Fri, 16 Apr 2010, 05:34 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 11th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Right Lane: Rob Passey Runs 7.001/95.92, Now #1

Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 16 percent, barometer 27.79 inches, adjusted altitude 4,755 feet, track temperature 126 degrees.

Passey with a nice launch and then started to spin the tires and clicked it off.

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Right Lane: Steve Faria Runs 10.191/75.44, Now #2

Faria was up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle and pedaled it and was back up in smoke and lifted.

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Left Lane: Mike Strasburg Runs 4.165/289.14, Now #2
Right Lane: Steven Chrisman Runs 4.149/283.61, Now #1

A couple full pulls here... Mike Strasburg's incremental times: 60ft-0.894 sec., 330ft-2.324, 660ft-3.329/252.76 mph.
Steven Chrisman's incremental times: 60ft-0.913 sec., 330ft-2.285, 660ft-3.293/247.07 mph.

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Left Lane: Troy Buff Runs 8.879/56.53, Now #5
Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 5.028/144.78, Now #3

Buff starts to lose traction around 200 feet and clicks it off...McMillen makes it to about 300 feet before he started to smoke the tires. Apparently Buff used up an engine as the Safety Safari is rolling in his lane.

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Left Lane: David Grubnic Runs 6.456/95.44, Now #5
Right Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 4.066/294.56, Now #1

Grubnic started to haze the tires early and clicked it off..Bernstein with a full pull here in the heat of the day. Brandon Bernstein's incremental times: 60ft-0.878 sec., 330ft-2.264, 660ft-3.249/258.67 mph.

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Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 17.351/25.07, Now #10
Right Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 4.475/186.48, Now #4

Torrence is up in smoke as soon as he hits the throttle..Lucas clicks it off early. Morgan Lucas' incremental times: 60ft-0.886 sec., 330ft-2.257, 660ft-3.303/217.32 mph.

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Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 7.321/79.26, Now #9
Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 4.019/293.86, Now #1

Langdon starts to smoke the tires early and clicks it off. Schumacher is straight down the groove and into the number one spot. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.856 sec., 330ft-2.222, 660ft-3.202/259.41 mph.

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Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 5.085/141.08, Now #7
Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 6.806/97.00, Now #9

Brown started to lose traction and pedaled it one time before it starting to lose traction again and clicked it off. Kalitta is up in smoke early and clicked it off...

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Left Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 3.994/307.30, Now #1
Right Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 4.004/300.60, Now #2

A great drag race to wrap up the first session as these two go to the number one and two spots. They are both straight down the groove in their lane...Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.875 sec., 330ft-2.240, 660ft-3.201/264.23 mph.
Cory McClenathan's incremental times: 60ft-0.862 sec., 330ft-2.227, 660ft-3.197/262.90 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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