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LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 11th annual Big O 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: Pat Dakin Runs 7.327/78.47, Now #13; No Prior Run Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 27.99 inches, adjusted altitude 3,476 feet, track temperature 102 degrees. Dakin was up in smoke
right off the starting line. Left Lane: Troy Buff Runs 15.398/27.74, Now #15; No Prior Run Right Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 5.563/125.15, Now #13; No Prior Run Buff was up in smoke as soon as he hit the the throttle...Lucas started to smoke the tires just before half track. Left Lane: T.J. Zizzo Runs 4.109/241.50, Now #13; No Prior Run Right Lane: Mike Salinas Runs 5.638/130.10, Now #15; No Prior Run Salinas is up in smoke by 150 feet...Zizzo dropped a cylinders or two right at the hit and then it pushed out a head gasket with a quick flash of flames. Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.891/297.35, Now #13; No Prior Run Right Lane: Del Worsham Runs 3.838/321.81, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.879/316.97, Was #9 Worsham launched hard and keep it hooked up to go to the number two spot. Del Worsham's incremental times: 60ft-0.845 sec., 330ft-2.170, 660ft-3.083/279.67 mph. Schumacher with his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.854 sec., 330ft-2.186, 660ft-3.115/274.50 mph. Left Lane: Keith Murt Runs 3.920/312.35, Now #14; No Prior Run Right Lane: Steven Chrisman Runs 4.850/164.51, Now #16; No Prior Run Murt with his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show. Keith Murt's incremental times: 60ft-0.891 sec., 330ft-2.222, 660ft-3.143/272.89 mph. Chrisman started to lose traction and clicked it off. Left Lane: Thomas Nataas Runs 7.712/72.76, Now #21; No Prior Run Right Lane: Chris Karamesines Runs 4.412/232.79, Now #16; No Prior Run Nataas started to smoke the tires early and clicked it off. Karamesines started mixing up cylinders on the top end and clicked it off. Left Lane: Ike Maier No Time, Now #16; No Prior Run Right Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 3.907/316.23, Now #14; No Prior Run Maier with a good looking pass until right in the lights when the engine lets go with a big fireball. The report from the top end is there is oil in Maier's lane, so he will lose the run and it will cost him five points. McClenathan with his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show. Cory McClenathan's incremental times: 60ft-0.858 sec., 330ft-2.206, 660ft-3.138/273.83 mph. Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.910/315.71, Now #15; No Prior Run Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 5.340/130.90, Now #20; No Prior Run McMillen started to smoke the tire just past 330 feet and clicked it off. Langdon was dropping cylinders, but stayed with it to get in the show. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.870 sec., 330ft-2.217, 660ft-3.144/276.07 mph. Left Lane: Dom Lagana Runs 6.897/84.74, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.885/314.46, Was #11 Right Lane: Ron August Runs 5.752/112.53, Now #23; No Prior Run Lagana is up in smoke by 200 feet and clicked it off. August was up in smoke just before the 330-foot mark. Left Lane: Rod Fuller Runs 3.854/325.85, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.884/317.79, Was #10 Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.883/315.42, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.890/316.97, Was #12 Fuller launched hard and moved into the top half of the show. Rod Fuller's incremental times: 60ft-0.859 sec., 330ft-2.189, 660ft-3.106/280.08 mph. Millican with his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up the ladder one spot. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.872 sec., 330ft-2.204, 660ft-3.120/277.43 mph. Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.999/285.83, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.872/313.29, Was #10 Right Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 3.869/321.04, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.866/321.42, Was #9 Dixon just a few ticks off his time from yesterday. Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.862 sec., 330ft-2.199, 660ft-3.116/280.02 mph. Kalitta was mixing up cylinders early and then the engine let go with a quick flash of flames. The report from the top end is there is oil, so he will lose this run and it will cost him five points. Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 4.888/149.27, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.863/318.54, Was #7 Right Lane: David Grubnic Runs 4.442/176.81, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.864/311.41, Was #8 Brown started to lose traction and clicked it off. Grubnic start to haze the tires and clicked it off. Left Lane: Bob Vandergriff Runs 6.833/93.23, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.858/321.88, Was #6 Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 4.599/169.25, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.856/317.49, Was #5 Vandergriff is up in smoke early and clicks it off. Torrence started to haze the tires and he clicked it off. Left Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 3.849/321.42, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.856/319.67, Was #4 Right Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 4.757/154.81, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.833/321.27, Was #1 Bernstein started to lose traction early and clicked it off. Massey launched hard and was straight down the groove with the second quickest pass of the round. He will move up the ladder one spot. Spencer Massey's incremental times: 60ft-0.859 sec., 330ft-2.187, 660ft-3.095/279.96 mph.
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