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ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 44th Toyota NHRA Summernationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run: Right Lane: Dom Lagana Runs 9.785/88.89, Now #1 Weather conditions: air temperature 92 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.93 inches, adjusted altitude 2,831 feet, track temperature 117 degrees. Lagana was up in smoke
as soon as he hit the throttle and clicked it off. Left Lane: T.J. Zizzo No Time, Now #3 Right Lane: Sidnei Frigo Runs 8.497/41.85, Now #1 Zizzo is shut off after the burnout. Frigo apparently banged the blower about 200 feet and the chutes came out. Left Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 3.899/316.23, Now #1 Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 5.228/132.80, Now #2 McMillen started to lose traction on the top end and clicked it off early. Dixon with Hogan tuning this weekend, launched hard and was on a good pass and then the engine let go on the top end. He goes to the number one spot, but there is oil on the track. Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.841 sec., 330ft-2.199, 660ft-3.131/274.11 mph. Left Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 5.407/122.29, Now #4 Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 4.310/192.49, Now #2 Pruett starts to smoke the tires early and clicks it off. Force started to smoke the tires around half track and clicked it off. Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.866/314.83, Now #1 Right Lane: David Grubnic Runs 4.209/215.20, Now #3 Torrence launched hard and keep it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.835 sec., 330ft-2.154, 660ft-3.091/270.27 mph. Grubnic was dropping cylinders early and then started to haze the tires on the top end and clicked it off early. Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.878/316.75, Now #3 Right Lane: Bob Vandergriff Runs 3.848/316.38, Now #1 It is teammates matched up here and this was a great side-by-side drag race. Vandergriff goes to the number one spot as he is straight down the groove. Bob Vandergriff's incremental times: 60ft-0.834 sec., 330ft-2.156, 660ft-3.081/275.62 mph. Millican is right there with him to go to the number three spot. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.854 sec., 330ft-2.186, 660ft-3.109/274.44 mph. Left Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 3.881/301.54, Now #4 Right Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 3.892/315.42, Now #5 More teammates here...Lucas with a great pass until on the top end when it started hazing the tires, he goes to the number four spot. Morgan Lucas' incremental times: 60ft-0.859 sec., 330ft-2.177, 660ft-3.099/274.72 mph. Bernstein with a good clean pass to go to the number five spot. Brandon Bernstein's incremental times: 60ft-0.847 sec., 330ft-2.178, 660ft-3.119/270.75 mph. Left Lane: Khalid alBalooshi Runs 3.891/296.37, Now #6 Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.852/315.05, Now #2 Kalitta launched hard and keep the big Goodyears hooked up to go to the number two spot. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.835 sec., 330ft-2.165, 660ft-3.088/277.60 mph. alBalooshi with a real nice pass to get into the top half of the show. Khalid alBalooshi's incremental times: 60ft-0.847 sec., 330ft-2.190, 660ft-3.113/276.69 mph. Left Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 3.936/297.02, Now #9 Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 4.024/283.55, Now #10 Brown was dropping cylinders early and never got them to pick back up. Massey with a lot of smoke on the top end as he slowed... Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.870/318.39, Now #4 Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.913/313.22, Now #10 Langdon with a real nice looking pass, straight down the groove. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.842 sec., 330ft-2.178, 660ft-3.107/275.39 mph. Schumacher with a clean pass into the number 10 spot. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.853 sec., 330ft-2.209, 660ft-3.142/274.55 mph.
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