Top Fuel driver Leah Pritchett has been living the dream since qualifying No. 1 and winning the season-opening Winternationals (Feb. 12) and she has yet to wake up.

Pritchett, who is part of the Don Schumacher Racing stable, made history at the Arizona Nationals Friday.

Pritchett drove her Papa John’s-sponsored dragster to the fastest 1,000-foot time in NHRA Top Fuel history with a 3.658-second run at 329.34 mph at Wild Horse Motorsports Park.

“To be behind the wheel of this machine that’s constantly putting out time and time again, fast numbers, quick numbers, to be honest is a little bit difficult to comprehend all the success this car is putting out,” Pritchett said. “This is everything that dreams that are made of. It’s almost too good to be true.”

Pritchett clocked her world’s fastest ET on the second qualifying session. Crew chief Todd Okuhara and assistant Joe Barlam are calling the shots for Pritchett.

“I’m seeing an extra attention to detail that I’ve never seen before, and I've been around a lot of crews in my life,” Pritchett said. “It’s paying off so well. It’s nice to say that we’re officially the quickest in the world, but other guys are not far off us, we know that. The confidence in this car between Todd and Joe is unbelievable. I’m in a confident place that I’ve never been before.”

Pritchett acknowledged a 3.70 run is completely different than a 3.65.

“It’s a total world of difference,” she said. “It is like the car gets lighter (on the 3.65). I was thinking when we ran that 65 in testing, that was fast, but now that we went that fast again that it is a real sensation. Now that I know time and time again what those fast times feel like, it’s fun. That’s why I do this. I’m the luckiest person in the world to be able to be here and doing this. I do give the glory to God for all these opportunities He has placed me in right now. He has some type of plan. He had some type of plan last year, and we’re just going to keep working really hard because we can’t lift up.”

Pritchett finished seventh in the season points a year ago. She won her inaugural Top Fuel NHRA national event last season at Phoenix while driving for Bob Vandergriff Racing.