NHRA Nationals

■ What: Round 4 of the NHRA season, featuring Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock classes.

■ Where: The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

■ When: Qualifying 1:20 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. Saturday. Final eliminations at noon Sunday.

■ 2016 winners: Antron Brown (Top Fuel) Alexis DeJoria (Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock).

■ TV: Fox Sports 1. Qualifying 4 p.m. Saturday. Final eliminations 3 p.m. Sunday.

■ Tickets: www.LVMS. com Plugs NHRA Nationals qualifying.

“Coming out here, starting the weekend off on the right note, to go to the top spot and to set the track record definitely feels good,” she said after putting a 3.867 ET at 327.66 mph on the timing board at the north end of The Strip.

Her second run on a cooling track wasn’t nearly as impressive. Her car began to vibrate and lost traction off the line and veered dangerously close to the outside wall.

“We had an exciting one on that second pass,” she said. “That thing whipped around on me, but I kept it off the wall. I told my sponsor that I wanted to give him a really good view of the Advanced Auto Parts (decals on the side of her car) from the start-finish line.”

Courtney Force has won eight nationals since breaking into Funny Car in 2012 but still is seeking her first win in Las Vegas. She has finished second three times in the fall