Car) and Dallas Glenn (Pro Stock) also qualified No. 1 at the second of 20 races during the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series.

After a lengthy rain delay, Force put together a run of 3.711-seconds at 335.73 mph in her 11,000-horsepower Mark Christopher Auto Center Chevrolet/Monster Energy dragster. It was the lone qualifying session due to weather and Force claimed her 47th career No. 1 qualifier with the standout run. She’ll open eliminations looking for her first victory since 2022 when she finished the year as world champion.

“That was a good, consistent run and that’s what we’re focused on,” Force said. “We’re in a good place and it’s pretty awesome to have 47 No. 1 qualifiers. That’s (crew chief) David Grubnic and this entire team. But our focus is on raceday and trying to get a win. We’re ready for tomorrow.”

Eight-time Top Fuel world champion Tony Schumacher took second with a 3.735 at 331.85, while Billy Torrence took third with a 3.745 at 330.47. Tony Stewart’s run of 3.737 at 328.30 during the second session was ruled invalid due to a timing system malfunction.

Reigning Funny Car world champion Matt Hagan, who won the Winternationals a year ago, made the most of his run on Saturday, going to No. 1 with a run of 3.893 at 330.15 in his 11,000-horsepower Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat for Tony Stewart Racing. It gives the four-time world champion 51 career No. 1 qualifiers and plenty of momentum going into raceday, where Hagan looks to pick up his milestone 50th career victory. He’ll open eliminations against Buddy Hull trying to pick up his first win of the season.

“To do a burnout and still have that many fans in the stands after the weather was pretty cool,” Hagan said. “The track was tricky, so we’ll take that run. All in all, I’m pretty happy with that. We’ve had a lot of success here and to make that run makes me feel confident going into tomorrow. We’ve won a lot of races because Dickie (Venables, crew chief) has been good on Sunday. It would be great to get that 50th (win) in Pomona. It’s such a special place and it’s really magical here. There’s so much history and when you show up here, you get chill bumps. It’s just a cool feeling.”

Ron Capps took the second spot with a 3.893 at 326.71 and Bobby Bode took third after going 3.972 at 292.96.

In Pro Stock, defending event winner Dallas Glenn racked up his fifth career No. 1 qualifier, closing out qualifying with a run of 6.536 at 209.75 in his RAD Torque Systems Chevrolet Camaro. Glenn made a big move to close out the day after the team made wholesale changes leading into the day. They struggled on Friday, but the changes paid off heading into raceday, putting the young standout in a good spot to try and earn his first win of the season. He’ll open eliminations against KB Titan Racing teammate and rookie Sienna Wildgust.

“That was really satisfying,” Glenn said. “We basically rewired my entire car this morning. We changed so much stuff on it. We were not happy with it and it had been doing some crazy stuff. It at least worked for one run and we were pretty happy with it. The run felt amazing and we made a really killer run. Pomona has always been up there as one of my favorite tracks. I’ve always loved coming here and hopefully we have it turned around.”

Defending world champion Erica Enders qualified second with a 6.547 at 210.73 and Camrie Caruso jumped to third thanks with a 6.557 at 208.88.

Only one round of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge was completed on Saturday due to weather as well. Shawn Langdon and Steve Torrence both won the opening round in Top Fuel, while J.R. Todd and Austin Prock picked up the Funny Car victories. In Pro Stock, Glenn and Enders raced to Challenge wins.

Eliminations for the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals begin at 10 a.m. PT on Sunday at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip.

Results Summary:

Top Fuel -- 1. Brittany Force, 3.711 seconds, 335.73 mph vs. Bye; 2. Tony Schumacher, 3.735, 331.85 vs. 15. Terry Totten, 6.636, 91.56; 3. Billy Torrence, 3.745, 330.47 vs. 14. Josh Hart, 6.118, 107.81; 4. Steve Torrence, 3.750, 328.30 vs. 13. Tony Stewart, 4.839, 148.95; 5. Justin Ashley, 3.753, 329.18 vs. 12. Shawn Reed, 4.755, 169.40; 6. Doug Kalitta, 3.785, 303.30 vs. 11. Jasmine Salinas, 4.033, 287.78; 7. Shawn Langdon, 3.788, 318.24 vs. 10. Krista Baldwin, 3.964, 243.94; 8. Antron Brown, 3.807, 322.11 vs. 9. Clay Millican, 3.902, 296.05.

Funny Car -- 1. Matt Hagan, Dodge Charger, 3.893, 330.15 vs. 16. Buddy Hull, Charger, 4.823, 173.38; 2. Ron Capps, Toyota GR Supra, 3.893, 326.71 vs. 15. Austin Prock, Chevy Camaro, 4.758, 229.31; 3. Bobby Bode, Ford Mustang, 3.972, 292.96 vs. 14. Dave Richards, Mustang, 4.502, 205.44; 4. Cruz Pedregon, Charger, 3.982, 309.27 vs. 13. J.R. Todd, GR Supra, 4.207, 223.80; 5. Paul Lee, Charger, 3.992, 321.42 vs. 12. Bob Tasca III, Mustang, 4.201, 247.93; 6. John Force, Camaro, 3.996, 318.99 vs. 11. Jim Campbell, Chevy Monte Carlo, 4.162, 275.45; 7. Terry Haddock, Mustang, 3.999, 308.50 vs. 10. Chad Green, Mustang, 4.110, 302.96; 8. Daniel Wilkerson, Mustang, 4.014, 314.31 vs. 9. Jeff Diehl, Toyota Camry, 4.050, 306.81. Did Not Qualify: 17. Alexis DeJoria, 5.477, 185.77; 18. Jason Rupert, 6.283, 106.46; 19. Chris Morel, 6.717, 98.65; 20. Steven Densham, 7.130, 93.50.

Pro Stock -- 1. Dallas Glenn, Chevy Camaro, 6.536, 209.75 vs. 16. Sienna Wildgust, Camaro, 6.625, 201.91; 2. Erica Enders, Camaro, 6.547, 210.73 vs. 15. Fernando Cuadra Jr., Camaro, 6.620, 206.54; 3. Camrie Caruso, Camaro, 6.557, 208.88 vs. 14. Kenny Delco, Camaro, 6.613, 209.56; 4. Jeg Coughlin, Camaro, 6.565, 210.14 vs. 13. Mason McGaha, Camaro, 6.607, 209.20; 5. Matt Hartford, Camaro, 6.568, 210.31 vs. 12. Eric Latino, Camaro, 6.603, 208.68; 6. Greg Anderson, Camaro, 6.570, 209.26 vs. 11. Troy Coughlin Jr., Camaro, 6.595, 210.87; 7. Chris McGaha, Camaro, 6.575, 209.95 vs. 10. Brandon Foster, Camaro, 6.583, 208.81; 8. Aaron Stanfield, Camaro, 6.581, 209.33 vs. 9. David Cuadra, Ford Mustang, 6.583, 209.59. Did Not Qualify: 17. Joey Grose, 6.648, 208.39; 18. Jerry Tucker, 6.670, 209.01; 19. Cristian Cuadra, 9.401, 99.27; 20. Deric Kramer, 18.780, 79.62.

Pomona - Qualifying Full Results

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  TOP FUEL
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Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type---------------Qual-ET--Qual-Spd-Top Spd


  1    7 Brittany Force, Yorba Linda CA, JFR-JFR         3.711  335.73  335.73
  2    9 Tony Schumacher, Lakeway TX, DSM-DSM            3.735  331.85  331.85
  3  474 Billy Torrence, Kilgore TX, MLR-AJPE            3.745  330.47  330.47
  4    2 Steve Torrence, Kilgore TX, MLR-TFX             3.750  328.30  328.30
  5    4 Justin Ashley, Farmingdale NY, DSR-JFR          3.753  329.18  329.18
  6    1 Doug Kalitta, Saline MI, Bounty Hunter-AJPE     3.785  303.30  303.30
  7  333 Shawn Langdon, Danville IN, PBRC-AJPE           3.788  318.24  318.24
  8    6 Antron Brown, Pittsboro IN, PBRC-DSM            3.807  322.11  322.11
  9   51 Clay Millican, Drummonds TN, DSR-DSR            3.902  296.05  296.05
 10  725 Krista Baldwin, Pittsboro IN, Bounty Hunter-TFX 3.964  243.94  243.94
 11 7015 Jasmine Salinas, Brownsburg IN, MLR-AJPE        4.033  287.78  287.78
 12  716 Shawn Reed, Defiance MO, MLR-AJPE               4.755  169.40  169.40
 13   14 Tony Stewart, Columbus IN, PBRC-DSM             4.839  148.95  148.95
 14   77 Josh Hart, Ocala FL, MLR-DSM                    6.118  107.81  107.81
 15  565 Terry Totten, Gretna NE, Hadman-JFR             6.636   91.56   91.56



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  1   14 Matt Hagan, Christiansburg VA, '24 Charger      3.893  330.15  330.15
  2    4 Ron Capps, Carlsbad CA, '22 GR Supra            3.893  326.71  326.71
  3 3095 Bobby Bode, Deer Park IL, '18 Mustang           3.972  292.96  292.96
  4   71 Cruz Pedregon, Brownsburg IN, '22 Charger       3.982  309.27  309.27
  5  116 Paul Lee, Anaheim CA, '20 Charger               3.992  321.42  321.42
  6    7 John Force, Yorba Linda CA, '23 Camaro          3.996  318.99  318.99
  7  121 Terry Haddock, Temple TX, '19 Mustang           3.999  308.50  308.50
  8  348 Daniel Wilkerson, Springfield IL, '24 Mustang   4.014  314.31  314.31
  9  717 Jeff Diehl, Salinas CA, '19 Camry               4.050  306.81  306.81
 10    5 Chad Green, Midland TX, '24 Mustang             4.110  302.96  302.96
 11  703 Jim Campbell, Long Beach CA, '05 Monte Carlo    4.162  275.45  275.45
 12    3 Bob Tasca III, Cranston RI, '23 Mustang         4.201  247.93  247.93
 13    8 J.R. Todd, Jupiter FL, '22 GR Supra             4.207  223.80  272.56
 14  139 Dave Richards, Wellington FL, '18 Mustang       4.502  205.44  205.44
 15  374 Austin Prock, Brownsburg IN, '23 Camaro         4.758  229.31  229.31
 16   10 Buddy Hull, Dallas TX, '24 Charger              4.823  173.38  173.38

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 17  771 Alexis DeJoria, Austin TX, '24 GR Supra         5.477  185.77  185.77
 18  766 Jason Rupert, Anaheim Hills CA, '17 Mustang     6.283  106.46  106.46
 19  775 Chris Morel, Reno NV, '18 Charger               6.717   98.65   98.65
 20  700 Steven Densham, Oceanside CA, '18 Mustang       7.130   93.50   93.50



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  1    6 Dallas Glenn, Mooresville NC, '22 Camaro        6.536  209.75  209.75
  2    1 Erica Enders, Houston TX, '24 Camaro            6.547  210.73  211.69
  3   14 Camrie Caruso, Denver NC, '22 Camaro            6.557  208.88  208.88
  4   25 Jeg Coughlin, Delaware OH, '23 Camaro           6.565  210.14  211.20
  5    3 Matt Hartford, Phoenix AZ, '16 Camaro           6.568  210.31  210.31
  6    2 Greg Anderson, Mooresville NC, '22 Camaro       6.570  209.26  209.26
  7 4264 Chris McGaha, Odessa TX, '22 Camaro             6.575  209.95  210.83
  8    4 Aaron Stanfield, Bossier City LA, '23 Camaro    6.581  209.33  209.33
  9 411M David Cuadra, Leon MX, '20 Mustang              6.583  209.59  209.88
 10   23 Brandon Foster, Owasso OK, '22 Camaro           6.583  208.81  208.81
 11    5 Troy Coughlin Jr., Delaware OH, '22 Camaro      6.595  210.87  210.87
 12  193 Eric Latino, Cornelius NC, '22 Camaro           6.603  208.68  208.68
 13  400 Mason McGaha, Odessa TX, '22 Camaro             6.607  209.20  209.20
 14  150 Kenny Delco, E. Setauket NY, '20 Camaro         6.613  209.56  209.56
 15 406M Fernando Cuadra Jr., Leon MX, '21 Camaro        6.620  206.54  209.14
 16   68 Sienna Wildgust, Sebringville ON, '13 Camaro    6.625  201.91  201.91

       ------------ Not Qualified ------------

 17  703 Joey Grose, Lodi CA, '23 Camaro                 6.648  208.39  208.39
 18  494 Jerry Tucker, Lindsay OK, '22 Camaro            6.670  209.01  209.01
 19   10 Cristian Cuadra, Leon MX, '23 Mustang           9.401   99.27   99.27
 20   52 Deric Kramer, Parker CO, '20 Camaro            18.780   79.62   79.62

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