Sat, 4 Apr 2009, 08:00 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Tenth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com 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:

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Left Lane: David Baca Runs 3.957/303.30, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.893/90.44, Was #16
Right Lane: Rob Passey No Time, Now #18; Best prior run: 19.041/42.41, Was #18

Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 16 percent, barometer 27.88 inches, adjusted altitude 3,423 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Passey was shut off as he was backing up from the burnout. Baca with a great looking pass to go from being on the bump spot to the number two spot. David Baca's incremental times: 60ft-0.881 sec., 330ft-2.217, 660ft-3.164/267.06 mph.

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Left Lane: Mike Strasburg Runs 4.213/220.73, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.353/118.34, Was #15
Right Lane: Troy Buff Runs 4.078/276.92, Now #5; Best prior run: 8.840/99.43, Was #17

Strasburg was really mixing up cylinders on the top end, but he gets into the top half of the show. Buff had a hole out right from the hit, but gets into the top half of the show.

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Left Lane: Steve Faria Runs 6.139/86.68, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.837/189.39, Was #16
Right Lane: Urs Erbacher Runs 4.098/292.01, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.799/117.96, Was #17

Faria was mixing up the cylinders and then pipes went real wet and it banged the blower with a big fireball. Erbacher with a nice, clean pass to get into the show and that will bump out Faria.

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Left Lane: Joe Hartley Runs 3.989/305.63, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.764/163.57, Was #16
Right Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 3.987/301.81, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.574/217.77, Was #15

This was a good side by side drag race as they both run 3.98's. Joe Hartley's incremental times: 60ft-0.880 sec., 330ft-2.245, 660ft-3.197/266.53 mph.
Morgan Lucas' incremental times: 60ft-0.884 sec., 330ft-2.234, 660ft-3.188/265.59 mph. Hartley with the fastest pass of the weekend.

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Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.991/301.07, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.444/222.18, Was #15
Right Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 3.951/305.08, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.496/176.28, Was #16

Massey with a nice pass to go to the number two spot...Spencer Massey's incremental times: 60ft-0.866 sec., 330ft-2.221, 660ft-3.162/269.83 mph. Kalitta with a good pass to get into the top half of the show. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.872 sec., 330ft-2.215, 660ft-3.180/259.66 mph.

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Left Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 3.918/306.74, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.353/238.47, Was #15
Right Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 3.907/311.70, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.393/214.14, Was #16

This was a great drag race as they go to the number one and two spots...Cory McClenathan's incremental times: 60ft-0.865 sec., 330ft-2.201, 660ft-3.134/271.19 mph.
Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.857 sec., 330ft-2.193, 660ft-3.130/271.35 mph. Dixon also with the fastest pas of the weekend.

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Left Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 4.084/291.82, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.301/231.28, Was #15
Right Lane: Steven Chrisman Runs 4.243/273.16, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.331/281.95, Was #16

Haddock dropped a cylinder early, and was real loose on the top end. Terry Haddock's incremental times: 60ft-0.861 sec., 330ft-2.259, 660ft-3.254/254.33 mph. Chrisman improves, but will stay on the bump.

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Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.878/312.86, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.071/268.49, Was #10
Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.874/311.41, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.229/206.67, Was #15

This was great drag race....Langdon goes to the number one spot. This is Langdon career best E.T. in his short career. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.846 sec., 330ft-2.170, 660ft-3.100/274.66 mph. Brown was just a couple ticks behind him for the number two spot.

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Left Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 4.180/217.60, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.027/281.13, Was #11
Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.908/313.88, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.933/297.81, Was #5

Bernstein was hazing the tires and clicked it off early. Schumacher with his quickest pass and he moved up the ladder one spot. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.882 sec., 330ft-2.211, 660ft-3.136/274.50 mph.

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