GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Robert Hight topped Humorous Automobile qualifying Saturday within the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in his bid to open the season with three straight victories.

Hight had a 3.831-second run at 333.41 mph in a Chevrolet Camaro for his first No. 1 qualifier of the season and 72nd general. He opened the season with victories in Pomona, California, and Chandler, Arizona.

“Actually, I wasn’t anticipating to be No. 1,” Hight stated. “We simply wanted to make run so we’ve got a stable baseline for tomorrow. Tomorrow, we’ll have to select it up a bit of bit however after we do this, it will run even higher. This factor is wonderful — 14 out of 15 runs it is gone within the 3.80s.”

Tripp Tatum led the Prime Gas discipline, Aaron Stanfield topped the Professional Inventory lineup and Matt Smith bought the highest spot in Professional Inventory Motorbike primarily based on factors from final season.

Tatum raced to his first profession No. 1 qualifier, making the quickest run in monitor historical past with a go of three.674 at 331.53.

Factors chief Stanfield made the quickest run within the historical past of digital gasoline injection in Professional Inventory together with his track-record go of 6.468 at 211.66 in a Camaro.

Professional Inventory Motorbike qualifying couldn’t be accomplished Saturday.

Steve Torrence, Brittany Power, Mike Salinas and Justin Ashley received first-round races within the Pep Boys NHRA Prime Gas All-Star Callout. The ultimate two rounds of the specialty occasion shall be accomplished on the Dodge Energy Brokers U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis in September.