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POMONA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 51st annual Auto Club NHRA Finals 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: Shawn Reed Runs 5.566/116.21, Now #18; Best prior run: 8.235/82.66, Was #19 Right Lane: Steven Chrisman No Time, Now #20; No Prior Run Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 28.78 inches, adjusted altitude 2,877 feet, track temperature 84 degrees. Chrisman with problems
right from when he started it and shut it off. Reed started to lose traction and then the engine
went away with a huge fireball. The word from Safety Safari is there is oil on the track. That is
Reed's second oil down and will cost him $2000. Left Lane: Jenna Haddock Runs 4.015/277.03, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.097/110.61, Was #19 Right Lane: Steve Faria Runs 3.988/307.37, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.028/263.26, Was #16 Haddock was straight down the groove with her quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show and that bumps out Terry McMillen. Faria with a good clean pass to make his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder one spot. Steve Faria's incremental times: 60ft-0.871 sec., 330ft-2.244, 660ft-3.199/268.01 mph. Left Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 3.904/303.50, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.720/159.17, Was #18 Right Lane: Troy Buff Runs 3.808/314.24, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.829/313.51, Was #14 McClenathan keep it hitting on all eight and hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show. That will bump out Haddock...Cory McClenathan's incremental times: 60ft-0.853 sec., 330ft-2.185, 660ft-3.116/270.75 mph. Buff with a nice pass, his quickest of the weekend to move up the ladder one spot. Troy Buff's incremental times: 60ft-0.834 sec., 330ft-2.142, 660ft-3.042/280.19 mph. Left Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 3.856/317.57, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.019/289.32, Was #18 Right Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 3.811/271.46, Now #14; Best prior run: 3.820/305.98, Was #14 McMillen launched hard and keep it hitting on all eight all the way down the track to get in the show and bump out Faria. Terry McMillen's incremental times: 60ft-0.857 sec., 330ft-2.176, 660ft-3.093/277.09 mph. Lucas was on a great looking pass until on the top end when it made a quick move toward the centerline and he stepped off the throttle. He will stay in the number 14 spot. Morgan Lucas' incremental times: 60ft-0.839 sec., 330ft-2.143, 660ft-3.018/287.78 mph. Left Lane: Richie Crampton Runs 3.735/323.89, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.787/322.81, Was #11 Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 3.809/320.97, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.794/316.23, Was #12 Crampton launched hard and keep it hitting on all eight with the header flames shooting high over the rear wing to go to the number two spot. Richie Crampton's incremental times: 60ft-0.837 sec., 330ft-2.127, 660ft-2.997/291.32 mph. Force with another good pass, but will not improve and will stay in the number 12 spot. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.843 sec., 330ft-2.160, 660ft-3.060/283.49 mph. Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.781/323.35, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.774/326.56, Was #9 Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.747/324.98, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.785/327.59, Was #11 Langdon with another good looking pass, but will not improve and gets bumped back one spot by Torrence. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.840 sec., 330ft-2.153, 660ft-3.039/287.78 mph. Torrence with a great looking pass, his quickest of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.841 sec., 330ft-2.127, 660ft-3.005/286.98 mph. Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.772/322.34, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.771/319.82, Was #9 Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.729/319.29, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.775/323.89, Was #11 Kalitta with another great looking pass, just a tick off his qualifying time. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.843 sec., 330ft-2.146, 660ft-3.028/287.66 mph. Millican launched hard and keep it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number two spot. this is a career quickest pass for Millican. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.825 sec., 330ft-2.097, 660ft-2.981/286.56 mph. Left Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 3.732/331.61, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.764/330.80, Was #8 Right Lane: Dave Connolly Runs 3.749/327.90, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.764/327.03, Was #9 Todd with the header flames shooting high over the rea wing all the way down track to go to the number three spot. Todd has a flash flame when he pulled his foot off the throttle. Todd with a huge top end speed... J.R. Todd's incremental times: 60ft-0.833 sec., 330ft-2.127, 660ft-3.003/290.63 mph. Connolly was straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Dave Connolly's incremental times: 60ft-0.835 sec., 330ft-2.127, 660ft-3.010/286.92 mph. Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.750/326.63, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.745/324.59, Was #6 Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.721/326.71, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.755/322.81, Was #9 Schumacher with another good looking pass, but will not improve and gets bumped back one spot by Brown. Brown launched hard and keep it hitting on all eight and goes to the number one spot with a great looking pass. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.835 sec., 330ft-2.117, 660ft-2.985/288.89 mph. Left Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 8.907/67.74, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.726/331.61, Was #2 Right Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 5.027/136.55, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.737/327.19, Was #6 Torrence is up in smoke early in the run and clicks it off. He will start Sunday from the number two spot. Dixon starts to smoke the tires around half track. Brown will qualify in the number one spot for the seventh time this season and the 33rd time in his career.
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