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Sat, 17 Oct 2020, 15:38 PM

Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 35th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

Left Lane: Lee Callaway Runs 7.044/96.36, Now #2
Right Lane: Joey Haas Runs 4.587/166.70, Now #1

Callaway making only his second appearance on the NHRA town in a Top Fueler, the other one was here last year. He started to lose traction early and clicked it off.

Haas started to haze the tires and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Kebin Kinsley Runs 4.111/224.10, Now #2
Right Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 3.862/305.29, Now #1

Kinsley is making his first appearance on tour since here last year. He starts to lose traction and clicks it off.

Palmer is only at his second race this season the other one was in Phoenix. Palmer gets it to hook up and he drives it to the finish line. Scott Palmer's incremental times: 60ft-0.865 sec., 330ft-2.191, 660ft-3.098/280.78 mph.

Left Lane: Cameron Ferre Runs 15.264/42.67, Now #6
Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.700/326.87, Now #1

Ferre lost traction right at the hit and clicked it off.

Schumacher launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot.

Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.824 sec., 330ft-2.099, 660ft-2.969/292.90 mph.

Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.741/322.19, Now #2
Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 4.528/166.46, Now #5

Millican is straight down the groove to the number two spot. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.836 sec., 330ft-2.123, 660ft-3.000/289.07 mph.

Langdon started to rattle the tire tires and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 4.415/178.10, Now #6
Right Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 3.687/323.04, Now #1

Brown lost traction early and clicked it off.

Ashley kept the big Goodyears hooked up and hitting on all eight all the way down the track to go to the number one spot. Justin Ashley's incremental times: 60ft-0.815 sec., 330ft-2.093, 660ft-2.953/294.56 mph.

Left Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 3.768/327.66, Now #4
Right Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 4.104/203.92, Now #6

Torrence is straight down the groove, he kept it hooked up all the way down the track. Billy Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.842 sec., 330ft-2.148, 660ft-3.033/288.95 mph.

Pruett started to lose traction on the top end and clicked it off early.

Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 5.073/140.65, Now #12
Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.717/326.32, Now #3

Kalitta started to haze the tires by 330 feet and clicked it off.

Torrence was straight down the groove to the number three spot. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.829 sec., 330ft-2.109, 660ft-2.981/290.88 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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