Fri, 14 Jul 2006, 08:25 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

MORRISON, Colo. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 27th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Mike Strasburg Runs 6.916/130.95, Now #2
Right Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 5.563/176.47, Now #1

Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 24.86 inches,adjusted altitude 7,811 feet, track temperature 126 degrees.

Strasburg started to lose traction around the 330-foot mark and clicked it off. Palmer almost made it to half track before he clicked it off and then had the chutes out early, too.

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Left Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 6.164/147.47, Now #2
Right Lane: Bob Vandergriff Runs 7.282/110.58, Now #4

Vandergriff is up in smoke early and shuts it off. Todd made it a little farther down track before he started to lose traction.

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Left Lane: David Baca Runs 5.532/213.13, Now #2
Right Lane: Doug Herbert Runs 5.035/291.07, Now #1

Baca started to lose traction early and tried to drive through it. Herbert had a cylinder or two out at the hit and was able to get down the track without tire smoke.

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Left Lane: Hillary Will Runs 8.941/80.61, Now #7
Right Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 13.678/79.08, Now #8

McClenathan was up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle. will made it to about 150 feet before she blistered the Goodyears.

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Left Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 6.235/145.86, Now #6
Right Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 4.866/303.03, Now #1

Lucas made it to just before half track before he lost traction. Dixon with a real nice looking pass to go to the number one spot. Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.905 sec., 330ft-2.305, 660ft-3.302/253.80mph, 1,000ft-4.137

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Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 4.775/309.91, Now #1
Right Lane: David Grubnic Runs 4.922/312.13, Now #3

Schumacher with a great looking pass, straight down the grove to number one. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.852 sec., 330ft-2.226, 660ft-3.215/254.04mph, 1,000ft-4.050 Grubnic with nice looking pass for the number three spot. David Grubnic's incremental times: 60ft-0.886 sec., 330ft-2.317, 660ft-3.352/246.57mph, 1,000ft-4.201

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Left Lane: Rod Fuller Runs 4.673/316.60, Now #1
Right Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 5.635/178.47, Now #8

Well I thought Schumacher's run was great, but look at Fuller's pass. He goes to the number one spot. Rod Fuller's incremental times: 60ft-0.882 sec., 330ft-2.220, 660ft-3.169/266.37mph, 1,000ft-3.972 Bernstein started mixing up cylinders and then apparently put some oil on the track. I think this is Bernstein's first oil down this year.

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Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 6.377/136.80, Now #12
Right Lane: Melanie Troxel Runs 4.785/312.42, Now #3

Kalitta started to smoke the tires and pedaled it a couple times, but couldn't get it to hook up. Troxel with a good clean pass to start the weekend. Melanie Troxel's incremental times: 60ft-0.890 sec., 330ft-2.276, 660ft-3.256/258.76mph, 1,000ft-4.073 She is number three now and Cory McClenathan is on the bump spot at 13.678.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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