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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BRAINERD, Minn. (AP)  Funny Car points leader Robert Hight took the qualifying lead Friday in the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After opening qualifying with a tire-smoking pass that dropped him to 17th, Hight rebounded on his second attempt with a 4.085-second run at 313.29 mph in his 10,000-horsepower Ford Mustang.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cruz Pedregon was second with a 4.093 at 308.21 in a Toyota Camry, and 11-time Brainerd winner John Force followed at 4.099 at 311.77 in a Mustang.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Doug Kalitta led the Top Fuel field, and Allen Johnson was the fastest in Pro Stock. Points leader Kalitta had a 3.812 at 322.96, and Johnson finished at 6.614 at 208.04 in a Dodge Dart.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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