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Sat, 15 Oct 2011, 04:00 PM

Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual NHRA Arizona 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:

Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 4.062/286.19, Now #9; No Prior Run

Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 18 percent, barometer 28.64 inches, adjusted altitude 3,202 feet, track temperature 122 degrees.

Torrence with his first pass of the weekend after experiencing problems yesterday...It drops a cylinder or two early and he stays with it to get in the show. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.857 sec., 330ft-2.214, 660ft-3.216/249.49 mph. Torrence chutes then didn't come out until real late, but finally did and he got it stopped okay.

Left Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 5.370/135.96, Now #15; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Mike Strasburg Runs 4.099/284.75, Now #12; No Prior Run

Lucas with a lot of tire shake and he pedals it one time but lost traction again and clicked it off. Strasburg with his quickest pass of the weekend and moves in the right direction on the ladder. Mike Strasburg's incremental times: 60ft-0.871 sec., 330ft-2.276, 660ft-3.267/259.21 mph.

Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.988/283.97, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.065/268.54, Was #10
Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 7.407/87.79, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.012/293.98, Was #7

Kalitta dropped a cylinder right at the hit and then really started mixing up cylinders before he clicked it off. Brown moves up the ladder...Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.853 sec., 330ft-2.207, 660ft-3.156/264.44 mph.

Left Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 4.035/296.70, Now #10; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 4.422/243.50, Now #16; No Prior Run

Massey was up in smoke as soon as he hit thew throttle and he pedaled it a couple times, but couldn't get it to hook up....McClenathan with a good clean pass to get in the show... Cory McClenathan's incremental times: 60ft-0.864 sec., 330ft-2.243, 660ft-3.222/259.36 mph.

Left Lane: David Grubnic Runs 4.027/295.21, Now #11; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 4.014/295.59, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.171/229.74, Was #15

Langdon with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder five spots. Langdon with the second quickest pass of the round. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.870 sec., 330ft-2.243, 660ft-3.209/264.55 mph. Grubnic with his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show and that will bump out the point leader. David Grubnic's incremental times: 60ft-0.865 sec., 330ft-2.237, 660ft-3.210/260.06 mph.

Left Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 7.980/99.08, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.131/253.33, Was #16
Right Lane: Chris Karamesines Runs 4.646/185.92, Now #18; No Prior Run

McMillen is up in smoke right off the starting line and clicks it off. Karamesines starts to smoke the tires around half track and clicks it off.

Left Lane: Dom Lagana Runs 4.086/291.13, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.068/278.52, Was #14
Right Lane: Bob Vandergriff Runs 4.122/269.19, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.012/266.53, Was #9

Lagana with another good pass,but will stay in the number 14 spot. Dom Lagana's incremental times: 60ft-0.868 sec., 330ft-2.266, 660ft-3.260/256.45 mph. Vandergriff started to haze the tires and clicked it off early.

Left Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 4.037/295.79, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.985/298.27, Was #5
Right Lane: Rod Fuller Runs 4.543/173.74, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.007/300.20, Was #7

Fuller started to haze the tires and clicked it off. Bernstein with another good pass, but stay in the number five spot from his run from yesterday.

Left Lane: Troy Buff Runs 4.933/145.47, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.954/302.75, Was #4
Right Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.311/198.52, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.936/291.13, Was #3

Buff was smoking the tires by 330 feet and clicked it off. Worsham then started to smoke the tires and he clicked it off.

Left Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 4.208/220.73, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.919/303.84, Was #1
Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.995/294.05, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.921/301.27, Was #2

Schumacher with the second quickest pass of the round...Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.853 sec., 330ft-2.211, 660ft-3.181/261.98 mph. Dixon started mixing up cylinders around half track and clicked it off early.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink