Larry Dixon lost in the first round of last weekend’s NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, Tenn. The race was staged on Father’s Day, a holiday in which Dixon has won five of seven times.

One week later at the NHRA Summit Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio, Dixon is quick to point out the loss is behind him.

Larry Dixon lost in the first round of last weekend’s NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, Tenn. The race was staged on Father’s Day, a holiday in which Dixon has won five of seven times.

One week later at the NHRA Summit Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio, Dixon is quick to point out the loss is behind him.

“Can’t do anything about last week,” said Dixon. “Hopefully that’s just a mulligan in the season. Can’t get points anymore from last weekend, you just have to go forward and try to get points this weekend. That’s what we’re working on right now.”

In the search for those points, it just so happened he got aggressive on Friday night, real aggressive.

“It was certainly a great run by the Al Anabi team,” said Dixon. “As you have seen, it takes a great run in the Friday evening session to get the pole or even close to it. There’s a few times we’ve missed.”

If Dixon left anything on the table, he couldn’t tell.

“Just looking at the computer, it got every bit of it,” Dixon admitted. “There wasn’t much of anything left. It was a great run. It’s great to be on the pole and at least in the top two or three.”

Dixon’s pole will be his fourth of the season if it holds and the 44th of his career.

“It was a nice run,” Dixon said. “I’m still learning in driving this car. Usually it’s a handful on the fast runs but tonight, it had a lot of grip. It was just a great run.”

It was pure coincidence the stellar qualifying pass followed last week's first round loss; pure coincidence.