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MADISON, Ill. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Second annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest 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 9.582/59.92, Now #21; Best prior run: 10.599/85.05, Was #21 Right Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 4.496/189.26, Now #18; No Prior Run Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 29.51 inches, adjusted altitude 2,913 feet, track temperature 112 degrees. Novelli is up in smoke
as soon as he hits the throttle and clicks it off. McClenathan is up in smoke early and mixing up
cylinders before he clicked it off. Left Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 4.200/278.29, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.131/115.54, Was #20 Right Lane: Tim Cullinan Runs 4.088/244.03, Now #17; Best prior run: 10.483/69.50, Was #22 Palmer started to smoke the tires and pedaled it, but he will not get in the show. Cullinan was up in smoke early and pedaled it and when he did the there was a quick flash of flames and he will not get in the show. Left Lane: Pat Dakin Runs 4.047/256.75, Now #18; Best prior run: 4.672/158.11, Was #21 Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.818/323.43, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.327/242.41, Was #19 Dakin was on a good pass and then there was a quick flash of flame. He will not get in the show. Torrence launched hard and was straight down the groove to get in the show. That will bump out Buff and McMillen is now on the bump spot at 4.034. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.845 sec., 330ft-2.152, 660ft-3.066/277.94 mph. Left Lane: Chris Karamesines No Time, Now #16; Best prior run: 3.986/299.40, Was #15 Right Lane: Troy Buff Runs 3.977/286.92, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.034/255.15, Was #17 Karamesines couldn't get the car in reverse and so they send him on down track, the chute then comes out, so the Safety Safari had to come get him off the track. Buff waits patiently through all of the distractions. Buff then runs his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show. Troy Buff's incremental times: 60ft-0.861 sec., 330ft-2.197, 660ft-3.146/260.76 mph. Left Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 5.066/137.51, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.853/319.37, Was #13 Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 3.970/314.97, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.034/264.75, Was #17 Massey is up in smoke right off the starting line and clicks it off. McMillen launches hard and keeps it hitting on all eight to get in the show. That will bump out Karamesines and put Troy Buff on the bump spot at 3.977. Terry McMillen's incremental times: 60ft-0.869 sec., 330ft-2.239, 660ft-3.194/269.13 mph. Left Lane: Bob Vandergriff Runs 3.845/320.13, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.843/320.36, Was #12 Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.826/325.06, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.878/320.36, Was #14 Vandergriff with another good pass, but he will not improve. Bob Vandergriff's incremental times: 60ft-0.856 sec., 330ft-2.179, 660ft-3.090/279.27 mph. Kalitta had it hitting on all eight all the way down the track for his quickest pass of the weekend. Bob Vandergriff's incremental times: 60ft-0.856 sec., 330ft-2.179, 660ft-3.090/279.27 mph. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.850 sec., 330ft-2.177, 660ft-3.081/282.78 mph. Left Lane: David Grubnic Runs 4.968/142.97, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.818/323.58, Was #8 Right Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 3.847/319.75, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.840/318.92, Was #12 Grubnic is up in smoke early and clicked it off. Bernstein with a good pass, just a few ticks off his qualifying time. He will no improve and will stay in the number 12 spot. Brandon Bernstein's incremental times: 60ft-0.843 sec., 330ft-2.162, 660ft-3.087/275.51 mph. Left Lane: Brittany Force Runs 5.347/126.58, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.795/308.92, Was #5 Right Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 3.855/311.77, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.839/315.34, Was #11 Force is up in smoke and clicks it off. Torrence with another good pass, but will not improve and will start Sunday from the number 11 spot. Billy Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.854 sec., 330ft-2.169, 660ft-3.085/276.52 mph. Left Lane: Khalid alBalooshi Runs 3.848/310.63, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.794/322.81, Was #4 Right Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 4.129/211.56, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.801/325.85, Was #7 alBalooshi launched hard and keep it hitting on all eight and then had a lot of engine smoke in the shut down area, but is all clean. Khalid alBalooshi's incremental times: 60ft-0.857 sec., 330ft-2.172, 660ft-3.081/280.08 mph. Lucas started lose traction and clicked it off. Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.821/323.50, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.782/327.74, Was #2 Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.855/316.90, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.796/318.24, Was #6 Schumacher launched hard and keep the Goodyears stuck all the way down the track with the second quickest pass of the round. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.855 sec., 330ft-2.174, 660ft-3.073/282.95 mph. Another good pass for Brown...Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.860 sec., 330ft-2.174, 660ft-3.091/276.41 mph. Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 4.749/152.97, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.761/326.40, Was #1 Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.854/319.90, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.786/322.27, Was #3 Langdon starts to smoke the tires and clicked it off. Millican with another good looking pass...Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.859 sec., 330ft-2.188, 660ft-3.097/278.92 mph. Langdon will hold on to the No.1 qualifying spot for the second race in a row, the sixth time of the season and the 12th time of his career.
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