Fri, 25 Sep 2015, 17:38 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Wayne Newby Runs 3.970/300.46, Now #1
Right Lane: Kyle Wurtzel Runs 4.025/261.78, Now #2

Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 34 percent, barometer 29.61 inches, adjusted altitude 2,857 feet, track temperature 115 degrees.

Newby with a good clean pass to start the weekend. Wayne Newby's incremental times: 60ft-0.869 sec., 330ft-2.233, 660ft-3.180/269.89 mph. Wurtzel was right there with him until around the 1/8 mile mark when the car went silent.

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Left Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 4.013/238.60, Now #2
Right Lane: Luigi Novelli Runs 4.111/283.73, Now #4

Torrence launched hard and then shut off real early. Novelli started drifting out of the groove on the top end and got close to the centerline.

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Right Lane: Troy Buff Runs 3.866/312.64, Now #1

Buff was on real good pass and then started drifting out of the groove and got real close to the wall on the top end. Troy Buff's incremental times: 60ft-0.850 sec., 330ft-2.165, 660ft-3.091/273.88 mph.

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Left Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 3.966/309.27, Now #3
Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.903/316.30, Now #2

McMillen with a good clean pass to start the weekend. Terry McMillen's incremental times: 60ft-0.872 sec., 330ft-2.240, 660ft-3.183/269.56 mph. Millican was straight down the groove to go to the number two spot. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.850 sec., 330ft-2.195, 660ft-3.134/272.83 mph.

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Left Lane: Dave Connolly Runs 3.843/321.04, Now #2
Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.837/319.45, Now #1

This was a great side-by-side drag race. Connolly launched hard and keep it hooked up to go to the number two spot. Dave Connolly's incremental times: 60ft-0.850 sec., 330ft-2.172, 660ft-3.091/275.96 mph. Torrence now has Alan Johnson in his corner helping out and he makes a great pass to go to the number one spot. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.858 sec., 330ft-2.174, 660ft-3.081/279.73 mph.

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Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.837/321.81, Now #1
Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 3.837/321.12, Now #2

These two were side-by-side all the way down the track to go to the number one and two spots, running identical E.T.s. Langdon gets the No. 1 spot based on his faster mph. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.844 sec., 330ft-2.166, 660ft-3.082/278.98 mph.
Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.854 sec., 330ft-2.172, 660ft-3.083/280.14 mph.

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Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.887/320.43, Now #7
Right Lane: Richie Crampton Runs 3.860/321.81, Now #5

Kalitta with a good pass to go to the number seven spot. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.849 sec., 330ft-2.196, 660ft-3.129/275.90 mph. Crampton keep it hitting on all eight to get into the top half of the show. Richie Crampton's incremental times: 60ft-0.866 sec., 330ft-2.200, 660ft-3.108/281.25 mph.

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Left Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 4.656/162.18, Now #15
Right Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 3.809/322.04, Now #1

Todd starts to haze the tires around 400 feet and clicks it off. Dixon launched hard and keep it hooked up and hitting on all eight all the way down the track to go to the number one spot. Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.842 sec., 330ft-2.155, 660ft-3.060/282.66 mph.

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Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.825/320.13, Now #3
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.792/321.50, Now #1

This was a great drag race to wrap up round one of Top Fuel qualifying...Schumacher goes to the number three spot. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.837 sec., 330ft-2.154, 660ft-3.069/278.06 mph. Brown picks up where he left of in Charlotte to go to the number one spot with a great pass. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.853 sec., 330ft-2.155, 660ft-3.046/285.59 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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