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SONOMA, Calif. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 19th annual FRAM-Autolite 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: Right Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 9.955/90.95, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.733/319.60, Was #14 Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 30.15 inches,adjusted altitude 1,031 feet, track temperature 115 degrees. Dixon shook the tires
hard and clicked it off. Left Lane: Rod Fuller Runs 4.632/323.12, Now #8; Best prior run: 9.732/75.36, Was #17 Right Lane: Steven Chrisman Runs 13.538/98.08, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.259/201.25, Was #15 Chrisman shook right off the starting line and clicked it off. Fuller gets into the top half of the show with a good clean pass. Left Lane: Mike Strasburg Runs 7.298/112.94, Now #17; Best prior run: 9.482/94.39, Was #17 Right Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 5.172/213.20, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.702/325.14, Was #14 Strasburg starts dropping cylinder and then pedaled it and starts spinning the tires again before clicking it off. Cory Mac started to lose traction and clicked it off. Left Lane: Melanie Troxel Runs 4.608/318.54, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.640/322.65, Was #10 Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 8.042/104.41, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.665/306.12, Was #12 Kalitta started to smoke the tires early and pedaled it and was back up in smoke. Troxel with a lot of engine smoke on the top end, but still with her best pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Left Lane: Doug Herbert Runs 9.825/88.96, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.695/298.73, Was #13 Right Lane: David Baca Runs 8.312/88.65, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.642/285.53, Was #11 Herbert lost traction early and clicked it off. Baca was up in smoke by 150 feet and clicked it off. Left Lane: Hillary Will Runs 4.604/321.50, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.626/320.81, Was #8 Right Lane: Alan Bradshaw Runs 9.319/81.69, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.632/319.52, Was #10 Bradshaw is up in smoke right off the starting line and shuts it off. Will launched hard and keep the Goodyears hooked up all the way down the 1320. Hillary Will's incremental times: 60ft-0.864 sec., 330ft-2.190, 660ft-3.124/269.89mph, 1,000ft-3.914 Left Lane: Bob Vandergriff Runs 9.052/93.88, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.607/321.12, Was #7 Right Lane: David Grubnic Runs 6.522/122.31, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.593/324.20, Was #4 Vandergriff was up in smoke early and clicked it off. Grubnic made it to about half track before he started to haze the tires and clicked it off. Left Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 4.833/254.28, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.605/304.87, Was #6 Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 5.284/182.26, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.586/321.19, Was #3 Todd was on a good looking pass until the car went silent around 900 feet. Lucas' engine started to go away on the top end and he clicked it off. Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 4.538/327.43, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.486/326.48, Was #1 Right Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 4.532/327.11, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.557/327.74, Was #2 This was a great drag race to wrap up this session with Bernstein having the quickest pass of the session. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.841 sec., 330ft-2.139, 660ft-3.076/267.53mph, 1,000ft-3.863 Brandon Bernstein's incremental times: 60ft-0.836 sec., 330ft-2.154, 660ft-3.080/273.27mph, 1,000ft-3.858
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