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POMONA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 4 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: Right Lane: Troy Buff Runs 3.795/311.56, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.913/309.98, Was #12 Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 61 percent, barometer 28.92 inches, adjusted altitude 2,301 feet, track temperature 78 degrees. Buff launched hard and
was on a great looking pass until about 800 feet when the engine let go with huge fireball. Buff
still runs his career best E.T. Troy Buff's incremental times: 60ft-0.837 sec., 330ft-2.124,
660ft-3.029/278.98 mph. Troy Buff was charged with an oildown, #1 for the season.
That will cost 5 points. Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 6.408/92.94, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.815/321.58, Was #9 Millican with severe tire shake the car was side ways before he clicked it off just before half track. Left Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 3.734/317.12, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.824/322.88, Was #11 Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.745/327.19, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.754/327.90, Was #7 This was a great side-by-side drag race...McMillen was straight down the groove with McMillen making his career quickest pass. Terry McMillen's incremental times: 60ft-0.844 sec., 330ft-2.126, 660ft-2.987/290.44 mph. He goes to the number seven spot. torrence was right there with him to move into the top half of the show. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.845 sec., 330ft-2.138, 660ft-3.010/290.51 mph. Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.864/247.47, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.716/314.24, Was #5 Right Lane: Troy Coughlin Jr. Runs 3.731/323.89, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.730/322.81, Was #6 Schumacher was on a good looking pass until around 800 feet when the car pitched the blower belt. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.846 sec., 330ft-2.129, 660ft-2.991/290.57 mph. Coughlin Jr. was loose early, but stayed with it and is just a tick off his qualifying time. Troy Coughlin Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.843 sec., 330ft-2.127, 660ft-2.993/290.57 mph. Left Lane: Brittany Force Runs 6.310/72.00, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.706/322.42, Was #4 Right Lane: Leah Pritchett Runs 3.672/327.90, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.702/324.83, Was #3 Force with a pop early in the run and the chutes deploy. Pritchett launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number one spot. Leah Pritchett's incremental times: 60ft-0.828 sec., 330ft-2.092, 660ft-2.943/295.21 mph. This is her career quickest pass and the third quickest in the history of Top Fuel. Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.693/317.49, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.686/329.58, Was #2 Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.715/326.95, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.695/328.06, Was #3 This was a great side-by-side drag race to wrap up Top Fuel qualifying. Kalitta will not improve, but he has a bracket car this weekend all three of his runs were quicker than his career quickest pass coming into this weekend. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.821 sec., 330ft-2.089, 660ft-2.946/292.14 mph. Brown with another good looking pass, but will not improve. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.840 sec., 330ft-2.105, 660ft-2.979/289.38 mph.
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