For two of the four Top Fuel qualifying sessions this weekend Larry Dixon looked anything but invincible while his closest rivals, Cory McClenathan and Tony Schumacher traded the top qualifying spot.

In the final session Dixon returned to the form which has consistently carried him to the top seeded spot countless times this season, a spot from which he has yet to lose come Sunday eliminations.

“It was a great job by the team,” said Dixon, in his normal cool as a cucumber manner. “Weather conditions this weekend were pretty good where you should be able to fire some shots. We've seen it in Funny Car, we just haven't been able to see it in Top Fuel. I was glad to see us be able to do that in the last session.”

For two of the four Top Fuel qualifying sessions this weekend Larry Dixon looked anything but invincible while his closest rivals, Cory McClenathan and Tony Schumacher traded the top qualifying spot.

In the final session Dixon returned to the form which has consistently carried him to the top seeded spot countless times this season, a spot from which he has yet to lose come Sunday eliminations.

“It was a great job by the team,” said Dixon, in his normal cool as a cucumber manner. “Weather conditions this weekend were pretty good where you should be able to fire some shots. We've seen it in Funny Car, we just haven't been able to see it in Top Fuel. I was glad to see us be able to do that in the last session.”

What Dixon was able to do was re-established, in a single pass, his dominance of the division throughout the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle season.

Dixon could feel his final run was good, and a late peek at the scoreboard proved him right.

“Normally if that car will get to the finish line, it will put up a pretty good
number,” explained Dixon. “As I went through it was pretty straight, pretty true, and when you're not having to drive it a lot, you have a chance when you shut it off to kind of catch the scoreboard before you pass it and when I saw the .78 I was like, wow, that was nice. Especially the speed. That was a good number for us.

“We just knew that where we qualified in the field, we needed to run better than
an .81 to really make a move. You really had nothing to lose, so they went up
there and gave it their best shot and it certainly worked. That was such a great number; I was happy to see it come up for Alan and Jason and Sheikh Khalid.”
With the top spot in hand, Dixon will attempt to extend his streak of winning from the number one qualifying spot. Each time Dixon has started from the top spot, this year, he has walked away Sunday night with the Wally. Winning Sunday would go a long way to putting more than a few nails in the coffins of hope of both McClenathan and Schumacher.

{source}
<div style="float:left; padding:5px;">
<script type="text/javascript">
sr_adspace_id = 2000000613807;
sr_adspace_width = 300;
sr_adspace_height = 250;
sr_ad_new_window = true;
sr_adspace_type = "graphic";
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.afy11.net/srad.js?azId=2000000613807">
</script></div>

<div style="padding:5px;"><script type="text/javascript">
google_ad_client = "pub-8044869477733334";
/* 300x250, created 4/3/09 */
google_ad_slot = "2028912167";
google_ad_width = 300;
google_ad_height = 250;
</script>
<script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</div>{/source}