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SONOMA, Calif. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual FRAM-Autolite 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 8.482/82.03, Now #14; No Prior Run Right Lane: Steven Chrisman Runs 4.164/276.63, Now #13; No Prior Run Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 29.96 inches, adjusted altitude 1,526 feet, track temperature 119 degrees. Faria is up in smoke
right off the starting line and clicks it off. Chrisman is straight down the groove...Steven
Chrisman's incremental times: 60ft-0.873 sec., 330ft-2.237, 660ft-3.284/238.51 mph. Left Lane: Bob Vandergriff Runs 5.878/122.89, Now #15; No Prior Run Right Lane: David Grubnic Runs 3.944/299.86, Now #7; No Prior Run Vandergriff starts to smoke the tires around 100 feet and has the car side ways before he lifts. Grubnic with a nice looking pass, straight down the groove and into the top half of the show. David Grubnic's incremental times: 60ft-0.859 sec., 330ft-2.194, 660ft-3.143/267.43 mph. Left Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 4.129/278.40, Now #15; No Prior Run Right Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 3.896/309.06, Now #3; No Prior Run Haddock has a hole or two out right at the hit, but keeps it hooked up to get into the show. McClenathan launched hard and keep the Goodyears stuck to go all the way up to the number three spot. Cory McClenathan's incremental times: 60ft-0.838 sec., 330ft-2.177, 660ft-3.115/271.73 mph. Left Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 6.119/104.32, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.066/282.01, Was #14 Right Lane: Mike Strasburg Runs 4.042/300.20, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.051/300.33, Was #13 Strasburg with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number 13 spot. Mike Strasburg's incremental times: 60ft-0.881 sec., 330ft-2.271, 660ft-3.236/262.90 mph. McMillen starts to smoke the tires around 300 feet and clicks it off. Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 4.668/154.65, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.987/288.64, Was #12 Right Lane: Troy Buff Runs 5.706/115.54, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.981/259.81, Was #11 Buff starts to smoke the tires and clicks it off...Langdon starts to haze the tires and clicks it off early. Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 6.199/97.45, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.943/305.08, Was #7 Right Lane: Rod Fuller Runs 3.942/299.93, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.977/293.98, Was #10 Torrence started to smoke the tires early and clicked it off. Fuller is on a good looking pass until right in the lights when the car dropped a cylinder and then really started mixing up the cylinders right before the engine let go with a quick flash of flames. He still moves up into the top half of the show. Rod Fuller's incremental times: 60ft-0.858 sec., 330ft-2.193, 660ft-3.142/266.21 mph. Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 4.931/143.78, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.926/305.98, Was #6 Right Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 4.618/172.54, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.966/294.88, Was #8 Lucas started to smoke the tires and clicks it off. Schumacher starts to haze the tires and clicks it off. Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 6.717/95.71, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.899/309.49, Was #4 Right Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 4.710/154.99, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.914/305.29, Was #5 Kalitta starts to smoke the tires early and clicks it off....Bernstein makes it to about half track before he starts to smoke the tires. Left Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 3.950/303.57, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.839/317.79, Was #1 Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.920/312.50, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.863/315.86, Was #2 A couple good clean passes to wrap up this round of qualifying...Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.852 sec., 330ft-2.198, 660ft-3.152/265.38 mph. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.852 sec., 330ft-2.194, 660ft-3.141/269.89 mph.
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