Sat, 27 Oct 2018, 18:20 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 18th annual NHRA Toyota 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:

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Right Lane: Greg Carrillo Runs 3.939/305.98, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.136/246.48, Was #17

Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 27.89 inches, adjusted altitude 4,523 feet, track temperature 107 degrees.

Carrillo with a good looking pass as he runs his career quickest pass to get in the show. The car pitched the blower belt right in the lights. Greg Carrillo's incremental times: 60ft-0.869 sec., 330ft-2.228, 660ft-3.167/273.39 mph.

That bumped out Terry Haddock.

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Left Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 3.800/321.12, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.808/318.92, Was #13
Right Lane: Mike Salinas Runs 3.824/280.72, Now #14; Best prior run: 3.838/312.78, Was #14

Alexander is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend. He moves up the ladder one spot. Blake Alexander's incremental times: 60ft-0.851 sec., 330ft-2.166, 660ft-3.056/285.29 mph.

Salinas starts leaking fuel just past the half track mark and it is spraying on the rear tires. It starts spinning the tires and then the engine let go with a quick fireball. He still runs his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number 14 spot. Mike Salinas' incremental times: 60ft-0.836 sec., 330ft-2.146, 660ft-3.040/281.01 mph.

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Left Lane: Troy Buff Runs 3.906/248.61, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.804/308.57, Was #13
Right Lane: Richie Crampton Runs 4.924/144.12, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.799/318.39, Was #11

Buff starts to drop cylinders just past half track and clicks it off.

Crampton starts to haze the tires around 330 feet and he clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 4.375/185.89, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.768/326.48, Was #7
Right Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 3.760/327.90, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.799/325.30, Was #10

Palmer starts to smoke the tires around half track and clicks it off.

Torrence kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make his quickest pass of the weekend. He makes the quickest pass of the session and moves into the top half of the show. Billy Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.853 sec., 330ft-2.150, 660ft-3.025/288.95 mph.

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Left Lane: Leah Pritchett Runs 3.731/322.65, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.744/329.02, Was #6
Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 4.258/211.00, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.784/326.32, Was #10

Pritchett launched hard and kept it hooked up to make her quickest pass of the weekend and move up the ladder a couple spots. Leah Pritchett's incremental times: 60ft-0.847 sec., 330ft-2.134, 660ft-2.996/292.77 mph.

McMillen has a hole or two out right at the hit and clicks it off early.

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Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 4.621/163.55, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.742/326.00, Was #6
Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 4.269/193.90, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.772/330.15, Was #9

Kalitta was up in smoke just past the 330-foot mark and clicked it off.

Schumacher is up in smoke just before the half track mark and clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Brittany Force Runs 4.835/147.46, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.723/330.88, Was #3
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.742/328.22, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.741/322.88, Was #5

Force is up in just past the 330 foot mark and clicks it off.

Brown with another great pass, just a tick off his qualifying time. Brown has the season quickest pass of the session and will start from the number five spot. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.856 sec., 330ft-2.145, 660ft-3.012/292.52 mph.

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Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.714/327.98, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.699/327.82, Was #1
Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.723/329.26, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.702/333.33, Was #2

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

Millican launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the session. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.839 sec., 330ft-2.112, 660ft-2.984/291.13 mph. millican holds on to the number one spot for the 10th time this season and the 20th time in his career.

Torrence was right there with him and will start number two tomorrow. He runs the second quickest pass of the session. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.830 sec., 330ft-2.123, 660ft-2.993/290.94 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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