Matt Smith has won a lot of races. He has collected a lot of poles.

Until Sunday, however, none of those career marks had taken place atop a Suzuki.

Well, they can't say he didn't give ample warning.

Friday, after Elijah Morton secured the provisional Mountain Motor Pro Stock No. 1 qualifying position, Morton admitted JR Carr came to him and said, "Enjoy it while I could because he's coming for me, but he's got to come to get it, so we'll see what happens."

Blame it on the rain for Carr not being able to do it in qualifying. But Carr made good on his promise on his last run of the weekend.

One look is all it took for the memories to flow for Scott Palmer.

Friday at the NHRA Virginia Nationals outside of Richmond, Va., Palmer looked over at the ropes at the edge of the pits, and there was a gentleman he credits for helping him make it in the rough and tumble world of Top Fuel. 

Larry Frazier, whose tuning resume includes 16-time NHRA champion John Force and Doug Herbert, to name a few, also helped a wet behind the ears Palmer get his feet on the ground with the kings of the sport. 

Brittany Force finished off a dominant weekend that included track records and a No. 1 qualifier with an impressive Top Fuel victory on Sunday at Virginia Motorsports Park, helping John Force Racing to a Top Fuel and Funny Car sweep at the Virginia NHRA Nationals.
 
Robert Hight (Funny Car) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won at the seventh of 22 races during the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.

Tylor Miller picked up his first career win in just his third career start in the FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon, racing to an impressive victory on Sunday at Virginia Motorsports Park as part of the Virginia NHRA Nationals.
 
The event, which was powered by LAT Racing Oils, was the third of 10 races during the 2022 FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon season.

Point standings (top 10) following the Third annual Virginia NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park, the seventh of 22 events in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series 

Final round-by-round results from the Third annual Virginia NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park, the seventh of 22 events in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series:

David Janac, in his Janac Brothers Ford Cobra Jet, secured the Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown No.1 qualifying position Saturday at the Virginia NHRA Nationals. Through a rain riddled two days of qualifying, Janac’s 7.711-second pass at 178.92 mph from Friday afternoon held up through two qualifying rounds before Mother Nature took over.

“We’re plenty excited about that No. 1 qualifier. We’re on a learning curve with this car, so we put together something we thought the car would do and everything went fantastic. Everything went great and we were really happy with that run,” said Janac who will line up against Lee Hartman and his Carrier Service Group Dodge Drag Pak in the first round. 

Matt Hagan was part of another record-setting day at Virginia Motorsports Park, making the quickest Funny Car run in track history on Saturday to qualify No. 1 at the Virginia NHRA Nationals.
 
Brittany Force (Top Fuel) and Angie Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also qualified No. 1 at the seventh of 22 races during the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.