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Fri, 13 Oct 2023, 19:33 PM

Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 38th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

Right Lane: Mitch King Runs 4.170/228.75, Now #1

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.86 inches, adjusted altitude 2,366 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

King making his first appearance on the tour since the Dallas race last season.

King starts to haze the tires and then pitches the blower belt.

Left Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 3.713/332.30, Now #1
Right Lane: Krista Baldwin Runs 4.384/183.91, Now #3

This is Torrence's first pass of the season, his last was Charlotte 2 last season.

Torrence kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make a good looking pass. Billy Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.837 sec., 330ft-2.125, 660ft-2.987/293.81 mph.

Baldwin is loose and clicks it off early.

Left Lane: Jacob McNeal Runs 3.848/273.16, Now #3
Right Lane: Buddy Hull Runs 3.780/321.11, Now #2

McNeal is straight down the groove with a good pass.

Hull launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number two spot. This is his career quickest pass. Buddy Hull's incremental times: 60ft-0.853 sec., 330ft-2.149, 660ft-3.033/287.80 mph.

Left Lane: Doug Foley Runs 3.920/238.87, Now #5
Right Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 3.758/328.08, Now #2

Foley clicks it off early.

Massey kept it hooked and makes his fastest pass of the season. Spencer Massey's incremental times: 60ft-0.841 sec., 330ft-2.139, 660ft-3.020/287.85 mph.

Left Lane: Josh Hart Runs 3.746/326.44, Now #3
Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.746/331.25, Now #2

These two run identical E.T.s and Langdon gets the position based on his faster speed.

Josh Hart's incremental times: 60ft-0.843 sec., 330ft-2.140, 660ft-3.010/290.55 mph.

Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.853 sec., 330ft-2.138, 660ft-3.014/290.89 mph.

Left Lane: Austin Prock Runs 3.738/327.11, Now #2
Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.739/327.75, Now #3

These two are side-by-side all the way down the track.

Prock kept it hitting on all eight all the way down the track to the number two spot. Austin Prock's incremental times: 60ft-0.841 sec., 330ft-2.123, 660ft-3.001/289.78 mph.

Schumacher is right there with him to go to the number three spot. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.840 sec., 330ft-2.129, 660ft-3.001/292.72 mph.

Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.687/334.52, Now #1
Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 9.590/61.88, Now #13

Millican is coming of his win in St. Louis. Millican launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the top of the list. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.820 sec., 330ft-2.093, 660ft-2.964/294.06 mph.

Force is up in smoke right at the hit.

Left Lane: Mike Salinas Runs 3.725/329.57, Now #4
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.716/333.36, Now #3

This is a good side-by-side drag race.

Salinas is straight down the groove to the number four spot. Mike Salinas' incremental times: 60ft-0.838 sec., 330ft-2.120, 660ft-2.994/291.75 mph.

Brown with a great pass, he kept the candles lit all the way down the track to the number three spot. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.832 sec., 330ft-2.116, 660ft-2.987/292.13 mph.

Left Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 3.741/330.96, Now #8
Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.722/331.83, Now #4

Ashley with a clean pass.

Torrence with a good clean pass to go to the number four spot. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.838 sec., 330ft-2.125, 660ft-2.992/291.70 mph.

Left Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 4.731/154.57, Now #18
Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.659/336.73, Now #1

Pruett is up in smoke and clicks it off.

Kalitta launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight all the way down the track to go to the number one spot. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.830 sec., 330ft-2.088, 660ft-2.940/296.52 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink