We chatted with Eddie Krawiec this morning – the 2012 Pro Stock Motorcycle champ has had to completely redesign his program this season along with teammate Andrew Hines, after the NHRA outlawed their cylinder head design at the end of last year. He pushed back out of the water on his only chance yesterday due to a mechanical malfunction and is ready to roll this morning. After checking out the weather station, he told us he thinks that runs in the mid 6.80’s should be possible today.

Vincent Nobile was one of the Pro Stock competitors that didn’t get to run yesterday before the rains came. He was signing autographs when we stopped by but was happy to tell us that he’s looking forward to running some 6.40’s in the Pro Stock session early this afternoon.

Possibly the longest autograph line we saw this morning was underneath the Edelbrock tent, where Lizzy Musi has her ADRL/X-DRL Top Sportsman Camaro on display.

Greg Stanfield’s Pro Stock crew was hard at work weighing the  many sets of rear tires they have on hand, which is done in order to know exactly how much weight is on the car before a run, when they don’t have a chance to make it down to the scales. Every pound is critical in Pro Stock, so having this knowledge is important to ensuring the runs will count instead of coming up light over the scale.

Larry Dixon also had a long autograph line, and when we finally had a chance to corner him to talk about his car, he explained that the team had to change head gaskets to lower the compression for today. Since they started the morning set up for yesterday’s weather, his crew was thrashing to get the car ready. When asked how he expected to run in today’s sessions, he laughed and said “Quicker than everyone else.” The three-time Top Fuel champ has noted crew chief Lee Beard in his corner, so we’ll have to take him at his word until the cars go down the track.

2012 Top Fuel champ Antron Brown pulled a few kids out of the crowd to sign some autographs on used-up Top Fuel parts. The expression on this young lady’s face tells the story better than we ever could.

Frank Gugliotta’s Pro Stocker was one of the first cars down the track yesterday in the abbreviated session. He turned in a 6.69 to sit seventh on the ladder entering today’s final qualifying sessions.

Robert Hight made this young fan’s morning. He didn’t get to run yesterday, but Top Fuel is scheduled to hit the track in a four-wide qualifying session around 1PM.

If you can believe it, Hector Arana’s 6.86 at 192 MPH was only good for fourth at the end of the day in Pro Stock Motorcycle.

Eddie Krawiec wasn’t able to make good on his prediction from this morning. In fact – here barely even made it into the field, sitting on the bump at the end of the day with a 6.97 at only 190 MPH. Look for the 2012 champ to get after it hard this evening and come out swinging in eliminations tomorrow.

Scotty Pollacheck made the long trip from Medford, Oregon well worth his time, as he rode the Star Racing Buell to the second spot in qualifying with a strong 6.834 at almost 194 MPH.

Hector Arana Jr. made the most of his qualifying chances, ending the day at the top of the ladder with a 6.826 at a whopping 195.19 MPH – the highest speed of anyone in the qualifying sessions. All three Arana family members qualified today – brother Adam sits in the eighth spot.

Angie Smith’s Buell got a little crossed up during the first session today – it appeared as if something in the front end let go. She later redeemed herself in the second session by rolling on to a 6.949 at 190 MPH to sit in the fourteenth spot entering eliminations tomorrow. Husband Matt sits in the third position.

The amazing Mike Edwards re-set the Pro Stock record during qualifying today in his Interstate Batteries-backed 2013 Camaro. Not only that, he did it with the quickest Pro Stock elapsed time ever, clocking an unreal 6.471 at 213.64 MPH in the first session of the day. He later backed it up during the second session.

Jeg Coughlin Jr. (second from top) made the move to a Dodge Avenger and it looks like the decision is paying off. He was the second of three cars in the ’40’s today in pro Stock with a 6.495 at 212.93 MPH.

Shane Gray wrapped up the trio of .40 qualifiers in Pro Stock today with a 6.498 at 213.03 MPH. Four of the top five qualifiers exceeded 213 MPH – today’s cool and dry weather was definitely good for making horsepower in the naturally-aspirated class.

2012 Pro Stock champ Allen Johnson mustered up a 6.500 run today – and it was only good for fourth on the ladder entering eliminations. Johnson’s won the last two events, though, so don’t count him out for tomorrow.

Erica Enders-Stevens (top) ran the same exact elapsed time as Greg Anderson – 6.508. But since Anderson ran 213.67 MPH and Erica went through the traps at 212.96 MPH, Anderson gets the higher qualifying spot for tomorrow – #5 for the four-time champ versus #6 for Erica.

Chad Head scored his first-ever top qualifier spot this weekend in his AJPE-powered Camry Funny Car. Head’s 4.014 at 315.19 MPH was run in the first session today.

How about a little bit of the Force? John just keeps on rolling – right into the second qualified spot behind Head. His 4.03 at 316.08 MPH carried the highest speed of anyone during the qualifying rounds.

Courtney Force’s indoctrination into the Funny Car ranks continues. Courtney’s Traxxas-sponsored Mustang was good for a 4.53 at only 190.65 MPH, so look for her to be dangerous tomorrow if the team can put a full run together.

Jack Beckman was the third of four cars to qualify in the Four-ohs today. His 4.07 at 311.09 MPH puts the Mopar driver in good position tomorrow.

Alexis DeJoria improved immensely in the second session, clicking off a 4.19 to land in the eighth spot.

Bob Tasca III’s 4.16 made three Mustangs in the top seven qualifiers. He’ll run with Force, Tony Pedregon, and Blake Alexander in their first-round quad.

The Sarge came into the second round sitting on the bump spot, but redeemed himself nicely with a 3.823 at 321.19 MPH to end up in the eighth position behind teammate Antron Brown.

Shawn Langdon drove the Al-Anabi Silver team car to the top spot in Top Fuel with a stout 3.751 at nearly 328 MPH.

Al-Anabi Racing teammate Khalid alBalooshi clicked off a strong 3.804 at 324 MPH, showing that the Alan Johnson-tuned cars will be a force during Sunday’s elimination rounds. alBalooshi has a quad run against Doug Kalitta, Bob Vandergriff, and Leah Pruett in the first round tomorrow.

Spencer Massey (top) had the best showing of the three DSR cars. Massey turned in a 3.77 at 326.24 MPH to land in the second spot behind Langdon. Morgan Lucas (second from top) qualified third with a 3.788, while Bob Vandergriff (second from bottom) is qualified fifth.

Brittany Force’s outstanding rookie season has her making a name for herself in the Top Fuel category in the Castrol Edge-sponsored machine. The 3.83 she turned in puts her solidly in the ninth spot, but that means she faces number-one qualifier Langdon, along with Tony Schumacher and rookie Sidnei Frigo in the first round of competition tomorrow.

Brandon Bernstein’s 3.84 has him sitting in the tenth spot ahead of Larry Dixon. He’ll face class champ Antron Brown, TJ Zizzo, and number-two qualifier Massey in tomorrow’s first round.

Brazilian businessman Sidnei Frigo is making a strong case for the rookie of the year award in Top Fuel. His 3.88 bump-spot qualified time puts longtime racers Chris Karamesines, Clay Millican, Terry McMillen, and Pat Dakin on the outside looking in.