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Sat, 14 Oct 2023, 15:59 PM

Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 3 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 this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

Left Lane: Buddy Hull No Time, Now #15; Best prior run: 3.780/321.11, Was #15

Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 30.12 inches, adjusted altitude 1,354 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.

Hull fired the car and made the burnout and crew didn't like what they saw and heard and shut him off. He will stand on his number from yesterday.

Right Lane: Clay Millican No Time, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.687/334.52, Was #9

Millican with a huge fireball as soon as he hit the throttle and he pulls over by the wall.

Left Lane: Krista Baldwin Runs 3.888/308.56, Now #18; Best prior run: 4.130/209.88, Was #18
Right Lane: Austin Prock Runs 3.689/333.23, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.738/327.11, Was #13

Baldwin is driving Scott Palmer's Top Fueler this weekend. Baldwin is straight down the groove with her quickest pass of the weekend. She will not get in the show.

Prock kept it hooked up and is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and his fastest pass this season to move up the ladder three spots. Austin Prock's incremental times: 60ft-0.829 sec., 330ft-2.100, 660ft-2.963/294.21 mph.

Left Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 5.232/121.69, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.723/327.49, Was #13
Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 3.738/326.87, Now #14; Best prior run: 3.746/326.44, Was #14

Massey starts to lose traction and has pop.

Hart is straight down the groove with a good looking pass, his quickest this weekend.

Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.705/332.72, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.690/333.46, Was #11
Right Lane: Doug Foley Runs 3.737/322.51, Now #14; Best prior run: 3.874/251.57, Was #17

Schumacher is straight down the groove with another good pass. He will not improve...Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.845 sec., 330ft-2.121, 660ft-2.981/295.45 mph.

foley kept it hooked up all the way down the track to the number 14 spot. Doug Foley's incremental times: 60ft-0.835 sec., 330ft-2.117, 660ft-2.991/288.17 mph.

Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.683/335.87, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.684/332.57, Was #8
Right Lane: Jacob McNeal Runs 9.609/84.72, Now #17; Best prior run: 3.848/273.16, Was #17

Langdon is straight down the groove and has a big top end speed, his career fastest, He improves, but stays in the number eight spot. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.832 sec., 330ft-2.104, 660ft-2.963/296.91 mph.

McNeal double steps it and is up in smoke right at the hit. He is down to one shot to get in the show.

Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.685/336.25, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.679/335.62, Was #7
Right Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 4.827/148.93, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.694/331.66, Was #12

Brown with another good clean pass, but will not improve. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.840 sec., 330ft-2.112, 660ft-2.966/296.21 mph.

Pruett loses traction early and clicks it off.

Left Lane: Brittany Force Runs 3.669/328.80, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.675/333.85, Was #5
Right Lane: Mike Salinas Runs 5.192/127.74, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.675/328.30, Was #6

force launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight all the way down the track. She make her quickest pass of the weekend and the quickest pass of the session to move up the ladder one spot. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.823 sec., 330ft-2.085, 660ft-2.942/296.83 mph.

Salinas is up in smoke by 200 feet and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.695/334.27, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.642/334.70, Was #2
Right Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 4.848/147.27, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.670/338.40, Was #5

Kalitta kept it hitting on eight all the way down the track. He will not improve, but make the fifth quickest pass of the session. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.838 sec., 330ft-2.117, 660ft-2.972/296.03 mph.

Ashley starts to haze the tires and clicks it off.

Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.665/336.90, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.636/336.62, Was #1
Right Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 4.008/223.08, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.660/334.57, Was #3

Torrence launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight to make the quickest pass of the session. He holds on to the number one spot. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.829 sec., 330ft-2.096, 660ft-2.949/297.95 mph.

Torrence started to haze the tires and clicked it off.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink