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Fri, 10 Oct 2003, 09:21 PM

Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 18th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

Left Lane: Paul Romine Runs 6.398/128.25, Now #15; Best prior run: 18.124/33.61, Was #19
Right Lane: Mitch King Runs 4.817/267.22, Now #5; No Prior Run

Current weather conditions: 74 degrees, 63 percent relative humidity, the barometer 29.81 inches, with a track temperature of 90 degrees.

Romine lost traction around 400 feet and clicked it off. King was on good looking pass 1200 feet when the header flames went out.

Left Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 4.594/325.14, Now #1; Best prior run: 12.064/78.43, Was #20
Right Lane: Doug Herbert Runs 4.630/305.18, Now #3; Best prior run: 8.902/94.59, Was #18

This was a great looking looking drag race with header flames shooting high above the rear wing all the way through the 1320. Dixon to the top of the list.

Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 8.463/111.49, Now #20; Best prior run: 9.754/79.49, Was #20
Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.588/314.57, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.586/123.64, Was #19

Schumacher boils the hides around 200 feet and clicks it off, so he will go into Saturday not qualified. Millican with a great pass he was running 274.80 mph at half track and he is now your number one qualifier.

Left Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 8.801/96.69, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.559/109.68, Was #19
Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 5.754/184.42, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.238/137.23, Was #17

Palmer loses traction around 150 feet and clicks it off. Kalitta started to lose traction and pedaled it two or three times before he finally clicked it off.

Left Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 5.604/169.84, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.984/140.44, Was #17
Right Lane: Bill Ancona Runs 5.034/231.60, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.983/230.94, Was #11

Ancona was shooting sparks out right from the start and then finally shut it off around 1000 feet. McClenathan started to lose traction and clicked it off.

Left Lane: David Grubnic Runs 4.629/319.71, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.618/155.79, Was #16
Right Lane: Scott Kalitta Runs 11.871/83.93, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.914/262.23, Was #9

Kalitta was up in smoke and clicked it off. Grubnic with a great looking pass to get into the top half of the show.

Left Lane: Scott Weis Runs 4.799/280.81, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.329/184.53, Was #15
Right Lane: Darrell Russell Runs 6.748/118.21, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.715/300.20, Was #8

Russell's engine went silent around half track. Weis keep the candles lit and the Goodyears stuck all the way through the 1320 to move up the ladder.

Left Lane: John Smith Runs 4.634/314.24, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.095/213.42, Was #15
Right Lane: David Baca Runs 4.820/289.66, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.682/310.02, Was #7

Smith was straight down the groove to move into the top half of the show. Baca was right there with Smith until about half track and then he got out of the groove.

Left Lane: Rhonda Hartman-Smith Runs 5.780/157.12, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.090/245.43, Was #15
Right Lane: Jim Head Runs 10.489/78.93, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.654/322.92, Was #7

Head was up in smoke right off the starting line. Hartman-Smith lost traction around half track and she pedaled it before she lifted.

Left Lane: Joe Hartley Runs 4.933/298.21, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.915/304.15, Was #13
Right Lane: Kenny Bernstein Runs 10.605/81.97, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.602/325.26, Was #3

Bernstein lost traction about 150 feet off the starting line. Hartley with a clean pass, but will stay number 13. That wraps ups day one with Millican number one and McClenathan is number 16 with 5.604.

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