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POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 57th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals 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: Leah Pritchett Runs 3.702/324.83, Now #2; Best prior run: 8.835/67.47, Was #12 Right Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 5.433/123.04, Now #10; No Prior Run Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 66 percent, barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 2,410 feet, track temperature 79 degrees. Pritchett launched
hard and kept it hooked up to go straight down the groove. She did get real loose on the top end,
but still goes to the number two spot. Leah Pritchett's incremental times: 60ft-0.824 sec.,
330ft-2.101, 660ft-2.965/291.32 mph. Haddock has a huge engine explosion around half track with
a huge fireball. Terry Haddock was charged with an oildown, #1 for the season.
That will cost 5 points. Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.754/327.90, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.796/91.62, Was #13 Right Lane: Steve Faria Runs 8.890/59.76, Now #14; Best prior run: 11.049/68.68, Was #15 Torrence with a good clean pass to get into the top half of the field. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.846 sec., 330ft-2.143, 660ft-3.018/288.77 mph. Faria starts to lose traction and clicks it off. Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.815/321.58, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.129/100.05, Was #12 Right Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 3.815/313.95, Now #9; Best prior run: 10.061/45.19, Was #15 Millican double stepped it on the starting line...they run identical E.T.s with Millican has the faster speed so he will get the position. Left Lane: Troy Buff Runs 3.937/298.60, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.913/309.98, Was #12 Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 11.555/64.74, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.824/322.88, Was #10 Buff dropped a cylinder right at the hit and never got it to pick up and then pitched the blower belt on the top end. He will not improve and will stay in the number 12 spot. McMillen is up in smoke as soon as he hits the throttle. Left Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 3.845/316.60, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.853/321.50, Was #11 Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.716/314.24, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.729/325.06, Was #4 Palmer was straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend. He will stay in the number 11 spot...Scott Palmer's incremental times: 60ft-0.863 sec., 330ft-2.190, 660ft-3.089/282.42 mph. Schumacher was on a great pass until around 850 feet when the car banged with a quick flash of flames. Tony Schumacher was charged with an oildown, #1 for the season. That will cost 5 points. Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.695/328.06, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.732/323.27, Was #6 Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 11.701/43.13, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.706/322.42, Was #3 Brown launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight and hooked up to go to the number one spot. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.831 sec., 330ft-2.097, 660ft-2.963/292.58 mph. Force is up in smoke as soon as she hits the throttle and then her chutes deploy just before half track. Left Lane: Troy Coughlin Jr. Runs 3.769/320.28, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.730/322.81, Was #6 Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.686/329.58, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.697/325.69, Was #2 Coughlin was on a good looking pass until right in the lights when the car got real loose. He did a great job of driving and kept it in his lane. No help for him here and he will stay in the number 6 spot. Kalitta with the quickest short time of the session and he parlayed that into the number one spot. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.830 sec., 330ft-2.098, 660ft-2.957/293.47 mph.
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