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LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals 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: Steven Chrisman Runs 8.282/94.67, Now #24; Best prior run: 11.985/98.92, Was #24 Right Lane: Mike Strasburg Runs 5.885/156.41, Now #20; Best prior run: 10.797/77.09, Was #23 Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 27.95 inches, adjusted altitude 3,080 feet, track temperature 96 degrees. Chrisman
had a quick flash of flames around 200 feet. Strasburg made to about 400 feet and the engine
let go with a big flash of fire and he trailed him on down the quarter mile. Left Lane: Bill Ancona Runs 6.324/212.03, Now #23; Best prior run: 7.079/115.32, Was #23 Right Lane: Chris Karamesines Runs 4.857/269.62, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.946/155.29, Was #21 Ancona is trailing fire and oil right off the starting line and keeps his foot in it. Karamesines with his best pass of the weekend and he lost a blower belt around 1000 feet. Left Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 9.999/82.69, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.567/323.50, Was #5 Right Lane: David Grubnic Runs 4.501/328.46, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.506/323.04, Was #3 Dixon is up in smoke as soon as he hits the throttle. Grubnic with his best pass of the weekend, but will stay number three for now. Left Lane: Gary Ormsby Jr No Time, Now #19; Best prior run: 4.918/262.18, Was #19 Right Lane: Gary Ormsby Jr Runs 4.710/291.57, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.918/262.18, Was #19 Ormsby Jr. launched hard and keep it glued to the track through the 1320 for his career best E.T. to get in the show for now. That will bump out King and put Weis on the bubble. Left Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 4.826/305.15, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.404/244.34, Was #20 Right Lane: Joe Hartley Runs 7.289/108.95, Now #19; Best prior run: 4.846/315.71, Was #18 Hartley goes up in smoke around 300 feet and that will be an end to weekend. Palmer with his best pass of the weekend, but will end up number 17. Right Lane: Rhonda Hartman-Smith Runs 4.684/320.36, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.670/318.39, Was #14 Hartman-smith with another good looking pass, but will not improve. Left Lane: Scott Weis Runs 5.181/204.29, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.735/299.93, Was #16 Right Lane: Andrew Cowin Runs 4.751/247.61, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.640/315.27, Was #13 Weis starts mixing up cylinders and the engine lets go and we have oil. Cowin lost his blower belt around 1000 feet. Right Lane: David Baca Runs 4.526/325.92, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.631/319.22, Was #12 Baca with a great run here. Straight down the groove to move into the top half of the field. Left Lane: Brady Kalivoda Runs 12.180/80.61, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.619/323.58, Was #11 Right Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 9.892/102.68, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.579/317.79, Was #9 Kalivoda is up in smoke as soon as he hits the throttle. Lucas made it to about 200 feet. Left Lane: Doug Herbert Runs 4.724/312.57, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.607/310.63, Was #10 Right Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 4.543/325.14, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.568/322.19, Was #7 Cory Mac with a great looking pass to move up the fifth spot. Herbert with a nice pass, but will stay tenth. Left Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 4.562/329.75, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.572/323.43, Was #8 Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 4.543/323.43, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.551/317.87, Was #6 Bernstein and Schumacher with their best passes of the weekend, and Bernstein will move up one spot and Schumacher will stay number sixth. Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 4.512/329.34, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.499/330.47, Was #2 Right Lane: Scott Kalitta Runs 4.524/330.23, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.491/333.00, Was #1 A great side-by-side drag race by the Kalitta cars to wrap up Top Fuel qualifying. Scott will hold on to the number one spot for the 20th time in his career.
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