Having Pro Stock drivers from the Elite Motorsports camp capture a No. 1 qualifying position is not uncommon.

After all, the stout team includes multiple time world champions Erica Enders and Jeg Coughlin Jr. in its ever growing stable.

Well, Saturday it was Jerry Tucker’s time to step into the spotlight for Elite at the 4-Wide Nationals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Grandpa did it, Dad did it, and now the third generation of the Hord drag racing family has their own claim to fame.

Ricky Hord, the newest generation of the Maximum Effort racing team, scored his first pole position and did so in the Factory Stock Showdown competition at the Las Vegas NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. Hord powered his Chevrolet COPO Camaro to No. 1 qualifier on the strength of his third-round pass of 7.939 seconds at 172.54 mph. The run moved the driver from Orlando, Fla., into the top spot around provisional No. 1 David Janac. Hord will lead a tough Factory Stock field into eliminations in front of No. 2 qualifier Mark Pawuk and his Dodge Drag Pak, the Gatornationals winner and Winternationals runner-up. After he had secured the quickest run of the weekend Hord was all smiles talking about the accomplishment.

Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Austin Prock (Funny Car), and Jeg Coughlin Jr. will go down in drag racing history as the first to ever win a Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge in the four-wide configuration at the 
24th annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas.

Brown was the class of the Top Fuel portion, beating all in a quad that included Tony Stewart, Shawn Langdon and Doug Kalitta. He drove around Kalitta and then held off Langdon, who went 3.798, to win as part of what the three-time world champ hopes is a double-up weekend.

 
After two forgettable races early in the 2024 NHRA season in Pomona, CA., and Phoenix, nitro Funny Car owner/driver Bob Tasca III and his team needed some good news.
 
They got just that Friday at the 4-Wide Nationals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
 
In his Dark Horse Mustang, Tasca clocked a 3.931-second time at 332.02 mph to snare the provisional No. 1 qualifying spot at The Strip.

Veteran Top Fuel driver Doug Kalitta checked the ultimate box off for himself last season, capturing his inaugural NHRA championship.

Now, the reigning world champ is trying to get his first win of the 2024 season this weekend at the 4-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Kalitta took a step in the right direction with his Mac Tools Kalitta Motorsports team on Friday, taking the provisional No. 1 qualifying spot with a 3.779-second run at 332.02 mph.

Doug Kalitta is the defending NHRA Top Fuel champion, and for him, through no fault of his own his been the third fiddle of publicity within his own team. 

Kalitta is not having a bad season by any means. It's just his teamates Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel) and J.R. Todd (Funny Car) have been on a tear. 

Kalitta set the pace for the first day of competition at the 24th annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in the Top Fuel division. He was joined at the top of the leaderboard by Bob Tasca (Funny Car) and Jeg Coughlin Jr. (Pro Stock).

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Staying busy has never been a problem for third-gen drag racer Aaron Stanfield. 

This weekend, in addition to his traditional gig of driving the Johnson's Horsepowered Garage / Melling Performance / Janac Brothers Racing Camaro at this weekend's NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Stanfield will also be fielding an entry in the Factory X class.

Oh, how a situation can change in a decade. Time can also fly by when one is having fun. 

Past NHRA series champion J.R. Todd is admittedly having the time of his life as the Funny Car point leader. This weekend’s NHRA event in Las Vegas marks a decade when Todd was sitting on the sidelines watching NCAA basketball when Kalitta Motorsports called inviting him to drive their Top Fuel dragster. 

Todd was to be the replacement for David Grubnic, who was unceremoniously dumped after Friday’s two sessions. Todd had one shot to prove his worth.