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MORRISON, Colo. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 31st annual Mopar Mile-High 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: Terry Haddock Runs 4.611/251.06, Now #11; No Prior Run Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 24.17 inches, adjusted altitude 9,292 feet, track temperature 83 degrees. Haddock launched with
the header flames shooting high over the rear wing, it appeared he had a hole out, but it picked it
back up. He gets in the show for now...Terry Haddock's incremental times: 60ft-1.027 sec.,
330ft-2.592, 660ft-3.671/231.16 mph. Left Lane: David Grubnic Runs 3.970/304.67, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.540/76.18, Was #17 Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.961/286.19, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.274/92.64, Was #16 This was a great drag race as these two go to the numbers one and two spots...Brown with the quickest pass of the day and Grubnic with the fastest pass of the day. David Grubnic's incremental times: 60ft-0.876 sec., 330ft-2.217, 660ft-3.174/265.69 mph. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.878 sec., 330ft-2.232, 660ft-3.161/274.05 mph. Left Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 3.985/297.61, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.926/151.73, Was #15 Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 4.115/287.90, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.022/83.98, Was #17 Schumacher with a wacky flame pattern all the way down the track, but he gets into the show. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.902 sec., 330ft-2.299, 660ft-3.284/258.07 mph. Dixon with a nice pass to go to the number three spot...Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.862 sec., 330ft-2.214, 660ft-3.175/263.00 mph. Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.982/304.94, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.333/205.13, Was #14 Right Lane: Rod Fuller Runs 4.113/280.66, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.801/160.44, Was #16 Fuller was mixing up cylinders, but runs just a couple ticks quicker than Schumacher. Apparently he used up an engine as the Safety Safari is rolling. Rod Fuller's incremental times: 60ft-0.911 sec., 330ft-2.297, 660ft-3.264/259.01 mph. Langdon launched hard and keep the Goodyears hooked up to go to the number three spot and runs top speed, so far. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.878 sec., 330ft-2.236, 660ft-3.186/266.69 mph. Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 4.214/258.52, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.169/285.95, Was #11 Right Lane: Steven Chrisman Runs 6.987/93.82, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.299/278.29, Was #14 Chrisman starts to shake early and clicks it off. Torrence starts mixing up cylinders on the top end, and then the engine lets go with a big fireball after the finish line. Left Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 7.022/97.05, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.103/272.17, Was #8 Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 5.988/108.92, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.219/260.66, Was #13 McClenathan with a lot of tire shake right off the starting line and clicks it off. McMillen makes it to about 150 feet before he has tire shake and clicks it off. Left Lane: Bob Vandergriff Runs 7.019/84.85, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.027/302.62, Was #7 Right Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 6.703/92.75, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.177/288.58, Was #12 Vandergriff is up in smoke early and clicks it off and then Lucas goes up in smoke. Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.962/308.21, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.013/291.89, Was #6 Right Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 4.638/169.93, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.992/296.11, Was #5 Bernstein makes it to about half track before he starts to lose traction and clicks it off. Kalitta launched hard and keep it hooked up to go to the number two spot and he runs the fastest pass of the weekend. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.863 sec., 330ft-2.217, 660ft-3.174/268.12 mph.
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