Day two of the inaugural NHRA Potomac Nationals presented by JEGS will set the fields for final eliminations Sunday at Maryland International Raceway after the final two sessions of qualifying.
With two rounds already under their safety belts Friday – where a number of teams said they had underestimated the racing surface – and cooler weather predicted, all four of Friday’s low qualifiers said that they expected their opening runs would not survive the day.
Top Fuel points leader Shawn Langdon, already a three-time winner in the season’s first six events, hold the No. 1 spot with his Friday went 3.758 at 336.23 mph in the Kalitta Air dragster knows that he’ll have to run quicker than that to stave off teammate Doug Kalitta, veteran Leah Pruett, hard-charging Tony Stewart, and and rookie Maddi Gordon to lock down what would be the 25th No. 1 qualifier of his career…