CLERMONT, Ind. (AP) Cory McClenathan took the Top Fuel qualifying lead Friday with a record-setting run in the NHRA's playoff-opening U.S. Nationals.
McClenathan, a two-time Indy winner who entered the six-event Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship second in the standings, had a run of 3.789 seconds at 319.98 mph, breaking the O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis record for time.
Robert Hight, Mike Edwards and Andrew Hines also topped their divisions in the prestigious event that will end Monday.
Two-time Indy winner Hight set a Funny Car track record for time at 4.055 and 310.98 mph in a Ford Mustang. John Force, Hight's team owner and the points leader, was second at 4.058 and a track-record 312.86 mph. Force is a four-time U.S. Nationals winner.
Edwards, the defending Pro Stock champion and season leader, paced the division at 6.596 and 208.46 in a Pontiac GXP. In Pro Stock Motorcycle, the top-seeded Hines was quickest at 6.974 and 185.69 on his Harley-Davidson.
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