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Qualifying at Arizona Nationals will set Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Stars Callout field

There’s a lot more on the line for Top Fuel drivers in qualifying at the NHRA Arizona Nationals than just making the 16-car field. The event is the final chance for drivers to earn a spot in the eight-car field for the Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout.
25 Feb 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel Callout

There’s a lot more on the line for Top Fuel drivers in qualifying at the NHRA Arizona Nationals than just making the 16-car field. The second event of the season is the final chance for last year’s Top 10 finishers to earn a spot in the eight-car field for the Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout, which will be held at the next event, the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.

In addition to pre-seeded reigning world champ Steve Torrence, the top seven qualifying points earners at the year’s first two events will qualify for the big-bucks shootout.

Here are the current standings:

1Steve Torrence (Secured)3,000
2Brittany Force2,675
3Mike Salinas2,605
4Justin Ashley2,565
5Antron Brown2,415
6Leah Pruett2,380
7Billy Torrence2,350
8Clay Millican2,300
9Shawn Langdon2,275
10Doug Kalitta2,240

With Torrence already pre-seeded into the field, the remaining nine drivers will battle for the seven available spots, earning points based on their final qualifying positions at the NHRA Arizona Nationals using the following format:

Qualifying PositionPoints Qualifying PositionPoints
No. 1175 No. 9120
No. 2165 No. 10115
No. 3155 No. 11110
No. 4145 No. 12105
No. 5140 No. 13100
No. 6135 No. 1495
No. 7130 No. 1590
No. 8125 No. 1685

 

With Billy Torrence not in attendance, the seventh and eighth spots are up for grabs in a fight between Clay Millican, Shawn Langdon, and Doug Kalitta, but with 17 cars fighting for the 16 spots in the NHRA Arizona Nationals field, a DNQ by any of the drivers ahead of them could put their chances in jeopardy.

Once the field is set, the competitors will call out their first-round opponent. No. 1 in points gets the first opportunity to call out their competitor. No. 2 in points the get the second opportunity to call out their competitor. If No. 1 in selects No. 2 in points, then No. 3 gets second pick, etc.

The callouts will take place on Friday, and all three eliminations rounds will be contested on Saturday. The first two rounds will also count towards qualifying for the national event; the final-round runs do not count towards qualifying.

The Pep Boys All-Star Callout for Funny Cars will take place on Sunday of the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis and feature the top eight qualifying-points earners since the 2021 NHRA U.S. Nationals. The last event to earn points will be the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals or the last event before the 2022 Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals in case of event postponements.

Current Pep Boys NHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout points

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