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Fri, 11 Oct 2024, 22:42 PM

Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 39th 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: Tony Stewart Runs 4.586/165.03, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.609/84.26, Was #19

Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 30.06 inches, adjusted altitude 2,000 feet.

Stewart is up in smoke by half track and clicked it off.

Right Lane: Cameron Ferre Runs 4.557/217.97, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.910/120.47, Was #19

Ferre starts to haze the tires on the top end and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.721/332.03, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.577/163.76, Was #16
Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 4.915/149.75, Now #18; Best prior run: 4.632/164.53, Was #18

torrence launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.841 sec., 330ft-2.127, 660ft-2.993/293.54 mph.

Kalitta is up in smoke early and clicked it off

Left Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 3.883/292.06, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.901/306.79, Was #12
Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 3.667/338.19, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.436/177.07, Was #15

Palmer kept it hooked up and make his quickest pass this season.

Force with the header flames shooting high over the rear wing all the way down the track and she goes to the number one spot. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.830 sec., 330ft-2.091, 660ft-2.951/297.28 mph.

Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.737/326.75, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.793/320.19, Was #11
Right Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 3.743/318.13, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.983/327.06, Was #15

Brown kept the candles lit all the way to the number four spot. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.846 sec., 330ft-2.133, 660ft-3.001/291.30 mph.

torrence is right there with him to go to the number five spot. Billy Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.845 sec., 330ft-2.136, 660ft-3.002/293.27 mph.

Left Lane: Krista Baldwin Runs 3.899/257.00, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.788/322.35, Was #12
Right Lane: Spencer Hyde Runs 3.846/319.47, Now #14; Best prior run: 3.918/317.48, Was #15

Baldwin with a good pass early, but started to drift out of the groove toward the centerline. She clicked it off early.

Hyde kept it hooked up and makes another good, clean pass.

Left Lane: Jasmine Salinas Runs 3.814/320.01, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.788/327.84, Was #11
Right Lane: Ida Zetterstrom Runs 3.757/323.42, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.808/324.77, Was #13

Salinas is straight down the groove with another good pass, but will not improve.

Zetterstrom with the header flames shooting high into the night sky all the way down the track to move into the top half of the show. Ida Zetterstrom's incremental times: 60ft-0.841 sec., 330ft-2.139, 660ft-3.015/289.87 mph.

Left Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 3.676/330.71, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.676/330.71, Was #2

Reed launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his career quickest and fastest pass to go to the number two spot. Shawn Reed's incremental times: 60ft-0.832 sec., 330ft-2.100, 660ft-2.951/296.74 mph.

Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.441/173.36, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.752/323.74, Was #7
Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 5.923/107.23, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.776/327.99, Was #10

Millican started to lose traction traction and clicked it off.

Hart is up in smoke early and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.742/313.07, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.727/328.61, Was #4
Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 4.906/144.69, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.762/324.93, Was #9

Langdon with another good looking pass, but will not improve. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.824 sec., 330ft-2.103, 660ft-2.980/287.04 mph.

Schumacher drives into tire smoke and clicks it off.

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