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MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual Auto-Plus 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: Fred Farndon Runs 4.107/233.80, Now #16; Best prior run: 8.076/83.60, Was #17 Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 63 percent, barometer 29.14 inches, adjusted altitude 1,671 feet, track temperature 76 degrees. Farndon is on a good
pass and then starts drifting out of the groove and getting close to the centerline before he
lifts. He gets in the show. Fred Farndon's incremental times: 60ft-0.871 sec., 330ft-2.218,
660ft-3.173/263.87 mph. Left Lane: Rit Pustari Runs 4.390/260.41, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.727/75.05, Was #17 Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 7.957/97.15, Now #18; No Prior Run McMillen starts to shake right off the starting line and clicks it off. Pustari with his quickest pass of the weekend, but he will not get in the show. Rit Pustari's incremental times: 60ft-0.889 sec., 330ft-2.352, 660ft-3.468/227.34 mph. Left Lane: Dom Lagana Runs 3.862/311.70, Now #14; Best prior run: 3.876/315.71, Was #13 Right Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 3.814/319.67, Now #6; No Prior Run Lagana with his career quickest pass, but gets bumped back one spot. Dom Lagana's incremental times: 60ft-0.848 sec., 330ft-2.179, 660ft-3.091/277.43 mph. Lucas launched hard and keep it hooked up to run his quickest pass this season and tie his career quickest pass to get into the top half of the show. Morgan Lucas' incremental times: 60ft-0.855 sec., 330ft-2.164, 660ft-3.057/281.66 mph. Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.812/317.27, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.849/316.15, Was #11 Kalitta with his quickest pass this season to move into the top half of the show. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.841 sec., 330ft-2.146, 660ft-3.052/280.02 mph. Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 3.780/327.90, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.843/317.72, Was #11 Worsham launched hard and was straight down the groove tieing his career quickest pass and making his career fastest pass to go to the number one spot. That speed ties the National speed record. Del Worsham's incremental times: 60ft-0.837 sec., 330ft-2.130, 660ft-3.026/282.42 mph. Left Lane: Bob Vandergriff Runs 9.427/85.02, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.819/321.42, Was #10 Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 7.644/88.96, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.854/318.77, Was #13 Vandergriff was up in smoke right at the hit and click it off. Langdon started to shake right off the starting line and clicked it off. Left Lane: David Grubnic Runs 6.083/101.24, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.818/316.97, Was #9 Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.065/221.82, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.851/317.79, Was #12 Grubnic started to smoke the tires right about 330 feet and clicked it off. Millican was on a good pass until around 700 feet when he started to haze the tires and clicked it off. Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 5.650/116.98, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.807/320.36, Was #6 Schumacher started to smoke the tires around 250 feet and clicked it off. Left Lane: Rod Fuller Runs 3.785/325.53, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.801/323.19, Was #5 Right Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 3.769/323.43, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.798/320.43, Was #4 Fuller with a career quickest and fastest pass to move up the ladder one spot, Rod Fuller's incremental times: 60ft-0.843 sec., 330ft-2.146, 660ft-3.040/284.93 mph. dixon launched hard and had it hooked up all the way to run his career quickest pass and set the National E.t. record. Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.832 sec., 330ft-2.123, 660ft-3.020/282.48 mph. Left Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 3.771/316.82, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.782/323.89, Was #3 Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.766/325.30, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.797/324.44, Was #5 Massey ties his career best pass here with a great pass...Spencer Massey's incremental times: 60ft-0.831 sec., 330ft-2.123, 660ft-3.010/283.85 mph. Brown with a picture perfect pass to make his career best pass and set the National E.T. record. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.844 sec., 330ft-2.142, 660ft-3.023/286.68 mph.
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