Veteran Pro Stock driver Mike Edwards doesn't harbor any hate in his heart -- except maybe for the right lane at California's Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.

However, the two made up Friday afternoon.

In the day's only qualifying session for the O'Reilly Auto Club Winternationals, Edwards used that lane to post a quarter-mile run of 6.528 seconds in the I Am Second / Interstate Batteries Pontiac Chevy Camaro.

Tony Schumacher survived a parachute malfunction and landed in the sand trap Friday at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona during qualifying for the O'Reilly Auto Club Winternationals.

Still, he expressed faith that his U-S Army Dragster team would have everything ready for Saturday's final two qualifying sessions.

After all, it's the same crew that sent him on the 3-point-758-second pass at 328-14 miles an hour and right to the No. 1 spot in the Top Fuel field.

As the winter days slowly crept by this off-season, V. Gaines simply grew more anxious and it was certainly easy to understand why.

Coming off a career-best season in 2012, the Pro Stock standout was itching to get back behind the wheel. Gaines wasted no time in asserting himself on Thursday, claiming the No. 1 qualifying spot at the season-opening NHRA Winternationals in Pomona with a spectacular 6.538 at 211.49 mph.

Team owner Don Schumacher and driver Spencer Massey speak with the assembled media at the NHRA Winternationals to discuss recent incidents regarding the driver as well as his termination and rehiring. This press conference is presented in its entirety.