Fri, 14 May 2021, 21:19 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NGK NTK NHRA Four-Wide Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Lane 3: Luigi Novelli No Time, Now #2
Lane 4: Kyle Wurtzel Runs 7.669/80.72, Now #1

Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 30.24 inches, adjusted altitude 988 feet.

Novelli left before the tree was activated...

Wurtzel shook and clicked it off.

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Lane 1: Krista Baldwin Runs 8.067/75.60, Now #3
Lane 3: Joe Morrison Runs 8.546/75.73, Now #4
Lane 4: Arthur Allen Runs 7.435/77.86, Now #1

All three of the cars lose traction right at the hit and click them off.

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Lane 1: Doug Foley Runs 7.222/87.67, Now #3
Lane 2: Mike Salinas Runs 9.107/64.05, Now #8
Lane 3: Clay Millican Runs 3.810/312.57, Now #2
Lane 4: Leah Pruett Runs 3.718/324.59, Now #1

Foley started to lose traction and clicked it off.

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

Millican was on a great pass and then the engine let go with a big boomer on the top end. the word is there is oil on the track. This is his second oil down this season and will cost him 10 points.

Pruett launched hard and kept it hooked up to make a great pass and go to the number one spot. Leah Pruett's incremental times: 60ft-0.827 sec., 330ft-2.097, 660ft-2.974/287.53 mph.

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Lane 1: Justin Ashley Runs 6.962/85.17, Now #6
Lane 2: Doug Kalitta Runs 4.237/222.47, Now #5
Lane 3: Josh Hart Runs 3.776/324.44, Now #3
Lane 4: Brittany Force Runs 3.662/333.08, Now #1

Ashley announced a new co-primary sponsor today, Smart Sanitizer. He started to lose traction and clicked it off.

Kalitta started to lose traction and clicked it off.

Hart kept it hooked up to go to the number three spot. Josh Hart's incremental times: 60ft-0.847 sec., 330ft-2.155, 660ft-3.037/288.21 mph.

Force launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. She sets the track E.T. and speed records. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.818 sec., 330ft-2.081, 660ft-2.944/296.89 mph.

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Lane 1: Billy Torrence Runs 5.200/150.60, Now #8
Lane 2: Shawn Langdon Runs 6.049/105.99, Now #9
Lane 3: Antron Brown Runs 3.761/285.95, Now #4
Lane 4: Steve Torrence Runs 3.683/316.97, Now #2

Torrence started to haze the tires and clicked it off.

Langdon lost traction and clicked it off.

Brown was on a good looking pass, but slowed on the top end. He still goes to the number four spot. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.835 sec., 330ft-2.115, 660ft-2.986/290.19 mph.

Torrence with a great pass, straight down the groove to the number two spot. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.811 sec., 330ft-2.082, 660ft-2.943/293.86 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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