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Sat, 28 Oct 2023, 20:20 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, 23rd 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:

Right Lane: Rob Passey Runs 8.600/56.88, Now #16; Best prior run: 3.989/304.05, Was #16

Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 17 percent, barometer 29.83 inches, adjusted altitude 3,534 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Passey is up in smoke right early and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Luigi Novelli Runs 4.427/198.70, Now #17; Best prior run: 10.211/71.62, Was #17
Right Lane: Kelly Harper Runs 3.825/323.50, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.817/318.54, Was #13

Novelli starts to drifting out of the groove over by the centerline on the top end. He makes his quickest pass of the weekend, but will not get in the show.

Harper with another good looking pass, but will not improve. Kelly Harper's incremental times: 60ft-0.851 sec., 330ft-2.176, 660ft-3.076/282.54 mph.

Left Lane: T.J. Zizzo Runs 3.800/326.00, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.910/262.33, Was #15
Right Lane: Dan Mercier Runs 3.747/323.89, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.776/322.11, Was #12

Zizzo kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make his quickest pass of the weekend. He moves up the ladder a couple spots.

Mercier is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up the ladder one spot.

Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.959/140.01, Now #15; Best prior run: 3.846/251.06, Was #15
Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 3.750/315.27, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.732/335.48, Was #10

Millican started to lose traction and clicked it off.

Force was on a good looking pass, until on the top end. The engine started eating itself up and let go with a quick fireball.

Left Lane: Josh Hart Runs 3.749/324.20, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.759/328.62, Was #12
Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.711/327.51, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.725/326.56, Was #9

Hart is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend, but he will stay in the number 12 spot.

Langdon kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.837 sec., 330ft-2.115, 660ft-2.980/292.77 mph.

Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.723/329.91, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.723/331.61, Was #9
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.720/329.42, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.708/329.10, Was #5

Schumacher with another good looking pass, matching his quickest time of the weekend. He will stay in the number nine spot. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.840 sec., 330ft-2.130, 660ft-2.994/292.96 mph.

Brown with another good pass, but will not improve.

Left Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 3.708/334.82, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.714/334.07, Was #8
Right Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 3.704/330.96, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.707/331.53, Was #4

Ashley launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number five spot. Justin Ashley's incremental times: 60ft-0.852 sec., 330ft-2.135, 660ft-2.988/296.24 mph.

Pruett with a great pass, straight down the groove for her quickest pass of the weekend. She goes to the number four spot. Leah Pruett's incremental times: 60ft-0.836 sec., 330ft-2.110, 660ft-2.979/293.28 mph.

Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.696/334.90, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.709/336.49, Was #7
Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.683/331.69, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.704/335.07, Was #3

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

Kalitta had the candles lit all the way down the track with his quickest pass of the weekend. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.833 sec., 330ft-2.117, 660ft-2.977/295.27 mph.

Torrence with the header flames shooting over the rear wing all the way down the track to go to the number one spot. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.833 sec., 330ft-2.101, 660ft-2.958/295.46 mph.

Left Lane: Mike Salinas Runs 3.680/331.77, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.699/332.75, Was #3
Right Lane: Austin Prock Runs 3.692/328.86, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.701/329.99, Was #4

Salinas launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight to go to the number one spot. Mike Salinas' incremental times: 60ft-0.833 sec., 330ft-2.100, 660ft-2.957/295.34 mph. Salinas qualifies number one for the fourth time this season and the 15th time in his career.

Prock kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make his quickest pass of the weekend. He goes to the number three spot. Austin Prock's incremental times: 60ft-0.831 sec., 330ft-2.102, 660ft-2.964/294.43 mph.

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