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Sat, 01 Oct 2022, 16:29 PM

Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NHRA Midwest 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:

Left Lane: Cameron Ferre Runs 5.785/117.18, Now #13; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 3.795/279.04, Now #6; Best prior run: 8.879/71.60, Was #18

Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 30.12 inches, adjusted altitude 1,361 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.

Ferre didn't make a pass last night. Ferre starts to lose traction and drop cylinders before he clicked it off.

Force starts to haze the tires, then dropped a cylinder or two. The car pushed out the head gasket and banged the blower with a quick flash of flames. She will get in the show up in the top half. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.824 sec., 330ft-2.098, 660ft-2.998/280.72 mph.

Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.738/329.58, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.831/94.74, Was #17
Right Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 3.744/329.50, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.984/82.66, Was #18

Brown kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number four spot. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.843 sec., 330ft-2.129, 660ft-3.004/290.13 mph.

Ashley is straight down the groove with a good clean pass to move into the top half of the show. Justin Ashley's incremental times: 60ft-0.848 sec., 330ft-2.138, 660ft-3.011/290.69 mph.

Left Lane: Austin Prock Runs 3.748/329.18, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.111/104.29, Was #16
Right Lane: Doug Foley Runs 3.815/313.88, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.460/105.22, Was #18

Prock good clean pass, straight down the groove to get off the bump spot. Prock goes to the number eight spot. Austin Prock's incremental times: 60ft-0.837 sec., 330ft-2.132, 660ft-3.019/286.25 mph.

Foley who had just got bumped out, gets back in the show. He makes a good clean pass to go to the number 10 spot. Doug Foley's incremental times: 60ft-0.855 sec., 330ft-2.169, 660ft-3.055/286.44 mph.

Left Lane: Mike Salinas Runs 3.798/298.21, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.139/132.09, Was #16
Right Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 3.809/323.74, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.374/102.34, Was #18

Salinas with a good looking pass until right in the light the engine went silent. He still gets off bubble up to the number 10 spot. Mike Salinas' incremental times: 60ft-0.843 sec., 330ft-2.144, 660ft-3.035/285.17 mph.

Palmer gets in the show, launched hard and kept it hooked up. He goes to the number 11 spot. Scott Palmer's incremental times: 60ft-0.867 sec., 330ft-2.177, 660ft-3.066/285.65 mph.

Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.761/325.45, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.828/147.34, Was #17
Right Lane: Jacob Opatrny Runs 4.716/162.78, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.669/157.96, Was #16

Schumacher kept it hooked up all the way down the track to get in the show. He goes to the number nine spot. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.847 sec., 330ft-2.147, 660ft-3.024/289.82 mph.

Opatrny made the point, that this not just his Top Fuel debut, but his first race ever. Just before half track the engine let go with a big fireball. He is sliding around in his own oil, but gets the car stopped.

Left Lane: Kyle Wurtzel Runs 3.817/322.88, Now #15; Best prior run: 3.824/321.42, Was #15
Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 3.736/331.04, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.035/226.32, Was #16

Wurtzel straight down the groove with his quickest pass this weekend. He will stay in the number 15 spot. Kyle Wurtzel's incremental times: 60ft-0.864 sec., 330ft-2.177, 660ft-3.069/284.51 mph.

Hart launched hard and kept it hooked up to get off the bubble all the way up to the number four spot. Josh Hart's incremental times: 60ft-0.840 sec., 330ft-2.130, 660ft-3.005/289.69 mph.

Left Lane: Buddy Hull Runs 5.300/130.96, Now #16; Best prior run: 3.822/315.78, Was #16
Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.744/329.26, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.746/327.74, Was #8

Hull started to lose traction and clicked it off. He will go into the last qualifying session on the bump.

Langdon was straight down the groove with his quickest pass. He will not move up the ladder. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.850 sec., 330ft-2.140, 660ft-3.012/291.32 mph.

Left Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 3.931/244.87, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.743/325.45, Was #6
Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.328/181.76, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.703/334.24, Was #3

Pruett started to haze the tires just past half track and clicked it off.

Millican started to lose traction just before half track and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 4.354/182.01, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.684/334.32, Was #2
Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.703/327.74, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.655/327.43, Was #1

Kalitta started to lose traction and clicked it off.

Torrence launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight. He makes the quickest pass of the session. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.825 sec., 330ft-2.105, 660ft-2.969/291.63 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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