MADISON, Ill. -- Steve Torrence took the No. 1 Top Fuel qualifying spot Saturday night in the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park.
The points leader picked up his third No. 1 qualifier of the season and 19th of his career with a run of 3.675 seconds at 327.19 mph.
"It was a good qualifying effort on our part," Torrence said. "Today's track conditions were the best of the season thus far. We were trying to run harder on Billy's (Torrence) car but ended up being able to do it with my car taking the No.