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LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 3 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: Rob Passey Runs 13.471/51.86, Now #13; No Prior Run Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 15 percent, barometer 27.83 inches, adjusted altitude 4,569 feet, track temperature 119 degrees. It appears Passey was
staged to left of the groove...he was in the pre-stage beam for a long time and then he is up in
smoke as soon as he hits the throttle. Left Lane: Steve Faria Runs 4.562/182.58, Now #14; No Prior Run Right Lane: Troy Buff Runs 4.094/276.29, Now #11; No Prior Run Faria started to haze the tires around 500 feet and clicked it off...Buff was on a good pass until right in the lights when it pushed out a head gasket and then there is a big flash of flame... Left Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 4.304/263.10, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.088/284.03, Was #10 Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 6.276/118.30, Now #15; No Prior Run Torrence is up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle and pedals it and smokes the tires through the 1000 feet. McMillen is up in smoke around 200 feet and pedals it and is back up in smoke and he smokes them through the 1000 feet. Left Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 4.080/277.89, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.000/306.19, Was #7 Right Lane: David Grubnic Runs 4.105/295.46, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.105/294.24, Was #12 Bernstein with a whiff of tire smoke on the around 800 feet and then started dropping cylinders. Grubnic was dropping cylinders before they got to half track. Left Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 4.026/296.11, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.980/303.50, Was #6 Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.991/308.14, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.083/297.29, Was #9 This was a good drag race. Lucas with just a little wiggle on the top end. Langdon with his quickest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.876 sec., 330ft-2.249, 660ft-3.204/267.80 mph. Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.945/307.37, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.942/308.07, Was #5 Right Lane: Mike Strasburg Runs 4.500/188.25, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.039/306.19, Was #9 Strasburg was dropping cylinders right at the hit...he will not improve.Schumacher was straight down the groove with a real nice looking pass. He was just a tick of his time from yesterday and this is the quickest of the round. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.851 sec., 330ft-2.202, 660ft-3.154/267.00 mph. Left Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 4.022/295.34, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.912/312.57, Was #4 Right Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 3.916/313.73, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.894/314.24, Was #2 McClenathan with just whisp of tire smoke on the top end...Dixon is reported to be running the new Goodyears and he is straight down the groove with a great pass. He doesn't improve on his time from yesterday, but is the quickest of the round. Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.866 sec., 330ft-2.208, 660ft-3.142/272.56 mph. Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 6.577/96.87, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.909/315.56, Was #3 Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.927/314.02, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.881/316.60, Was #1 Kalitta is up in smoke early and clicked it off. Brown with another good looking pass, the second quickest of the round. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.859 sec., 330ft-2.203, 660ft-3.150/269.56 mph.
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