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MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th 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: Dom Lagana Runs 3.847/314.97, Now #13; No Prior Run Right Lane: Richie Crampton Runs 6.556/104.53, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.814/317.49, Was #9 Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,070 feet.
Lagana was straight the groove with a real nice pass to get a number on the board, his quickest
pass of the weekend. Dom Lagana's incremental times: 60ft-0.848 sec., 330ft-2.175,
660ft-3.084/279.73 mph. Crampton with severe tire shake right at the hit and clicks it
off. Left Lane: Khalid alBalooshi Runs 4.113/215.79, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.834/316.82, Was #12 Right Lane: Bob Vandergriff Runs 11.237/67.72, Now #14; No Prior Run alBalooshi started mixing up cylinders just past half track and then pushed out head gasket with a quick fire ball. Vandergriff was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.841/150.90, Now #14; No Prior Run Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 10.567/82.48, Now #15; No Prior Run Millican started to lose traction just past 330 feet and clicked it off. McMillen was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Left Lane: Leah Pritchett Runs 9.210/82.97, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.821/316.52, Was #11 Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 10.323/75.39, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.802/324.83, Was #8 Pritchett was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off, Torrence lost traction right at the hit. Left Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 3.756/325.30, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.819/316.82, Was #10 Right Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 9.397/78.81, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.788/325.30, Was #6 Todd launched hard and was straight down the groove with a great looking pass to go to the number two spot. J.R. Todd's incremental times: 60ft-0.839 sec., 330ft-2.135, 660ft-3.016/287.53 mph. dixon was up in smoke early and clicked it off. Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.762/323.50, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.792/313.73, Was #8 Right Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 3.942/236.09, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.774/323.19, Was #6 Brown with a great looking pass to go to the number three spot, the car was hitting on all eight. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.838 sec., 330ft-2.128, 660ft-3.015/284.75 mph. Massey was right there with him until it banged the blower just past 660-foot mark. Spencer Massey's incremental times: 60ft-0.843 sec., 330ft-2.136, 660ft-3.021/279.85 mph. Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 4.435/175.62, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.773/325.77, Was #6 Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 10.136/72.47, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.766/324.67, Was #5 Langdon was on a good pass until around half track when it started to lose traction. Schumacher was up in smoke right off the starting line. Left Lane: Brittany Force Runs 3.737/328.78, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.765/322.81, Was #4 Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 5.365/130.47, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.747/326.95, Was #1 Force launched hard and keep it hitting on all eight and the big Goodyears stuck to go to the number one spot. This is a career best E.T. for Force. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.828 sec., 330ft-2.120, 660ft-3.003/289.88 mph. Kalitta launched hard and then just past the 330-foot mark started to haze the tires.
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