Fri, 05 Oct 2018, 16:57 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Terry Brian Runs 4.386/195.05, Now #1
Right Lane: Kebin Kinsley Runs 4.664/165.11, Now #2

Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 29.34 inches, adjusted altitude 3,622 feet, track temperature 126 degrees.

Brian is making his second appearance in NHRA Top Fuel, his first was earlier this year in Houston. Brian gets out to about 400 feet and rattles the tires, is up in smoke.

Kinsley shook the tires in to smoke around 300 feet.

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Right Lane: Shawn Reed No Time, Now #3

Reed sounded like the idle was real high, he did get it back to the starting line after the burnout. He couldn't get it to move forward to the starting line and was shut off.

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Right Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 3.921/283.13, Now #1

Torrence was on a good looking pass until on the top end when it slowed. The word from the top end is the car pitched the blower belt. Billy Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.866 sec., 330ft-2.203, 660ft-3.122/276.69 mph.

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Left Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 3.965/304.60, Now #3
Right Lane: Richie Crampton Runs 3.942/303.71, Now #2

Alexander was straight down the groove with a good pass. Blake Alexander's incremental times: 60ft-0.864 sec., 330ft-2.205, 660ft-3.166/263.10 mph.

Crampton kept it hooked up to go to the number two spot. Richie Crampton's incremental times: 60ft-0.864 sec., 330ft-2.218, 660ft-3.154/272.06 mph.

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Left Lane: Brittany Force Runs 5.878/107.00, Now #6
Right Lane: Scott Palmer No Time, Now #8

Force was up in smoke early and clicked it off.

Palmer with problems on the burnout and shuts it off. The crew retrieves the car pushing it back to the starting line. The word from the starting line was the car broke a throttle cable.

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Left Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 3.977/273.77, Now #4
Right Lane: Mike Salinas Runs 4.220/205.66, Now #5

McMillen was on a real good pass until on the top end when he slowed. Terry McMillen's incremental times: 60ft-0.854 sec., 330ft-2.200, 660ft-3.151/265.48 mph.

Salinas started to lose traction and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 4.843/151.09, Now #8
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 6.082/112.58, Now #10

Kalitta started to lose traction early and clicked it off.

Brown lost traction and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Leah Pritchett Runs 4.004/274.50, Now #5
Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 4.063/292.33, Now #6

Pritchett slowed on the top end, but is still in the top half of the field. Leah Pritchett's incremental times: 60ft-0.855 sec., 330ft-2.191, 660ft-3.141/255.34 mph.

Schumacher was right there with her to go to the number six spot. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.867 sec., 330ft-2.229, 660ft-3.232/253.47 mph.

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Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.846/320.66, Now #1
Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 5.691/115.64, Now #12

Millican launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.851 sec., 330ft-2.178, 660ft-3.094/281.07 mph.

Torrence had a hole out early and clicked it off.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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