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CHANDLER, Ariz. - Notes from final, round 4 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 this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run: Right Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 4.292/190.43, Now #14; No Prior Run Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 28.74 inches, adjusted altitude 2,281 feet, track temperature 110 degrees. Haddock with a good launch and then clicks it off early, but gets a number on the board and will race on Sunday. Left Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 3.834/307.79, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.876/297.48, Was #11 Right Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 3.836/307.72, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.956/255.73, Was #13 This was a good looking side-by-side drag race. They both run their quickest passes of the weekend. Palmer with his career quickest pass, but will stay in the number 11 spot. Scott Palmer's incremental times: 60ft-0.858 sec., 330ft-2.175, 660ft-3.072/282.13 mph. Reed with his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up one spot on the ladder. Shawn Reed's incremental times: 60ft-0.845 sec., 330ft-2.174, 660ft-3.070/281.36 mph. Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.710/320.74, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.751/316.30, Was #8 McMillen was schedule to match up with Millican, but decided not to run this session. Millican launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight with his quickest pass this season. He moves up the ladder one spot. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.828 sec., 330ft-2.092, 660ft-2.968/288.21 mph. Left Lane: Troy Buff Runs 7.425/82.67, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.764/321.96, Was #9 Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 3.703/329.42, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.737/325.06, Was #8 Buff started to shake the tires early and clicked it off. Force launched hard and was straight down the groove with her quickest pass of the season. She moves up the ladder two spots. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.822 sec., 330ft-2.097, 660ft-2.970/291.45 mph. Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.695/328.78, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.709/322.88, Was #7 Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.718/327.59, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.684/325.14, Was #4 Kalitta launched hard kept the Goodyears stuck with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder two spots. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.821 sec., 330ft-2.099, 660ft-2.962/292.01 mph. Torrence with another good pass, but will not improve. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.826 sec., 330ft-2.113, 660ft-2.983/290.51 mph. Left Lane: Troy Coughlin Jr. Runs 4.757/151.02, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.696/326.48, Was #6 Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.667/328.78, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.679/324.05, Was #3 Coughlin started to haze the tires by the 330-foot mark and clicked it off. Brown launched hard and kept it hooked up to tie Schumacher with the third quickest pass in the history in Top Fuel. He will get the spot on the ladder based on his faster speed. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.823 sec., 330ft-2.084, 660ft-2.940/294.37 mph. Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.685/328.30, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.667/323.89, Was #3 Right Lane: Leah Pritchett Runs 4.103/208.59, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.658/329.34, Was #1 Schumacher with a great looking pass, but will not improve and will stay in the number three spot. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.826 sec., 330ft-2.102, 660ft-2.955/294.88 mph. Pritchett started to haze the tires around half track and clicked it off. She will hold on to the number one spot for the third time in her career, the second time this season and the first time here in Phoenix. She will have a bye in round one in the morning.
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