Pro Stock racer Fernando Cuadra Sr. crashed during Friday’s lone qualifying session; he just didn’t hit anything. 

Making a qualifying run alongside of Alan Prusiensky, Cuadra drifting towards the centerline and lifted. As the car was slowing in the shutdown following his aborted 7.39 elapsed time, the car apparently hit a bump in the shutdown area, upsetting the chassis and nearly taking the Mustang out of control. 

Point standings (top 10) following the 21st annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway, the ninth of 22 events in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series - 

Sunday's final results from the 21st annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway. The race is the ninth of 22 in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series: 

It’s one of those things she doesn’t want to focus on, but can’t help but think about it. Enders has won four of the first six events this season. Of those four, three are consecutive, a feat she’s only pulled off once in her career. 

“There are way more valleys than there are peaks in this sport, but you just have to ride the wave of success as long as you can,” Enders said. “The pendulum swings in different directions at different times, and we’re on a really great high right now. But I feel like we can continue this for sure. I’m the biggest variable as a human in the cockpit, so if I can continue to do my job I know my guys, when their backs are against the wall, they perform every single time and I try to do the same. So I feel like we’ve really learned how to race on Sunday together because it’s very different than qualifying. 

Troy Coughlin Jr. really is a good boy. Although at just a shade under 32 years old, he cannot be considered a boy.

Some 22 years old, the third-generation drag racer admits he flirted with the wild side. 

A ten-year-old admitted “superfan,” Coughlin just wanted to get close enough to the starting line to see Dad have a chance at winning his first NHRA Pro Stock event. 

NHRA Top Fuel owner-driver Mike Salinas’ love affair with Bristol Dragway continues. 

“It seems to be working. Don’t jinx it,” the Scrappers Racing boss said Saturday after earning the No. 1 qualifying position for the Thunder Valley Nationals. 

​​Aaron Stanfield said Saturday he hasn’t “had the best luck in the No. 1 spot yet in my career.” 

But the NHRA Pro Stock phenom is going to give it another try Sunday at the Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol, Tenn.