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MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 32nd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run: Left Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 3.791/325.77, Now #1 Right Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 8.509/84.98, Now #2 Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 82 percent, barometer 29.61 inches, adjusted altitude 1,232 feet, track temperature 69 degrees. Dixon driving the
Rapisarda Autosport car this weekend. He launched hard and kept it hooked up to make a great
looking pass. Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.845 sec., 330ft-2.153, 660ft-3.048/284.93
mph. Reed launched into severe tire shake as soon as he hit the throttle and clicked it
off. Left Lane: Dom Lagana Runs 3.811/323.74, Now #2 Right Lane: Ike Maier Runs 5.144/261.72, Now #3 Lagana with a great looking pass, straight down the groove...he runs his career fastest pass. Dom Lagana's incremental times: 60ft-0.840 sec., 330ft-2.166, 660ft-3.066/285.05 mph. Maier with severe tire shake and he pedals it back into more tire shake, but stays with it. Left Lane: Smax Smith Runs 6.255/104.52, Now #4 Haddock was to line up with Smith, but is a no show. Smith starts to rattle the tires and pedals it back into tire smoke and clicks it off. Left Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 3.935/310.05, Now #3 Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 7.205/197.45, Now #6 Palmer with a good clean pass, straight down the groove. mcMillen lost traction right at the hit and pedaled it. He was hazing the tires and it appear it dropped all the cylinders on the right side of the engine and then started eating itself up on the top end. The word from the top end is there is oil from McMillen in the shut down area. This his fifth oil down of the season. Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 12.705/76.17, Now #9 Right Lane: Leah Pritchett Runs 3.705/327.35, Now #1 Millican was up in smoke right at the hit and not sure if something broke, but he coasted on down the track. Pritchett launched hard and had it hitting on all eight to go to the number one spot. Leah Pritchett's incremental times: 60ft-0.837 sec., 330ft-2.109, 660ft-2.973/293.41 mph. Left Lane: Richie Crampton Runs 4.168/204.42, Now #5 Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 5.589/125.19, Now #7 Crampton with a great short time, but then appeared to banged it just before half track and coasted on down the track. Todd was up in smoke early and pedaled it only to lose traction again before he clicked it off. Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.955/325.61, Now #5 Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 4.676/299.80, Now #7 Torrence started to lose traction around 200 feet and he pedaled it and got it to hook up to get into the top half of the show. Force started to lose traction early and pedaled it and lost traction again before clicking it off. Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.736/329.42, Now #2 Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.990/274.27, Now #7 Langdon with a great looking pass, straight down the groove to go to the number two spot. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.847 sec., 330ft-2.137, 660ft-3.005/292.46 mph. Schumacher started to lose traction right off the starting line and did a quick pedal job and got it to hook up to get into the top half of the show. Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.750/326.56, Now #4 Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.731/321.42, Now #2 This is a great side-by-side drag race to wrap up qualifying session one. Kalitta kept it hitting on all eight to go to the number four spot. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.835 sec., 330ft-2.137, 660ft-3.014/290.07 mph. Brown with a grat looking pass to go to the number two spot. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.838 sec., 330ft-2.117, 660ft-2.993/290.26 mph.
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