Sat, 01 May 2021, 18:21 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

COMMERCE, Ga. - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 40th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Southern 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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Left Lane: Arthur Allen Runs 6.033/105.54, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.690/116.81, Was #13

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 30.03 inches, adjusted altitude 2,189 feet.

Allen is up in smoke early and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.584/164.27, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.897/145.80, Was #10
Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 3.844/319.98, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.173/133.13, Was #12

Millican started to haze the tires and clicked it off.

Hart launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Josh Hart's incremental times: 60ft-0.849 sec., 330ft-2.172, 660ft-3.089/285.41 mph.

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Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 4.331/191.76, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.821/153.60, Was #10
Right Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 3.957/304.94, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.091/144.50, Was #12

Brown started haze the tires and clicked it off.

Pruett launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number three spot. Leah Pruett's incremental times: 60ft-0.855 sec., 330ft-2.197, 660ft-3.161/264.70 mph.

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Left Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 3.815/323.43, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.522/181.94, Was #7
Right Lane: Doug Foley Runs 14.152/35.58, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.842/151.63, Was #12

Torrence kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number one spot. Billy Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.854 sec., 330ft-2.164, 660ft-3.070/282.54 mph.

Foley pitched the blower belt right at the hit and he coasted on down the track.

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Left Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 4.356/191.92, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.104/231.28, Was #6
Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 5.368/125.86, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.783/154.79, Was #11

Ashley starts to haze the tires and he clicks it off.

Langdon is up in smoke and he clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Mike Salinas Runs 3.841/317.05, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.089/226.43, Was #5
Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 4.389/195.08, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.685/162.86, Was #10

Salinas is straight down groove, hitting on all eight to go to the number two spot. Mike Salinas' incremental times: 60ft-0.846 sec., 330ft-2.171, 660ft-3.082/278.86 mph.

Kalitta is up in smoke and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.817/323.66, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.869/319.98, Was #4
Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 3.856/314.90, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.657/163.39, Was #10

Torrence launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number two spot right behind his father. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.849 sec., 330ft-2.168, 660ft-3.070/283.43 mph.

Billy Torrence holds on to the number one spot for the fourth time in his career.

Force was on a great looking pass, she dropped a cylinder right in the lights. She moves into the top half of the show. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.838 sec., 330ft-2.148, 660ft-3.085/273.50 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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