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Sat, 9 Oct 2010, 01:34 PM

Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from round 3 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: Luigi Novelli Runs 4.029/292.65, Now #13; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Tim Cullinan Runs 4.165/277.37, Now #14; No Prior Run

Novelli is dropping cylinders right at the hit on the left and it was pushing him toward the centerline. Cullinan is dropping cylinders early, but stays with it...

Left Lane: Dom Lagana Runs 3.943/305.08, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.929/305.77, Was #9
Right Lane: Fred Farndon Runs 4.046/288.15, Now #14; No Prior Run

Lagana was on a great pass, but got real loose on the top end....Dom Lagana's incremental times: 60ft-0.853 sec., 330ft-2.198, 660ft-3.151/266.11 mph. Farndon with a clean pass to get in the show. Fred Farndon's incremental times: 60ft-0.896 sec., 330ft-2.249, 660ft-3.218/260.56 mph.

Left Lane: Pat Dakin Runs 3.898/308.28, Now #7; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 5.106/136.12, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.854/317.05, Was #3

Dixon started to haze the tires around half track and then dropped a bunch of cylinders. Dakin launched hard and keep it hooked up all the way through the 1000 feet to get in the top half of the show. Pat Dakin's incremental times: 60ft-0.851 sec., 330ft-2.181, 660ft-3.116/271.41 mph.

Left Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 4.181/202.97, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.832/316.01, Was #1
Right Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 5.653/116.60, Now #17; No Prior Run

Lucas started to lose traction early and clicked it off..McClenathan's tires broke loose around three-quarter track...

Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.898/282.30, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.922/306.53, Was #9
Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 7.281/86.00, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.931/303.16, Was #12

McMillen lost traction right off the starting line and clicked it off. Torrence with a good pass, tying Dakin with the quickest pass of the session. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.853 sec., 330ft-2.176, 660ft-3.097/273.33 mph.

Left Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 3.909/304.94, Now #11; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.904/314.46, Now #9; No Prior Run

These two were side-by-side all the way down the 1000 feet. These two runs will get them in the show. Brandon Bernstein's incremental times: 60ft-0.845 sec., 330ft-2.163, 660ft-3.117/265.69 mph.
Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.856 sec., 330ft-2.194, 660ft-3.133/272.06 mph.

Left Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 3.985/296.70, Now #16; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.823/319.14, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.852/318.24, Was #2

Palmer is straight down the groove to get in the show...Scott Palmer's incremental times: 60ft-0.874 sec., 330ft-2.218, 660ft-3.177/262.44 mph. Schumacher launched hard and keep it hooked up to go to the top of the list with a great pass. Schumacher sets the track speed record. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.839 sec., 330ft-2.162, 660ft-3.068/280.95 mph.

Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 9.609/75.82, Now #15; Best prior run: 3.950/296.44, Was #15
Right Lane: Doug Kalitta No Time, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.885/316.38, Was #6

Kalitta double stepped it and left before the tree was activated...Millican then hit the throttle and was up in smoke immediately.

Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 9.508/83.18, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.874/302.01, Was #5
Right Lane: Bob Vandergriff Runs 5.241/131.04, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.909/310.84, Was #10

Langdon is up in smoke as soon as he hits the throttle. Vandergriff is up in smoke by 330 feet and he clicked it off.

Left Lane: David Grubnic Runs 3.838/308.35, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.856/313.58, Was #4
Right Lane: Doug Foley Runs 3.907/311.56, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.930/308.92, Was #13

Grubnic launched hard and was on a great pass until right in the lights when the engine let go with a big fireball. Grubnic still runs the second quickest pass of the session. David Grubnic's incremental times: 60ft-0.840 sec., 330ft-2.151, 660ft-3.062/277.43 mph. foley with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder three spots. Doug Foley's incremental times: 60ft-0.863 sec., 330ft-2.208, 660ft-3.132/274.50 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink