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ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec 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 8.789/95.83, Now #16; No Prior Run Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 29.45 inches, adjusted altitude 3,487 feet, track temperature 114 degrees. Haddock is up in smoke
as soon as he hits the throttle... Left Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 7.416/88.19, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.778/96.33, Was #15 Right Lane: Chris Karamesines Runs 3.983/303.57, Now #2; No Prior Run Palmer starts to lose traction early and clicks it off. Karamesines launched hard and was straight down the groove with a great looking pass to go to the number two spot. Chris Karamesines' incremental times: 60ft-0.879 sec., 330ft-2.234, 660ft-3.187/266.85 mph. Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 4.062/291.07, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.103/107.17, Was #15 Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.981/303.91, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.536/197.31, Was #11 Langdon's header flames were out early...Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.878 sec., 330ft-2.259, 660ft-3.234/258.81 mph. Brown with a real nice pass all the way down the 1000 feet. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.858 sec., 330ft-2.212, 660ft-3.181/263.15 mph. Left Lane: Mike Strasburg Runs 4.174/283.67, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.931/114.27, Was #15 Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.946/304.60, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.339/239.82, Was #12 torrence launches hard and the header flames shooting high over the rea wing all the way down the track. He goes to the number one spot with a great looking pass...Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.853 sec., 330ft-2.192, 660ft-3.146/265.27 mph. Strasburg good clean pass to get in the show for now. Mike Strasburg's incremental times: 60ft-0.890 sec., 330ft-2.304, 660ft-3.319/249.16 mph. Left Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 4.101/287.47, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.137/145.08, Was #15 Right Lane: Bob Vandergriff Runs 3.979/306.33, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.294/213.47, Was #13 Vandergriff launched hard and was straight down the groove to go to the number three spot. Bob Vandergriff's incremental times: 60ft-0.863 sec., 330ft-2.228, 660ft-3.184/265.33 mph. McMillen with a good clean pass to get in the show. Terry McMillen's incremental times: 60ft-0.861 sec., 330ft-2.245, 660ft-3.257/251.25 mph. Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 4.477/160.14, Now #15; No Prior Run Right Lane: Troy Buff Runs 5.126/133.41, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.208/236.92, Was #14 Buff started to lose traction early and clicked it off. Schumacher's engine let go with a quick flash of flames and he will go into Saturday no in the show. Left Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 4.050/288.39, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.098/289.51, Was #10 Right Lane: David Grubnic Runs 3.933/308.78, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.192/215.34, Was #13 Grubnic with the quickest short time of the round and he parlayed that into the quickest pass of the round. He goes to the number one spot...David Grubnic's incremental times: 60ft-0.851 sec., 330ft-2.191, 660ft-3.143/267.06 mph. Lucas improves and moves up the ladder one spot. Morgan Lucas' incremental times: 60ft-0.873 sec., 330ft-2.237, 660ft-3.215/256.94 mph. Left Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 3.906/308.43, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.986/300.60, Was #7 Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.943/310.84, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.076/273.33, Was #11 Bernstein now with the quickest 60-foot time and he goes to the number one spot with a great looking pass. Brandon Bernstein's incremental times: 60ft-0.845 sec., 330ft-2.177, 660ft-3.118/269.51 mph. Kalitta with a very good pass, straight down the groove to the number three spot. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.862 sec., 330ft-2.212, 660ft-3.158/269.35 mph. Left Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 3.852/308.85, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.962/306.33, Was #5 Right Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 3.881/311.56, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.030/286.32, Was #9 This was a great drag race to wrap up day one of qualifying...both cars with quick 60-foot times. They go to the number one and two spots. Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.831 sec., 330ft-2.152, 660ft-3.074/274.55 mph. Cory McClenathan's incremental times: 60ft-0.840 sec., 330ft-2.175, 660ft-3.104/273.94 mph.
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