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BRAINERD, Minn. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Lucas Oil 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 6.286/107.39, Now #14; No Prior Run Right Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 5.493/126.73, Now #11; No Prior Run Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 28.49 inches, adjusted altitude 3,584 feet. Haddock starts to lose traction early and clicks it
off. Palmer starts to lose traction and then drop cylinders before he clicked it off. Left Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 5.412/125.52, Now #12; No Prior Run Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.842/305.49, Now #1; No Prior Run McMillen started to lose traction around 250 feet and clicked it off. Kalitta was on a real good looking pass until right in the light when it started mixing up cylinders. He goes to the top of the list. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.842 sec., 330ft-2.152, 660ft-3.068/277.26 mph. Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 4.600/163.41, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.064/100.63, Was #15 Right Lane: Luigi Novelli No Time, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.956/115.24, Was #14 Novelli with problems on the burnout and he drove off the top end. Torrence launched hard and was on a good pass until the big Goodyears started to break loose around half track. Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.923/302.62, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.106/140.23, Was #10 Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.888/300.73, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.127/137.67, Was #11 A couple good clean passes to get into the top half of the show. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.852 sec., 330ft-2.193, 660ft-3.134/271.95 mph. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.837 sec., 330ft-2.168, 660ft-3.101/272.89 mph. Left Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 3.863/310.48, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.637/162.16, Was #12 Dixon launched hard and keep it hooked up to go straight down the groove into the number four spot. This is the second quickest pass of the round. Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.842 sec., 330ft-2.176, 660ft-3.096/279.50 mph. Left Lane: Chris Karamesines Runs 6.057/107.36, Now #12; No Prior Run Right Lane: David Grubnic Runs 3.916/302.69, Now #5; No Prior Run Karamesines starts to lose traction early and pedaled it one time, but lost traction again. Grubnic with a good clean pass to get into the top half of the show. David Grubnic's incremental times: 60ft-0.865 sec., 330ft-2.188, 660ft-3.124/270.70 mph. Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.881/305.70, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.058/245.54, Was #7 Right Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 5.220/131.27, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.927/305.01, Was #10 Lucas started to lose traction around 330 feet and he clicked it off. Langdon with a real nice pass to get into the top half of the show. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.846 sec., 330ft-2.176, 660ft-3.099/275.22 mph. Left Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 3.848/307.51, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.888/315.05, Was #6 Right Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 4.501/173.72, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.846/309.27, Was #2 Bernstein started to haze the tires around 660 feet and clicked it off. McClenathan launched hard and keep it hitting on all eight to go to the number three spot. Cory McClenathan's incremental times: 60ft-0.832 sec., 330ft-2.157, 660ft-3.073/278.00 mph.
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