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KENT, Wash. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual NHRA Northwest 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: Terry Haddock Runs 6.702/101.31, Now #14; No Prior Run Right Lane: Ron Smith Runs 4.430/263.15, Now #12; No Prior Run Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.67 inches, adjusted altitude 2,318 feet, track temperature 114 degrees. Smith making his first
appearance of the weekend and he clicks it off early, but gets into the show. Ron Smith's
incremental times: 60ft-1.004 sec., 330ft-2.484, 660ft-3.531/239.87 mph. Haddock loses traction
early and clicks it off, but will have a number on the board. Left Lane: Mike Strasburg Runs 4.692/163.22, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.472/188.67, Was #13 Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 4.042/299.60, Now #9; No Prior Run Strasburg starts to lose traction and clicks it off early. Torrence gets down the track with a nice pass...Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.874 sec., 330ft-2.254, 660ft-3.231/260.16 mph. Left Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 4.002/299.00, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.058/283.19, Was #11 Right Lane: David Grubnic Runs 6.289/94.59, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.056/269.62, Was #10 Grubnic starts to haze the tires and clicks it off...Lucas keeps it hooked up and moves into the top half of the ladder...Morgan Lucas' incremental times: 60ft-0.870 sec., 330ft-2.230, 660ft-3.195/262.74 mph. Left Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 4.035/292.01, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.041/292.58, Was #9 Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 4.040/300.00, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.995/299.00, Was #7 A good side-by-side drag race and McMillen improves, but stays number nine. Terry McMillen's incremental times: 60ft-0.873 sec., 330ft-2.245, 660ft-3.214/261.27 mph. Langdon with a good pass, but will not improve...Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.876 sec., 330ft-2.250, 660ft-3.231/260.36 mph. Left Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 4.664/163.33, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.976/299.06, Was #6 Right Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 3.940/302.55, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.936/306.46, Was #3 McClenathan was straight down the groove with a great looking pass, but he will not improve...Cory McClenathan's incremental times: 60ft-0.854 sec., 330ft-2.192, 660ft-3.144/266.32 mph. Bernstein started to haze the tires around half track and clicks it off. Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 4.793/153.81, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.964/303.03, Was #5 Right Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 3.896/305.42, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.904/311.77, Was #2 Dixon with his quickest pass of the weekend and the quickest pass of the session. Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.846 sec., 330ft-2.174, 660ft-3.108/271.84 mph. Brown started to haze the tires around half track and clicked it off. Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.937/297.22, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.959/302.75, Was #4 Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.922/310.84, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.884/313.58, Was #1 Schumacher with his quickest pass of the weekend, but he will stay in the number four spot. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.841 sec., 330ft-2.183, 660ft-3.131/267.96 mph. Kalitta will hold on to the number one spot with another good looking pass the second quickest of the session. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.859 sec., 330ft-2.196, 660ft-3.143/270.00 mph.
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