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My how time flies! It's already September, and the 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools U.S. Nationals is well underway. We're into day two of the six-day extravaganza of speed at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. The first two days of the event is reserved for the Sportsman classes, from Top Dragster and Top Sportsman, down to Stock eliminator. The highlight today is the final two qualifying sessions of the Sox & Martin Hemi Challenge. It's simply amazing how the SS/AH cars have evolved from the original 50 Plymouth Barracudas and Dodge Darts that rolled out of Hurst Performance, priced at just over $4000, into the professionally built mega-buck creations of 2026.

The action will heat up considerably tomorrow, with Top Alcohol (Dragster and Funny Car), and Pro Mod qualifying. Closing out the show tomorrow evening will be the PRO classes, with Nitro Funny Car and Top Fuel Dragster making their qualifying sessions under the lights. It should be a spectacular show with nearly four dozen cars vying for the 16-car fields. And speaking of heat, it was 97 F (38 C) yesterday and the same is in the forecast for today. It "cools" down slightly to 90 F on Saturday, and is scheduled to drop into the 80's for Sunday and Monday. Tough conditions for the cars, racers and spectators, not to mention the hard-working camera crews and photographers that are bringing all the action to TV screens and websites throughout the weekend.

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