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ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 32nd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run: Left Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 4.520/187.44, Now #1 Right Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 9.248/83.64, Now #2 Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 29.46 inches, adjusted altitude 3,364 feet, track temperature 112 degrees. Alexander is attending his third race this season and first since Chicago. Alexander clicked it off early. Torrence is out in a Top Fuel car for the first time since Pomona 2 2015. Torrence is up in smoke right at the hit. Left Lane: Kebin Kinsley Runs 5.760/118.80, Now #2 Right Lane: Richie Crampton Runs 19.086/No Speed, Now #4 Kinsley is at his fourth race this season and the last one was Indy where he was the runner-up. He starts to lose traction early and clicks it off. Crampton was up in smoke right at the hit and banged it right at the hit. Left Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 3.866/318.84, Now #1 Right Lane: Troy Buff Runs 4.876/152.24, Now #3 Reed was straight down the groove with a good pass. Shawn Reed's incremental times: 60ft-0.856 sec., 330ft-2.199, 660ft-3.110/281.07 mph. Buff started to lose traction and clicked it off. Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.831/282.48, Now #1 Right Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 3.846/297.94, Now #2 Langdon and team have announced that he will be driving a Funny Car next year. He is straight down the groove to go to the number one spot. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.853 sec., 330ft-2.157, 660ft-3.040/286.25 mph. Palmer is right there with him to go to the number two spot. Scott Palmer's incremental times: 60ft-0.853 sec., 330ft-2.174, 660ft-3.078/281.42 mph. Left Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 3.813/311.85, Now #2 Right Lane: Leah Pritchett Runs 3.767/323.89, Now #1 McMillen with a great looking pass to go to the number two spot. Terry McMillen's incremental times: 60ft-0.857 sec., 330ft-2.152, 660ft-3.046/281.71 mph. Pritchett launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Leah Pritchett's incremental times: 60ft-0.848 sec., 330ft-2.155, 660ft-3.027/289.63 mph. Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.793/324.75, Now #3 Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.773/321.42, Now #2 This was a great side-by-side drag race... Schumacher is straight down the groove to the number three spot. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.844 sec., 330ft-2.155, 660ft-3.048/286.62 mph. Millican with a good looking pass, he launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number two spot. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.840 sec., 330ft-2.121, 660ft-3.020/281.30 mph. Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 6.714/100.46, Now #12 Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 3.775/322.19, Now #3 Brown starts to lose traction and clicks it off. Force was on a great pass until right in th lights when the engine let go with a quick flash of flames. She goes to the number three spot. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.848 sec., 330ft-2.143, 660ft-3.028/286.01 mph. Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 4.183/206.01, Now #10 Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.717/320.74, Now #1 Kalitta started to lose traction and clicked it off. Torrence launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight to go to the number one spot. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.828 sec., 330ft-2.101, 660ft-2.974/288.83 mph.
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