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Sat, 15 May 2021, 18:32 PM

Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Final Session
By Rick Green





CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from final, round 3 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 this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:
Lane 1: Joe Morrison Runs 4.115/296.89, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.191/234.57, Was #16
Lane 2: Arthur Allen Runs 3.977/299.86, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.084/103.91, Was #18

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 30.20 inches, adjusted altitude 1,690 feet.

Morrison is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show. Joe Morrison's incremental times: 60ft-0.905 sec., 330ft-2.332, 660ft-3.304/263.00 mph.

Allen with a good looking pass to get in the show. Arthur Allen's incremental times: 60ft-0.876 sec., 330ft-2.234, 660ft-3.177/268.33 mph.

Lane 1: Luigi Novelli Runs 4.551/180.74, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.131/283.55, Was #16

Novelli starts to lose traction and clicks it off. He will stay on the bubble.

Lane 1: Clay Millican Runs 3.816/308.14, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.810/312.57, Was #7
Lane 2: Leah Pruett Runs 5.986/109.76, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.718/324.59, Was #3
Lane 3: Doug Foley Runs 3.785/320.36, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.836/316.82, Was #10
Lane 4: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.832/317.42, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.187/213.70, Was #17

Millican is straight down the groove with a nice pass. He will stay in the number eight spot. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.835 sec., 330ft-2.136, 660ft-3.045/279.50 mph.

Pruett starts to lose traction and clicked it off.

Foley launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend to go to the number six spot. Doug Foley's incremental times: 60ft-0.857 sec., 330ft-2.156, 660ft-3.040/287.78 mph.

Kalitta was straight down the groove to get in the show. He uses up an engine to get in the show. The word is there is oil and that is his fourth oil down this season. This will cost him 15 points.

Lane 1: Josh Hart Runs 3.757/327.03, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.776/324.44, Was #5
Lane 2: Steve Torrence Runs 3.742/326.95, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.683/316.97, Was #2
Lane 3: Billy Torrence Runs 3.760/326.63, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.814/323.66, Was #10
Lane 4: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.830/317.05, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.882/277.09, Was #12

Hart launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend. He will move up the ladder one spot. Josh Hart's incremental times: 60ft-0.836 sec., 330ft-2.137, 660ft-3.021/289.51 mph.

Steve Torrence with a nice pass, he will not improve and stays in the number two spot. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.839 sec., 330ft-2.135, 660ft-3.008/291.63 mph.

Billy Torrence with his quickest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Billy Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.850 sec., 330ft-2.137, 660ft-3.022/288.27 mph.

Lane 1: Antron Brown Runs 3.773/325.30, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.761/285.95, Was #6
Lane 2: Brittany Force Runs 5.711/111.58, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.662/333.08, Was #1
Lane 3: Justin Ashley Runs 3.796/318.99, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.801/324.51, Was #8
Lane 4: Mike Salinas Runs 4.138/208.30, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.812/318.17, Was #10

Brown is straight down the groove with a nice pass. He will not improve. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.838 sec., 330ft-2.141, 660ft-3.031/287.78 mph.

Force starts to lose traction and clicks it off. She will hold on to the number one spot for the 22nd time in her career and the second time this year.

Ashley is straight down the groove with a nice pass, his quickest of the weekend. He moves into the top half of the show. Justin Ashley's incremental times: 60ft-0.852 sec., 330ft-2.170, 660ft-3.051/288.64 mph.

Salinas starts to lose traction and clicks it off.

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