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Leah Pritchett tops NHRA Winternationals qualifying at Pomona

POMONA, Calif. -- Leah Pritchett raced to the second Top Fuel No. 1 qualifier of her career at her home track Saturday in the season-opening Circle K NHRA Winternationals.

Pritchett, from Redlands, had a career-best time of 3.672 seconds at 327.90 mph in the final qualifying session at Auto Club Raceway.

"This is exactly a testament to things that I saw in the offseason," Pritchett said. "We don't have a whole bunch of different parts than anybody else. Those guys are on our heels 100 percent and if we're off by two-hundredths on the tree then we're getting waxed.