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Sat, 29 Oct 2022, 19:57 PM

Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Final Session
By Rick Green





LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual NHRA Nevada 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: Clay Millican Runs 9.574/78.96, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.272/198.17, Was #14

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 7 percent, barometer 30.05 inches, adjusted altitude 3,322 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

Millican is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off.

Left Lane: Krista Baldwin Runs 3.864/319.90, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.042/241.50, Was #13
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.710/330.47, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.719/327.59, Was #10

Baldwin kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make her quickest pass of the weekend. Krista Baldwin's incremental times: 60ft-0.867 sec., 330ft-2.198, 660ft-3.106/279.21 mph.

Brown is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves into the top half of the show. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.838 sec., 330ft-2.108, 660ft-2.977/289.94 mph.

Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.692/327.43, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.731/325.22, Was #11
Right Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 3.960/228.15, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.716/331.69, Was #10

Schumacher launched hard and kept the candles lit all the way down the groove. He makes his quickest pass of the season to go to the number two spot. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.838 sec., 330ft-2.106, 660ft-2.959/293.41 mph.

Pruett started to lose traction and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Josh Hart Runs 3.833/318.84, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.714/332.34, Was #9
Right Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 3.686/333.08, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.716/331.85, Was #10

Hart with a good clean pass, but will not improve.

Ashley kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight all the way down the track to make his quickest pass of the weekend. He goes to the number two spot. Justin Ashley's incremental times: 60ft-0.830 sec., 330ft-2.101, 660ft-2.960/292.84 mph.

Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.709/312.57, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.708/324.51, Was #8
Right Lane: Austin Prock Runs 3.685/334.32, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.702/332.26, Was #7

Kalitta with another good looking pass, just a tick off his qualifying time. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.834 sec., 330ft-2.104, 660ft-2.968/291.32 mph.

Prock with the header flames shooting high over the rear wing and hooked up to go to the number two spot. Austin Prock's incremental times: 60ft-0.833 sec., 330ft-2.102, 660ft-2.962/293.79 mph.

Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.841/242.10, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.698/332.92, Was #7
Right Lane: Mike Salinas Runs 3.709/331.36, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.697/334.73, Was #6

Torrence was on a good looking pass until on the top end when he banged the blower with a quick flash of flames.

Salinas is straight down the groove with another good pass. He will not improve. Mike Salinas' incremental times: 60ft-0.829 sec., 330ft-2.107, 660ft-2.978/290.01 mph.

Left Lane: Brittany Force Runs 3.691/331.36, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.665/337.24, Was #1
Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.738/324.75, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.696/327.11, Was #5

Force launched hard and kept it hooked up to make another great pass. she makes the third quickest pass of the session. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.833 sec., 330ft-2.105, 660ft-2.966/294.50 mph. Force holds on to the number one qualifying spot for the ninth time this season and the 41st time in her career.

Langdon with another good looking pass, he will not improve. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.837 sec., 330ft-2.121, 660ft-2.998/287.90 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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