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TOPEKA, Kan. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 28th annual NHRA Kansas 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: Terry Haddock Runs 4.494/186.64, Now #13; No Prior Run Right Lane: Luigi Novelli Runs 4.029/256.65, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.957/145.02, Was #12 Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 28.95 inches, adjusted altitude 2,715 feet, track temperature 110 degrees. Haddock making his
first pass of the weekend. He labors down the track, but gets a number on the board. Novelli was
on a good pass until just past half track when it started mixing up cylinders and the engine used
up a head gasket or with a quick flash of flames. He still improves on his numbers from
yesterday. Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.875/259.96, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.743/323.12, Was #8 Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 3.944/305.08, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.762/324.59, Was #10 Brown was on a good pass and then the engine went silent just past 800 feet and coast through the finish line. He will not improve. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.855 sec., 330ft-2.155, 660ft-3.034/289.20 mph. McMillen will not improve, but has a clean pass. Terry McMillen's incremental times: 60ft-0.882 sec., 330ft-2.218, 660ft-3.155/269.78 mph. Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.729/328.38, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.709/329.91, Was #3 Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 21.529/56.09, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.759/326.40, Was #9 Torrence with a good clean pass with the quickest pass of the session. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.842 sec., 330ft-2.125, 660ft-2.996/291.26 mph. Todd's car didn't move when the light went green and then he idled down the track. Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.720/157.12, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.736/318.24, Was #7 Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.780/314.53, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.724/324.05, Was #5 Millican was on a good pass and then before half track the car went silent and he cast through to the finish line. Schumacher with a good looking pass, he will not improve on yesterday's time. He has the second quickest of the session. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.852 sec., 330ft-2.155, 660ft-3.034/289.14 mph. Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.896/249.03, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.726/330.15, Was #6 Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.742/331.85, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.701/330.88, Was #2 Langdon was on a real nice pass until just past half when the engine started eating itself up with a big cloud of engine smoke. Kalitta with a real nice pass, straight down Broadway with the second quickest pass of the session. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.847 sec., 330ft-2.141, 660ft-3.013/291.82 mph. Left Lane: Richie Crampton Runs 3.722/324.44, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.710/318.99, Was #4 Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 3.741/323.97, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.676/325.45, Was #1 This was a great side-by-side drag race to wrap up round three of qualifying. Crampton launched hard and keep it hitting on all eight to make the quickest pass of the session. Richie Crampton's incremental times: 60ft-0.834 sec., 330ft-2.114, 660ft-2.986/285.89 mph. Force was right there with him with for the third quickest pass of the session. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.839 sec., 330ft-2.128, 660ft-2.999/289.82 mph.
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