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Fri, 8 Oct 2010, 08:24 PM

Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 26th annual Toyo Tires 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: Doug Foley Runs 3.930/308.92, Now #8; Best prior run: 8.064/75.87, Was #18
Right Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 3.994/292.71, Now #10; No Prior Run

Foley was driving this car, but still makes a nice pass...Doug Foley's incremental times: 60ft-0.857 sec., 330ft-2.205, 660ft-3.149/270.32 mph. Palmer got out of the groove on the top end and over by the right wall this time. Scott Palmer's incremental times: 60ft-0.854 sec., 330ft-2.201, 660ft-3.170/259.76 mph.

Left Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 7.521/67.05, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.802/78.03, Was #19
Right Lane: Pat Dakin Runs 9.317/65.53, Now #20; No Prior Run

Dakin lost traction right off the starting line and clicked it off. Lucas started to lose traction and was off and on the throttle a couple times. The second time he stabbed the engine went bang and he coasted through the 1000 feet.

Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 6.744/93.61, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.920/147.94, Was #15
Right Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 4.538/166.07, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.020/87.93, Was #17

Brown lost traction right off the starting line and clicked it off...Bernstein started to haze the tires and clicked it off...

Left Lane: Fred Farndon Runs 9.880/57.99, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.198/274.72, Was #12
Right Lane: David Grubnic Runs 3.856/313.58, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.310/118.97, Was #17

Farndon lost traction right at the hit. Grubnic launched hard and keep the candles lit all the way down the 1000 feet to get into the top half of the show. David Grubnic's incremental times: 60ft-0.842 sec., 330ft-2.165, 660ft-3.082/274.89 mph.

Left Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 7.483/75.25, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.931/303.16, Was #10
Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.874/302.01, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.793/143.95, Was #16

McMillen lost traction right off the starting line and clicked it off. Langdon with a good clean pass to go straight down the groove and into the top half of the show. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.830 sec., 330ft-2.144, 660ft-3.078/269.29 mph.

Left Lane: Bob Vandergriff Runs 4.669/159.74, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.909/310.84, Was #7
Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.950/296.44, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.082/301.67, Was #13

Vandergriff made it almost half track before he started to lose traction and clicked it off. Millican with a nice pass until right in the lights where it appeared to push out a head gasket. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.855 sec., 330ft-2.192, 660ft-3.139/265.27 mph.

Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 4.760/153.09, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.885/316.38, Was #6
Right Lane: Dom Lagana Runs 10.054/85.18, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.929/305.77, Was #9

Lagana shook right off the starting line and clicked it off. Kalitta made it to about 400 feet before he started to lose traction and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 8.999/65.83, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.854/317.05, Was #3
Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 6.959/81.74, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.922/306.53, Was #8

Dixon lost traction right off the starting line and clicked it off. Torrence made it to about 250 feet before he lost traction.

Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 4.804/150.05, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.852/318.24, Was #2
Right Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 8.328/73.69, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.832/316.01, Was #1

McClenathan lost traction right off the starting line and clicked it off. Schumacher made just pass half track before he started to smoke the tires.

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