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Fri, 21 Aug 2009, 08:12 PM

Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

Left Lane: Doug Foley Runs 3.972/305.01, Now #1
Right Lane: Dom Lagana Runs 3.981/303.03, Now #2

Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 79 percent, barometer 29.29 inches, adjusted altitude 2,830 feet, track temperature 87 degrees.

Foley making his first appearance on the NHRA tour this year. A couple good looking passes here for drivers. Lagana with a career best pass here at 1000 feet. Doug Foley's incremental times: 60ft-0.886 sec., 330ft-2.219, 660ft-3.174/263.41 mph.
Dom Lagana's incremental times: 60ft-0.869 sec., 330ft-2.239, 660ft-3.187/268.33 mph.

Left Lane: David Grubnic Runs 7.194/86.54, Now #4
Right Lane: Chris Karamesines Runs 4.307/217.39, Now #3

Grubnic starts to spin the tires around 200 feet and he clicks it off. Karamesines clicks it off early....

Left Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 3.994/287.35, Now #4
Right Lane: Joe Hartley Runs 3.972/306.67, Now #1

It appeared Haddock clicked it off early, but nice clean pass. Hartley with a nice pass, but then shots from the top end showed he lifted the blower. Joe Hartley's incremental times: 60ft-0.873 sec., 330ft-2.229, 660ft-3.179/266.37 mph.

Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.011/302.89, Now #5
Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 4.598/191.76, Now #7

Kalitta started to lose traction just half track and he pedaled it. Millican was straight down the groove into the top half of the show for now.

Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.933/310.84, Now #2
Right Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 3.920/304.05, Now #1

This was a great drag race and these two are side-by-side all the way down the 1000 feet. They go to the number one and two spots...Langdon with the fastest pass of the round. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.875 sec., 330ft-2.224, 660ft-3.155/272.72 mph.
Spencer Massey's incremental times: 60ft-0.850 sec., 330ft-2.191, 660ft-3.126/271.73 mph.

Left Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 3.867/307.37, Now #1
Right Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 3.903/312.21, Now #2

This was another great drag race and these two go to the top spots with Lucas being the quickest and McClenathan being the fastest of the round. Morgan Lucas' incremental times: 60ft-0.846 sec., 330ft-2.161, 660ft-3.083/272.61 mph.
Cory McClenathan's incremental times: 60ft-0.852 sec., 330ft-2.187, 660ft-3.123/270.43 mph.

Left Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 9.978/76.95, Now #14
Right Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 3.889/310.20, Now #2

Bernstein launched into a wheel stand and when the front end came back to earth it unloaded the rear slicks and he clicked it off. Dixon goes to the number two spot with a real nice pass. Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.862 sec., 330ft-2.183, 660ft-3.109/271.90 mph.

Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 4.047/223.62, Now #12
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.895/313.07, Now #3

It appeared something let go in Schumacher's car right in the top end with a quick flash of flames. Brown with a real nice looking pass to go to the number three spot. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.856 sec., 330ft-2.191, 660ft-3.118/271.68 mph.

That wraps up qualifying for today. The NHRA has made call that due to the falling dew point that will be the end of racing for today.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink