Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), Prock, Erica Enders (Pro Stock), and Herrera (Pro Stock Motorcycle) remained atop their respective fields heading into Sunday’s final eliminations at the NHRA Northwest Nationals outside of Seattle, WA.. 

Torrence’s 3.688 elapsed time at a track-record 335.32 was untouchable on Saturday. He now has two No. 1 qualifiers this season and 39 for his career. 

Torrence is the defending event champion, and the 2023 victory marks his last race win.

“I feel confident; that last run was a good, clean run down through there that we needed,” Torrence said. “We probably could have run quicker, but we needed to get good information to go A to B and set up for tomorrow because we’ll have some of these conditions that are very similar. We put ourselves in a good position as No. 1.”

Mission #2Fast2TastyChampion Ashley also qualified second with a 3.694 at 331.04, while Brittany Force took third with a 3.701 at 333.08.

Prock was the standard for Funny Car, as he delivered the quickest run in every qualifying session this weekend in Seattle. 

Prock will head into Sunday’s eliminations at the site of his first professional victory, looking for his fourth win of 2024.

Enders remained the driver to beat in the final day of qualifying, thanks to her Friday 6.500 elapsed time at 209.98 miles per hour. For the six-time Pro Stock champion, this is her fifth No. 1 spot this season and 39th in her career. , 

“We knew we weren’t going to improve on our run from last night, so we were definitely working on a few other things with the race car, just preparing for the Countdown [to the Championship], just trying to get things in order,” Enders said. “That’s at the forefront of our minds, but the weather conditions were obviously not as conducive for great runs today as they were last night. 

“We’ve had some really great success here in the past, so I’m hopeful that that trend continues and we can finally get that 50th [win] off our back. It’s a huge milestone for me and for women, but I just want to get back in the winner’s circle. That’s my main goal.”

Eric Latino took the second spot with Friday’s run of 6.518 at 209.82, while Mason McGaha’s 6.520 at 209.85 gave him the third spot.

Pro Stock Motorcycle dominator Herrera retained the No. 1 spot.

He again made four strong runs in qualifying; his Friday run of 6.734 seconds at 201.22 marked the 18th in his career. Herrera heads into Sunday looking to secure his 12th consecutive win and seventh this season. 

“It was a little hot today for sure, so we were battling the track a little bit, but we made a few changes to the transmission to accommodate the heat, and it paid off,” Herrera said. “Tomorrow I think we’ll have to go at least another [6.]70 and it might even dip in the [6.]60s. It just depends on what the weather’s going to do. It’s an early start, so tomorrow is going to be good.”

Chase Van Sant secured second after going 6.742 at 199.44, and Matt Smith is third with a run of 6.755 at 201.43.

Eliminations for the NHRA Northwest Nationals begin at 10:30 a.m. PT on Sunday at Pacific Raceways.