Momentum is a many splendored thing. Or is that love?

Regardless, Pro Stock racer Camrie Caruso is loving her momentum of winning an NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series event and then following up with a second career No. 1 qualifying effort at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at the In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip. 

On Friday afternoon, Caruso laid down a pass of 6.518 seconds at 211.79 mph, and the run stood the test of time throughout Saturday’s qualifying. She will face Steve Graham in the first round. 
 
“We’re really excited to be number one heading into Sunday,” said Caruso. “We wanted to win the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge, but hopefully, we’ll have another shot at it in Vegas. We’ll just focus on winning the race tomorrow. I think we’ll be just fine. My guys are really smart. They know what they’re doing. We were number one coming in today, and we didn’t really need to kill it on the performance side. It was way different than it was yesterday. We will be just fine tomorrow.”

The last time Caruso qualified No. 1, it worked out well for her on Sunday. It was just her fifth start in Pro Stock, and she raced to the final round of the final NHRA Spring Nationals at Houston Raceway Park, finishing runner-up to Erica Enders in the sport’s first-ever all-female Pro Stock final. 
 
“I was really calm on Sunday in Phoenix,” said Caruso. “I’m just going to continue to try and stay calm and not let anything rattle me. We’re just going to focus on the win lights.”
 
During the first qualifying session today, Caruso was upset in the opening round of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge racing veteran Matt Hartford. Last weekend Caruso got the win light, but today Hartford got to the finish line stripe first, then went on to win the Challenge and its $5,000 top prize. Caruso posted the quickest losing time in her losing effort and earned an important championship bonus point.
 
“We wanted to get that Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge win, but we will definitely take that championship point,” said Caruso. “Those points will add up, and we just want to give this Powerbuilt Tools Chevrolet Camaro race car every advantage we can. I am excited for tomorrow and going after my second Pro Stock win.”