Fri, 24 Feb 2017, 17:03 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual NHRA Arizona Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.786/283.67, Now #1

Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent, barometer 28.86 inches, adjusted altitude 1,946 feet, track temperature 110 degrees.

Millican launched hard and had it hooked up until around 800 feet when the car pitched the blower belt.

Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.840 sec., 330ft-2.122, 660ft-3.006/286.62 mph.

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Left Lane: Troy Buff No Time, Now #3
Right Lane: Steven Chrisman Runs 4.771/162.96, Now #2

Buff was up in smoke right at the hit and then the it banged the blower. He coast to a stop on the track around the 660-foot mark.

Chrisman starts to lose traction around 400 feet and clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 3.971/278.29, Now #2
Right Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 9.362/76.63, Now #4

Palmer started dropping cylinders around half track and labored it on down the track. Reed is up in smoke early and clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 3.768/322.11, Now #2
Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.766/320.58, Now #1

This was a good side-by-side drag race, as these two go to the number one and two spots. McMillen was straight down the groove to the number two spot.

Torrence was a couple ticks quicker to go to the number one spot.

Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.838 sec., 330ft-2.144, 660ft-3.022/288.64 mph.

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Left Lane: Troy Coughlin Jr. Runs 3.732/322.58, Now #1
Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 6.377/93.04, Now #7

Coughlin Jr. launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the top of the list.

Troy Coughlin Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.840 sec., 330ft-2.127, 660ft-2.992/290.94 mph.

Force is up in smoke by 200 feet and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.703/322.96, Now #1
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 7.400/84.87, Now #9

Schumacher with a great looking pass, straight down the groove with quickest pass ever for the track E.T. record.

Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.831 sec., 330ft-2.111, 660ft-2.968/295.79 mph.

Brown started to smoke the tires before half track and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 4.520/167.14, Now #8
Right Lane: Leah Pritchett Runs 3.705/329.91, Now #2

Kalitta started to haze the tires early and clicked it off.

Pritchett with great pass and just misses going to the number one spot. She did tie the track speed record and made her career fastest pass.

Leah Pritchett's incremental times: 60ft-0.844 sec., 330ft-2.125, 660ft-2.978/295.85 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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