On Friday's first run of the weekend, Courtney Force’s Advance Auto Parts nitro Funny Car was blistering fast.

The run – 3.838-seconds at 332.67 mph – which was a track record for elapsed time and mph at Wild Horse Motorsports Park.

“It’s always that first run of the weekend that you're most nervous about, so to be able lay down a number like that for a track record for the Advance Auto Parts team,” Force said. “We ran killer numbers during testing here (before the season-opening Winternationals), and that’s going to be our goal to try and do it again this weekend.”

During preseason testing at Phoenix, Force clocked a 3.804-second run, which was unofficially the fastest 1,000-foot nitro Funny Car time in NHRA history.

“We obviously were pushing it on Q2, but we pushed it a little bit too hard and it didn’t take it,” Force said. “We will have to try again (Saturday), but at least we were able to stay in the No. 1 spot after today. You kind of feel like after running a number like that in testing, I’m sure a lot of people are expecting our Advance Auto Parts Chevy to get down there and run that number again, and that’s what we expect. That’s the whole reason we are back out here pushing the car hard, really trying to replicate what we did in testing and to see if can keep this Chevy Camaro running consistently. That’s what we want most importantly on race day. I don’t care if go out and lay down a killer number, I just want to make sure we have a consistent race car for Sunday.”

On her second qualifying attempt, Force slowed to an 8.672-second lap.

Force, who has eight career NHRA national event victories, is coming off a runner-up performance at the Winternationals, losing in the finals to Matt Hagan.

Couple that with her testing success in Phoenix and Force arrived at Wild Horse Motorsports Park with lofty expectations.

“I obviously would love to make that number (3.804 seconds) real and make it a national ET record, and I would be pretty bummed if we left this race track without securing it, but it definitely feels great with the first pass out to lay down a 3.83. It’s dang close and we’re going to keep pushing it, and we will try again (Saturday) and see if we can get it there. Everyone wants to start off the season on a high note and going to the final round was huge for us with a new sponsor on board, Advance Auto Parts and trying to impress them and make them happy with joining our team. I have extra pressure on myself as a driver to really perform and I just want to make them proud.”