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LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 2 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 this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run: Left Lane: Steve Faria Runs 5.090/147.41, Now #10; Best prior run: 10.191/75.44, Was #15 Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 15 percent, barometer 27.71 inches, adjusted altitude 4,594 feet, track temperature 116 degrees. Faria starts to lose
traction and clicks it off early. Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.909/315.56, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.806/97.00, Was #12 Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 8.960/80.94, Now #16; Best prior run: 17.351/25.07, Was #16 Torrence is up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle....Kalitta with a real nice pass and he goes to the number one spot. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.876 sec., 330ft-2.203, 660ft-3.136/271.13 mph. Left Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 4.088/284.03, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.028/144.78, Was #9 Right Lane: Troy Buff Runs 14.722/33.42, Now #15; Best prior run: 8.879/56.53, Was #15 Buff is up in smoke as soon as he hits the throttle...McMillen with a nice pass to move into the top half of the field. Terry McMillen's incremental times: 60ft-0.885 sec., 330ft-2.273, 660ft-3.251/259.46 mph. Left Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 3.980/303.50, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.475/186.48, Was #9 Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 4.083/297.29, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.321/79.26, Was #14 This was a good drag race with Lucas going to the number two spot. Morgan Lucas' incremental times: 60ft-0.885 sec., 330ft-2.241, 660ft-3.188/267.91 mph. Langdon with good clean pass to go to the number seven spot...Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.882 sec., 330ft-2.282, 660ft-3.267/258.37 mph. Left Lane: Steven Chrisman Runs 4.149/235.68, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.149/283.61, Was #9 Right Lane: David Grubnic Runs 4.105/294.24, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.456/95.44, Was #13 Chrisman was on a good pass until around 800 feet when the engine let go with a big fireball. Grubnic launched hard and was able to keep it hooked up to go to the number nine spot. David Grubnic's incremental times: 60ft-0.882 sec., 330ft-2.271, 660ft-3.274/252.47 mph. Left Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 4.000/306.19, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.066/294.56, Was #6 Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.881/316.60, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.085/141.08, Was #12 Bernstein with a real nice pass to move up the ladder one spot....Brandon Bernstein's incremental times: 60ft-0.879 sec., 330ft-2.254, 660ft-3.208/266.32 mph. Brown launched hard and keep it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.861 sec., 330ft-2.194, 660ft-3.115/276.13 mph. Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.942/308.07, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.019/293.86, Was #7 Right Lane: Mike Strasburg Runs 4.039/306.19, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.165/289.14, Was #12 Strasburg with a good clean pass to get off the bubble. Mike Strasburg's incremental times: 60ft-0.895 sec., 330ft-2.285, 660ft-3.245/265.90 mph. Schumacher with another nice pass to go to the number three spot...Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.858 sec., 330ft-2.212, 660ft-3.158/269.29 mph. Left Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 3.912/312.57, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.004/300.60, Was #7 Right Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 3.894/314.24, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.994/307.30, Was #5 Both cars improved, but not enough to get the number one spot back as dixon goes to the number two spot. Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.870 sec., 330ft-2.200, 660ft-3.122/274.33 mph. McClenathan goes to the number four spot... Cory McClenathan's incremental times: 60ft-0.860 sec., 330ft-2.206, 660ft-3.136/272.89 mph.
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