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DINWIDDIE, Va. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Third annual Virginia 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: Scott Palmer Runs 8.610/71.88, Now #13; No Prior Run Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 9.763/72.25, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.823/308.57, Was #5 Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 30.15 inches, adjusted altitude 1,203 feet, track temperature 93 degrees. Both cars are up in
smoke right off the starting line. Left Lane: T.J. Zizzo Runs 4.195/213.03, Now #13; No Prior Run Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 3.883/306.53, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.976/298.34, Was #12 Zizzo with his first pass this weekend and he started to haze the tires around half track and clicked it off. Todd with a nice pass until right before the finish line and when the car made a quick move toward the centerline. He still moves up the ladder a couple spots. J.R. Todd's incremental times: 60ft-0.835 sec., 330ft-2.165, 660ft-3.099/272.12 mph. Left Lane: David Grubnic Runs 3.837/306.26, Now #7; No Prior Run Right Lane: Bob Vandergriff Runs 4.971/140.47, Now #15; No Prior Run Vandergriff starts to smoke the tires around half track and he clicks it off. Grubnic with a real nice looking pass to get into the top half of the show. David Grubnic's incremental times: 60ft-0.843 sec., 330ft-2.163, 660ft-3.062/279.21 mph. Left Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 7.045/82.85, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.890/307.30, Was #12 Lucas is up in smoke right off the starting line, and clicks it off. Left Lane: Rod Fuller Runs 3.823/315.56, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.853/312.78, Was #9 Right Lane: Doug Herbert Runs 3.814/310.63, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.874/311.70, Was #10 Herbert with his quickest pass in the 1000-foot era and that run is also the seventh quickest in the 1000-foot era. Doug Herbert's incremental times: 60ft-0.869 sec., 330ft-2.147, 660ft-3.046/280.31 mph. Fuller with a real nice pass, a career best E.t. and mph and the mph also puts him on the Top 10 List in the number 10 spot. Rod Fuller's incremental times: 60ft-0.848 sec., 330ft-2.156, 660ft-3.059/279.15 mph. Left Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 3.870/303.78, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.846/312.13, Was #10 Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.822/308.35, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.815/305.56, Was #4 A couple good looking pass, but neither driver improves from yesterday's runs. Cory McClenathan's incremental times: 60ft-0.853 sec., 330ft-2.172, 660ft-3.086/275.28 mph. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.835 sec., 330ft-2.143, 660ft-3.047/277.77 mph. Left Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 5.632/116.70, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.824/312.71, Was #8 Right Lane: Hillary Will Runs 5.380/120.64, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.799/315.49, Was #2 Bernstein starts to smoke the tires around 330-feet and clicks it off. Will starts to smoke the tires just a little further down track. Left Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 8.582/83.26, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.816/312.06, Was #5 Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 5.763/107.24, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.771/317.05, Was #1 Dixon is up smoke right off the starting line. Schumacher makes it to about 250 feet before his starts to blister the Goodyears.
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