Charlie Greco made his long distance haul from Paoli, Pa., worthwhile, at least provisionally.

Greco’s L/Altered Automatic Chevrolet Cobalt led Thursday’s lone Comp eliminator qualifying session during the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. His 8.953 elapsed time was -.687 under his index.

Just .004 behind was Vinny Barone with a 7.837 in A/Street Roadster.

Charlie Greco made his long distance haul from Paoli, Pa., worthwhile, at least provisionally.

Greco’s L/Altered Automatic Chevrolet Cobalt led Thursday’s lone Comp eliminator qualifying session during the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. His 8.953 elapsed time was -.687 under his index.

Just .004 behind was Vinny Barone with a 7.837 in A/Street Roadster.

David Yedney (L/A, -676, 8.884), Clint Salee (B/D, -.671, 6.699) and Buddy Perkinson (B/A, -.660, 7.030) rounded out the top five qualifiers.

The bump spot is -.421 and the most notable driver outside looking in is Al Ackerman.

Pro Stock legend Roy Hill continues to live his career rebirth as he leads the Super Stock division into final eliminations.

Hill’s SS/BA Cobra Jet was -1.362 under his index with an 8.788 elapsed time.

Ron Roddel was the second quickest in Super Stock by running -1.238 under the GT/MA index.

Stock was led by the Drag Pak Challenger driven by Les Norton with a 10.102, -1.168 under the A/Stock Automatic index.

Sportsman qualifying resumes on Friday at 8 AM.

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