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Sat, 19 Aug 2017, 18:02 PM

Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

BRAINERD, Minn. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA 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 Langdon Runs 9.330/89.93, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.859/265.43, Was #10

Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 28.54 inches, adjusted altitude 3,978 feet, track temperature 110 degrees.

Langdon continues to have problems right at the hit and he he clicked it off.

Left Lane: Troy Coughlin Jr. Runs 4.359/179.44, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.664/157.78, Was #14
Right Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 8.605/83.41, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.768/328.22, Was #8

Coughlin Jr. was on a good pass, but then around half track it started mixing up cylinders. The engine then let go on the top end and the word is there is oil...Troy Coughlin Jr. was charged with an oildown, #5 for the season. That will cost 15 points.

Left Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 3.814/310.84, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.825/312.64, Was #9
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 14.245/45.40, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.723/321.73, Was #7

McMillen Launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number nine spot. Terry McMillen's incremental times: 60ft-0.859 sec., 330ft-2.157, 660ft-3.052/284.03 mph.

Brown is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off and coast on down the track.

Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.782/324.90, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.709/330.15, Was #6
Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.108/206.45, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.706/324.12, Was #5

Torrence with the quickest pass of the session, but will not improve. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.847 sec., 330ft-2.156, 660ft-3.041/289.20 mph.

Millican was driving away from Torrence then right around the 1/8 mile mark the engine went silent.

Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.779/325.22, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.695/329.42, Was #4
Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 3.834/283.91, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.685/333.16, Was #2

This was a great side-by-side drag race.

Schumacher with a great pass as he makes the quickest pass of the session, but will not improve. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.851 sec., 330ft-2.159, 660ft-3.038/288.58 mph.

Force was right there with Schumacher until her engine went silent on the top end. She still has the fourth quickest pass of the session. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.847 sec., 330ft-2.160, 660ft-3.051/285.89 mph.

Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.737/326.95, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.694/330.31, Was #3
Right Lane: Leah Pritchett Runs 3.783/322.19, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.640/330.63, Was #1

This was a great side-by-side drag race to wrap up Top Fuel qualifying.

Kalitta launched hard and kept it hooked up with the quickest pass in this session. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.830 sec., 330ft-2.131, 660ft-3.004/292.58 mph.

Pritchett with a great pass with the fourth quickest pass of the session. Leah Pritchett's incremental times: 60ft-0.844 sec., 330ft-2.142, 660ft-3.037/286.32 mph.

She will hold on to the number one spot for the sixth time this season, third time in the last four races and the seventh time in her career.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink