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Sat, 05 Aug 2017, 20:25 PM

Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

KENT, Wash. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual NHRA Northwest 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: Shawn Reed Runs 3.925/314.97, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.927/313.80, Was #13

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 29.56 inches, adjusted altitude 2,501 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

Reed is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number 13 spot. Shawn Reed's incremental times: 60ft-0.848 sec., 330ft-2.225, 660ft-3.156/273.50 mph.

Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.744/326.48, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.658/161.77, Was #15
Right Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 3.864/320.28, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.879/322.73, Was #12

Kalitta launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number one spot. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.825 sec., 330ft-2.117, 660ft-3.005/286.80 mph.

Palmer with his quickest pass of the weekend, but gets bumped back one spot by Kalitta. Scott Palmer's incremental times: 60ft-0.848 sec., 330ft-2.182, 660ft-3.107/276.97 mph.

Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.766/318.39, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.855/317.12, Was #10

Millican was straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up to the number three spot. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.834 sec., 330ft-2.123, 660ft-3.013/282.84 mph.

Left Lane: Troy Buff Runs 4.265/208.78, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.862/309.98, Was #12
Right Lane: Mike Salinas Runs 3.838/317.79, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.826/319.29, Was #9

Buff had a hole out right from the hit and then clicked it off.

Salinas with another good pass, but will not improve...Mike Salinas' incremental times: 60ft-0.851 sec., 330ft-2.181, 660ft-3.080/281.42 mph.

Left Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 3.835/313.37, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.861/279.15, Was #11
Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 4.090/214.93, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.797/322.81, Was #7

McMillen with his quickest pass of the weekend and then right in the lights a left side body panel blew off the car. He still moves up the ladder one spot. Terry McMillen's incremental times: 60ft-0.854 sec., 330ft-2.168, 660ft-3.068/280.37 mph.

Langdon pushes out a head gasket just past half track and clicks it off.

Left Lane: Troy Coughlin Jr. Runs 5.915/114.94, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.854/320.43, Was #11
Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 3.780/324.05, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.792/323.89, Was #5

Coughlin started to haze the tires and he clicked it off.

Force launched hard and kept it hooked up to make her quickest pass of the weekend and move up the ladder one spot. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.838 sec., 330ft-2.145, 660ft-3.038/284.87 mph.

Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.783/324.12, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.802/322.96, Was #8
Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.809/323.50, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.791/324.75, Was #5

Schumacher is s straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up to the number five spot. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.840 sec., 330ft-2.146, 660ft-3.038/285.35 mph.

Torrence with another good pass, but will not improve, and gets bumped back one spot by Schumacher. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.842 sec., 330ft-2.169, 660ft-3.065/282.30 mph.

Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.735/329.10, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.796/323.74, Was #7
Right Lane: Leah Pritchett Runs 6.029/112.65, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.755/325.30, Was #2

Brown launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight and hooked up to steal the number one spot. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.841 sec., 330ft-2.133, 660ft-3.002/290.44 mph. Brown earns his second number one qualifier this year and the 49th in his career and the 38th in his Top Fuel career.

Pritchett starts to lose traction early and clicks it off.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink