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LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run: Left Lane: Shawn Reed No Time, Now #2 Right Lane: Wayne Newby Runs 5.891/108.88, Now #1 Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 27.75 inches, adjusted altitude 4,572 feet, track temperature 94 degrees. Reed did the burnout
and then had problems as he was starting to stage the car and was shut off. Newby is up in smoke
early and clicks it off. Left Lane: Tripp Tatum Runs 3.826/315.93, Now #1 Right Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 6.693/107.52, Now #3 Tatum one of the six Rookie of the Year candidates...Tatum was straight down the groove with a good clean pass to start the weekend. Tripp Tatum's incremental times: 60ft-0.863 sec., 330ft-2.186, 660ft-3.078/285.83 mph. Lucas had a hole out right at the hit and then started to lose traction before he clicked it off. Left Lane: Troy Buff Runs 7.633/86.77, Now #5 Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 6.983/97.82, Now #4 Buff loses traction early and clicks it off. McMillen starts to lose traction by 200 feet and clicks it off. Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.784/325.92, Now #1 Right Lane: Richie Crampton Runs 4.491/171.49, Now #3 Millican launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.860 sec., 330ft-2.161, 660ft-3.044/286.50 mph. Crampton started to haze the tires and clicked it off. Left Lane: Leah Pritchett Runs 9.441/75.55, Now #9 Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 3.811/320.36, Now #2 Pritchett started to haze the tires early and clicked it off. Todd with a great looking pass to go to the number two spot. Then after the finish line the chutes are late deploying, finally it comes out and he gets the car stopped safely. J.R. Todd's incremental times: 60ft-0.860 sec., 330ft-2.174, 660ft-3.062/286.25 mph. Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.744/326.00, Now #2 Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.728/323.89, Now #1 This was a great side-by-side drag race...Torrence with a great pass, it was hitting on all eight all the way down the track to go to the number one spot. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.838 sec., 330ft-2.125, 660ft-2.995/291.76 mph. Schumacher is right there with him to go to the number two spot. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.848 sec., 330ft-2.133, 660ft-3.006/289.69 mph. Left Lane: Brittany Force Runs 3.774/320.81, Now #3 Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.840/317.64, Now #7 Force with a great pass to start the weekend, she goes to the number three spot. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.849 sec., 330ft-2.148, 660ft-3.028/287.66 mph. Langdon with a good clean pass to start the weekend. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.844 sec., 330ft-2.171, 660ft-3.084/281.19 mph. Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.766/326.95, Now #3 Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.792/314.02, Now #6 Brown with a 150 point lead coming into this race, and he needs to leave here with a 131 point lead to clinch his third Top Fuel Championship. This was a good drag race to wrap up round one of qualifying. Kalitta was straight down the groove to go to the number three spot. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.848 sec., 330ft-2.154, 660ft-3.031/290.57 mph. Brown with a nice pass to get into the top half of the show. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.843 sec., 330ft-2.127, 660ft-3.026/279.85 mph.
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