Melanie Salemi checked off one of the three things on her team’s to-do list – qualifying No. 1 in WS Construction Pro Boost presented by P2 Contracting and Ty-Drive – Saturday night as she chases a Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) world championship. Salemi’s 3.579-second pass at 209.46 MPH from Friday night stands as the quickest pass of the Proline Racing Brian Olson Memorial World Finals presented by ProCharger so far. Next, she needs to break her own elapsed-time record and win the race to maintain her championship hopes. 
 
The pro classes ran two final qualifying sessions Saturday at Virginia Motorsports Park to set the fields for Sunday eliminations. The other low qualifiers are Jim Halsey in Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous, John DeFlorian in Liberty’s Gears Extreme Pro Stock presented by AED Competition, Walter Lannigan Jr. in $hameless Racing Pro 632, Paul Gast in Drag 965 Pro Nitrous Motorcycle, and Bill Riddle in Menscer Motorsports Pro Street presented by AFCO. Paul Curry took the No. 1 spot in AFCO Super Street presented by Menscer Motorsports.
 
The sportsman No. 1 qualifiers are Glenn Butcher in MagnaFuel Elite Top Sportsman presented by US Rail, Jody Stroud in Lucas Oil Elite Top Dragster presented by Laris Motorsports Insurance, Barry Daniluk in MagnaFuel Top Sportsman 48 presented by Vortech Superchargers, and Marty Jones Jr. in Lucas Oil Top Dragster 48 presented by Laris Motorsports Insurance. 
 
In the Jr. Dragster classes, Chase Hancock (Coolshirt Systems Pro Jr. Dragster presented by PRP) and Rowan Parlett (Classic Graphix Top Jr. Dragster presented by PRP) qualified No. 1 after three sessions. Hancock took the top spot over 40-plus other Pro Jr. Dragster drivers with his perfect 7.900 pass, while Parlett led the Top Jr. Dragster field with a .001 reaction time. 
 
The series also crowned champions in three classes: Amber Franklin in Pro 632, Tisha Wilson in Top Dragster, and Chris Suppers in Pro Jr. Dragster. The rest of the championships will be decided on Sunday.