Pawuk was the No. 1 qualifier and set the national elapsed time record at 7.583 seconds.

He then won the Factory Stock Showdown bounty and Sunday's eliminator, his first in the class.

Clay Millican (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Gaige Herrera (Pro Stock Motorcycle) won their respective categories at the NHRA Midwest Nationals.

Doug Kalitta remained perfect in the Countdown, as Bob Tasca, Greg Anderson, and Gaige Herrera also won at the NHRA Carolina Nationals.

The zMAX Dragway event marked the second of six tops in the playoff race.

Top Fuel’s Doug Kalitta picked up his milestone 50th career win on Monday at Maple Grove Raceway.

Robert Hight, Matt Hartford, and Matt Smith also picked up wins at the NHRA playoff opener.

Greg Stanfield came out on top of Factory X class' debut on the sport's grandest stage, the NHRA U.S. Nationals.

Four cars centered the event, with the best runs in the 7.20s at over 190 mph.

Fifty years after Don ‘The Snake’ Prudhomme won the 1973 NHRA U.S. Nationals in Funny Car, reigning event champion Ron Capps put the iconic ‘Snake’ Hot Wheels livery back in the winner’s circle.

Antron Brown and Ron Capps repeated as NHRA U.S. Nationals champions Monday at Indianapolis, and were joined in victory circle by Matt Hartford (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle).