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LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 15th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run: Left Lane: Tim Boychuk No Time, Now #2 Right Lane: Noah Stutz Runs 3.870/317.94, Now #1 Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 27.82 inches, adjusted altitude 4,027 feet, track temperature 98 degrees. Boychuk's car lurched
forward and it appeared that rear tire caught Barry Paton and he went to the ground. He was being
transported to a local hospital to be evaluated. Boychuk was shut off. Stutz with a nice clean
pass. Noah Stutz's incremental times: 60ft-0.856 sec., 330ft-2.195, 660ft-3.109/278.46
mph. Left Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 9.305/78.69, Now #2 torrence is up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle. Left Lane: Troy Buff Runs 15.826/26.35, Now #4 Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 6.663/102.73, Now #2 Buff was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. McMillen started to smoke the tires around 300 feet and clicked it off. Left Lane: Leah Pritchett Runs 4.755/160.44, Now #3 Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.822/315.64, Now #1 Pritchett started to mix up cylinders and then pitched the blower belt. Millican launched hard and keep it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.849 sec., 330ft-2.151, 660ft-3.060/278.40 mph. Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.940/309.91, Now #3 Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 4.784/151.97, Now #5 Kalitta with a good clean pass to start the weekend and he goes to the number three spot. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.867 sec., 330ft-2.228, 660ft-3.158/272.01 mph. Todd started to haze the tires and clicked it off. Left Lane: Dave Connolly Runs 3.871/267.69, Now #4 Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.788/324.20, Now #1 Connolly with a good looking pass until right in the light when it pitched the blower belt and he slowed. Langdon launched hard and keep it hitting on all eight to go to the number one spot. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.844 sec., 330ft-2.157, 660ft-3.047/286.44 mph. Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.845/320.05, Now #4 Right Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 3.798/324.75, Now #2 Torrence with a real nice pass, straight down the groove to go to the number four spot. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.839 sec., 330ft-2.179, 660ft-3.092/280.08 mph. Dixon launched hard and keep it hooked up to go to the number two spot. Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.843 sec., 330ft-2.156, 660ft-3.056/284.62 mph. Left Lane: Brittany Force Runs 4.724/155.45, Now #9 Right Lane: Richie Crampton Runs 4.475/149.33, Now #8 Force started to haze the tires and clicked it off. Crampton started mixing up cylinders and apparently the engine let go as the word from the top end is there is oil on the track. This is his fourth oil down this season so it will cost him $3000. Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.806/321.04, Now #3 Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.823/319.22, Now #5 Schumacher with a real nice pass, it appeared that a body panel blew off just past half track. He still goes to the number three spot. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.852 sec., 330ft-2.161, 660ft-3.056/284.03 mph. Brown with a good looking pass to start the weekend to get into the top half of the show. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.850 sec., 330ft-2.165, 660ft-3.069/281.83 mph.
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