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ENNIS, Texas - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals 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 7.800/78.89, Now #18; Best prior run: 4.711/153.37, Was #18 Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 29.68 inches, adjusted altitude 2,458 feet, track temperature 102 degrees. Dakin started to smoke
the tires early and clicked it off and he will not make the show. Left Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 3.986/307.51, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.085/293.73, Was #17 Right Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 4.672/162.86, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.201/130.89, Was #19 Reed with his career best pass, but he will not get in the show. Shawn Reed's incremental times: 60ft-0.891 sec., 330ft-2.249, 660ft-3.197/268.06 mph. McClenathan started to haze the tires just past half track and clicked it off. He will not make the show. Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 3.815/319.22, Now #14; Best prior run: 3.832/312.93, Was #14 Haddock was schedule to run in this pair, but she is in the show and pulled out of line. McMillen launched hard and keep it hooked up to make his quickest pass this season. He will not move up the ladder. Left Lane: Kebin Kinsley Runs 4.231/256.02, Now #15; Best prior run: 3.910/258.67, Was #15 Right Lane: Troy Buff Runs 3.945/295.92, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.814/313.37, Was #13 Kinsley's engine started eating itself on the top end and he will start from the number 15 spot tomorrow. Buff was straight down the groove, but he will not improve. Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.791/312.71, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.774/317.27, Was #8 Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.796/321.12, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.809/324.36, Was #12 Millican with another good looking pass, but he will not improve and will stay in the number eight spot. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.816 sec., 330ft-2.111, 660ft-3.021/277.94 mph. Kalitta launched hard and was straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend. He moves up the ladder one spot. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.842 sec., 330ft-2.158, 660ft-3.046/284.93 mph. Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.779/322.19, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.760/319.67, Was #7 Right Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 4.552/163.89, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.805/321.96, Was #12 Brown with another good pass, but he will not improve and will stay in the number seven spot. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.826 sec., 330ft-2.132, 660ft-3.029/283.97 mph. Dixon starts to haze the tires early and he will start Sunday from the bottom half of the ladder. Left Lane: Richie Crampton Runs 3.772/319.98, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.758/324.75, Was #6 Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 6.000/109.33, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.785/317.64, Was #10 Crampton with another good pass, he will not improve, but it is the quickest of the session. Richie Crampton's incremental times: 60ft-0.833 sec., 330ft-2.131, 660ft-3.020/284.56 mph. Todd started to lose traction early and clicked it off. He will start Sunday from the number 10 spot. Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.825/322.88, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.756/323.12, Was #5 Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.769/324.75, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.784/323.97, Was #9 Torrence with good pass, but he will not improve and will start from the number five spot. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.830 sec., 330ft-2.164, 660ft-3.072/281.07 mph. Schumacher launched hard and keep it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.833 sec., 330ft-2.137, 660ft-3.027/281.13 mph. Schumacher with the quickest pass of the round. Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.754/325.85, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.755/326.00, Was #4 Right Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 3.772/324.51, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.746/327.27, Was #2 Langdon keep it hitting on all eight all the way down the track with his quickest pass of the weekend, but he will stay in the number four spot. Langdon with the quickest pass of the round. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.825 sec., 330ft-2.117, 660ft-3.009/285.11 mph. Torrence with another great pass, the third quickest of the session. Billy Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.825 sec., 330ft-2.127, 660ft-3.026/282.07 mph. Left Lane: Brittany Force Runs 3.765/326.32, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.749/326.71, Was #3 Right Lane: Dave Connolly Runs 3.901/245.90, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.744/329.18, Was #1 Force with another great pass, but will not improve. The second quickest of the session. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.835 sec., 330ft-2.138, 660ft-3.025/286.62 mph. Connolly was on a good pass and then the engine went silent. He will hold on to the number one spot for the first time in a Top Fuel car.
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