Sat, 13 Oct 2018, 16:43 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals presented by WIX Filters 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:

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Left Lane: Lex Joon Runs 27.948/45.85, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.356/178.19, Was #16

Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 29.26 inches, adjusted altitude 2,019 feet, track temperature 110 degrees.

Joon is up in smoke right at the hit and coast on down the track.

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Left Lane: Kyle Wurtzel Runs 4.643/160.31, Now #14; Best prior run: 3.901/291.82, Was #14
Right Lane: Audrey Worm Runs 4.057/266.11, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.513/185.64, Was #17

Wurtzel is dropping cylinders right at the hit and clicked it off.

Worm had a hole out right at the hit, but stayed with it and she gets in the show. That will bump out Joon...she is racing on Sunday for the seventh time in her career.

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Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 6.314/106.22, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.785/326.40, Was #11

Brown lost traction early and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Richie Crampton Runs 4.727/154.69, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.774/318.99, Was #10

Crampton started to lose traction and clicked it off early.

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Left Lane: Dom Lagana Runs 3.771/328.46, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.762/324.59, Was #7
Right Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 3.829/326.40, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.788/326.56, Was #12

Lagana with another great pass, but will not improve. Dom Lagana's incremental times: 60ft-0.844 sec., 330ft-2.151, 660ft-3.035/288.27 mph.

Palmer with a good pass, but will not improve. Scott Palmer's incremental times: 60ft-0.847 sec., 330ft-2.183, 660ft-3.085/284.03 mph.

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Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.746/328.94, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.732/329.42, Was #5
Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 3.948/307.44, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.769/325.30, Was #9

Schumacher kept it hooked up and makes the quickest pass of the session, he will not improve and stays in the number five spot. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.847 sec., 330ft-2.136, 660ft-3.012/290.44 mph.

McMillen was on a good pass until it dropped a cylinder or two on the top end. He will stay in the number nine spot. Terry McMillen's incremental times: 60ft-0.861 sec., 330ft-2.214, 660ft-3.160/269.46 mph.

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Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.727/327.59, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.729/327.19, Was #4
Right Lane: Mike Salinas Runs 3.720/329.02, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.763/321.19, Was #8

Kalitta launched hard and was straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend. He still gets bumped back one spot by Salinas.

Salinas kept it hitting on all eight and hooked up to make his career quickest pass to go to the number three spot. Mike Salinas' incremental times: 60ft-0.825 sec., 330ft-2.111, 660ft-2.988/290.57 mph.

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Left Lane: Brittany Force Runs 3.700/330.72, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.724/328.14, Was #4
Right Lane: Leah Pritchett Runs 4.524/166.05, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.755/322.04, Was #7

Force had it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make her quickest of the weekend and go to the number one spot. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.825 sec., 330ft-2.104, 660ft-2.972/293.28 mph. This is her fastest pass of the season.

Pritchett started mixing up cylinder before she clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.723/328.46, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.704/331.53, Was #2
Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.755/327.27, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.718/321.73, Was #3

torrence with another good looking pass, but can't go back to the top of the list. He has the third quickest pass of the session. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.831 sec., 330ft-2.112, 660ft-2.990/291.19 mph.

Millican with another good pass, but will not improve and will start sunday from the number three spot. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.841 sec., 330ft-2.139, 660ft-3.020/289.57 mph.

Force holds on to the number one spot for the second time this season and the 10th time in her career.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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