This is the second time in her brief Top Fuel career (17 races) that Leah Pritchett has qualified in the top half of the field. The other time was at this race last year. This is the first time alBalooshi and Pritchett have faced each other in eliminations. Pritchett with the starting line advantage and then smokes the tires by 300 feet, she had set career best E.T. runs the last three passes. alBalooshilaunched hard and keep it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.