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KENT, Wash. - Notes from final, round 4 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: Steven Chrisman Runs 7.316/94.41, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.251/241.02, Was #12 Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.65 inches, adjusted altitude 2,519 feet, track temperature 127 degrees. Chrisman starts to
lose traction early and clicks it off... Left Lane: David Grubnic Runs 4.248/210.28, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.056/269.62, Was #11 Grubnic starts to haze the tires on the top end and clicks it off. Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 4.008/293.35, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.042/299.60, Was #10 Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 4.980/142.96, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.035/292.01, Was #9 Torrence is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder one spot. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.867 sec., 330ft-2.229, 660ft-3.190/263.82 mph. McMillen started to lose traction and clicked it off. Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.993/295.72, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.995/299.00, Was #7 Right Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 6.404/96.51, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.002/299.00, Was #8 Langdon with a real nice pass here in the heat of the day, his quickest of the weekend, but he will stay in the number seven spot. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.863 sec., 330ft-2.222, 660ft-3.182/264.03 mph. Lucas start to smoke the tires and then the pipes went wet before he clicked it off. Left Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 3.921/308.35, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.936/306.46, Was #3 Right Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 4.016/285.83, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.976/299.06, Was #6 Bernstein is the first to get down that tricky right side...Brandon Bernstein's incremental times: 60ft-0.857 sec., 330ft-2.197, 660ft-3.179/256.70 mph. Bernstein will start the race tomorrow from the number six spot and that his lowest starting position since Vegas earlier this year. McClenathan with a nice pass, his quickest pass of the weekend. Cory McClenathan's incremental times: 60ft-0.850 sec., 330ft-2.188, 660ft-3.135/268.87 mph. Left Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 3.919/309.06, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.896/305.42, Was #2 Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 4.023/283.37, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.964/303.03, Was #5 Brown gets down the right lane, but will not improve. Brown by qualifying this weekend will qualify for the Countdown to One. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.858 sec., 330ft-2.203, 660ft-3.171/254.04 mph. Dixon with a great looking pass, the quickest pass of the session. Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.843 sec., 330ft-2.186, 660ft-3.133/267.91 mph. Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 4.654/163.02, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.884/313.58, Was #1 Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.951/305.29, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.937/297.22, Was #4 Kalitta starts to haze the tires and clicks it off. Kalitta will hod on to the number one qualifying spot and this will be his first number one since Pomona 2 2006. Schumacher with the quickest pass in that right lane in this session and third quickest of the session.
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