Sat, 22 May 2021, 14:29 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 34th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Lee Callaway Runs 7.030/97.95, Now #1
Right Lane: Mitch King Runs 12.120/75.09, Now #2

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 100 percent, barometer 30.16 inches, adjusted altitude 2,049 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Callaway making his first race this season and only his fourth in his career in a Top Fueler. He shakes hard and right at the hit and clicks it off.

King is making his first appearance on the NHRA tour since this race in 2008. He has rattles the tires clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Arthur Allen Runs 6.539/96.31, Now #2
Right Lane: Mike Salinas Runs 3.755/326.32, Now #1

Allen lost traction early and clicked it off.

Salinas was straight down the groove with a real nice pass to start the weekend. Mike Salinas' incremental times: 60ft-0.834 sec., 330ft-2.137, 660ft-3.016/288.89 mph.

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Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.777/302.89, Now #3
Right Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 3.733/312.86, Now #1

This was a great side-by-side drag race.

Millican kept it hooked up and was straight down the groove to the number three spot. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.837 sec., 330ft-2.137, 660ft-3.024/287.53 mph.

Pruett launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight to go to the number one spot. Leah Pruett's incremental times: 60ft-0.832 sec., 330ft-2.089, 660ft-2.970/283.91 mph.

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Left Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 8.329/83.12, Now #7
Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 4.548/168.68, Now #4

Ashley started to haze the tires and clicked it off.

Kalitta is running the Mobil 1 look this weekend. He starts to lose traction and clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 6.629/132.19, Now #7
Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 4.537/170.26, Now #4

Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 100 percent, barometer 30.16 inches, adjusted altitude 1,961 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.

After a brief delay for some sprinkles in the area.

Torrence was up in smoke early and clicked it off.

Hart drove into tire smoke and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 4.407/179.92, Now #5
Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 4.039/215.96, Now #4

Langdon went silent just past half track.

Force started to lose traction around the 1/8 mile mark and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.749/325.22, Now #3
Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.727/326.48, Now #1

This was a great side-by-side drag race to wrap up round one of qualifying.

Brown is straight down the groove to the number four spot. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.833 sec., 330ft-2.127, 660ft-3.009/288.83 mph.

Torrence launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.837 sec., 330ft-2.119, 660ft-2.991/291.01 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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