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ENNIS, Texas - Notes from final, round 4 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 this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run: Right Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 3.841/309.42, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.012/277.54, Was #17 Haddock launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his career quickest and fastest pass to get in the show. Terry Haddock's incremental times: 60ft-0.866 sec., 330ft-2.161, 660ft-3.069/277.20 mph. Left Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 3.852/314.46, Now #16; Best prior run: 3.842/313.88, Was #16 Right Lane: Troy Buff Runs 3.988/290.63, Now #17; Best prior run: 3.974/256.36, Was #17 Alexander with a good clean pass, but will not improve and will start from the number 16 spot. Blake Alexander's incremental times: 60ft-0.846 sec., 330ft-2.166, 660ft-3.085/277.32 mph. Buff was on a good pass until around half track when it dropped a cylinder or two and he will not get in the show. Left Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 3.925/266.16, Now #14; Best prior run: 3.816/324.67, Was #13 Right Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 3.778/323.43, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.824/324.90, Was #14 Reed was on a good pass until it started to haze the tires on the top end and he clicked it off early. Palmer launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend to go to the number 11 spot. Scott Palmer's incremental times: 60ft-0.842 sec., 330ft-2.153, 660ft-3.038/287.84 mph. Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.774/323.58, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.773/321.42, Was #10 Millican with another good pass, but will not improve, just a tick slower than his qualifying time. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.840 sec., 330ft-2.131, 660ft-3.027/283.13 mph. Left Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 5.148/134.86, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.813/311.85, Was #12 Right Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 3.929/265.48, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.771/319.82, Was #9 McMillen starts to lose traction and clicks it off. Torrence started to cylinders past half track and clicked it off. Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 5.163/139.72, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.704/330.07, Was #4 Right Lane: Leah Pritchett Runs 3.748/323.12, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.767/323.89, Was #8 Kalitta was up in smoke just past 330 feet and clicked it off. Pritchett was straight down the groove with her quickest pass of the weekend and the quickest pass of the session. She moves up to the number six spot. Leah Pritchett's incremental times: 60ft-0.839 sec., 330ft-2.130, 660ft-3.006/289.14 mph. Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.750/318.02, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.696/329.91, Was #3 Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 4.326/194.94, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.747/282.95, Was #5 Brown with a real nice pass, straight down the groove for the second quickest pass of the session. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.846 sec., 330ft-2.130, 660ft-3.005/291.01 mph. Force had a hole out right at the hit and clicked it off. Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 4.646/158.20, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.692/327.66, Was #2 Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.728/322.96, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.682/327.51, Was #1 Schumacher is up in smoke and clicked it off. Torrence launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the session. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.827 sec., 330ft-2.112, 660ft-2.986/288.09 mph. He holds on to the number one spot for the third time this season and the 16th time in his career.
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