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INDIANAPOLIS - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. 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: Billy Torrence Runs 6.289/169.25, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.674/208.84, Was #17 Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 61 percent, barometer 29.89 inches, adjusted altitude 3,734 feet, track temperature 127 degrees. torrence is up in smoke right at the hit, he was off the throttle and got back on it. Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.797/330.07, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.206/207.94, Was #15 Right Lane: Jacob Opatrny Runs 8.100/81.92, Now #21; No Prior Run Brown launched hard and kept it hooked up and then dropped a cylinder or two on the top end. He still goes to the number six spot. Jacob Opatrny will make his sixth race overall and his first race at this event. His best starting position of his career is No. 15, achieved at Reading in 2023, and he has failed to qualify in four of his five previous races. This will be his first race since St. Louis in 2024. Opatrny shook and clicked it off. Left Lane: Jake Sanders Runs 7.303/72.79, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.878/306.26, Was #13 Right Lane: Will Smith Runs 6.120/103.23, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.499/166.76, Was #16 Sanders is up in smoke right at the hit the car is sideways before he clicked it off. The chutes deploy. Smith is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.031/243.77, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.844/327.11, Was #11 Right Lane: T.J. Zizzo Runs 7.634/71.67, Now #15; Best prior run: 3.934/288.89, Was #15 Millican with a good pass early and then started to lose traction on the top half and clicked it off early. Zizzo is up in smoke right off the starting line advantage and clicked it off. Left Lane: Ida Zetterstrom; 5.527; 122.38; Now #8; 3.809; 328.46; Was #8 Right Lane: Tony Schumacher; 5.154; 141.83; Now #14; 3.920; 312.93; Was #14
Zetterstrom is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Left Lane: Jasmine Salinas Runs 3.923/319.67, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.776/329.91, Was #4 Right Lane: Dan Mercier Runs 4.667/168.14, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.873/314.75, Was #12 Salinas with a good looking pass early and then started to haze the tires on the top end. Mercier is up in smoke and clicked it off. Left Lane: Tony Stewart Runs 6.885/86.54, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.744/328.22, Was #2 Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 9.118/74.76, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.812/323.50, Was #9 Stewart starting to shake right off the starting line and clicked it off. Hart is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 5.105/138.98, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.727/334.98, Was #1 Right Lane: Tripp Tatum Runs 5.655/115.46, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.805/308.43, Was #7 Langdon drives into tire smoke and clicks it off. Tatum starts to haze the tires early and clicks it off. Left Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 4.189/214.04, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.781/331.12, Was #5 Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.825/331.12, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.031/144.26, Was #18 Ashley started to haze the tires and clicked it off. Kalitta kept it hooked up and was straight down the groove to get in the show. He goes to the number 11 spot. Left Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 4.083/263.20, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.772/326.24, Was #3 Right Lane: Maddi Gordon Runs 4.242/210.97, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.818/324.67, Was #10 Pruett starts to haze the tires on the top end and clicked it off early. gordon started to lose traction and clicked it off.
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